Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research .

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

News Publishing Company Collection, 1933-1934 (SC 0088), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Doug Domenich, Richmond, VA

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Accruals

2011.0215

Processing Information

Emily Hershman, 22 June 2011

Historical Information

Benjamin Harrison Branch, Jr. (1919-1993) was an active member of the Goose Creek United Meeting. In 1933, Branch became editor of a student newspaper, the News Publishing Company, at Lincoln High School in association with Howard W. Babb (1899-n.d.). Branch was later named historian of the Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C. He donated collections detailing personal genealogy and his work with the Conference of Friends to both the Library of Congress and the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Scope and Content

The News Publishing Company Collection consists of issues of The News from 1933 to 1934, as well as a subscription card, letter regarding fundraising from the Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C., and a bulletin to the Lincoln Monthly Meeting of Friends discussing spiritual development. The news articles include discussion of plays and other events at Lincoln High School, sermons at the Friends Meetings, recipes, and handmade drawings of local activities. These issues were kept by subscribers Franklin P. (1857-1946) and Elizabeth H. (n.d.-1948) Wilson, who had spent much of their early lives in Loudoun County. A letter to Mrs. Wilson is also included, explaining that the student paper will not be continued during summer vacation.

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