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Texas\n College confers upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of\n Law.","While in Texas, Dr. Hunter was a member of the State\n Federation's of Women's Clubs, the State Interracial\n Commission, and the board of Directors of the Texas Home for\n Delinquent Girls. She devised a plan for purchasing county\n recreation parks in various sections of Texas and organized\n the annual \"Home Economics Week\" on a State-wide basis.","In 1953, she was the recipient of the Alumni Award for\n outstanding achievement in school, community, and home\n relations at Prairie View A \u0026 M College. Her intrest in\n adult education resulted in her sponsering the Chesterfield\n County. Research Project which resulted in a extended program\n of adult education. Dr. Hunter has contributed articles to the\n Virginia State College Gazette, Journal of Negro Education,\n Bulletin of the Confrence of Presidents of Negro Land-Grant\n Colleges, the Journal of Home Economics, the Service Service\n Review and the Agricultural Digest.","Mary E.V. Hunter came to Virginia State College in 1931, to\n become Head of the Department and Professor of Home Economics.\n Dr.Hunter served in this department until she retired in\n 1955.","Writings on a number of isssues make up Mrs. Hunter's\n papers. Most of the articles address some aspect of the\n socio-economic conditions of the African American family\n during the era of segregation in Virginia. 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Texas\n College confers upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of\n Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile in Texas, Dr. Hunter was a member of the State\n Federation's of Women's Clubs, the State Interracial\n Commission, and the board of Directors of the Texas Home for\n Delinquent Girls. She devised a plan for purchasing county\n recreation parks in various sections of Texas and organized\n the annual \"Home Economics Week\" on a State-wide basis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1953, she was the recipient of the Alumni Award for\n outstanding achievement in school, community, and home\n relations at Prairie View A \u0026amp; M College. Her intrest in\n adult education resulted in her sponsering the Chesterfield\n County. Research Project which resulted in a extended program\n of adult education. Dr. Hunter has contributed articles to the\n Virginia State College Gazette, Journal of Negro Education,\n Bulletin of the Confrence of Presidents of Negro Land-Grant\n Colleges, the Journal of Home Economics, the Service Service\n Review and the Agricultural Digest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary E.V. Hunter came to Virginia State College in 1931, to\n become Head of the Department and Professor of Home Economics.\n Dr.Hunter served in this department until she retired in\n 1955.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mary Evelyn Victoria Hunter recieved the Bachelor of\n Science Degree from Prairie View A \u0026 M College and was the\n first African American female upon whom the Master's Degree\n was conferred at Iowa State University where she also\n completed course requirements of the doctorate degree. Texas\n College confers upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of\n Law.","While in Texas, Dr. Hunter was a member of the State\n Federation's of Women's Clubs, the State Interracial\n Commission, and the board of Directors of the Texas Home for\n Delinquent Girls. She devised a plan for purchasing county\n recreation parks in various sections of Texas and organized\n the annual \"Home Economics Week\" on a State-wide basis.","In 1953, she was the recipient of the Alumni Award for\n outstanding achievement in school, community, and home\n relations at Prairie View A \u0026 M College. Her intrest in\n adult education resulted in her sponsering the Chesterfield\n County. Research Project which resulted in a extended program\n of adult education. Dr. Hunter has contributed articles to the\n Virginia State College Gazette, Journal of Negro Education,\n Bulletin of the Confrence of Presidents of Negro Land-Grant\n Colleges, the Journal of Home Economics, the Service Service\n Review and the Agricultural Digest.","Mary E.V. Hunter came to Virginia State College in 1931, to\n become Head of the Department and Professor of Home Economics.\n Dr.Hunter served in this department until she retired in\n 1955."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Papers of Mary Evelyn Victoria Hunter, Accession\n #1962-44 , Special Collections and Archives, Johnston\n Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg,\n VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["The Papers of Mary Evelyn Victoria Hunter, Accession\n #1962-44 , Special Collections and Archives, Johnston\n Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg,\n VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWritings on a number of isssues make up Mrs. Hunter's\n papers. 