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A large two story and basement building, frame clapboard and wood shingle construction, wood shingle roof, board floors, wood board interior finish, electric lighting, heat from stoves and fireplaces; in poor condition. Occupancy: First floor - dance…

A one story frame, approved roof dwelling, electric lighting, stove heat; no basement and in fair repair. Valuation: The sound value of this building is approximately $3K.

A two story building of brick and stone stuccoed construction with composition shingle roof, wood board floors, plastered interior finish, electric lights, coal-fired Arcola heat. Approximately 50 years old and in good condition. Valuation: The…

This is a two story and basement brick building with slate roof, wood floors with the exception of the basement which is concrete, plastered walls with the exception of the basement which is open, electric lights and low pressure steam heat. This…

A one story octagonal shaped open pavilion with wood shingle roof, wood floors. Valuation: The sound value of this building is approximately $4500.

A two story frame clapboard building with composition shingle roof, wood floors with exception of basement which is concrete, plastered interior finish with exception of basement which is open finish, one stairs basement to first floor and one stairs…

A one storage octagonal shaped open pavilion with wood shingle roof, wood floors. Valuation: The sound value of this building is approximately $500.

A one story frame stuccoed building with concrete shingle roof, wood floors, plastered interior finish, electric lighting, stove heat. Building in good condition. Valuation: The sound valuation of this building is approximately $2.4K

A two story and part basement brick building with metal roof, wood floors, plastered interior finish, three stairs first to second floor, one stairs basement to first floor. Electric lighting and low pressure steam heat. About 100 years old and in…

A one and a half story part basement building of frame construction with metal roof, wood floors, plastered interior finish, electric lighting and stove heat. About 150 years old. Valuation: The salvage value of this building is approximately $3K.

A two story brick building with frame addition and approved roof, wood floors, plastered interior finish, stove heat and electric lighting. Building in fair condition. Valuation: The sound value of this building is approximately $3.5K.

A one story and basement frame, approved roof building, with wood floor. Valuation: The sound value of this building is approximately $4K.

A two story brick building with composition roof, first floor is concrete and second floor wood boards, plastered interior finish, electric lights, hot water heat (heating equipment cut off in fireproof room). Approximately fifty years old in good…

A three story brick building with a metal roof, wood floors with the exception of first floor which is concrete, wood lath and plaster interior finish, electric lighting, stove heat. Approximately 50 years old and in poor condition. The building is…

A one story brick building, composition roof, open interior finish, concrete and wood floors, electric lighting; fire resistive addition. Building in good condition. Occupancy: Steam reciprocating pumps and boilers. Valuation: The sound value of…

This is a large five story building of fire resistive construction erected in 1916, having a built-up roof, concrete and terrazzo floors, and direct plaster interior finish. There are two open stairs from the first to the the third floor, one…

This is a two story building and basement brick building with metal roof, plank floors with the exception of the basement floor which is concrete, plastered interior finish and one open stairs from basement to second floor, electric lights and low…

One story part basement frame building, new composition roof, plastered interior finish, wood floors, electric lighting, hot air heat. Building in good condition. Occupancy: Church of Christ. Valuation: The sound value of this building is…

Article written by Robert P. Hunter, then Parks and Recreation manager for the City of Roanoke. Published in the July 1956 edition of Park Maintenance magazine.

Date of Birth: January 9, 1868
Mayor from July 1, 1900 to February 13, 1902
Date of Death: August 1, 1909

Date of Birth: March 25, 1881
Mayor from June 2, 1938 to August 31, 1938
Other offices held: City County, 1934-1940; Virginia House of Delegates, 1924-1929 and 1946-1947
Date of Death: September 4, 1956

Date of Birth: February 4, 1868
Mayor from July 1, 1898 to June 30, 1900
Other offices held: City Council, November 10, 1896 to July 1, 1898; U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia's 6th District, February 25, 1919 to March 3, 1923
Date of…

Jo Lane Stern Battalion, Company B, in front of the Roanoke Auditorium. Col. Jo Lane Stern, inspector general of the State, mustered in the Jo Lane Stern Battalion of Virginia volunteers in Roanoke, composed of four full companies, numbering 267 men…

Date of Birth: February 2, 1846
Mayor from July 1, 1902 to April 9, 1912
Other offices held: City Council, July 1, 1898 to July 1, 1902
Date of Death: September 20, 1917

Date of Birth: c. 1839
Mayor from July 1, 1884 to June 30, 1885
Date of Death: September 21, 1902

Date of Birth: July 27, 1858
Mayor from July 1, 1912 to December 23, 1912
Other offices held: Virginia House of Delegates, 1889-1900
Date of Death: December 23, 1912

Articles in this issue include: Vice Presidential Candidate had Carvins Cove Summer Home Emma Comer, First Graduate of Roanoke City High School, 1894 Celebrating the Millennium, 1901Mrs. Breckinridge's BreweryGrowing Up and Having Fun in South…

Articles in this issue include: Railroads and Their PeopleThe Virginia & Tennessee Railroad 150 Years AgoWorking with Winston Link at the End of Steam PowerThe Turnpikes of Southwest VirginiaThe Harris Family ArchivesWhat Do We Leave…

Articles in this issue include: The Legend of Benjamin Deyerle RevisitedLest We Forget: A Vinton LandmarkThe New River on Mid-Eighteenth Century MapsThe Craft Revival in Appalachia, 1896-1937And The Mountains Sing with Joy: White Top MusicThe Great…

Articles in this issue include: No Contract Too Large or Too Small for C. Markley and SonThey Go Quietly: Agricultural Change in Franklin CountyMy Memories of Carvins Cove: A Long, Peaceful ValleyAfrican Americans Have a Proud AncestryGainsboro and…

Articles in this issue include: The Progressive Reform Movement in Roanoke, 1900-1912The Victoria Courtship of Miss Emma and Mr. TinsleyLife in 1905Roanoke Families Built Many Roads from 1950-2005Bob Childress and His Six Rock ChurchesThe Early…

Articles in this issue include: Historical Society Journal is 43Roanoke County and Valley: The Lessons of HistoryThe Past is Right Here for the ArchaeologistThe Great FloodSeeing Virginia in 1797Roanoke County in the 1840sHow the Mother County…

Articles in this issue include: A Personal History of the Hotel RoanokeDust-Clad Motorcars Arrive in Roanoke in 1909Lincoln's Virginia RootsColonel J. Sinclair Brown: Hard to BeatWhat is it about the Civil War?Images from the Old BeltResidential…

Articles in this issue include:A New Way of Looking at Old ThingsThe Career of Henry H. FowlerCol. John Smith: Unsung Hero of Virginia's Colonial FrontierOld County Courthouse is 100 Years Old16th Century Spanish Invasions of Southwest VirginiaThe…

Articles in this issue include: Defining and Dating Log Buildings in Southwest Virginia Lewis Miller: Folk Artist and Chronicler of the 19th Century Roanoke's Social Life in 1912: The Diary of Nina Quinn Blue Ridge Parkway: A Graceful Mountain Drive…

