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Lynchburg 100
An Illustrated Guide to Lynchburg Landmarks
by S. Allen Chambers, Jr. & Nancy B. Marion
Lynchburg 100, An Illustrated Guide to Lynchburg Landmarks, is meant for both residents and visitors. Many landmarks will be familiar to residents, but some will not, as they are "off the beaten track," both figuratively and literally. For visitors, Lynchburg 100 will serve as an introduction to the best Lynchburg has to offer, and will whet their appetites to see and learn more about this historic Virginia city on the James.
In his text, architectural historian S. Allen Chambers, Jr., provides succinct descriptions and proper historical perspective for each Lynchburg landmark. In her illustrations, Nancy Marion captures the essence of each of her 100 subjects, all of which are lovingly and elegantly photographed. Two fold-out maps assist in locating the sites.
Panoramic Prints
1845 Ink Wash Print of Lynchburg by August Kollner (reproduction)
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1855 Lithograph of Lynchburg by Edward Beyer (reproduction)
1884 Panoramic Photo of Lynchburg (reproduction)
1909 Panoramic Photo of Lynchburg (reproduction)
c. 1949 Panoramic Photo of Lynchburg (reproduction)
2003 Panoramic Photo of Lynchburg (reproduction)
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Fall 1988
Thomas Jefferson Takes His Granddaughters to Natural Bridge:
A Trip “Attended with Disasters and Accidents”
S. Allen Chambers
The Mill Wheels Are Silent: A History of Milling in Lynchburg.
T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr.
Anne Spencer–A Poet in Her Garden,
Laurie Caldwell
The Virginia & Tennessee Railroad: Lynchburg’s First,
Janet Shaffer
Thomas Jefferson’s Escape to Geddes Farm in Amherst County,
Martha Terrell Harris
Spring 1989
Mildred Winner
Profiles of the Past,
Becky Driskill Schlott
Two Steps Forward and One Step Back:
The Participation of Lynchburg, Virginia Blacks in Politics, 1865-1870,
Harry S. Ferguson
“Your Affectionate Lover” ,
Peter W. Houck
A True Southern Belle,
Ed Warehime
Daniel, A Town Lost in Time,
Laurie Caldwell
The Clay Pipes of Pamplin,
Nancy Jamerson Weiland
Fall 1989
SOLD OUT
The Art of Queena Stovall
(Editor’s Note)
Queena Stovall: ‘Country Woman’?...or a World-Class Personality?...or Both?,
Claudine Weatherford
Patrick Henry and Dr. George Cabell,
James M. Elson
Queena Stovall’s ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’,
Claudine Weatherford.
Carl Hutcherson, the central figure in Queena Stovall’s
‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’
The ‘Old’ Lynchburg College.
Clifton W. Potter, Jr.
Pioneer Quakers on the Bedford Frontier,
Douglas Summers Brown
Spring 1990
Lynchburg College,
George N. Rainsford
Lynchburg’s Dr. Vernon Johns and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Henry Powell
Art in the Life of a City: A Century of Art and Artists in Lynchburg,
Virginia, Ann Lunsford Hunter
Batteau Navigation on the Staunton River,
Richard L. Guild
Horatio Alger with a Twist: The Life of Thomas Fortune Ryan,
Lee Marmon
Fall 1990
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Miss Emma Adams:
She Brought Music’s Immortals to Lynchburg,
James M. Elson
Riverfront Dream Moves Forward
Evolution of Black Education in Virginia:
Virginia Seminary’s Equivocal Role,
Lois Guchu
Another Look at the Celebrated Trial of Hook vs Venable,
Clifton W. Potter, Jr.
