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Today at 5PM, history lecture on Lynchburg's Friends and Families with R. Chambliss Light, Jr.
Free and open to the public at Jones Memorial Library, 2311 Memorial Avenue (corner of Memorial and Lakeside).
Free and open to the public at Jones Memorial Library, 2311 Memorial Avenue (corner of Memorial and Lakeside).
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today at 5PM, history lecture on Lynchburg's Friends and Families with R. Chambliss Light, Jr.
Free and open to the public at Jones Memorial Library, 2311 Memorial Avenue (corner of Memorial and Lakeside).
Free and open to the public at Jones Memorial Library, 2311 Memorial Avenue (corner of Memorial and Lakeside).
JML is closed today (Tuesday, November 11) in observance of Veteran's Day.
We will re-open tomorrow at 1PM.
Remember that our digital collections are available 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
We will re-open tomorrow at 1PM.
Remember that our digital collections are available 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
JML is closed today (Tuesday, November 11) in observance of Veteran's Day.
We will re-open tomorrow at 1PM.
Remember that our digital collections are available 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
We will re-open tomorrow at 1PM.
Remember that our digital collections are available 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
Check out this upcoming exhibit at the Amherst County Museum, with a special reception this Sunday, November 9th.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Check out this upcoming exhibit at the Amherst County Museum, with a special reception this Sunday, November 9th.
Jones Memorial Library will be at "History Around the Holidays at the Cloverlea Farmhouse" on
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Jones Memorial Library will be at "History Around the Holidays at the Cloverlea Farmhouse" on
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
Jones Memorial Library is honored to be selected as a finalist in Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program. This program is supported by the Virginia Association of Museums and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. To learn more and vote, please visit: www.vamuseums.org/vote-for-vas...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jones Memorial Library is honored to be selected as a finalist in Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program. This program is supported by the Virginia Association of Museums and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. To learn more and vote, please visit: www.vamuseums.org/vote-for-vas...
Jones Memorial Library is open today (November 4, Election Day) from 9AM - 5PM.
Please note that we will be closed next Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day.
Please note that we will be closed next Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Jones Memorial Library is open today (November 4, Election Day) from 9AM - 5PM.
Please note that we will be closed next Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day.
Please note that we will be closed next Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day.
Check out this upcoming talk at Randolph College sponsored by the Holocaust Education Foundation of Central Virginia and the Randolph History Department. November 9 at 3PM - RSVP required.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Check out this upcoming talk at Randolph College sponsored by the Holocaust Education Foundation of Central Virginia and the Randolph History Department. November 9 at 3PM - RSVP required.
Last week Archivist Gwen showed incoming interns best practices for handling archival materials at JML. Our team was joined by a Lynchburg Public Library team.
Interns and volunteers at JML receive hands-on training in the stacks and the processing room. Thanks Gwen, and welcome interns!
Interns and volunteers at JML receive hands-on training in the stacks and the processing room. Thanks Gwen, and welcome interns!
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Last week Archivist Gwen showed incoming interns best practices for handling archival materials at JML. Our team was joined by a Lynchburg Public Library team.
Interns and volunteers at JML receive hands-on training in the stacks and the processing room. Thanks Gwen, and welcome interns!
Interns and volunteers at JML receive hands-on training in the stacks and the processing room. Thanks Gwen, and welcome interns!
Hot off the press! It's our November e-newsletter.
Find out about upcoming events at Jones Memorial Library, and sign up to get our monthly newsletter direct to your inbox at:
www.jmlibrary.org/news-notes/
Find out about upcoming events at Jones Memorial Library, and sign up to get our monthly newsletter direct to your inbox at:
www.jmlibrary.org/news-notes/
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hot off the press! It's our November e-newsletter.
Find out about upcoming events at Jones Memorial Library, and sign up to get our monthly newsletter direct to your inbox at:
www.jmlibrary.org/news-notes/
Find out about upcoming events at Jones Memorial Library, and sign up to get our monthly newsletter direct to your inbox at:
www.jmlibrary.org/news-notes/
Jones Memorial Library will be at "History Around the Holidays at the Cloverlea Farmhouse" on
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Jones Memorial Library will be at "History Around the Holidays at the Cloverlea Farmhouse" on
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Claytor Nature Center.
Stop by our booth to chat with JML staff while celebrating the families who lived and worked the Cloverlea land.
We've been busy preparing our Annual Appeal. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers and staff for helping us get this mailing out!
