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This manuscript group has\n         personal and official correspondence as well as some writing\n         of John M. Gandy.","There are no restrictions","Series I. Biographical Data Box : 1 Two folders. The first\n         contains anobituary. Folder 2 contains material placed with\n         the Gandy papers at a later date.","Series II. Literary Box : 1 Writings of John M. Gandy.\n         Arranged by type.","Series III. Correspondence, 1914-1947 Box : 2\n         Correspondence. Letters, and telegrams arranged by type and\n         then chronogically.","Series IV. Photographs Box : 2 Several photographs relating\n         to John M. Gandy.","Series V. Printed Box : 2 Two items in one folder.","Series VI. Scrapbook Box : 3 News clipping, photographs,\n         both personal and official. ( Included are several of Mrs.\n         Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Virginia State ) In addition\n         there are programs and a couple of letters.","John Mumphis Gandy was born October 31, 1870 in Oktibbeha\n         County, Mississippi, (because he disliked the name \" Mumphis\"\n         , he changed it to Manuel). He was the fifth of thirteen\n         children born to Horace and Mary (Goodwyn) Gandy who were both\n         slaves until 1865. The family remained in Oktibbeha until they\n         could no longer make a living in a state of economic slavery\n         as tenant framers. They moved to Sallisaw Oklahoma hoping to\n         make a fresh start.","John Gandy began his education in the poor Mississippi\n         one-room school system. At sixteen he entered Jackson College\n         as an eight grade student. Two years later he completed their\n         program and took a job teaching and later to earn more, at a\n         local brickyard. Desiring more education he left the brickyard\n         in 1892 and managed to make his way to Ohio. Here he was\n         admitted to the Oberlin Academy where he remained until 1894.\n         Forced to leave Oberlin because of funds he tried to enroll at\n         Colgate University but failed to do so because of the same\n         reason he had to leave Oberlin.","Some of the students at Colgate however collected some\n         money on his behalf and hemanaged to reach Nashville,\n         Tennessee where he enrolled at Fisk University. He graduated\n         from Fisk in 1898 with the A. B. degree. After graduating he\n         re-enrolled as a non-resident student and in 1901 was award\n         the M. A.. Later in 1903 and 1911 he studied at Columbia\n         University in the summer. He also took non-resident graduate\n         courses at Illinois Wesleyin during the summers between the\n         years 1903 and 1913","His teaching career began in Stone County Mississippi and\n         he also taught briefly in Hanson Oklahoma. While a student at\n         Fisk he taught at various schools in Tennessee and Kentucky.\n         In 1898 he was appointed professor of Greek and Latin at\n         Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, now Virginia State\n         University. When the college program was terminated in 1902 by\n         the State he continued as professor of education until he was\n         appointed president of the University in 1914.","After arriving at Virginia State John Gandy met and married\n         Carrie Senora Brown in 1901. Four children were born out of\n         this union.","In 1914 John Gandy became the third president of what is\n         now Virginia State University. As president he oversaw the\n         schools development which included becoming the \"Land Grant\n         College\" for blacks in Virginia in 1920, the return of the\n         college department in 1923 and the name changed from V. N.\n         \u0026 I. I. to Virginia State college for Negroes in 1930 and\n         the establishment of the graduate school in 1937.","While president of the University, he also served as :\n         President of the Association of Negro Land Grant College,\n         President of the Virginia State Teachers Association, and\n         President of the National Association of Teachers in Colored\n         Schools. He was also a member of several boards and a member\n         of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University in\n         Richmond, Virginia.","He served as President of Virginia State University until\n         he retired in 1943 and as President Emeritus until his death\n         in 1947.","The Gandy Papers which are found in this manuscript group\n         do not begin to reflect the rich and varied life of the man\n         who was President of Virginia State University for twenty-nine\n         years. They do however touch some of the highlights.","The strong points of the group are two unpublished\n         manuscripts : \" The Life and Works of John M. Gandy \" and a \"\n         History of Virginia State College\" , both edited by Dr. Edna\n         Meade Colson. Included in this series are also a few articles\n         and speeches.","Correspondence includes some family and general. The\n         largest however involve the 1936 student strike at V. 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Desiring more education he left the brickyard\n         in 1892 and managed to make his way to Ohio. Here he was\n         admitted to the Oberlin Academy where he remained until 1894.\n         Forced to leave Oberlin because of funds he tried to enroll at\n         Colgate University but failed to do so because of the same\n         reason he had to leave Oberlin.","Some of the students at Colgate however collected some\n         money on his behalf and hemanaged to reach Nashville,\n         Tennessee where he enrolled at Fisk University. He graduated\n         from Fisk in 1898 with the A. B. degree. After graduating he\n         re-enrolled as a non-resident student and in 1901 was award\n         the M. A.. Later in 1903 and 1911 he studied at Columbia\n         University in the summer. 