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Roanoke Public Libraries

Virginia Room
Roanoke Public Libraries
706 South Jefferson Street
Roanoke, VA 24016
Primary Collecting Areas:
Genealogy and local history
Description:
The Virginia Room holds Roanoke Public Library's non-circulating historical and genealogical research resources. The Virginia Room collects materials of the Roanoke Valley and the Commonwealth of Virginia and to a lesser degree, materials of states which are closely tied to Virginia and its people by birth, immigration, migration or by boundary divisions.
POC: Dyron Knick
Phone: (540) 853-2073
Start Over Repository Roanoke Public Libraries Date range 1935
Roanoke Public Libraries

Julian Stanley Wise Papers 1935-1973

The Julian Stanley Wise Papers contains materials associated with Julian Sanely Wise, founder of the first volunteer rescue squad in the nation. Documents include biographical sketches, documents on the history and organization of the Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew and the Virginia Association of Rescue Squads; personal correspondence, media articles; and certificates, tributes and awards.

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