Articles in this issue include:An Interview with Carter BurgessWhere was Totera Town? A ReviewS.H. McVitty's Collection of Presidential SignaturesS.H. McVitty: Industrialist, Philanthropist, CollectorThe Late, Great Cattle BattleThe Two Michael…

Articles in this issue include:The New Day at AppomattoxRare Lee Letter Tells of "Thinning Ranks"George S. Bernard on the Causes of the Civil WarAn Army of Many Colors Trains in Salem in 1863Hollins Institute Prepares for a New Civilization in…

Articles in this issue include:Two Roads Diverged: Architectural History and Historic Preservation in the 21st CenturyCotton to Silk: An Oral HistoryHow Lyman Draper Saved HistoryDown on the MarketFurniture and Aviation History Reside in Fogotten…

Articles in this issue include:Growing Up in Roanoke in the 1920s to 1930sO. Winston Link's 100th Birthday PartyBedford BarnsFrances Benjamin Johnston, Renowned Photographer, and the George Trout Farm in NW RoanokeRunaway Slaves: Mindset of Negroes,…

Articles in this issue include: Roanoke Jews: A HistoryCrossing Roanoke Valley in Chains and HandcuffsOld Chapel Church is 247 Years OldLong Stained Glass Window is Coming to the Link MuseumRoanoke's First FlightNatural Bridge, A Landmark for the…

Articles in this issue include:Virginia's Western Counties and the Making of AmericaA New Road to be Opened: The Poplar Forest ParkwayRecalling Poplar Forest After Mr. JeffersonSegregated Souls in the Star CityThe Photographs of George Newton Wertz,…

Articles in this issue include:Armistice Ended "Greatest War in History" a Century AgoThe Humilitation of Lord BotetourtRoanoke Cotton MillsSunday Trouble on Back CreekThe Legacies of Junteenth 150 Years RunningBob Angell: An Early Mover and Shaker…

Articles in this issue include:How the Mother County BeganThe Virginia Brewing Company: Roanoke's First BreweryTrees Provide Clues to Construction of Greenfield Kitchen and Slave QuartersTrouts, Father and Son, Were Early MayorsFrom the Front Porch…

Articles in this issue include:Roanoke and the Southwest in Virginia HistoryThe Enigmatic Stone Structures of Western VirginiaOrchard HillN&W, WWIIN&W ShopsLost ColonySlavery as America's "Peculiar" InstitutionRoanoke-Norfolk Photographer,…

Articles in this issue include: General James Breckinridge, Frontier Man for All Seasons Botetourt's Three CourthousesA Disastrous ConflagrationFire Remedy is 1,400 Years OldRoanoke's 300th AnniversaryEarly Lightning DevicesMontgomery Men in…

Articles in this issue include: Treasure TroveSome Phases of the Civil War in the Roanoke AreaThe Case of the Warrantless PrisonersTwo Ladies of the MuseumNewspaper Days, 1790The Borden Patent

Articles in this issue include: The South Western Turnpike RoadToll Gates in this CenturyBoyhood Collection is Remembrance of PastThomas and Tasker ToshLone Oak-1767?-1964Founding of Patrick CountyPeaks of OtterBeginnings of the Virginia Historical…

Articles in this issue include: Shot Tower at Jackson's FerryHome Life in Virginia, 1776-1835Big Lick Home Front, 1816-1865The Society Circles Franklin CountyMountain Lake; Historic Preservation-A Challenge to Virginians

Articles in this issue include: The Pennsylvania Dutch Culture of the Shenandoah Valley Interstate Interchange Covers Town of GainsboroBell Mont-the Fleming PlantationLet's All Make WhiskeyLocust LevelEarly Lutherans in Western Virginia

Articles in this issue include: Montgomery White, 19th Century Social CenterVirginia's Neglected Soldiers28th Regiment, Virginia VolunteersSamuel Rader, 1801-1891, Botetourt Brick MasonHistory Grows in BotetourtPennsylvania Dutch Fashions and Early…

Articles in this issue include: Lewis Miller, Folk ArtistJohnny Rebs from Virginia and the Fairer SexThe Four Anderson BrothersRoanoke River: Once Called Saponi, Round Oak, Goose CreekSt. Mark's Fincastle Has Roots 200 Years OldAppalachian Dialect:…

Articles in this issue include: The Great Flood of 1749Roanoke County in the 1840sA Misty Tour of HenryThe Town of NewbernOn Campus 70 Years AgoWoolen Mill, a Major Botetourt IndustryCivil War Draft Problems in the Shenandoah ValleyHales Ford…

Articles in this issue include: Forgotten Graveyards of the Roanoke ValleyThree-Layer Cake of Prehistoric VirginiaFincastle Springs, Resort of the '80sCivil War Comes to BuchananA Key Which Stayed HomeBuena Vista-Roanoke PlantationWilliam Fleming's…

Articles in this issue include:John Nolen's Roanoke City Plan of 1907Southwest Virginia Turnpikes1753-Saga of Pioneer Pilgrimage Through the Roanoke Region You Could Take a Legal Gamble in 1796Butler in RichmondMachine Age 1832Fort Vause-The Site and…

Articles in this issue include: Hollins College and the Civil WarHenry Ford and Friends on TourSearching for Your AncestorsRoanoke Valley's Early Iron MinesRecollections of Bent Mountain

Articles in this issue include: 28th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, 1861-1865Roanoke at the BeginningNew River: First of the Western WatersThe Teays: Ancestral River of Mid-AmericaA New Brick House for $105 and a Horse Critter Walled in by the…

Articles in this issue include: Collectors' Items Span Four CenturiesSaving Virginia's TreasuresEdward William Johnston and Roanoke Female SeminaryIs There an Older Roanoker?Five Rivers Flow WestLongwood was Salem's CastleRoanoke's Cows in 1898

Articles in this issue include: How the Mother County BeganFincastle-More Than a County SeatEarly CraftsmenMary Johnston, Writer of the PastCherry Tree BottomFire Destroys LandmarksThe Turnpike Through BotetourtWestern Inhabitants-An Incumbrance?The…

Articles in this issue include: The Past is Right Here for the ArchaeologistThe 51st Virginia Infantry: Farmers Turned SoldiersTurner's Creek Valley-the Land that Time ForgotLog Buildings in the Valley of VirginiaMary Harvey Trigg, an Unusual…

Articles in this issue include: Old Barns of AppalachiaMontane Virginia in the RevolutionRoanoke Valley MedicineRecollections of Ballad CollectingEphraim Vause was RobbedWilliam Preston, Frontier Public ServantAlexander-Withrow BuildingCherry Tree…

Articles in this issue include: Government by Families in Botetourt CountyIndians Retreat from Virginians at Battle of Point PleasantThe Fincastle Resolutions, Southwest Virginia's CommitmentThe ResolutionsWho the 15 Signers WereSettlement, Defense…

