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1. Booklet/planning guide - March 13, 1936

   Sixty loose-leaf pages enclosed in a folder bearing the title, "Report of the Citizens Advisory Committee, Roanoke, Virginia." The committee was appointed by Mayor Sydney Small and the City Council. In part, the contents address public welfare, suggested ordinances, juvenile court and school hygiene. Financing for this project was provided by the Roanoke Junior League.

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2. Historic Shrines of Virginia - 1933

   Historic Shrines of Virginia by W. E. Carson. Book is fairly non-descript in beige with a beige adhesive for the title attached to the cover. 'Katherine Stone' has been written on the adhesive just above the title. On the inside endpaper, Edward Stone has written the following inscription in black ink: To Charles E. Stone in appreciation of the part he contributed in the production of this book. With affectionate regard / Edward L. Stone / Roa...

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3. Hollins College Board of Trustees - Three black and white photographs of the Hollins College Board of Trustees, taken in the 1950s. The members are identified on the reverse side of photograph # 1. Appears to be a candid photo taken before everyone was ready.

   1990.69.020.1

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4. Hollins College Board of Trustees - Three black and white photographs of the Hollins College Board of Trustees, taken in the 1950s. The members are identified on the reverse side of photograph # 1. Appears to be a candid photo, taken before everyone was ready.

   1990.69.020.3

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5. Hollins College Board of Trustees - Three black and white photographs of the Hollins College Board of Trustees, taken in the 1950s. The members are identified on the reverse side of photograph # 1. Everyone featured is posing and looking at the camera.

   1990.69.020.2

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6. Newspaper article. - May 1966

   An undated newspaper article, most likely from a Roanoke, Virginia newspaper, is titled "The Background of Cherry Hill." The article recalls the efforts of Junius P. Fishburn in founding the Roanoke Fine Arts Center in the fall of 1951. The founding of a Fine Arts Center and the Junior League of Roanoke Valley's participation.

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7. Newspaper editorial congratulating Elmore D. Heins. - December 18, 1946

   Editorial from the "Roanoke World-News" congratulating Elmore D. Heins, president of National Theatres Corporation on his election as a member of the Sinking fund Commission, City of Roanoke. The clipping is a negative photocopy.

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8. Poker Players Poker Players - A group of eight men sit at a table playing poker. One of them smokes a cigarette and one smokes a cigar. Two men stand in the background looking at the game. They are sitting in a dining room with a dark colored tablecloth covering the table, glass french doors on the opposite side of the room, and a fireplace on the right. Notes on the back of the photograph identify the men as the following: Left to Right - Bob Churchill, Pete Jamison, Franklin Moore, Hugh Hagan (standing), Lev Powell, June Fishburn (J. Parker) (standing), Clem Johnston, Jim Izard, Joe Walton, Perk Hazlegrove

   1988.134.12

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9. Souvenir Program, 1938 - September 16, 1938

   This is a four-page souvenir program and menu created for the formal opening of the new Hotel Roanoke on September 16, 1938. The front of the menu has a picture of the hotel as it was on the day of the opening in 1938. On the last two pages are two photographs of the hotel from the 1880's and 1916, as well as a reproduction of The Roanoke Leader article about the opening of the original Hotel Roanoke. On the first inside page there is a picture o...

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10. The Golden Jubilee Banquet - 1934

    The Golden Jubilee Banquet. 1884 January Thirty-First 1934. Honoring the pioneer citizens of Roanoke and Commemorating the receipt of the first city charter. Booklet includes menu, a program, a list of pioneers (1882-1884) with addresses. Copy 1

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11. The Golden Jubilee Banquet - 1934

    The Golden Jubilee Banquet. 1884 January Thirty-First 1934. Honoring the pioneer citizens of Roanoke and commemorating the receipt of the first city charter. Booklet includes menu, a program, a list of pioneers (1882-1884) with addresses. Copy 2

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12. Virginia and the Virginia County, Featuring Roanoke and Roanoke County at Mid Century - March 1951

    Virginia and the Virginia County Magazine, featuring Roanoke and Roanoke County at Mid-Century. Articles include: The Story of The Norfolk and Western; Roanoke's Mr. Fishburn; Roanoke...City of Progress, The Roanoke Fire Department; The Shenandoah Life; Roanokers of the Mid-Century; Meet Will Horn; They Call Him a Commonsense Judge; Roanoke County...a County of Diversified Living; Fire...Foreset Enemy No. 1; The Great House.

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