Mixed Media and Miscellaneous

Containers:
Box 6
Scope and content:

  • VHS cassettes — Roseland Singers, James Braxton
  • 2-DVD set: “Small Schools” and “Central & Integration: African American Education Experience—Segregation & Integration Era Schools in Amherst County, VA” (AGAR, 2012)
  • 2012 Amherst Glebe Arts Response (AGAR) materials
  • Address books and pocket calendars, 1999–2004
  • Hymnal; program how-to guides (Easter, Christmas, children’s)
  • Small manila envelope — homecoming & church service bulletins, correspondence
  • Blue folder: American Association for Family & Community Education
  • Spiral notebook, 1979 — Sisterhood circle notes
  • Red folder, 1965–94 — Sunday school notes, news clippings; marked Henry/Thompson
  • Plastic bag — cassettes, CDs, and materials related to H.Q. Thompson [recommend sub-set]
  • Plastic bag marked “Gloria” — clipped articles re: Gloria Braxton and daughter Ayo Richardson
  • 1967 Sisterhood Record Book
  • Seven books separated for assessment: The Hemingses of Monticello; Lynching in America: A Community Remembrance Project; Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Trade; Our Mothers Dresses: An Ancestry Tribute to my African, European and American Mothers; Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror; Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture; and United States & Africa Relations: The Obama Presidency

Access and use

Location of collection:
Jones Memorial Library
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Drive
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Deborah Smith
Phone: (434) 846-0501
Parent restrictions:

This is an unprocessed collection. Access may be limited pending full processing and staff review. The collection contains several obsolete formats that may complicate access, including:

143 cassette audio tapes VHS cassettes DVDs

Researchers wishing to access audio or video materials should contact library staff in advance to arrange playback equipment.

Parent terms of access:

Library patrons are responsible for proper citation of library materials.

The Library operates as a fair use educational institution. Patrons are responsible for ensuring that their use of library materials conforms with U.S. copyright laws, donor restrictions, and other applicable regulations or laws. Requests to reprint or reproduce materials, in part or in whole, must be made in writing to the library director (director@jmlibrary.org). Requests should include citations for the exact resource(s). Permission is granted on a case-by-case basis.