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Correspondence. Luther Foster was known in the\n African American Community for his skills in business and\n accounting. Most of the Correspondence reflects this aspect of\n his life.","Luther Hilton Foster was born May 26, 1888 in Clover,\n Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of Oliver S. and Mary\n Elizabeth Foster. His early childhood schooling was at the\n public school of Halifax County and the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic institute in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Here he\n completed his studies, and was awarded his Normal Degree in\n 1907. Upon his completion from Saint Paul's Polytechnic\n Institute, he then studied at the University of Chicago School\n of Commerce and Business Administration.","He began his career as a public school teacher and later\n was a bookeeper for several years at the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute. In 1913, at the age of twenty-four, he\n became Treasurer-Business Manager of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, a position which he held for\n twenty-nine-years.","In addition to joining the administration, Luther Hilton\n Foster married Miss Daisy Octavia Poole of Surry County\n Virginia in September of 1913. Three children were born to\n this union, a son Luther Hilton Foster Jr., and two daughters\n Virginia S. Foster (Hendricks), and Mary Allen Foster (\n Burleigh II).","In 1912, upon the retirement of Dr. John Gandy, Mr. Foster\n served as acting president of the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute. He was then named the fourth president\n of the college in 1943, serving in that capacity until his\n death in 1949.","Foster was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D by Morris\n Brown College, Atlanta University in 1940, and by Virginia\n Union University in 1943. He was named to the Honor Roll of\n the Richmond Times-Dispatch for the year of 1942. An article\n in the Virginia Teachers Association Bulletin gave recognition\n to Foster in March 1943. He also received special mention by\n the General Education Board because of his business ability.\n Foster was founder of the Association of Business officers in\n schools for Negroes as it was called in 1929 when first\n established. He was the first president of the organization,\n now the American Association of College Business Managers.","Foster was a member of the executive board of the\n Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, a trustee\n and member of the board of Bishop Payne Divinity School in\n Petersburg, Virginia and of the board of Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was a\n member of the executive committee of the Negro Land Grant\n College Association and a member of the executive committee of\n the Virginia Association for Education, chairman of the\n association's Special BuildingFund.","He was a member of the General Improvement Commission of\n the Virginia State Planning Board. Dr. Foster was also\n administrator of the Virginia Graduate Aid Fund for Negro\n Students. He served as executive scout advisor to the J.B.\n Brown division of Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of\n Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Protestant Episcopal Church,\n and of the A.F. and A. Order of Masons.","He died July 6, 1949, and was buried in Blanford Cemetery\n in Petersburg, Virginia. Funeral services were held Friday\n afternoon July 8, at 12:30 from the Virginia Hall\n Auditorium.","June 6, 1950, Nottoway County of Virginia named its new\n high school, in honor of Dr. Luther H. Foster. Foster High\n School is an 18-classroom building located four miles west of\n Blackstone. Dr. Foster, for six years in the presidential\n chair, served to bring additional prestige and worth to the\n school, which he had already helped develop to a noted degree\n in thirty years of proceeding service. He was an expert\n Administrator, but he will be remembered longest as\n counselor.","Luther Hilton Foster Hall, the student activities building\n is dedicated to the memory of the fourth president of Virginia\n State University, 1942 to 1949, and its Treasurer-Business\n Manager from 1913-1942.","The Luther Hilton Foster papers, which are founded in this\n manuscript group do not begin to reflect the prosperous and\n varied life of the man who was the Treasurer Business Manager\n of Virginia State University for twenty-nine years, and the\n fourth president of the university for six years. These papers\n do however touch some of the highlights of his life away from\n official campus duties.","During the time span of these papers, (1928-1931), Foster\n was active with various organizations. This manuscript group\n is interesting in dealing with some of his activities with\n several Petersburg social and civic organizations. Of prime\n interest is his correspondence detailing the attempts of the\n African American Community to establish a local Boy Scout\n chapter.","In addition to his role with the Boy Scouts, he was also\n active with the Petersburg Civic Association, and the Negro\n Land Grant College Conference.","Luther Hilton Foster was a very active man known throughout\n Petersburg, and on Virginia State's campus. These papers will\n reflect on Foster's personal life, and on some of his social\n and civic activities throughout the City of Petersburg.","Additional information about him may be found in Virginia\n State University Archives in VSU.RG 4F and VSU.RG 5.","There are no restrictions.","Some personal correspondence of the\n fourth President of Virginia State University.