Jones Memorial Library is supported by a generous endowment; we also rely on gifts from donors each year. We hope you'll lend us your support.
Jones Memorial Library is supported by a generous endowment; we also rely on gifts from donors each year. We hope you'll lend us your support.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We've been busy preparing our Annual Appeal. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers and staff for helping us get this mailing out!
Jones Memorial Library is supported by a generous endowment; we also rely on gifts from donors each year. We hope you'll lend us your support.
Jones Memorial Library is supported by a generous endowment; we also rely on gifts from donors each year. We hope you'll lend us your support.
Now on our YouTube channel - JML's October history lecture "Who was John Brown" with Steven Schmit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiW...
Save the date for our next lecture at Jones Memorial Library:
Lynchburg's Friends and Families
R. Chambliss Light, Jr.
Weds, November 12
5:00 p.m.
2311 Memorial Ave
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiW...
Save the date for our next lecture at Jones Memorial Library:
Lynchburg's Friends and Families
R. Chambliss Light, Jr.
Weds, November 12
5:00 p.m.
2311 Memorial Ave
Who was John Brown?
Recording of a history lecture at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia with speaker Steven Schmit on October 8, 2025. Schmit reviews the biography of John Brown and the history of the…
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Now on our YouTube channel - JML's October history lecture "Who was John Brown" with Steven Schmit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiW...
Save the date for our next lecture at Jones Memorial Library:
Lynchburg's Friends and Families
R. Chambliss Light, Jr.
Weds, November 12
5:00 p.m.
2311 Memorial Ave
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiW...
Save the date for our next lecture at Jones Memorial Library:
Lynchburg's Friends and Families
R. Chambliss Light, Jr.
Weds, November 12
5:00 p.m.
2311 Memorial Ave
Save the date for a free workshop on using photography to document your family heirlooms.
Saturday, December 6
11:00 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(enter at the corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Saturday, December 6
11:00 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(enter at the corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Save the date for a free workshop on using photography to document your family heirlooms.
Saturday, December 6
11:00 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(enter at the corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Saturday, December 6
11:00 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(enter at the corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Are you a volunteer or staff member at a Lynchburg area gallery, library, archive, or museum? Join us for the next Lynchburg GLAM gathering and network with your peers for free!
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Lynchburg Museum
Learn more at www.jmlibrary.org/events/lynch...
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Lynchburg Museum
Learn more at www.jmlibrary.org/events/lynch...
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Are you a volunteer or staff member at a Lynchburg area gallery, library, archive, or museum? Join us for the next Lynchburg GLAM gathering and network with your peers for free!
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Lynchburg Museum
Learn more at www.jmlibrary.org/events/lynch...
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Lynchburg Museum
Learn more at www.jmlibrary.org/events/lynch...
Come learn how to care for your precious family photos at our Photo Care Workshop with Archivist Gwen this morning.
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Free and open to the public, no registration required.
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Free and open to the public, no registration required.
October 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Come learn how to care for your precious family photos at our Photo Care Workshop with Archivist Gwen this morning.
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Free and open to the public, no registration required.
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
(corner of Memorial & Lakeside)
Free and open to the public, no registration required.
Will you be at the Fall Festival at Appomattox tomorrow?
Come visit our information booth and learn about the free genealogy and family history resources at Jones Memorial Library. We'll also be sharing updates about our oral history and Memory Lab initiatives.
Come visit our information booth and learn about the free genealogy and family history resources at Jones Memorial Library. We'll also be sharing updates about our oral history and Memory Lab initiatives.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Will you be at the Fall Festival at Appomattox tomorrow?
Come visit our information booth and learn about the free genealogy and family history resources at Jones Memorial Library. We'll also be sharing updates about our oral history and Memory Lab initiatives.
Come visit our information booth and learn about the free genealogy and family history resources at Jones Memorial Library. We'll also be sharing updates about our oral history and Memory Lab initiatives.
It's here! Our wide format scanner is fresh out of the box and now we have the fun of putting it together.
Collections Assistant Garrett R. is hard at work on assembling the scanner, which is funded by a grant from the George W. Reynolds Memorial Fund and Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation.
Collections Assistant Garrett R. is hard at work on assembling the scanner, which is funded by a grant from the George W. Reynolds Memorial Fund and Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation.
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's here! Our wide format scanner is fresh out of the box and now we have the fun of putting it together.