From Hardware to Handbooks:
Jones, Watts and the Business Origins of Jones Memorial Library,
Lee Marmon
The Jones Memorial Library Building– An Update,
Maureen Bendall
Centennial Celebrations of NSDAR Bring To Mind Lynchburg Lady
Who Was a Dominant Figure in Organizing the Society,
Aurelia J. Faulconer
Lynchburg’s Quakers: They Worshipped God and Hewed Central Virginia
Out of the Wilderness,
Douglas Summers Brown
Spring 1991
SOLD OUT
The Rescue and Restoration of Jefferson’s Poplar Forest,
Lynn A. Beebe
Revelations From the Records:
The Documentary Research at Poplar Forest,
S. Allen Chambers, Jr.
Ghost Stories:
The Architectural Investigation of Poplar Forest,
Travis C. McDonald, Jr.
Central Virginia Blacks in the Civil War —A Missing Page of History,
Charles W. White
Thomas Jefferson’s Time Capsule:
Archaeology at Poplar Forest,
William M. Kelso
Sandusky ‘By the Still Waters’,
Janet Shafer
River James, What Now?,
Robert H. MacCallum
Fall 1991
That ‘Lynch’ Word,
Ann Fairfax Withington
The Lynch House of 619 First Street:
Unfolding an Historical Mystery,
Nancy Jamerson Weiland and Lee Marmon
Lynchburg’s Man of Iron:
The Forgotten Career of Frances B. Deane, Jr. (1796-1868),
Douglas C. MacLeod
A geneology of the Lynch Family,
Peter W. Houck
Them’s Not Yankees, ‘They’s Folks’,
Ed Warehime
Mozart in Lynchburg,
Dorothy-Bundy Turner Potter
John Percival and His Island,
Robert H. MacCallum
SOLD OUT
The Monacan Mystique,
Peter W. Houck,
Monacan Archaeology and History,
Jeffrey L. Hantman
Forgotten Places and People:
Prehistoric Indian Life on the Appomattox River,
James William Jordan
Dr. Plecker’s Assault on the Monacan Indians:
Legal Racism and Documentary Genocide,
J. David Smith
The Buzzard Rock:
Saponi-Monacan Traditions from Hico, Virginia,
Jay Hansford C. Vest
Books of Interest:,
David M. Sokal
Fall 1992
Carter Glass: The Editor-Publisher Who Turned Politician,
Robert Wimer
Colonel Maurice S. Langhorne:
Unsung Hero and Favorite Son of Lynchburg,
Rusty Hicks
Mrs. Cabell’s Lynchburg,
Douglas Summers Brown
Diuguid Funeral Service at 175 Years
Mr. Jefferson’s Delinquent Account
at Lynchburg’s First Dry Goods Store,
Mildred D. Winner
The Lynchburg Campbell Court House Turnpike (1836-1904),
Robert P. Merchant
Books of Interest:
David M. Sokol
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Spring 1993
New Technology — Photography —
Thrives in Prosperous Mid-19th-Century Lynchburg,
Aubrey Wiley
Looking Back at Lynchburg—The Photographs of Aileen Hamner,
Adam Scher
Lynchburg’s Community Marke,
Robert P. Merchant
Lynchburg in Days Gone By - Voices of the Past
Miss Georgia Morgan,
Edmund D. Potter
A Gilded Cage: Slavery at Jefferson’s Poplar Forest (1773-1826),
Lee Marmon
Rediscovering Lynchburg’s Quakers,
Henry Powell
Bits and Pieces of Early Lynchburg and Its City Government,
T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr.
Books of Interest:,
David M. Sokol
Fall 1993
Historical Partners: Lynchburg Historical Foundation & Lynch’s Ferry
When They Made Automobiles In Lynchburg,
James M. Elson
Written in Stone,
Nancy Jamerson Weiland
Beyond the Red Brick Wall:
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Celebrates Its Centennial,
Shannon Brennan
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
A Gala Evening (“…the most extravagant dinner…”),
Gail Pond
Lynch’s Ferry?,
Robert P. Merchant
Historical Faux Pas,
Peter W. Houck
Marshall Lodge No. 39 A.F.&A.M.: Two Hundred Years of Progress,
Worshipful W. Wayne Dawson and Lawrence Dawson, Jr.
Bits and Pieces of Early Lynchburg and Its City Government,
T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr.
