Jones Memorial Library Has Cleared Its Shelves of 'Undesirable Books'
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- Identifier
- JML.Exhibits. READ.N&A.19220215.P8
- Barcode
- JML.Exhibits. READ.N&A.19220215.P8
- Title
- Jones Memorial Library Has Cleared Its Shelves of 'Undesirable Books'
- Description
- Digital clipping of a news story titled "Jones Memorial Library Has Cleared Its Shelves of Undesirable Books." The story ran in the Lynchburg News & Advance on 15 February 1922 on page 8. The news item describes how the library director removed two or more books from the collection as unsuitable for the public to access. This clipping was included as part of the Jones Memorial Library 2025-26 exhibit on the history of censorship in Central Virginia ("READ: What does it mean to read free in Central Virginia").
- Date
- 18 February 1922
- Creator
- Unknown creator
- Location
- Lynchburg, Virginia
- Digital Format
- jpeg
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Lynchburg News & Advance
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Lynchburg News & Advance
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