Articles in this issue include: Seeing Virginia in 1797The Big FortCures From Mountain HerbsWhat They Owned in the 1840sLexington ArchitectureThe Washington Iron WorksThe National Register of Historic PlacesBringing an Old Pump to Life

Articles in this issue include:Clifton A. Woodrum, Congressman with a FlairColonel James P. Woods, Lawyer, CongressmanJohn Hook, New London MerchantHow We BeganSpinning and Weaving in Montgomery County

Articles in this issue include: Farmers Supply Transformed into Center in the SquareRoanoke's First Dairy was on Orange AvenueVinton's BeginningHow Dr. Hart Lost His SightDr. William Fleming Made House CallsBenjamin Keagy's HomeDr. Landon Cabell…

Articles in this issue include: First County Courthouse Stood from 1841-1909Fleming Backed ConstitutioRoanoke's First JudgesA Tale of Two HousesRoanoke Catholic ChurchesLetters from SchoolSalem MillsA Roanoke Visit in 1762Roanoke Fast Becoming Known…

Articles in this issue include: Roanoke County and the Valley: the Lessons of HistoryRoanoke County Communities Started Between the Mountains The Early Economy of Roanoke CountyOld City Point Railroad was N&W Forerunner in 1838Overlooked…

Articles in this issue include: Threading a Parkway through the Blue RidgeHotel Roanoke, "Large and Well-Equipped"The Railroad OfficesTotera Town ReconsideredColonel William Fleming's OriginsKentland Farm, a New River PlantationArchitecture of…

Articles in this issue include: Roanoke History as Recorded in 1912Where We Were in 1864When Knights Were BoldA Jefferson Street StrollRoanoke's First Fire StationHow a Railway Clerk Saw the New CenturyLife on Highland Avenue in the Early 1900sHorace…

Articles in this issue include: Benjamin Deyerle, Builder of Fine HomesRoanoke County Barns of the 19th CenturyColonel George Plater Tayloe, a Builder of Hollins CollegeWhere the Brethren SettledDigging at Looney's FerryNo. 1 Fire Station is…

Thomas A. Kinsey home, formerly located at 1510 Franklin Road SW.

Thomas A. Kinsey home, formerly located at 1510 Franklin Road SW.

Thomas A. and Josephine Kinsey in front of their home at 1510 Franklin Road, SW.

The Thomas A. Kinsey family on front porch of the home at 1510 Franklin Road, SW.

Josef Loebl stands next to a Vorclone drying tumbler in Loebl Dye Works, formerly located at 350 Salem Avenue.

William Staples, Iva Staples and an unknown woman prepare garments for cleaning and alterations at Loebl Dye Works.

Unidentified Loebl employees in the cleaning area.

Unidentified Loebl employees in the dyeing area.

Robert Loebl (left) inspects the work of unidentified employees on the Hoffman Pressing Machine.

Robert Loebl (left) and two unidentfied men in the next to the cleaning tumblers.

As seen here, Loebl Dye Works once filled a row of buildings on Salem Avenue.

This package illustrates just how well known Loebl Dye Works was, not just locally, but globally. This was sent from a dry cleaner in New Zealand for dye work. Among other clients of Loebl were the White House, the Greenbrier, New York designers…

After the explosion of synthetic fabrics in the 1970s, Loebl Dye Works went out of business in 1981. The building was razed in 2001. The buildings at left in this photograph were also once used by the business and still stand today.

Left to Right: Josef Loebl, Robert Loebl, Julia Loebl, _____, and Roy Hargraves in front of Loebl Dye Works, formerly on Salem Avenue.

Left to right: Roy Hargraves, Josef Loebl and Robert Loebl in a dyeing room of Loebl Dye Works, formerly located on Salem Avenue.

In addition to dyeing, Loebl also provided dry cleaning and alteration services. Photo is labeled with the following names, though their order as they appear is unclear: Minnie Duncan, Gertrude Gentry, Mrs. Flippen, Stella Taylor, and Miss Sandberg

Hungarian born, Josef Loebl grew up in Austia. He set up his dyeing and cleaning shop on Salem Avenue in the 1920s.

A fleet of four Loebl Dye Works dry cleaning trucks parked in front of Loebl Dye Works on Salem Avenue.

Loebl Dye Works dry cleaning trucks parked in front of Loebl Dye Works on Salem Avenue.

Robert Loebl, Hattie Mae Beck and Iva M. Spangler in the pick-up and drop-off area of Loebl Dye Works.

Josef Loebl (center) and two unidentified men in "storefront" of Loebl Dye Works

Date of Birth: October 31, 1894
Mayor from October 15, 1943 to August 31, 1946
Date of Death: November 14, 1974

Julian Stanley Wise founded the Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew in 1928. Wise had witnessed a drowning in the Roanoke River as a child. This incident greatly impacted his life, resulting in the formation of the first volunteer rescue squad…

Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew equipment display, including the crew's first ambulance, a Cadillac donated by John M. Oakey and Sons Funeral Home.

Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew purchased it first ambulance in 1932, a Ford panel truck.

Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew equipment display arranged for the public.

Some equipment, including an "iron lung" and 1947 Oldsmobile 78 emergency vehicle on display at Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.

John M. Oakey and Sons garage, located at 321 Luck Avenue SW, provided the first ambulance and garage for Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.

Marshall Waid
Date of Birth: 1841
Mayor, Town of Big Lick from July 1, 1880 to February 3, 1882, and Town of Roanoke, February 3, 1882 to June 30, 1882
Date of Death: March 7, 1887

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School. Pages 16 and 17 partially missing.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual of James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.

This medical complex on Henry Street at Centre Avenue NW included (top left) Community Drug Store, where Dr. Beverly Adams (bottom left) was a pharmacist. Also in the building was the dental office of Dr. H.T. Penn (on right).

Gathering for a 1942 postcard at the Lynhaven Smoke Shop, formerly located at 125 N. Henry Street are from left: Mr. Roberts, Lorenzo Redd, Hobart Eggleston, Dr. George A. Moore, owner Bill Marshall and his son, James "Anse" Marshall.

Group photo of Norfolk & Western Veterans Association Colored Division in front of the Lincoln Theatre. Originally built as the Strand Theatre (circa 1920). The Strand Theater took a new name “The Lincoln Theater”. The theater eventually became the…

Medi Cen was the annual for Roanoke Memorial Hospital Nursing School.

Sign for Roanoke Metropolitan Area noting population as 160,0000.

A newly constructed First Federal Savings and Loan. The building is located on the corner of Church Avenue and 1st Street.

Sears Town, formerly located at 1502 Williamson Road NE.

Crowds gather for the grand opening of the new Miller & Rhoads. The department store was located at 32-38 Campbell Avenue SW.

Heironimus was located at 401 S. Jefferson Street.

Two 500 space parking garages were constructed on the corner of Bullitt Avenue and Jefferson Street to provide greater accessibility to downtown shopping facilities.

