Blue Ridge Library records, 1920-1933.

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Blue Ridge Library records, 1920-1933.

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This collection consists of cancelled checks, bank statements, letters, bills, receipts, and other monetary records of the Blue Ridge Library, dating from 1920 to 1933. The checks are signed by Mary E. Dillon, Mrs. A.C. Norman (ca. 1895-1988), and Lillian Dillon, who were treasurers of the library respectively from 1920 to 1933. The bank statements record library funds deposited in and withdrawn from the Purcellville National Bank from 1920 to 1932. The letters include correspondence from library president Alice P. James (1887-1946) concerning funds from a bazaar that the library hosted, correspondence with the Literary Guild of America, and correspondence with the cashier of the Purcellville National Bank. The bills are for subscriptions to the Ladies' Home Journal.

11 folders.

Thomas Balch Library

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Blue Ridge Library (Purcellville, Va.)

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The Blue Ridge Library began around 1885 in the Purcellville jewelry shop of Joseph R. Janney (1842-1911), local jeweler and retired Civil War soldier. Janney had collected about four shelves of books that he would loan out to Loudoun County citizens for a few cents apiece. In 1899, the library was taken over by Lillian Davis, Virginia B. Hirst, Linda Pancoast, and Mary Virginia Smith, who organized a collection of 407 books in the general merchandise store of W. P. Pancoast (1852-1940). On 23 M...

Purcellville National Bank (Purcellville, Va.)

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Literary Guild of America

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