Collections Assistant Garrett R. is hard at work on assembling the scanner, which is funded by a grant from the George W. Reynolds Memorial Fund and Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation.
Collections Assistant Garrett R. is hard at work on assembling the scanner, which is funded by a grant from the George W. Reynolds Memorial Fund and Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation.
Today at 10:30 a.m. at Westminster Canterbury! Join us for a discussion of Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz.
The Non-fiction Book Group meets five times a year. Discussions are co-moderated by librarians from Jones Memorial Library and the Lynchburg Public Library. Free, and open to the public.
The Non-fiction Book Group meets five times a year. Discussions are co-moderated by librarians from Jones Memorial Library and the Lynchburg Public Library. Free, and open to the public.
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today at 10:30 a.m. at Westminster Canterbury! Join us for a discussion of Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz.
The Non-fiction Book Group meets five times a year. Discussions are co-moderated by librarians from Jones Memorial Library and the Lynchburg Public Library. Free, and open to the public.
The Non-fiction Book Group meets five times a year. Discussions are co-moderated by librarians from Jones Memorial Library and the Lynchburg Public Library. Free, and open to the public.
This Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. join us for a discussion of Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz. We'll be meeting at Westminster Canterbury; discussions are free and open to all.
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. join us for a discussion of Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz. We'll be meeting at Westminster Canterbury; discussions are free and open to all.
Our November history lecture with Cham Light is on Wednesday, November 12 at 5PM. Learn about "Lynchburg's Friends & Families" and the city's Quaker roots.
Lectures are free and open to the public in our Reading Room at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, corner of Memorial and Lakeside.
Lectures are free and open to the public in our Reading Room at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, corner of Memorial and Lakeside.
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Our November history lecture with Cham Light is on Wednesday, November 12 at 5PM. Learn about "Lynchburg's Friends & Families" and the city's Quaker roots.
Lectures are free and open to the public in our Reading Room at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, corner of Memorial and Lakeside.
Lectures are free and open to the public in our Reading Room at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, corner of Memorial and Lakeside.
Save the date for our free 90-minute workshop on Photo Care.
Saturday, October 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Reading Room at Jones Memorial Library.
Saturday, October 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Reading Room at Jones Memorial Library.
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Save the date for our free 90-minute workshop on Photo Care.
Saturday, October 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Reading Room at Jones Memorial Library.
Saturday, October 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Reading Room at Jones Memorial Library.
Last week Lynchuburg GLAM had a great visit and tour of the Campbell County Courthouse Museum. Thanks to Christine and the crew at the museum for hosting Lynchburg-area staff and volunteers who work at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums!
Our next gathering is 1/22/26 at Lynchburg Museum.
Our next gathering is 1/22/26 at Lynchburg Museum.
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Last week Lynchuburg GLAM had a great visit and tour of the Campbell County Courthouse Museum. Thanks to Christine and the crew at the museum for hosting Lynchburg-area staff and volunteers who work at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums!
Our next gathering is 1/22/26 at Lynchburg Museum.
Our next gathering is 1/22/26 at Lynchburg Museum.
Jones Memorial Library is closed today for the federal holiday. Our regular hours resume on Tuesday, October 14.
Remember that you can find lots of local and family history info online 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
Remember that you can find lots of local and family history info online 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Jones Memorial Library is closed today for the federal holiday. Our regular hours resume on Tuesday, October 14.
Remember that you can find lots of local and family history info online 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
Remember that you can find lots of local and family history info online 24/7 at digital.jmlibrary.org
Jones Memorial Library will be closed tomorrow, Saturday October 11, for the federal holiday. We will re-open as usual next Tuesday at 9AM.
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Jones Memorial Library will be closed tomorrow, Saturday October 11, for the federal holiday. We will re-open as usual next Tuesday at 9AM.
Lynchburg GLAM gathers this evening (Thursday, October 9) at Campbell County Museum from 5:30 - 7PM. GLAM is a networking group for staff and volunteers at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.
Park on-street or in a lot next door. Enter via the ground level door to the left of the steps.
Park on-street or in a lot next door. Enter via the ground level door to the left of the steps.
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lynchburg GLAM gathers this evening (Thursday, October 9) at Campbell County Museum from 5:30 - 7PM. GLAM is a networking group for staff and volunteers at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.
Park on-street or in a lot next door. Enter via the ground level door to the left of the steps.
Park on-street or in a lot next door. Enter via the ground level door to the left of the steps.