Shenandoah Life was affiliated with WSLS radio and TV services. The building is located at 401 3rd Street.

The Times-World building was home to Roanoke's two newspapers and the CBS affiliate, WDBJ radio and television.

The Norfolk & Western Passenger Station is located at 101 Shenandoah Avenue NE. The building now houses the Visit Blue Ridge Visitor's Center, O. Winston Link Museum, and History Museum of Western Virginia.

Hotel Roanoke

A crowd gathers for the dedication of the new terminal at Woodrum Field.

Panoramic view of Roanoke from Mill Mountain.

The Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries, located at 706 S, Jefferson Street.

A new YMCA building was completed in 1958 at 425 Church Avenue SW.

The second Lucy Addison High School was built in 1951. Located at 1220 5th Street NW, the high school was in operation until 1973. The building now houses Lucy Addison Middle School.

Home located at 2524 Cornwallis Avenue SE.

Home located at 2652 Cornwallis Avenue.

Home located at 4102 Mudlick Road.

Aerial view of Downtown Roanoke.

Home located at 3612 Troutland Avenue.

Aerial view of Downtown Roanoke.

Aerial view of Carvins Cove.

Aerial view of Carvins Cove.

The former general office building of Norfolk and Western, located at 108 N. Jefferson Street, now houses the Roanoke Higher Education Center.

General Electric, located at 1531 Roanoke Boulevard in Salem.

ITT Exelis is located at 7635 Plantation Road.

Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company. Located at 1242 S. Colorado Street, the building is now used by Graham-White.

Rowe Furniture Company was located at 239 Rowan Street in Salem before moving to Elliston.

Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, formerly located at 2301 Brambleton Avenue.

Yearbook for Morningside Elementary School.

William D. Fortune as an infant. Fortune was born 24 September 1908 to George E. Fortune and Mara Ophelia Blanton.

Frances Elvira Fortune as an infant. She was born 31 December 1909 to George E. and Mara Ophelia Blanton.

Roberta Blanton Fortune as an infant. She was born 6 August 1913 to George E. Fortune and Mara Ophelia Blanton.

Molly W. Wood milking a cow at her son Jessie's farm in Cave Spring.

George Fortune as a child. Born in Rocky Mount, 22 February 1879, to Charles McDonald Fortune and Cleopatra Board Gill.

George Fortune poses next to a car. Location unknown.

Portrait of George Fortune.

Unidentified streetcar employees pose next to a streetcar in Richmond. Destination sign reads Oakwood and Broad Street.

Unidentified streetcar employees pose next to a streetcar. Location unknown.

Unidentified service employee of Holdren's stands next to service van at 2272 Westover Avenue.

Fink's Jewelers, at its former 310 S. Jefferson Street location.

Fink's Jewelers, at its former 310 S. Jefferson Street location.

Unidentified members of Williamson Road Life Saving and First Aid Crew suiting up.

Natural Bridge

Virginia State Capitol Building.

Virginia State Capitol Building.

Kenmore Plantation, the home of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis. Betty was the sister of George Washington.

Portrait of Steve Brody

East Building on the campus of Hollins University.

Cannaday House, also known as Waverly Plantation was purchased by Woodrum Airport in 1934. The house was used as a weather station and terminal for the remainder of the 1928s. It was razed in 1955 to make room for growth of the airport.

General view of Roanoke from 8000 ft.

An aerial view looking toward Mill Mountain. I581 can be seen under construction on the left .

Aerial view of Downtown Roanoke looking west.

An aerial view of Mill Mountain Zoo. The zoo opened in 1952.

An aerial view of Victory Stadium. Victory Stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.

An aerial view of Victory Stadium. Victory Stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.

An aerial view of Victory Stadium. Victory Stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.

An aerial view of the Roanoke City Mills, once located at 1750 Jefferson Street. The mill facility was razed in 2009.

Hotel Roanoke. Civic Center and I581 can be seen to the right. First Baptist Church, destroyed by fire in 1995, and St. Andrews can be seen at left.

Looking south toward the intersection of Franklin Road and Williamson Road. The parking lots visible here became the Norfolk Southern building, Franklin Plaza, and a parking garage.

Elliott Buick, formerly located at 4721 Melrose Avenue NW.

Elliott Buick, formerly located at 4721 Melrose Avenue NW.

Elliott Buick, formerly located at 4721 Melrose Avenue NW.

Roanoke Valley Motors, formerly located at 2239 Franklin Road.

Roanoke Industrial Loan and Thrift, formerly located at 20 Franklin Road.

Lawrence Augustine Washington Society Children of the American Revolution at the Daughters of the American Revolution state conference. Members: Holding flag - Charles F. Massey, Junior Vice President, Walter P. Massey, Helen Price Hotoler, Retha…

USS Roanoke

Riverside Filling Station, formerly located at 13th Street next to Woodrum Bridge, which would be replaced by Memorial Bridge.

Waverly Filling Station, formerly located at the corner of 14th Street and Jamison Avenue.

Marathon Filling Station, formerly located at 824 3rd Street.

George Davis, far left, poses for a photo during a bike ride up the old Mill Mountain road.

Students from an unknown private school in Bedford. According to notes on photo, "This is a private school in Bedford at Mrs. Witt's house. Miss Amelia Buck, in center, is the teacher.

Unidentified students and teachers in front of school in Shawsville in Montgomery County.

Unidentified students and teachers in front of school in Shawsville in Montgomery County.

Unidentified students and teachers in front of school in Shawsville in Montgomery County.

Students in front of Shiloh School in Catawba Valley. 1st row, L to R: Hortense Deeds, Eva Reed, Gladys Grisso, Edna Wright, Mary Garman, Paris Wright, Roy Hall, Claude Garman, Nelson Alls, John Garman, Kermit Garman, Roy Brillhart, Clyde Brillhart,…

Students in front of Narrows School in the Catawba Valley. 1st row, L to R: Students in front of Narrows School in the Catawba Valley. 1st row, L to R: Hubert Brillhart, Kyle Shelor, Clovis Garman, ? Bennett, ? Bennett, Edna Brillhart, Hazel…

Unidentified students in front of Mt. Pleasant School in Roanoke County.

Unidentified Roanoke firemen pose on fire truck.

Group photo of the Roanoke Chapter of the Union of Railroad Equipment Painters.

Engine 2151 of Norfolk & Western Railway.

Engine 601 of the Norfolk & Western Railway.

Engine 604 of the Norfolk & Western Railway.

Engine 609 of the Norfolk & Western Railway.

William Bryan's homestead at the Great Spring west of Salem was known as Bryan's On Roanoke, according to F.B. Kegley's Virginia Frontier. Photo depicts detail of stone chimney.

Unidentified group of men pose on the steps of a school or church(?) presumably on the Bryan Homestead property. Photo was included with Bryan Home photos.

Presumed photo of Robert C. Bryan, a descendant of William Bryan, owner of the Bryan Home. Photo was included with Bryan Home photos.