Spring 1994
General James Dearing,
Rusty Hicks
The Indian Princess at Point of Honor,
Janet Shaffer
Queen Anne Architecture in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
Mrs. George M. Jones and Her Monumental Reality,
Jeni Sandberg
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Lynchburg’s First Efforts To Save The Academy of Music:
Reflections Of Virginia Wiley,
John C. Presley
The Making of the Painting Shown on the Front Cover:
‘Lord, Plant My Feet on Higher Ground’,
Ann van de Graaf
A Tragic Visit – Mrs. “Jeb” Stuart Comes to Lynchburg –
The Aftermath,
Jane Douglas Summers Brown
Bragassa’s: From Golden Nuggets to Golden Memories,
Nancy Jamerson Weiland
The Balloon in Lynchburg’s Court House,
Robert P. Merchant
‘A Home For All’: Lynchburg’s Bungalows,
William H. Young
Samuel Otho Fisher and His Venerable Gun Shop
Wayne Dawson and Lawrence Dawson, Jr.
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Sitting Down For Justice:
The First Lynchburg, Virginia Sit-In in 1960 and Its Impact on Randolph-Macon Woman’s College,
Theresa J. Carroll
‘The Hope of the World’ Christian Education,
Dollars, and Desegregation at Lynchburg College,
Jeffrey Scott Cole
Spring 1995
Jubal Early, Hero and Citizen of Lynchburg,
James M. Elson
Jones Memorial Library:
A Glimpse at a Few of the Treasures Stored There,
Lewis H. Averett and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
Lynchburg City Paper Money of 1862,
Raymond H. Williamson
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Senator Glass and the Telephones,
Robert P. Merchant
Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails: Art Deco in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
The Lynchburger Who Met Goethe,
James M. Elson
Did You Know,
Peter W. Houck
The Discovery of Judge William Daniel’s Overseer’s Place,
Robert P. Merchant
Fall 1995
Signs of Change in the Old City Cemetery,
Jane B. White
Elizabeth Otey Watson: REFLECTIONS,
John C. Presley
Jones Memorial Library:
A Glimpse at a Few of the Treasures Stored There
Lewis H. Averett and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
It Was Great To Be Alive and Living in Lynchburg — in 1913,
James M. Elson
Blue Ridge Chapter, NSDAR Celebrates 100th Anniversary
An Award for Ray Williamson — and Lynch’s Ferry
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
‘In My Adobe Hacienda’:
Spanish Revival Styles in Lynchburg Architecture,
William H. Young
Spring 1996
Stained Glass in Lynchburg,
S. Allen Chambers, Jr,
Lynchburg Before The Surrender (1865)
As Revealed by the Craighill Brothers,
Preston Craighill
Memoirs, Lieut. James B. Craighill, C.S.A., Written in 1812
Jones Memorial Library:
A Glimpse at a Few of the Treasures Stored There,
Lewis Hobgood Averett and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
From a Princely Palace to a Cabin in the Cotswalds:
Tudor Revival Architecture in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
‘Miss Lucy’s Legacy’: Lucille Chaffin Kent:
Lynchburg Aviatrix Paved W.W. II Skyways,
Fran Gibson
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Fall 1996
My Favorite Graveyard,
Jane Douglas Summers Brown
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Lynchburg on the Eve of the War Between the States.
James M. Elson
‘Map of the Engagement near Lynchburg’ — An Analysis,
Peter W. Houck
Jones Memorial Library:
A Glimpse at a Few of the Treasures Stored There,
Lewis Hobgood Averett and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
From Stoops… to Porches… to Decks,
William H. Young
A Correction - Stained Glass Windows
Lynchburg’s City Farm,
Robert P. Merchant
Marshall Lodge’s Gift of Life,
W. Wayne Dawson and Lawrence Dawson, Jr.
PIERRE DAURA,
Anne Smith
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Remembering… The Once Magnificent Paramount Theater,.