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["1976-56"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, \n \n 1928-1949"],"collection_title_tesim":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, \n \n 1928-1949"],"collection_ssim":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, \n \n 1928-1949"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"creator_ssm":["Luther Hilton\n Foster"],"creator_ssim":["Luther Hilton\n Foster"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["200\n items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo restrictions on access.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No restrictions on access."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeries I. 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Upon his completion from Saint Paul's Polytechnic\n Institute, he then studied at the University of Chicago School\n of Commerce and Business Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe began his career as a public school teacher and later\n was a bookeeper for several years at the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute. In 1913, at the age of twenty-four, he\n became Treasurer-Business Manager of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, a position which he held for\n twenty-nine-years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to joining the administration, Luther Hilton\n Foster married Miss Daisy Octavia Poole of Surry County\n Virginia in September of 1913. Three children were born to\n this union, a son Luther Hilton Foster Jr., and two daughters\n Virginia S. Foster (Hendricks), and Mary Allen Foster (\n Burleigh II).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1912, upon the retirement of Dr. John Gandy, Mr. Foster\n served as acting president of the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute. He was then named the fourth president\n of the college in 1943, serving in that capacity until his\n death in 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D by Morris\n Brown College, Atlanta University in 1940, and by Virginia\n Union University in 1943. He was named to the Honor Roll of\n the Richmond Times-Dispatch for the year of 1942. An article\n in the Virginia Teachers Association Bulletin gave recognition\n to Foster in March 1943. He also received special mention by\n the General Education Board because of his business ability.\n Foster was founder of the Association of Business officers in\n schools for Negroes as it was called in 1929 when first\n established. He was the first president of the organization,\n now the American Association of College Business Managers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster was a member of the executive board of the\n Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, a trustee\n and member of the board of Bishop Payne Divinity School in\n Petersburg, Virginia and of the board of Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was a\n member of the executive committee of the Negro Land Grant\n College Association and a member of the executive committee of\n the Virginia Association for Education, chairman of the\n association's Special BuildingFund.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe was a member of the General Improvement Commission of\n the Virginia State Planning Board. Dr. Foster was also\n administrator of the Virginia Graduate Aid Fund for Negro\n Students. He served as executive scout advisor to the J.B.\n Brown division of Boy Scouts of America. 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Upon his completion from Saint Paul's Polytechnic\n Institute, he then studied at the University of Chicago School\n of Commerce and Business Administration.","He began his career as a public school teacher and later\n was a bookeeper for several years at the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute. In 1913, at the age of twenty-four, he\n became Treasurer-Business Manager of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, a position which he held for\n twenty-nine-years.","In addition to joining the administration, Luther Hilton\n Foster married Miss Daisy Octavia Poole of Surry County\n Virginia in September of 1913. Three children were born to\n this union, a son Luther Hilton Foster Jr., and two daughters\n Virginia S. Foster (Hendricks), and Mary Allen Foster (\n Burleigh II).","In 1912, upon the retirement of Dr. John Gandy, Mr. Foster\n served as acting president of the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute. He was then named the fourth president\n of the college in 1943, serving in that capacity until his\n death in 1949.","Foster was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D by Morris\n Brown College, Atlanta University in 1940, and by Virginia\n Union University in 1943. He was named to the Honor Roll of\n the Richmond Times-Dispatch for the year of 1942. An article\n in the Virginia Teachers Association Bulletin gave recognition\n to Foster in March 1943. He also received special mention by\n the General Education Board because of his business ability.\n Foster was founder of the Association of Business officers in\n schools for Negroes as it was called in 1929 when first\n established. He was the first president of the organization,\n now the American Association of College Business Managers.","Foster was a member of the executive board of the\n Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, a trustee\n and member of the board of Bishop Payne Divinity School in\n Petersburg, Virginia and of the board of Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was a\n member of the executive committee of the Negro Land Grant\n College Association and a member of the executive committee of\n the Virginia Association for Education, chairman of the\n association's Special BuildingFund.","He was a member of the General Improvement Commission of\n the Virginia State Planning Board. Dr. Foster was also\n administrator of the Virginia Graduate Aid Fund for Negro\n Students. He served as executive scout advisor to the J.B.