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MATERIALS WRITTEN BY LUTHER P.\n JACKSON, SR.","A. Feature articles written by Luther\n Porter Jackson in the (Norfolk, Virginia) \n Journal and Guide,\n under the general heading, \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\"."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960","SERIES VII. MATERIALS WRITTEN BY LUTHER P.\n JACKSON, SR.","A. Feature articles written by Luther\n Porter Jackson in the (Norfolk, Virginia) \n Journal and Guide,\n under the general heading, \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\"."],"text":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960","SERIES VII. MATERIALS WRITTEN BY LUTHER P.\n JACKSON, SR.","A. Feature articles written by Luther\n Porter Jackson in the (Norfolk, Virginia) \n Journal and Guide,\n under the general heading, \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\".","\"What to do About The Civil Rights of\n Negroes\" \n Nov. 6, 1947","Box-folder \n 66:1659"],"title_filing_ssi":"\"What to do About The Civil Rights of\n Negroes\" \n Nov. 6, 1947","title_ssm":["\"What to do About The Civil Rights of\n Negroes\" \n Nov. 6, 1947"],"title_tesim":["\"What to do About The Civil Rights of\n Negroes\" \n Nov. 6, 1947"],"normalized_title_ssm":["\"What to do About The Civil Rights of\n Negroes\" \n Nov. 6, 1947"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":1995,"containers_ssim":["Box-folder \n 66:1659"],"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#0/components#260","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:22:00.819Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00009","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00009","_root_":"vipets_vipets00009","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00009","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00009.xml","title_ssm":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"title_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1952-l"],"text":["1952-l","Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960","There are no restrictions.","SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA \n The first five folders contain writings about Jackson.\n Some material is not a part of the original manuscript group.\n (Box 1) \n SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE \n A. \n Family, 1920-1960 The correspondence between Luther and Johnella Jackson\n are arranged chronologically from 1920-1950. Additionally,\n letters, postcards and telegrams are arranged alphabetically\n by the other members of the family. (Boxes 1-5) \n B. \n Business, 1922-1950 Office correspondence, extensive, arranged\n chronologically. (Boxes 5-12) \n C. \n Personal, 1918- 1960 Letters arranged alphabetically by writer. (Boxes 13-16)\n SERIES III. FINANCIAL \u0026 LEGAL \n Family bills, tax statements, school bills and stocks.\n Arranged by type. Copyright for Jackson's \n Negro Office Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (Box 17) \n SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS \n A. \n The Virginia Voters League,\n 1934-1950 Letters, postcards, and telegrams arranged by county,\n and city. Records include minutes and reports. (Boxes 18-27) \n B. \n The Virginia Teachers Association Office\n of the \"Civic Education Secretaries Office,\" 1941- 1950 The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,\n Inc., 1923-1950 (Boxes 28-34) \n C. \n Correspondence with Carter G.\n Woodson Arranged chronologically. Other correspondence arranged\n by county, City, and organization. (Boxes 35-41) \n D. \n The NAACP, 1937- 1950 Correspondence with officials of the NAACP (state and\n local), arranged chronologically. (Box 42) \n E. \n The I.B.P.O.E. of W.(the Elks),\n 1943-1950 General correspondence arranged chronologically and the\n Lodge's alphabetically by lodge. (Box 43) \n F. \n The Virginia World War II History\n Commission, 1944-1948 Correspondence, minutes and reports of the commission\n arranged chronologically. Some personal war service records\n arranged alphabetically. Photographs in container 109. Numbers\n on folders correspond with folder numbers in the original\n series. (Box 44) \n G. \n The Southern Regional Council, 1942-\n 1950 Correspondence arranged chronologically; minutes for\n some meetings. (Box 45) \n H. \n The Negro Organizational Society, 1941-\n 1950 Correspondence with the president and field secretaries,\n minutes (1944-1949) arranged chronologically. (Box 46) \n I. \n The Committee for Virginia,\n 1944-1950 Letters arranged chronologically, a few minutes,\n reports. (Box 47) \n J. \n The Petersburg Negro Business League,\n 1935-1946 Correspondence between Jackson, national and local\n leaders. Chronologically arranged; one article, one report and\n one skit. (Box 48) \n K. \n The Virginia Society for Research,\n 1942-1950 (Box 48) \n L. \n The Petersburg Community Choir A history, a financial report and membership rosters.