Photograph of Jennie Jerome Bronze Plaque

Location of collection:

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Special Collections and Archives

James G. Leyburn Library

Washington and Lee University

204 W. Washington Street

Lexington, VA 24450

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Tom Camden

Email: camdent@wlu.edu

Phone: (540) 458-8649

Email: mclear@wlu.edu

Email: specialcollections@wlu.edu

Phone: (540) 463-8109

Fax: (540) 463-8964

Web: my.wlu.edu/university-library/special-collections-and-archives

Summary

Extent:

1 Item

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a photographic print of a bronze plaque dedicated in 1952 to Jennie Jerome, mother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The plaque is on Henry Street in Brooklyn, New York, the birth place of Jennie.

Dimensions:

8 1/4" x 10"

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Plaques, plaquettes

Names:

Churchill, Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill
Churchill, Winston