\n Brown division of Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of\n Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Protestant Episcopal Church,\n and of the A.F. and A. Order of Masons.","He died July 6, 1949, and was buried in Blanford Cemetery\n in Petersburg, Virginia. Funeral services were held Friday\n afternoon July 8, at 12:30 from the Virginia Hall\n Auditorium.","June 6, 1950, Nottoway County of Virginia named its new\n high school, in honor of Dr. Luther H. Foster. Foster High\n School is an 18-classroom building located four miles west of\n Blackstone. Dr. Foster, for six years in the presidential\n chair, served to bring additional prestige and worth to the\n school, which he had already helped develop to a noted degree\n in thirty years of proceeding service. He was an expert\n Administrator, but he will be remembered longest as\n counselor.","Luther Hilton Foster Hall, the student activities building\n is dedicated to the memory of the fourth president of Virginia\n State University, 1942 to 1949, and its Treasurer-Business\n Manager from 1913-1942."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLuther Hilton Foster Papers, Accession number: #\n 1976-56, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State\n University.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, Accession number: #\n 1976-56, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State\n University."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Luther Hilton Foster papers, which are founded in this\n manuscript group do not begin to reflect the prosperous and\n varied life of the man who was the Treasurer Business Manager\n of Virginia State University for twenty-nine years, and the\n fourth president of the university for six years. These papers\n do however touch some of the highlights of his life away from\n official campus duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the time span of these papers, (1928-1931), Foster\n was active with various organizations. This manuscript group\n is interesting in dealing with some of his activities with\n several Petersburg social and civic organizations. Of prime\n interest is his correspondence detailing the attempts of the\n African American Community to establish a local Boy Scout\n chapter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his role with the Boy Scouts, he was also\n active with the Petersburg Civic Association, and the Negro\n Land Grant College Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther Hilton Foster was a very active man known throughout\n Petersburg, and on Virginia State's campus. 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This manuscript group\n is interesting in dealing with some of his activities with\n several Petersburg social and civic organizations. Of prime\n interest is his correspondence detailing the attempts of the\n African American Community to establish a local Boy Scout\n chapter.","In addition to his role with the Boy Scouts, he was also\n active with the Petersburg Civic Association, and the Negro\n Land Grant College Conference.","Luther Hilton Foster was a very active man known throughout\n Petersburg, and on Virginia State's campus. These papers will\n reflect on Foster's personal life, and on some of his social\n and civic activities throughout the City of Petersburg.","Additional information about him may be found in Virginia\n State University Archives in VSU.RG 4F and VSU.RG 5."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eSome personal correspondence of the\n fourth President of Virginia State University.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Some personal correspondence of the\n fourth President of Virginia State University."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":19,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00011","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00011","_root_":"vipets_vipets00011","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00011","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00011.xml","title_ssm":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, \n \n 1928-1949"],"title_tesim":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, \n \n 1928-1949"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1976-56"],"text":["1976-56","Luther Hilton Foster Papers, \n \n 1928-1949","200\n items","No restrictions on access.","Series I. Correspondence. Luther Foster was known in the\n African American Community for his skills in business and\n accounting. Most of the Correspondence reflects this aspect of\n his life.","Luther Hilton Foster was born May 26, 1888 in Clover,\n Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of Oliver S. and Mary\n Elizabeth Foster. His early childhood schooling was at the\n public school of Halifax County and the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic institute in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Here he\n completed his studies, and was awarded his Normal Degree in\n 1907. Upon his completion from Saint Paul's Polytechnic\n Institute, he then studied at the University of Chicago School\n of Commerce and Business Administration.","He began his career as a public school teacher and later\n was a bookeeper for several years at the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute. In 1913, at the age of twenty-four, he\n became Treasurer-Business Manager of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, a position which he held for\n twenty-nine-years.","In addition to joining the administration, Luther Hilton\n Foster married Miss Daisy Octavia Poole of Surry County\n Virginia in September of 1913. Three children were born to\n this union, a son Luther Hilton Foster Jr., and two daughters\n Virginia S. Foster (Hendricks), and Mary Allen Foster (\n Burleigh II).","In 1912, upon the retirement of Dr. John Gandy, Mr. Foster\n served as acting president of the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute. He was then named the fourth president\n of the college in 1943, serving in that capacity until his\n death in 1949.","Foster was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D by Morris\n Brown College, Atlanta University in 1940, and by Virginia\n Union University in 1943. He was named to the Honor Roll of\n the Richmond Times-Dispatch for the year of 1942. An article\n in the Virginia Teachers Association Bulletin gave recognition\n to Foster in March 1943. He also received special mention by\n the General Education Board because of his business ability.