Unidentified group of children pose in Elmwood Park. Terry House in background.

Reid and Cutshall Furniture, formerly located at 301 3rd Street.

Reid and Cutshall Furniture, formerly located at 301 3rd Street.

Reid and Cutshall Furniture Wayside, formerly located at 3441 Brandon Avenue.

Interior view of Reid and Cutshall Furniture. This photo is believed to have been taken in the Brandon Avenue location. Individuals unidentified.

Interior view of Reid and Cutshall Furniture. This photo is believed to have been taken in the Brandon Avenue location.

Hallmark Hall of Cards store, formerly located at 301 S. Jefferson Street.

Interior view of Hallmark Hall of Cards, formerly located at 301 S. Jefferson St.

A&U Mobile Homes, formerly located at 1827 W. Main Street in Salem

Roanoke Salem Plaza opened in 1962. It was the third largest shopping center to open in the valley, with Crossroads being the first and Towers, the second.

Roanoke Salem Plaza opened in 1962. It was the third largest shopping center to open in the valley, with Crossroads being the first and Towers, the second.

Two unidentified women pose next to Christmas decorations at the Roanoke Salem Plaza.

Towers Mall under construction. Towers opened in 1961 at 2207 Colonial Avenue. At the time, it was reported in the Roanoke Times that Towers was the largest shopping center in the state. This photo depicts the upper level.

Peters Creek Church of the Brethren, located in the 5300 block of Cove Road.

Mill Mountain Star was constructed in 1949 by the Roanoke Merchants Association to kick off the 1949 holiday shopping season. Though at first the star was not meant to be lit all year, it became popular enough with citizens that it was decided to…

Hut Restaurant in Collinsville, Virginia.

Hut Restaurant in Collinsville, Virginia.

Garage under the Hotel Roanoke.

The Barrens was built between 1865 and 1870 by Dr. Francis and Letitia Watts Sorrel. The home was sold to PC Huff in 1900. It stood on the present site of Valley View Mall.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This interior view is of the stage from the balcony.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows the loge, just above the orchestra pit.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows the ornately appointed foyer. The placard at left advertises the…

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows paintings in the foyer as seen from the mezzanine.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view is of the mezzanine.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view is of a staircase from the mezzanine to the upper balcony and loges.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation unitl 1971; it was razed in 1973. This is a view of the auditorium and balcony as seen from the stage.

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows the theatre's main entrance with marble walls and brass doors.

The original American Theatre building was located at 217 S. Jefferson Street. Built by the Young Men's Christian Association in 1902, it would later be sold to an investment group and converted into a theatre in 1913. This building was razed in…

The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973.

An unidentified man points to bullet holes in the windshield of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the…

An unidentified man points to bullet holes in the windshield of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the…

Bullet holes in the windshield of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. The…

An unidentified man points to bullet holes in the wheel of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the…

Bullet holes seen from the interior of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The…

Bullet holes riddle the side of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre…

Bullet holes riddle the side of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre…

An interior view of the Barn Dinner Theatre. The theatre was created by Roanoker Howard Wolfe as a franchise in 1961. The chain grew to 27 theatres throughout the country. They were characterized by barn inspired architecture and included…

Interior view of Garland's Drugstore, formerly located 1327 Grandin Road.

Roanoke Police inspection at Maher Field.

Patrons use reference materials in the Rivinus Room at the Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries

Contents are placed into the time capsule in front of the Main Library during the Diamond Jubilee Time Capsule Ceremony. The time capsule is not to be opened until 2032 for Roanoke's 150th Anniversary. Claude Settlemire, City Librarian, on left.

Contents are placed into the time capsule in front of the Main Library during the Diamond Jubilee Time Capsule Ceremony. The time capsule is not to be opened until 2032 for Roanoke's 150th Anniversary.

Staff members prepare the Williamson Road Branch for opening.

Unidentified men set the cornerstone at the Williamson Road Branch Library.

Architectural rendering of the Williamson Road Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries.

A newly completed Williamson Road Branch Library.

The Williamson Road Branch found its beginnings as the Williamson Road Book Station, formerly located at 2919 Williamson Road NE.

Home formerly located on the southwest corner of Franklin Road and Broadway Avenue.

The Terry House, formerly located in Elmwood Park, was the first library in the city.

Mabry Mill was built by Edwin Boston Mabry. E.B. Mabry returned to Floyd County in 1903 and began the construction of the mill. It was first a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, then became a sawmill. By 1905 it was in operation as a gristmill. By…

Promotional shot of golfers at Roanoke Country Club. The club had its beginnings in South Roanoke in 1899, It relocated to its current location in the early 1920s.

Looking west on Salem Avenue toward the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Looking north on Jefferson Street from the Church Avenue intersection. Construction of the Liberty Trust Building can be seen in background. Sign advertises J.H. Marsteller's (a car enthusiast and businessman) "Model Garage", formerly located at 16…

Looking west on Campbell Avenue. Sheen's Cafe was located at 119 Campbell Avenue SW. The building in the right background with balconies was the original Ponce de Leon Hotel.

Looking east on Campbell Avenue from 1st Street during paving. People's Drugstore, Standard Drug, Krees & Co. and Lerner Shops were several of the businesses along this block.

Looking east on busy Campbell Avenue from 1st Street. People's Drugstore, Standard Drug, Kress & Co. and Lerner Shops were several of the businesses along this block.

Looking south on 1st Street from the 1st Street Bridge. The bridge connected Henry Street to Downtown Roanoke. The bridge was renamed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2003.

Looking west at saloons along Salem Avenue. The Silver Moon Quick Lunch, Raleigh Cafe and Brady's were located at approximately 20 Salem Avenue SW.

Looking west from the 100 block of Salem Avenue SE. A horse takes a drink from the Dog's Mouth Fountain, visible at right.

Boyd-Sweeney Company Hardware and National Business College, formerly located at 9-11 Church Avenue SW.

Fishburn Library at Hollins University

Superimposed image of the Patrick Henry Hotel.

Dining room of the Patrick Henry Hotel.

An unidentified employee works with a fur coat at Henri Kessler Furriers, formerly located at 117 Campbell Avenue.

Nobel's Flowers, formerly located at 430 Church Avenue.

Lady Byrd Johnson greets the press and spectators at Roanoke Regional Airport during the Landscape-Landmark Tour. This tour led to the Highway Beautification Act of 1965

Lady Byrd Johnson greets the press and spectators at Roanoke Regional Airport during the Landscape-Landmark Tour. This tour led to the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. She stands with Director of the National Park Service, George Harzog.

WSLS Channel 10 News station, located at 401 3rd Street.

WSLS Channel 10 News station, located at 401 3rd Street.

Staff of WSLS Channel 10 await results of the 1967 elections in the newsroom.

Staff of WSLS Channel 10 await results of the 1967 elections in the newsroom.

Advertising displays in the windows of WSLS Channel 10, located at 401 3rd Street.