Virginia Grist Smith
Jones Memorial Library:
A Glimpse at a Few of the Treasures Stored There,
Lewis Hobgood Averett and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
Statuary in Jeopardy,
Joan Logan Brooks
Packet Boat Days on the ‘Jeems and Kanawhy’,
James M. Elson
Bullington’s Quest:
A Celebration of Two Old Dominion Legends,
Lawrence Dawson, Jr., and W. Wayne Dawson
An Architecture of Confidence and Nostalgia:
The Georgian Revival in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
Fall 1997
Samuel Miller, Lynchburg’s Philanthropic Misanthrope,
James M. Elson
Significant Genealogical Resources at Jones Memorial Library,
Lewis Hobgood Averett and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
Black Men in Gray Uniforms,
Henry Powell
What Price Religious Freedom? - William Davis Pays,
Jane Douglas Summers Brown
Remembering Lucy
Fran Gibson
“Useful Gentlemen”,
P. Tulane Patterson
Beginning a New Chapter in the History of Marshall Lodge,
W. Wayne Dawson and Lawrence Dawson, Jr.
Lynchburg’s Open Air Jail,
Robert P. Merchant
Books of Interest,
David M. Sokol
Temples of Government, Commerce and Domesticity:
Greek Revival Architecture in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
Spring 1998
Judge Charles E. Burks - A Lynchburg Legal Legend,
William W. Sweeney
The Year Without a Summer,
Dorothy-Bundy Turner Potter
Reconstruction and Reconciliation:
‘The Hyena Club Picnic at Hog Island’,
James M. Elson
SIDEBAR: Islands in the James River,
T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr.
Jones Memorial Library’s Pamphlet File Contains More than 1700 Items,
Lewis Hobgood Averette and Phillip Wayne Rhodes
So Old...So New: Colonial Reflections in Lynchburg Architecture,
William H. Young
A ‘New’ Graveyard:
An Exploration of the Presbyterian Cemetery in Lynchburg Virginia,
Henry Mahler
Books of Interest,
David Sokol
Piedmont Mills,
Robert P. Merchant
Robinson Crusoe of Lynchburg,
Douglas C. MacLeod
Boom and Bust in the Burg,
James M. Elson
“Rivermont” House Restoration by the LHF
The American Foursquare,
William H. Young
The African Baptist Church,
Peter W. Houck
Jones Memorial Library Information
Books of Interest,
David Sokol
Spring 1999
A Decisive Moment in Lynchburg’s History,
Rachel O’Dwyer Flynn
Lost Lynchburg: Downtown & Historic Districts, A listing,
William Inge
“This state of neglect”...
The Soldiers’ Burial Ground in Lynchburg During the Civil War,
Ted Delaney
During “The War to End All Wars” Lynchburg was “Lunchburg”,
James M. Elson
Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton -
Woman Pioneer in Medicine,
Janet Shaffer
Architecture As Symbolism: Gothic Revival(s) in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
The Right Barbershop -
Nearly 80 years of Barbering in Lynchburg,
W. Wayne Dawson and Lawrence Dawson, Jr.
Jones Memorial Library,
A GLIMPSE AT A FEW OF THE TREASURES STORED THERE
Books of Interest,
David Sokol
Fall 1999
Patrick Henry: the Lynchburg Connection,
James M. Elson
Horseford Road:
The James River Crossing at Lynchburg before 1757,
Charles L. Stinson
Memories of Oak Grove School,
Carolyn T. Feagans
Of Arches, Brackets & Campaniles:
The ABCs of Italianate Architecture in Lynchburg,
William H. Young
Lynchburg’s Corporate Seals & Logos,
Robert P. Merchant
A Gallery of Photographs from Harris Tire Co.