\n Foster was founder of the Association of Business officers in\n schools for Negroes as it was called in 1929 when first\n established. He was the first president of the organization,\n now the American Association of College Business Managers.","Foster was a member of the executive board of the\n Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, a trustee\n and member of the board of Bishop Payne Divinity School in\n Petersburg, Virginia and of the board of Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was a\n member of the executive committee of the Negro Land Grant\n College Association and a member of the executive committee of\n the Virginia Association for Education, chairman of the\n association's Special BuildingFund.","He was a member of the General Improvement Commission of\n the Virginia State Planning Board. Dr. Foster was also\n administrator of the Virginia Graduate Aid Fund for Negro\n Students. He served as executive scout advisor to the J.B.\n Brown division of Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of\n Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Protestant Episcopal Church,\n and of the A.F. and A. Order of Masons.","He died July 6, 1949, and was buried in Blanford Cemetery\n in Petersburg, Virginia. Funeral services were held Friday\n afternoon July 8, at 12:30 from the Virginia Hall\n Auditorium.","June 6, 1950, Nottoway County of Virginia named its new\n high school, in honor of Dr. Luther H. Foster. Foster High\n School is an 18-classroom building located four miles west of\n Blackstone. Dr. Foster, for six years in the presidential\n chair, served to bring additional prestige and worth to the\n school, which he had already helped develop to a noted degree\n in thirty years of proceeding service. He was an expert\n Administrator, but he will be remembered longest as\n counselor.","Luther Hilton Foster Hall, the student activities building\n is dedicated to the memory of the fourth president of Virginia\n State University, 1942 to 1949, and its Treasurer-Business\n Manager from 1913-1942.","The Luther Hilton Foster papers, which are founded in this\n manuscript group do not begin to reflect the prosperous and\n varied life of the man who was the Treasurer Business Manager\n of Virginia State University for twenty-nine years, and the\n fourth president of the university for six years. These papers\n do however touch some of the highlights of his life away from\n official campus duties.","During the time span of these papers, (1928-1931), Foster\n was active with various organizations. This manuscript group\n is interesting in dealing with some of his activities with\n several Petersburg social and civic organizations. Of prime\n interest is his correspondence detailing the attempts of the\n African American Community to establish a local Boy Scout\n chapter.","In addition to his role with the Boy Scouts, he was also\n active with the Petersburg Civic Association, and the Negro\n Land Grant College Conference.","Luther Hilton Foster was a very active man known throughout\n Petersburg, and on Virginia State's campus. 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He was an expert\n Administrator, but he will be remembered longest as\n counselor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther Hilton Foster Hall, the student activities building\n is dedicated to the memory of the fourth president of Virginia\n State University, 1942 to 1949, and its Treasurer-Business\n Manager from 1913-1942.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Luther Hilton Foster was born May 26, 1888 in Clover,\n Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of Oliver S. and Mary\n Elizabeth Foster. His early childhood schooling was at the\n public school of Halifax County and the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic institute in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Here he\n completed his studies, and was awarded his Normal Degree in\n 1907. Upon his completion from Saint Paul's Polytechnic\n Institute, he then studied at the University of Chicago School\n of Commerce and Business Administration.","He began his career as a public school teacher and later\n was a bookeeper for several years at the Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute. In 1913, at the age of twenty-four, he\n became Treasurer-Business Manager of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, a position which he held for\n twenty-nine-years.","In addition to joining the administration, Luther Hilton\n Foster married Miss Daisy Octavia Poole of Surry County\n Virginia in September of 1913. Three children were born to\n this union, a son Luther Hilton Foster Jr., and two daughters\n Virginia S. Foster (Hendricks), and Mary Allen Foster (\n Burleigh II).","In 1912, upon the retirement of Dr. John Gandy, Mr. Foster\n served as acting president of the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute. He was then named the fourth president\n of the college in 1943, serving in that capacity until his\n death in 1949.","Foster was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D by Morris\n Brown College, Atlanta University in 1940, and by Virginia\n Union University in 1943. He was named to the Honor Roll of\n the Richmond Times-Dispatch for the year of 1942. An article\n in the Virginia Teachers Association Bulletin gave recognition\n to Foster in March 1943. He also received special mention by\n the General Education Board because of his business ability.