Jones Memorial Library

10/22/2026

October is family history month, and the National Genealogical Society has free resources on their website to get your research started!

Check out:

NGS’s Free Genealogy Resources include charts, templates, quick tips, and tutorials, and provide information on the US Census and the NGS Book Loan Collection. With valuable information for beginners to advanced family history researchers, NGS Free Resources teaches you how to build a family tree,...

10/21/2026

Ten days till Halloween - and we've got spooky spiderwebs outside. Proof that sometimes life imitates Mother Nature!

10/20/2026

Our exhibit on World War 1 and Lynchburg opens today!

Dear Folks at Home: Lynchburg and the Great War shares the stories of Lynchburg men who served during the war and highlights the service in Lynchburg of volunteers at the Red Cross Canteen at Kemper Station.

The exhibit is in The Jones Reading Room through April 30. We'll also share a digital version in November.

The exhibit is free and open to all at 2311 Memorial Avenue, 2nd floor.

Made possible in part by Virginia Humanities.

10/18/2026

Staff did a great job last week getting our new exhibit ready!

Dear Folks at Home: Lynchburg and the Great War opens on Tuesday at The Jones. The exhibit is made possible in part by Virginia Humanities.

Enjoy this sneak peek at the setup!
https://youtube.com/shorts/teVa8XL12LI?feature=share

10/17/2026

The Non-Fiction Book Group takes a break for the holiday season.

Our next discussion is on Wednesday, January 27 at 10:30 a.m. We meet in the Hume Room at Westminster Canterbury; discussions are free and open to all.

Our January title delves into the history of the Richmond landscape. We're reading Nonesuch Place by T. Tyler Potterfield. You can request the book at the Lynchburg Public Library.

10/16/2026

Save the date for our next history lecture at The Jones!

On November 4th at 5pm Billy Hansen shares the story of Lynchburg's WW1 Last Man's Club. The lecture is free and open to the public in The Jones Reading Room at 2311 Memorial Avenue.

This lecture is made possible in part by Virginia Humanities.

10/15/2026

Did you know that October is American Archives month?

Here's a shout out to The Jones' favorite archivist, whose duties including wrestling with architectural drawings that are larger than life!

10/14/2026

Today at 5pm!

Joe Stinnett speaks at The Jones about Leaving America Behind: The Lynchburg Colonization Society.

5:00 p.m.
The Jones Reading Room
2311 Memorial Avenue, 2nd floor
(enter at the corner of Memorial and Lakeside)

10/13/2026

Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in the Westminster Canterbury Commons, join the Non-Fiction Book Group as we discuss Rhys Isaac's pulitzer prize winning ethnography, The Transformation of Virginia.

10/12/2026

Now though December 2 at the Daura Museum - Art and Stories: Queena Stovall's Vision of Rural Virginia Life.

Two works from The Jones collection are part of the exhibit - a hand painted Valentine card and Stovall's lunch bag painting of Lucille Turner playing guitar.