Inside the WSLS Channel 10 studio during merchandising promotion.

Unidentified women sit at registration desk of an Advertising Clinic held at the Hotel Roanoke to promote the Valley's businesses and industries.

Advertising displays at an advertising clinic held at the Hotel Roanoke.

Marcia Fink woman holds a copy of an advertisement for Fink's Jewelers printed in Life Magazine at an advertising clinic

Display at an ad clinic for the Roanoke Advertising Club.

Interior of Oakey's Downtown chapel.

Home located at 528 Marshall Avenue SW.

Virginia Heights Elementary School is located at 1210 Amherst Street SW.

William Ruffner Middle School, formerly located at 3601 Ferncliff Avenue NW. The school opened in 1970 and closed in 2009. The building is used as an operations center by Roanoke City Public Schools.

McNease Shoe Company, formerly located at 14 Campbell Avenue SE. At left is the owner, Wallace M. McNease. Others unidentified.

Ferris wheel and Scrambler at Lakeside Park

Crystal Spring Laundry and Cleaners, formerly located at 720 Franklin Road SW.

Crystal Spring Laundry and Cleaners, formerly located at 3008 Williamson Road NW.

Crystal Spring Laundry and Cleaners, formerly located at 2049 E. Main Street in Salem.

Roanoke Police Department in front of the Municipal Building.

The aftermath of the wreck of the "Ole 97". Due to excessive speed in an attempt to maintain schedule, the train derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia where the train careened off the side of the bridge, killing eleven personnel…

Artist rendering of Heironimus. Artist unknown. Location is 401 S, Jefferson Street.

Peaks of Otter Lodge in the latter part of construction.

Crystal Clear Ice Cubes vending machine.

Drivers of Andrews-Pitzer-Butler Fuel Oil Corporation pose next to their trucks in Highland Park.

Marquee sign for Roanoke Mills.

The Roanoker Cafeteria, formerly located at 4142 Melrose Avenue.

Sign for The Bride's House, formerly located at 2223 Crystal Spring Avenue

Sign for The Bride's House, formerly located at 2223 Crystal Spring Avenue

Roanoke Motor Car Company, formerly located at 503 S. Jefferson Street. The company sold Chevrolets.

Huntingdon, located at 320 Huntington Boulevard, was built circa 1820 by Elisha Betts. The home underwent extensive renovations in the late 1980s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It now operates as a bed and…

Date of Birth: March 16, 1919
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1964
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1966
Date of Death: July 4, 2002

Yearbook for National Business College.

Yearbook for National Business College.

Descriptive book for National Business College.

Neighborhood History Interview with A. Byron Smith
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 29 August 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 42:41
Transcription prepared by: unknown

Neighborhood History Interview with Andrew Gordon Thornton, Jr.
Interviewer: unknown
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Total Duration: 40:14

Neighborhood History Interview with Alice Johnson
Interviewer: Tanya Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 27:16

Neighborhood History Interview with Alphonza M. Easley
Interviewer: Joey Klein
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 51:25

Neighborhood History Interview with Alphonzo L. Holland, Sr.
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 19 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 56:02
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Anita Louise Ollie
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 26:21

Neighborhood History Interview with Ann C. Keffer
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 29 March 2007
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 46:29
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Annie Enoch
Interviewer: Brent Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Total Duration: 29:41

Neighborhood History Interview with Antinette Beane
Interviewer: C.L. Bohannon
Date: 5 November 2009
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 38:42
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Arleen Ollie
Interviewers: Ashley Lewis; DeAsia Calloway; Chantel Wilson
Date: 4 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 37:12
Transcription prepared by: Ashley Lewis

Neighborhood History Interview with B. Ray Phanelson
Interviewer: Pam Young
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 49:09
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Barbara Earley Brown
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: unknown
Total Duration: 42:06

Neighborhood History Interview with Beatrice Burwell
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 8 November 2006
Location: Elm Park Estates
Total Duration: 1:03:34
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Brenda McDaniel
Interviewer: Mary Bishop
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Total Duration: 24:01

Neighborhood History Interview with Caralene Mathis Lewis
Interviewer: Nick Potts
Date: 15 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 29:19

Neighborhood History Interview with Carolyn Ann Johnson Jones
Interviewer: Sarah Lavender
Date: 11 June 2008
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 1:37:02
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Cecil "Duke" Brown
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 25 June 2009
Location: Melrose Branch Library
Total Duration: 55:07
Transcription prepared by: Krissy Price

Neighborhood History Interview with Charles Anderson
Interviewers: Peter Townsend; Alijah Webb; Elijah Williams
Date: 10 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 43:08

Neighborhood History Interview with Charles Wesely Day
Interviewer: Dr. Reginald Shareef
Date: 5 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:00:51
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Charlotte and Evelyn Clements
Interviewer: Cheryl Ramsey
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 36:38

Neighborhood History Interview with Christine Payne
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 10 January 2007
Location: Private residence of Christine Payne
Total Duration: 25:13
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Claudia Akers
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 17 September 2007
Location: Our Lady of the Valley
Total Duration: 1:04:07
Transcription prepared by: Brian Clark

Neighborhood History Interview with Claudia Whitworth
Interviewer: Dr. Reginald Shareef
Date: 5 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:20:51
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Corbin Wilson
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 17 December 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:03:15

Neighborhood History Interview with Daniel Wright
Interviewer: Kevin Speed
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Total Duration: 37:17

Neighborhood History Interview with Delois C. Broady
Interviewer: Robert Dulin
Date: 15 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 30:24
Transcription prepared by: Chelsea Seddon

Neighborhood History Interview with Delvis "Mac" McCadden
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 30 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 42:46
Transcription prepared by: unknown

Neighborhood History Interview with Dian Tapscott
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 3 October 2007
Location: Private residence of Dian Topscott
Total Duration: 26:17
Transcription prepared by: Brian Clark

Neighborhood History Interview with Dorothy Sharpley
Interviewer: Frank Eastburn
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Total Duration: 33:16

Neighborhood History Interview with Dr. Reginald Shareef
Interviewer: Anne Beckett
Date: 19 October 2016
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 59:17
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Dr. Walter Claytor
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 16 December 2006
Location: Harrison Museum of African American Culture
Total Duration: 59:49
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Willie Mae Ingram
Interviewer: Ashley Maynor
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 32:25

Neighborhood History Interview with E. Elizabeth Spoelma
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 7 February 2007
Location: Friendship Manor
Total Duration: 42:19
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Earl B. Reynolds, Jr.
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 12 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:00:39
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Ed and Bob Simpson
Interviewer: Claire Hunter
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Total Duration: 21:54

Neighborhood History Interview with Edward T. Burton
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 19 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 18:59
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Elizabeth A. Cregger
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 17 November 2008
Location: Private residence of Ms. Cregger
Total Duration: 1:21:41