Jones Memorial Library
MORE GLIMPSES AT A FEW OF THE TREASURES STORED THERE
Books of Interest,
DavidSokol
Spring 2000
Changing of the Guard (Eclan to Elson)
Garland-Rodes School: Then and Now
by Virginia Grist Smith
T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr. Remembers Garland-Rodes School
Garland-Rodes School: Now
by Peter T. Marcy, Head of School
My 10 Most Unforgettable Lynchburgers
by James M. Elson
Dr. John Jay Terrell: Noble Servant
By Lewis Hobgood Averett
Lynchburg’s Professor Frank Trigg: From Slave to College President
by Jane Baber White
Romanesque Architecture in Lynchburg
by Dr. William H. Young
Jones Memorial Library
Civil War letters and diaries
Index of Lynch’s Ferry Magazine
The Art of Frank Wright
John Warwick Daniel, the Best Beloved Virginian of His Day
by James M. Elson
John Marshall Warwick’s House
by Peter W. Houck
The Westover Hotel: A Symbol of the Successes and Failures of West Lynchburg
by Edmund Potter
A Name Reclaimed: Four Generations of Thomas Jefferson Anderson
by T.J.Anderson III
The Outlaw Frank James—Hiding in the Hill City
by Dougls MacLeod
Lynchburg’s New Legacy Museum of African American History
by Carla Heath
…the Grandeur that was Rome: The Neoclassic Movement and Lynchburg Architecture
by William H. Young
Jones Memorial Library
Lynchburg in 1916
Historic Property Update
Rivermont House
Spring 2001
The Lynchburg That Never Was
by S. Allen Chambers, Jr.
When Billy Sunday Came to the City of Churches
by James M. Elson
A Lynchburg Fancy Dress Ball, 1914
Richardson’s Store
by A. Kendall Sydnor with Granville Sydnor Hill
Industry, Economy, and Pride: The Life and Work of Amelia Perry Pride
by Ted Delaney
The Westwood School, A Lynchburg Antebellum Academy
by Robert P. Merchant
Odds ’n’ Ends: Some Final Observations on Lynchburg Architecture (Part 1)
by William H. Young
Amazement Square Opens.
Jones Memorial Library
Guy Dirom WWI letters
Fall 2001
Scaisbrooke Langhorne Abbot:
Lynchburg’s Surprisingly Versatile Artist
by Elizabeth Forsyth Harris
Tab Show Time at the Academy in the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s
by James M. Elson
Adolphus Humbles: African American Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
by John Langston Mitchell
(Jones Memorial Library)
Air Devils
by Ann Brent App
Odds & Ends: Some Final Observations on Lynchburg Architecture (Part II)
by William H. Young
The Bawdy Ladies of Buzzard
by Nancy Jamerson Weiland
Spring 2002
“Queen of the James River and Kanawha Canal”: The Packet Boat Marshall
by Douglas MacLeod
Lynchburg in the [Eighteen] Fifties
by John Cabell Early (1848-1909)
(Jones Memorial Library)
Lynchburg’s Sandusky: From Charles Johnston, Its Founder, to the Present
by Peter W. Houck
Dr. Robert Withers Morgan: Lynchburg’s Pioneer Dentist
by Robert P. Merchant
A Short History of Lynchburg’s Railroads
by Thomas G. Ledford
If the Walls at 622 Harrison Street Could Talk
by W. Scott Smth
The Sad Story of Ota Benga: Citizen of Lynchburg, 1910-1916
by James M. Elson
Fall 2002
A History of Lynchburg’s Histories
by James M. Elson
E.C. Glass High School, Class of ’41
by Sydnor Thompson Jr.
Elijah Fletcher, Citizen of Lynchburg
by Martha von Briesen
(Jones Memorial Library)
the “Watch Box,” Abert
by Aubrery Wiley
A New Era for White Rock Cemetery
An interview with Laura Munson
Project Y: An Art Gallery for Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
by Karol Lawson
Spring 2003
Dreams, Hopes and Realities: Lynchburg College’s First Half Century
by Michael W. Santos
Lynchcburg Photographs: A Virtual Collection
by Nancy Blackwell Marion
Jack Lee (1861-1926): Lynchburg’s Legend of the Law
by Leighton S. Houck
Civil War Heritage, South
by Joan Logan Brooks
Civil War Heritage, North
by James M. Elson
The Story of Lynchburg’s Aviation [1835-1963]
by Lawrence H. McWane
(Jones Memorial Library)
Julia Branch, Baby Nurse: Beloved, Even after Death, by a Family She Served
by Jane Baber White
Intoxicated Lynchburg Goes Dry
by James M. Elson
Fall 2003
During the Roaring Twenties Lynchburg Lost Its “Spizzerinctum”
by James M. Elson
Growing Up in Riverside Park in the 1920s
by T. Gibson Hobbs Jr.