\n Foster was founder of the Association of Business officers in\n schools for Negroes as it was called in 1929 when first\n established. He was the first president of the organization,\n now the American Association of College Business Managers.","Foster was a member of the executive board of the\n Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, a trustee\n and member of the board of Bishop Payne Divinity School in\n Petersburg, Virginia and of the board of Saint Paul's\n Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was a\n member of the executive committee of the Negro Land Grant\n College Association and a member of the executive committee of\n the Virginia Association for Education, chairman of the\n association's Special BuildingFund.","He was a member of the General Improvement Commission of\n the Virginia State Planning Board. Dr. Foster was also\n administrator of the Virginia Graduate Aid Fund for Negro\n Students. He served as executive scout advisor to the J.B.\n Brown division of Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of\n Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Protestant Episcopal Church,\n and of the A.F. and A. Order of Masons.","He died July 6, 1949, and was buried in Blanford Cemetery\n in Petersburg, Virginia. Funeral services were held Friday\n afternoon July 8, at 12:30 from the Virginia Hall\n Auditorium.","June 6, 1950, Nottoway County of Virginia named its new\n high school, in honor of Dr. Luther H. Foster. Foster High\n School is an 18-classroom building located four miles west of\n Blackstone. Dr. Foster, for six years in the presidential\n chair, served to bring additional prestige and worth to the\n school, which he had already helped develop to a noted degree\n in thirty years of proceeding service. He was an expert\n Administrator, but he will be remembered longest as\n counselor.","Luther Hilton Foster Hall, the student activities building\n is dedicated to the memory of the fourth president of Virginia\n State University, 1942 to 1949, and its Treasurer-Business\n Manager from 1913-1942."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLuther Hilton Foster Papers, Accession number: #\n 1976-56, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State\n University.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Luther Hilton Foster Papers, Accession number: #\n 1976-56, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State\n University."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Luther Hilton Foster papers, which are founded in this\n manuscript group do not begin to reflect the prosperous and\n varied life of the man who was the Treasurer Business Manager\n of Virginia State University for twenty-nine years, and the\n fourth president of the university for six years. These papers\n do however touch some of the highlights of his life away from\n official campus duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the time span of these papers, (1928-1931), Foster\n was active with various organizations. This manuscript group\n is interesting in dealing with some of his activities with\n several Petersburg social and civic organizations. Of prime\n interest is his correspondence detailing the attempts of the\n African American Community to establish a local Boy Scout\n chapter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his role with the Boy Scouts, he was also\n active with the Petersburg Civic Association, and the Negro\n Land Grant College Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther Hilton Foster was a very active man known throughout\n Petersburg, and on Virginia State's campus. These papers will\n reflect on Foster's personal life, and on some of his social\n and civic activities throughout the City of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional information about him may be found in Virginia\n State University Archives in VSU.RG 4F and VSU.RG 5.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Luther Hilton Foster papers, which are founded in this\n manuscript group do not begin to reflect the prosperous and\n varied life of the man who was the Treasurer Business Manager\n of Virginia State University for twenty-nine years, and the\n fourth president of the university for six years. These papers\n do however touch some of the highlights of his life away from\n official campus duties.","During the time span of these papers, (1928-1931), Foster\n was active with various organizations. This manuscript group\n is interesting in dealing with some of his activities with\n several Petersburg social and civic organizations. Of prime\n interest is his correspondence detailing the attempts of the\n African American Community to establish a local Boy Scout\n chapter.","In addition to his role with the Boy Scouts, he was also\n active with the Petersburg Civic Association, and the Negro\n Land Grant College Conference.","Luther Hilton Foster was a very active man known throughout\n Petersburg, and on Virginia State's campus. These papers will\n reflect on Foster's personal life, and on some of his social\n and civic activities throughout the City of Petersburg.","Additional information about him may be found in Virginia\n State University Archives in VSU.RG 4F and VSU.RG 5."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eSome personal correspondence of the\n fourth President of Virginia State University.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Some personal correspondence of the\n fourth President of Virginia State 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