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Friends of the Library
Special Benefactors


Curtis Andrews

Lifelong Petersburg resident Mr. Curtis L. Andrews regularly delivers bouquets of flowers to the library. He enjoys making the staff happy, and he likes to "brighten up the place."


Mr. Glin D. Casey

Mr. Glin D. Casey (1914-2004), well-known artist and sculptor, donated several pieces of art to the Richard Bland College Library. Mr. Casey also donated signed copies of his booklet Sketching for Metal Sculpture and Self Development.


Donation from Mr. Robert Churn

Mr. Robert Churn, who was once the head of Student Services at Richard Bland College, has donated two rare editions now in Special Collections at the Richard Bland College Library: The Roman History (4th edition, 1713) written by Laurence Echard in the 18th century and Sir Walter Scott's Lake of the Lake (circa 1857).


Donation from Mr. Alexander Hamilton
Donation from Mr. Alexander Hamilton


Prior to his death in 1997 at the age of 91, local attorney and former Petersburg mayor Mr. Alexander Hamilton Jr. donated over fifty volumes to the Richard Bland College Library in the late 1990s. Many of the historical and literary titles donated by Mr. Hamilton are in Special Collections. Mr. Hamilton served as Petersburg vice mayor from 1938 to 1940, as mayor from 1940 to 1944 and as city councilman from 1944 to 1946. In addition, he was an attorney for more than 52 years, retiring as a partner in White, Hamilton, Wyche and Shell during the early 1980s.


Mrs. Thelma Helmick

Mrs. Thelma Helmick has donated over 230 art and photography books to the Richad Bland College library collection. Mrs. Helmick illustrated and designed the cover to Liz Howerton's From desperation to jubilation : my five year journey; she also works in oils, watercolor, pastels, colored pencils, and charcoal. Mrs. Helmick has also taught art to young students and held exhibitions throughout the greater Tri-Cities area.


Mr. William D. Henderson


Dr. McNeer and  Mr. Richard L. Jones

Mr. Richard L. Jones, author and Richard Bland College Library benefactor, presents Dr. McNeer (left) with A History of Henrico Parish and Old St. John's Church Richmond Virginia 1611-1904. Mr. Jones is author of the book Dinwiddie County, Carrefour of the Commonwealth: a History.


Mrs. Elizabeth Winton Lanier


Mrs. Anna Lou Musgrove

Mrs. Anna Lou Musgrove (1914-2003), local artist, art teacher and patron of the arts, donated many pieces of her own artwork to the Richard Bland College Library. She also donated her slides and photos from educational trips abroad to Europe.


Roland Parsons

Roland M. Parsons of the Richard Bland College Security Department, is a very generous supporter of the Library. Over the years, he has contributed to the Graduate Books program, and he has also donated audiovisual equipment and a significant number of DVDs.


 

Dr. James Ryan

Dr. James Ryan, author and Richard Bland College Library benefactor, has donated a vast array of historical resources to the library. Many of his contributions to the collections have been added to the Virginia Room.


Mrs. Marge Solenberger

Mrs. Marjorie Z. Solenberger (1917-2003), Richard Bland College public relationist and library benefactor, donated several paintings to the RBC Library. Prior to her passing, she contributed significantly to the college, to the library, to the surrounding area, and to the memory of Richard Bland.


Cliff Walker

Mr. Cliff Walker (1951-2007) retired from his position as Richard Bland College Housekeeping Supervisor in 2007. This beloved employee, who worked at the College for thirty years, had always been a big supporter and "special friend" of the library!



Anonymous Donor

The library has an anonymous benefactor whose generosity has greatly enhanced our feature film collection. Our mystery donor has donated thousands of DVDs and VHS tapes along with funds toward the purchase of new and replacement films. In fact, the Anonymous DVD Donor was the subject of a newspaper article in The Progress-Index: "The Richard Bland Library has a secret admirer!" — Susan Robertston, October 2, 2005. (Access DVD lists in the RBC Library.)

 

Irene Handy
Librarian Irene Handy retrieves donated DVDs from the library bookdrop.

 

Joy Galloni, Dr. Virginia Cherry, Roland Parsons, Deborah Vroman and Irene Handy
In December 2007, The Anonymous Donor treated librarians to Outback gift cards, student workers (not pictured) to Cross pens, and Captain Roland Parsons to a portable DVD player.


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