Virginia Room Digital Collection

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The Virginia Room Digital Collection includes photographs, oral histories, books, pamphlets and finding aids to items in the Virginia Room. Continue to check back for new additions.

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Gainsboro Library, interior, with children.

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Gainsboro Library, interior, with children.

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Gainsboro Library, interior, with children.

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Gainsboro Library, interior, child sitting at a table.

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Gainsboro Library, interior.

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Gainsboro Library, interior.

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Virginia Y. Lee at the Gainsboro Library.

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Library display at the Gainsboro Library.

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Gainsboro Library display with Virginia Y. Lee.

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Young man reaching for a book at the Gainsboro Library

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Children reading books at the Gainsboro Library.

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Children working on a project at the Gainsboro Library.

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Mother and infant at the Gainsboro Library.

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Children posing in front of a Book Week display at the Gainsboro Library.

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Children posing in front of a Book Week display at the Gainsboro Library.

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Geneva Ford, library staff member, at the Gainsboro Library.

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Group of children sitting in a room.

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Group of children participating in a pageant or play.

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Group portrait

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St. John’s AME Zion Church.

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St. Gerard’s Catholic Church.

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Millie Paxton.

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Rev. Lylburn L. Downing of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.

RCRegisterofFreeNegroes.pdf
This register includes those individuals who registered as free persons of color in Roanoke County, Virginia from 1838-1865. Two versions are included; one captured from microfilm of the records from the Library of Virginia; the other a…

StarkeySchool.pdf
The collection consists of one document storage case. It holds information regarding the history of the Starkey School, Starkey Village, and material related to the Starkey School Reunions held in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. Historical…

1866CohabReg.pdf

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Gainsboro Library from Gainsboro Rd., St Andrew's Church in background. Two automobiles present.

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"Vacation Reading Club", "Gainsboro Branch Library" stamp, dated Dec.1959

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Gainsboro Branch Library Vacation Reading Club. Not marked as such, but is near replica of GB137. “00907”

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School Picture Outside. “00907.”

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School Picture Outside. “00907.”

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School Book Week Set-up

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Church Altar with Pulpit. Color Photograph. “Clark Studio Herman R. Clark Propriet Portrait and Commercial Photography Phone 342-3372 - Phone 342 [blurred] 20 Gilmer Ave., N.W., Roanoke, Va. 24016.”

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“Old First Baptist Church & St. Andrews Catholic Church, November 3,1990-Roanoke Va.” (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)

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Old First Baptist Church & St Andrews Catholic Church view from Gainsboro Rd (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)

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“Ricardo C. Stovall & Bike on Patton Ave. N.E (Claytor House in Background) about 1959” (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)

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“Oscar, Jr. Ronald, Patricia Jenkins Artie Lee Otey, Clarence Blake Jr. Ricardo Stovall about 1959” St Andrews Catholic Church in background (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)

SWVAPunkZine.pdf
This collection consists of 45 various punk zines alphabetically arranged by title. Most were produced in Southwest Virginia; however, there are some issues from other parts of the state. Dates range from 1982 through 2016.

1961CharterStudyCommission.pdf
The Charter Study Commission was authorized by Roanoke City Council in June 1961 to study the City Charter and report on suggested changes to it by November 1, 1961. Members of the committee were: A. A. Akers, Mrs. Emmett R. Albergotti, E. Griffith…

BetterBusinessBureauCollection.pdf
The Better Business Bureau of Roanoke, Inc. was chartered December 5, 1939, as a branch of the National Association of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. A nonprofit organization, it is funded through memberships of individuals, businesses, and other…

RoanokeBookCollectors.pdf
Ten small books / pamphlets, dating from 1862 to 1950. They include two copies of Moore’s The Night Before Christmas, one dating to 1862, and several books with ties to Roanoke, as they were edited by, published by, or privately printed for Roanoke…

ShowtimersCollection.pdf
Showtimers, a nonprofit community theater organization, was founded in 1951 with Betty Ross Garretson, a speech and drama professor at Roanoke College, as its president. Its first home was at the Laboratory Theater, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia.…

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Photograph of a young Virginia Y. Lee. She is seated in this sepia toned image.

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Unknown man. Donated by the Gainsboro Family YMCA in 2012.

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Mr. Roscoe R. Banks. First YMCA Member, Past Chairman of the Board of Members, Elected Honorary Board Member William A. Hunton Branch YMCA, Roanoke, VA. 1927-1956. Photographer: Clark Studio. Donated by the Gainsboro Family YMCA in 2012.

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Harrison School Trip to Washington D. C. May 1950.

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Harrison School Trip to Washington D. C. May 1950.

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William A. Hunton Branch YMCA.

GrandinCourtPTA.pdf
The collection consists of meeting minutes (1951 through 1963-64) and scrapbooks (1951 through 1989-90) of the Grandin Court PTA.
Box 1 contains handwritten minutes of the Grandin Court PTA from its founding in February 1951 through the 1963-64…

MillMountainTheatre.pdf
The collection consists primarily of performance programs from the 1965 through 1997-1998 seasons; only in a very few instances are the playbills of all the season’s performances included. Some programs contain histories of the Mill Mountain…

MillerNiemanCollection.pdf
The collection includes memorabilia amassed by Miller while she was working as the County Home Demonstration Agent. It includes: Home Demonstration Club Yearbooks from 1961 through 1964; photographs of Home Demonstration, 4-H, and other Extension…
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