Neighborhood History Interview with Emerson Lamb
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 26 November 2007
Location: Our Lady of the Valley
Total Duration: 1:07:04
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Ernell Glasby
Interviewer: Hazel Law
Date: 6 November 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 31:22
Transcription prepaperd by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Estelle McCadden
Interviewer: Wafa Al-Daily
Date: 6 April 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:00:07

Neighborhood History Interview with Evelyn Bethel and Helen Davis
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 15 March 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:16:44
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Florence Farley
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 26 February 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:12:42
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Fola McCray Dickey
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 17 July 2008
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:00:08

Neighborhood History Interview with Francis J. Gill
Interviewer: Theresa Gill-Walker
Date: 9 March 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 42:54
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Frederick Douglas Hairston
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 4 May 2008
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 28:53
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Freeland O. Pendleton, Sr.
Interviewer: Laura Wickstead
Date: 12 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:00:17
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with George E. Rogers
Interviewer: Mary Bishop
Date: 12 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:05:27
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Gilmore Perry, Jr. with Lawrence Mitchell
Interviewer: Cheryl Ramsey
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 36:35
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Gladys Hilton Buckner
Interviewer: Tanya Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 28:48
Transcription prepared by: Krissy Price

Neighborhood History Interview with Gloria A. Dowe
Interviewer: Chris Fetterman
Date: 17 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 35:52

Neighborhood History Interview with Gloria Jean Coan
Interviewer: Michael Blankenship
Date: 30 September 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:02:00
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Gloria Jean Wilson
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 29:05
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Harold Bowman
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 8 June 2007
Location: Mountain View Recreation Center
Total Duration: 36:21
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with James Atkinson
Interviewer: Claire Hunter
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Transcription prepared by: Susan Hensley

Neighborhood History Interview with James Beverly Keeling
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 19 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 19:06
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with James Bullington
Interviewer: Ashley Maynor and Pam Young
Date: 5 February 2008
Location: Private residence of James Bullington
Total Duration: 59:75 (in two parts)

Neighborhood History Interview with Janice Hale
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 8 June 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 31:14
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Jimmy Cook
Interviewer: Theresa Gillespie
Date: 20 April 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 38:17

Neighborhood History Interview with John and Mattie Johnson
Interviewer: Nathan Abernethy
Date: 18 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 1:05:49

Neighborhood History Interview with Katherine Pullens
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 24 March 2008
Location: Private residence of Katherine Pullens
Total Duration: 57:40

Neighborhood History Interview with Laura Toliver
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 12:52
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Lawrence Bennett
Interviewer: Sarah Swenson
Date: 1 April 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 34:39
Transcription prepapred by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Lawrence Mitchell with Gilmore Perry
Interviewer: Cheryl Ramsey
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 36:42
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Lewis Peery
Interviewer: Mary Bishop
Date: 12 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 57:13
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Lillie Johnson
Interviewer: Brent Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 25:12

Neighborhood History Interview with Lular Ree Clark Lucky
Interviewer: Ashley Maynor
Date: 26 June 2008
Location: Private residence of Ms. Lucky
Total Duration: 1:20:36
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Madeleine Daniels
Interviewer: Brenda Finley
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 8:22 (in two parts)
Transcription prepared by: Sarah Lavender

Neighborhood History Interview with Mae Huff
Interviewer: unknown
Date: 15 March 2010
Location: unknown
Total Duration: 1:00:15

Neighborhood History Interview with Malcolm Shaw
Interviewer: Michaele J. Johnson
Date: 12 April 2010
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 42:57

Neighborhood History Interview with Marcus and Danielle Preston
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 23 October 2007
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 37:31

Neighborhood History Interview with Margaret Fariss
Interviewer: Mary Bishop
Date: 20 May 2006
Location: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Block Party
Total Duration: 31:14

Neighborhood History Interview with Marie McGeorge
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 21 August 2007
Location: Jackson Park Branch Library
Total Duration: 25:20

Neighborhood History Interview with Mary Divers Hackley
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 14 February 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 56:24
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Mary Hines with Geneva Ogden
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 49:04

Neighborhood History Interview with Mary Jane Callahan
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 10 January 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 35:08
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Maxine N. Hunt
Interviewer: Dr. Reginald Shareef
Date: 5 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:08:00
Transcription prepared by Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Michael Franklin
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 14 April 2008
Location: Mountain View Recreation Center
Total Duration: 34:05
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Mildred Fairfax
Interviewer: Ellie Conlin
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: unknown
Total Duration: 27:03

Neighborhood History Interview with Peggy Parker
Interviewer: Meghan Shea-Keenan
Date: 4 November 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 33:56

Neighborhood History Interview with Peggy Sue Mason
Interviewer: Mary Blitz
Date: 16 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 41:56

Neighborhood History Interview with Perneller Chubb-Wilson
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 18 June 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:22:12

Neighborhood History Interview with Ray L. Garland
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 4 October 2007
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 47:27

Neighborhood History Interview with Rebecca Raper Austin
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 23 March 2007
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 55:47
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Regina Holmes Peeks
Interviewer: Cheryl Ramsey
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 43:02
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Rev. Carl Tinsley
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 22 March 2007
Location: Private residence of Carl Tinsley
Total Duration: 1:29:25
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Richard Chubb
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 19 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 53:41

Neighborhood History Interview with Richard Chubb
Interviewer: Sarah Swenson
Date: 6 April 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 40:42

Neighborhood History Interview with Robert Garland
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 12 June 2007
Location: Private residence of Robert Garland
Total Duration: 1:36:18
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Robert Hale
Interviewer: Mary Bishop
Date: 16 December 2006
Location: Harrison Museum of African American Culture
Total Duration: 48:47
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Rodolph Wakim
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 8 June 2007
Location: St. Elias Church
Total Duration: 26:43
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Roy Nelson McFarland, Jr.
Interviewer: Michaele J. Moore
Date: 18 February 2010
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 47:57

Neighborhood History Interview with Ruth Bennett
Interviewer: Brent Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 27:35
Transcription prepared by: Chelsea Seddon

Neighborhood History Interview with Sandra Smith Jordan
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 9 March 2009
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:26:54

Neighborhood History Interview with Sarah Showalter
Interviewer: Pam Young
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 23:14
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Sheila Anderson
Interviewer: Cheryl Ramsey
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 23:17
Transcription prepapred by: Amy Burns

Neighborhood History Interview with Shirley Hudgins
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 18 June 2007
Location: Main Library
Total Duration: 23:41

Neighborhood History Interview with Shirley Perry
Interviewer: Alicia Sell
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 24:51
Transcription prepared by: Catherine Jessee

Neighborhood History Interview with Virginia C. Morrison
Interviewer: Tanya Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 25:37 (in two parts)

Neighborhood History Interview with Virginia M. Chubb-Hale
Interviewer: Carla Lewis
Date: 11 January 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 28:20

Neighborhood History Interview with Virginia Mignon Chubb-Hale
Interviewer: Chris Boucher
Date: 16 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 35:24