Snapshots of the 20s
Lynchburg’s Post-bellum Eccleastical Architecture: Competition and Shifting Styles
by Forrest L. Frazier II
Silent Conquest
by Peter W. Houck
Reflections of a Diamond Era: The Woman’s Club of Lynchburg Celebrates One Hundred Years of Community Involvement
by Shirley Moorman
Robert Walter Johnson, M.D. (1899–1971)
Black Focus Biographies
(Jones Memorial Library)
The Virginia Greenstone Company, Inc.
by Robert P. Merchant
Stability, Growth, and Change: Lynchburg College, 1948–2003
by Michael W. Santos
Spring 2004
A Page in Lynchburg History: the Lynchburg Newspapers and Racial Strife in the Sixties
by William F. Quillian, Jr.
Standing Up, Student Protesters Surprised Sweet Briar
by Mary Molyneux Abrams
Thank You, Mr. Newman: Reinterpreting the Will of Indiana Fletcher Williams
by Mary Molyneux Abrams
Lynchburg, “brought to hospital in its fair youth”
by James M. Elson
Fifth Street and “The Block” During the 1930s and 1940s
A selection of photographs
by Nancy Blackwell Marion
Dueling Newspaper Editors
by James M. Elson
Jones Memorial Library
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Fall 2004
The Academy of Music on the Eve of its Centennial
by James M. Elson
City Champs: the Rivermont Athletic Club Football Team, 1905-1916
by Douglas MacLeod
Three Lynchburg Crime Stories from the 1930s and 1940s
by Eugene B. Wright
Morris Alexander, Caddy Master and Golf Professional at Oakwood Country Club for Fifty-four Years, 1914-1967
by Jane Baber White
Records of Virtue: Lynchburg School Girl Samplers
by Kimberly Smith Ivey
Jones Memorial Library:
Harry Alberti’s Photograph Album
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Spring 2005
The Old Court House Celebrates Its Sesquicentennial
by Thomas G. Ledford
“Deep in My Heart”: Delving into the Soul of Segregation at the Legacy Museum
by Dianne Swann-Wright and Carolyn Wilkerson Bell
The History of the Child Care Center
from the Center Circular, July 1947
Growing Up at 504 Fifth Street
by Gene W. Tomlin
The Lynchburg Tobacco Trade and the Nineteenth Century Monacan Economy: Oral Traditions from the Blue Ridge at Hico—the Buzzard Rock
by Jay Hansford C. Vest
Jones Memorial Library
Lynchburg from the Air in 1924
Follow Up:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band; the Death of Harry Alberti
Fall 2005
Carter Glass and the Federal Reserve System
by James A. Huston
“Soup, Soap, and Salvation”: One Hundred Christmases, Two Million Meals: Lynchburg’s Salvation Army Celebrates Its Centennial
by Shirley Moorman
The Lynchburg Public Library Celebrates Its Fortieth Birthday
by Patricia K. Doyle
Homes and Houses: Changing Values in a Changing City
by Travis C. McDonald
Leander Harrison: Lynchburg’s Gentleman Barber
by Ted Delaney
Jones Memorial Library
Lynchburg in 1903
Spring 2006
Lynchburg in the Decade of the 1960s
by Thomas G. Ledford
"No Matter How Long": The Struggle to Integrate the Public Schools in Lynchburg, 1954–1970, Chapter III
by Henry Faulkner Heil
The Great Society, Vietnam, and Central Virginia
by Michael W. Santos
Out of the Walls: Randolph-Macon Woman's College in the 1960s
by Carolyn Wilkerson Bell
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