News Publishing Company Collection 1933-1934

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Restrictions:

Collection open for research .

Terms of access:

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred citation:

News Publishing Company Collection, 1933-1934 (SC 0088), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Summary

Creator:
Creator
Abstract:
The News Publishing Company Collection consists of issues of The News from 1933 to 1934, as well as a subscription card, letter regarding fundraising from the Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C., and a bulletin to the Lincoln Monthly Meeting of Friends discussing spiritual development. The news articles include discussion of plays and other events at Lincoln High School, sermons at the Friends Meetings, recipes, and handmade drawings of local activities. These issues were kept by subscribers Franklin P. (1857-1946) and Elizabeth H. (n.d.-1948) Wilson, who had spent much of their early lives in Loudoun County. A letter to Mrs. Wilson is also included, explaining that the student paper will not be continued during summer vacation.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

News Publishing Company Collection, 1933-1934 (SC 0088), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

The News Publishing Company Collection consists of issues of The News from 1933 to 1934, as well as a subscription card, letter regarding fundraising from the Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C., and a bulletin to the Lincoln Monthly Meeting of Friends discussing spiritual development. The news articles include discussion of plays and other events at Lincoln High School, sermons at the Friends Meetings, recipes, and handmade drawings of local activities. These issues were kept by subscribers Franklin P. (1857-1946) and Elizabeth H. (n.d.-1948) Wilson, who had spent much of their early lives in Loudoun County. A letter to Mrs. Wilson is also included, explaining that the student paper will not be continued during summer vacation.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Harrison Branch, Jr. (1919-1993) was an active member of the Goose Creek United Meeting. In 1933, Branch became editor of a student newspaper, the News Publishing Company, at Lincoln High School in association with Howard W. Babb (1899-n.d.). Branch was later named historian of the Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C. He donated collections detailing personal genealogy and his work with the Conference of Friends to both the Library of Congress and the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Acquisition information:
Doug Domenich, Richmond, VA
Processing information:

Emily Hershman, 22 June 2011

Arrangement:

Folder

Accruals:

2011.0215

Physical / technical requirements:

None