Neighborhood History Interview with Virginia Wolfe
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 29 August 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:02:18

Neighborhood History Interview with Vivian Woody
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 29:16
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Walter Melvin Bryant
Interviewer: Kellie Thomas
Date: 20 March 2007
Location: Private residence of Walter Bryant
Total Duration: 55:52
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with Westley Rogers
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 2 July 2007
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 1:49:29

Neighborhood History Interview with William Highfill, III
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 19 November 2007
Location: Private residence of William Highfill
Total Duration: 1:07:05
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood History Interview with William Lawrence
Interviewer: Brent Weigel
Date: 23 February 2008
Location: Jerusalem Baptist Church
Total Duration: 16:22

Neighborhood History Interview with William Penn
Interviewer: Drew Mines
Date: 4 March 2010
Location: Lucy Addison Middle School
Total Duration: 21:13

Neighborhood History Interview with Wilma Warren
Interviewer: Brian Clark
Date: 17 September 2007
Location: Our Lady of the Valley
Total Duration: 1:21:30
Transcription prepared by: Brian Clark

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Ann Turner
Interviewer: Kerri Taylor
Date: 6 April 2017
Location: Ms. Taylor's residence
Duration: 45:26

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with English Showalter
Interviewer: Kerri Taylor
Date: 13 May 2017
Location: Mr. Showalter's residence in Chevy Chase, Maryland
Duration: 1:05:26

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Jeanette Willis
Interviewer: Arleen Ollie
Date: 30 October 2006
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Total Duration: 41:03
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Sterling

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Stephen Niamke
Interviewer: Kerri Taylor
Date: 19 April 2017
Location: Melrose-Rugby Center
Duration: 54:18

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Virginia Mignon Chubb-Hale
Interviewer: Kerri Taylor
Date: 10 November 2017
Location: Gainsboro Branch Library
Duration: 8:43

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School.

Oak Leaves is the annual for Oak Grove Elementary School.

Oral History Interview with Amanda Ervin
Interviewer: Vanessa Dotson and Miu Iwasaki
Date: 2 October 2019
Location: Salvation Army
Duration: 45:22
Transcription prepared by: Kierra Burda

Oral History Interview with Anonymous1
Interviewers: Roanoke College students
Date: 24 February 2017
Location: Downtown Roanoke
Duration: 52:17

Interviewer: Caitlyn Lewis; Kitty Bridgewater
Interviewee: Anton Black
Date: 22 February 2018
Duration: 66:22
Transcription prepared by: Caitlyn Lewis

Oral History Interview with Ashley Rhame
Interviewer: Julian Edwards
Interviewee: Ashley Rhame
Date: 23 February 2020
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Total Duration: 66:45
Transcription prepared by: Julian Edwards,…

Interviewer: Zacch Wooten
Interviewee: Barbara Maberry
Date: 5 October 2016
Duration: 58:59
Transcription prepared by: Amelia Woodworth and Joshua Bailey

Interviewer: Kitty Bridgewater
Interviewee: Carolyn Sue Wilson
Date: 25 February 2018
Duration: 1:22:48
Transcription prepared by: Kitty Bridgewater

Oral History Interview with Catina Lowery
Interviewee: Catina Lowery
Interviewer: Alexis Mattson
Date: 24 March 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 59:49
Transcription prepared by: Lucy Perry

Oral History Interview with Daddy Sam
Interviewer: Marlee Wertz
Interviewee: Daddy Sam
Date: 24 February 2016
Location: Interviewee’s private residence, Roanoke, VA
Total Duration: 60:07
Transcription prepared by: Micheala McDonald, Rachel…

Oral history interview with Dan Jones
Interviewer: Gregory Rosenthal
Interviewee: Daniel Jones
Date: 20 February 2016
Location: Roanoke College History Department, 223 E. Main Street, Salem
Total Duration: 95:28
Transcription prepared by:…

Oral History Interview with Don Muse
Interviewer: Sasha Roberts, Brooke Thacker, Victoria Preston
Interviewee: Don Muse
Date: 19 February 2017
Location: Home of Don Muse
Total Duration: 1:01:18
Transcription prepared by: Victoria Preston,…

Oral History Interview with Dr. Gregory Samantha Rosenthal
Interviewer: Catherine Jessee
Interviewer: Dr. Gregory Samantha Rosenthal
Date: 6 April 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 1:29:39

Oral History Interview with Edna Whittier
Interviewer:Tessa Pleban
Interviewee: Edna Whittier
Date: 2 March 2016
Location: Floyd Public Library, Floyd,VA
Total Duration: 1:37:59
Transcription prepared by: Mahmoud El-­‐Hazzouri and Jessica…

Interviewers: Rebecca Proctor, Kalyn Fowler
Interviewee: Erika Joyner
Date: 29 September 2016
Duration: 57:17
Transcription prepared by: Kalyn Fowler and Sarah Groft

Oral History Interview with Gail Burruss
Interviewers: Michelle Eimen
Interviewee: Gail Burruss
Date: February 18, 2019
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 59:20
Transcription prepared by: Katie Thaxton, Michelle Eimen,…

Oral History Interview with Garland Gravely
Interviewer: Madison Pinckes, Erik Weed
Interviewee: Garland Gravely
Date: 19 February 2017
Location: Home of Garland Gravely
Total Duration: 50:15
Transcription prepared by: Dacotah McGaffic, J.T.…

Oral History Interview with Gerry Jennings
Interviewer: Gregory Rosenthal
Interviewee: Gerry Jennings
Date: February 23, 2016
Location: Gerry Jennings’s home, Roanoke, Virginia
Total Duration: 1:15:59
Transcription prepared by Erin Hannon

Oral History Interview with J
Interviewer: Samantha Meyer
Date: 25 October 2019
Location: Salvation Army
Duration: 40:42
Transcription prepared by: Liz Lee and Megan Reynolds

Oral History Interview with James Best
Interviewers: Caitlyn Allen (Madison Kunstman also
present)
Interviewee:James Ernest Best
Date: February 21, 2016
Location: Roanoke College, Miller Hall, 221 College Lane Salem, VA
Total Duration:…

Oral History Interview with Joe Cobb
Interviewer: Eve Allen
Interviewee: Joe Cobb
Date: 21 February 2020
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Total Duration: 82:58 (in four parts)
Transcription prepared by: Miranda…

Oral History Interview with Kathryn L. Beranich
Interviewer: Julia Greider
Interviewee: Kathryn L. Beranich
Date: 17 January 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Duration: 1:37:03
Transcription prepared by: Kerri Taylor

Interviewers: Caitlyn Allen and Madison Kunstman
Interviewee: Kim O’Donnell
Date: 25 February 2016
Total Duration: 77:42
Transcription prepared by: Will Lucas

Oral History Interview with L Saunders
Interviewer: Madelyne Culkin
Interviewee: L Saunders
Date: February 27, 2022
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 59:14 (in two parts: 45:57 and 13:17)
Transcription prepared by: …
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