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As president he oversaw the\n         schools development which included becoming the \"Land Grant\n         College\" for blacks in Virginia in 1920, the return of the\n         college department in 1923 and the name changed from V. N.\n         \u0026 I. I. to Virginia State college for Negroes in 1930 and\n         the establishment of the graduate school in 1937.","While president of the University, he also served as :\n         President of the Association of Negro Land Grant College,\n         President of the Virginia State Teachers Association, and\n         President of the National Association of Teachers in Colored\n         Schools. 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He was also a member of several boards and a member\n         of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University in\n         Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe served as President of Virginia State University until\n         he retired in 1943 and as President Emeritus until his death\n         in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Mumphis Gandy was born October 31, 1870 in Oktibbeha\n         County, Mississippi, (because he disliked the name \" Mumphis\"\n         , he changed it to Manuel). He was the fifth of thirteen\n         children born to Horace and Mary (Goodwyn) Gandy who were both\n         slaves until 1865. The family remained in Oktibbeha until they\n         could no longer make a living in a state of economic slavery\n         as tenant framers. They moved to Sallisaw Oklahoma hoping to\n         make a fresh start.","John Gandy began his education in the poor Mississippi\n         one-room school system. At sixteen he entered Jackson College\n         as an eight grade student. Two years later he completed their\n         program and took a job teaching and later to earn more, at a\n         local brickyard. Desiring more education he left the brickyard\n         in 1892 and managed to make his way to Ohio. Here he was\n         admitted to the Oberlin Academy where he remained until 1894.\n         Forced to leave Oberlin because of funds he tried to enroll at\n         Colgate University but failed to do so because of the same\n         reason he had to leave Oberlin.","Some of the students at Colgate however collected some\n         money on his behalf and hemanaged to reach Nashville,\n         Tennessee where he enrolled at Fisk University. He graduated\n         from Fisk in 1898 with the A. B. degree. After graduating he\n         re-enrolled as a non-resident student and in 1901 was award\n         the M. A.. Later in 1903 and 1911 he studied at Columbia\n         University in the summer. He also took non-resident graduate\n         courses at Illinois Wesleyin during the summers between the\n         years 1903 and 1913","His teaching career began in Stone County Mississippi and\n         he also taught briefly in Hanson Oklahoma. While a student at\n         Fisk he taught at various schools in Tennessee and Kentucky.\n         In 1898 he was appointed professor of Greek and Latin at\n         Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, now Virginia State\n         University. When the college program was terminated in 1902 by\n         the State he continued as professor of education until he was\n         appointed president of the University in 1914.","After arriving at Virginia State John Gandy met and married\n         Carrie Senora Brown in 1901. Four children were born out of\n         this union.","In 1914 John Gandy became the third president of what is\n         now Virginia State University. As president he oversaw the\n         schools development which included becoming the \"Land Grant\n         College\" for blacks in Virginia in 1920, the return of the\n         college department in 1923 and the name changed from V. N.\n         \u0026 I. I. to Virginia State college for Negroes in 1930 and\n         the establishment of the graduate school in 1937.","While president of the University, he also served as :\n         President of the Association of Negro Land Grant College,\n         President of the Virginia State Teachers Association, and\n         President of the National Association of Teachers in Colored\n         Schools. He was also a member of several boards and a member\n         of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University in\n         Richmond, Virginia.","He served as President of Virginia State University until\n         he retired in 1943 and as President Emeritus until his death\n         in 1947."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John Manuel Gandy Papers, Accession # 1967-2,\n            Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["The John Manuel Gandy Papers, Accession # 1967-2,\n            Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Gandy Papers which are found in this manuscript group\n         do not begin to reflect the rich and varied life of the man\n         who was President of Virginia State University for twenty-nine\n         years. They do however touch some of the highlights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe strong points of the group are two unpublished\n         manuscripts : \" The Life and Works of John M. Gandy \" and a \"\n         History of Virginia State College\" , both edited by Dr. Edna\n         Meade Colson. Included in this series are also a few articles\n         and speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence includes some family and general. The\n         largest however involve the 1936 student strike at V. S.\n         U.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also several photographs and some printed matter,\n         and a very interesting scrapbook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings, photographs, both personal and\n               official. (Included are several of Mrs. Eleanor\n               Roosevelt's visit to Virginia State). 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