\n Photographs in container 109. (Box 48) \n M. \n The Southern School for Workers,\n 1944-1949 Correspondence arranged chronologically. (Box 48) \n N. \n The Old Dominion Medical Society Names of some of the members. (Box 48) \n O. \n The Petersburg Interracial Committee,\n 1948 One letter and a proposed constitution. (Box 48) \n SERIES V. MATERIAL RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUTHER\n JACKSON \n Letters, telegrams and postcards, arranged\n chronologically. One box of sympathy cards and one of floral\n cards. (Boxes 49 \u0026 50) \n SERIES VI. RESEARCH DATA: COLLECTED \n A. \n Blacks voting in the South,\n 1947-1948 Letters arranged alphabetically by state and then\n chronologically within the state. (Box 50) \n B. \n The Butler Papers, 1813-1888 Tax receipts, identification papers, general receipts\n and a marriage license. Chronologically arranged. (Box 51) \n C. \n The Dews Papers, 1802-1880 Deeds for properties, tax receipts and general receipts,\n arranged chronologically. (Box 52) \n D. \n The Layton Papers, 1861-1898 Tax receipts, deeds for properties, teaching\n certificates. Arranged chronologically. (Box 53) \n E. \n The Woolridge Papers, 1883-1910 Tax receipts and general receipts. Few items about the\n \"Jordan Baptist Church.\" Chronologically arranged. (Box 54) \n F. \n By County Papers concerning ante and postpellum blacks in some\n Virginia Counties. Identification papers, receipts. Arranged\n chronologically within each county and then arranged\n alphabetically by county also. (Boxes 55-56) \n G. \n By City The same as above. Arranged alphabetically by city and\n then chronologically within each city. (Box 57) \n H. \n Miscellaneous Papers of antebellum free blacks and slaves. Receipts,\n identification papers, arranged chronologically. (Box 58) \n I. \n Printed and Diary Printed pamphlets; handwritten diary belonging to Samuel\n T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-1882. (Box 59) \n J. \n Research Notes (Box 60) \n K. \n Ledgers General Stockholders ledges, one ledger used as a news clipping\n scrapbook. (Box 61) \n L. \n Notebooks Handwritten and typed data, no arrangement, subject\n varies. (Boxes 62- 63) \n SERIES VII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY LUTHER P. JACKSON \n A. \n News articles : \n The Journal and\n Guide (Norfolk,VA), 1942-1947 \n Typewritten news column. Arranged chronologically. Box\n list available. (Boxes 64- 66) \n B. \n News Articles: Various Papers Handwritten and typed sheets, chronological order, some\n without titles. Box list available. (Box 66) \n C. \n Articles in Journal Published items, handwritten and typed, copy of printed\n articles. (Box 66) \n D. \n Addresses Typed and handwritten speeches, arranged\n chronologically. (Box 67) \n E. \n Papers, Reports, and Lecture Notes Various papers and reports, few lecture notes, skits,\n radio broadcast, handwritten and typed;separated by type, but\n otherwise there is no arrangement. (Box 67) \n F. \n Unpublished Papers and term papers, essay, handwritten and typed; no\n arrangement. (Box 68) \n G. \n Books Typewritten manuscripts. (Boxes 69- 70) \n SERIES VIII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE\n FAMILY \n Articles written by Luther P. Jackson Jr. (Box 71) \n SERIES IX. AWARDS \u0026 GRADES \n Family awards and a few grades of some family members.\n (Box 72) \n SERIES X. PRINTED \n Broadsides, leaflets, programs relating to Jackson. (Box\n 73) \n SERIES XI. VISUAL \n A. \n Photographs Family, friends and Va. World War II History Commision,\n organizations; some unidentifiable. (Box 74-76) \n B. \n Printer's Blocks Wood cuts used for publication. (Boxes 77- 80) \n SERIES XII. ARTIFACTS \n Cufflinks, tie clamp, neck scarf, doctoral gown, hood\n and mortarboard. (Box 81) \n SERIES XII. MEMORABILIA \n Baby books, collected programs, Christmas, general\n greeting and get-well cards, etc. Arranged by type. (Boxes\n 82-84) \n SERIES XIV. NEWSCLIPPINGS \n Loose newsclippings from various newspapers on a variety\n of subjects, no arrangement (Boxes 85) \n SERIES XV. OVERSIZED ITEMS \n Newspaper, awards and research data.","Luther Porter Jackson Sr. was born July 11, 1892 in\n Lexington, Kentucky. He was the ninth child of Delilah\n (Culvrson) Jackson and Edward Jackson. He early schooling was\n at Chandler Normal School in Lexington, where he completed his\n studies in 1910. Upon completion of his secondary education he\n entered Fisk University where he received the A.B. degree in\n 1914. He remained at Fisk for another semester and in 1916 was\n awarded the A.M. degree.","In 1915, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, he began his\n teaching career at Vorhees Industrial School, Denmark, South\n Carolina, where he was also Director of the Academic\n Department. Jackson left South Carolina in 1918 and joined the\n staff of the Topeka Industrial Institute, Topeka, Kansas, as\n Instructor of history and music.","Desiring more education, he returned to the east and sought\n graduate training at Columbia University in 1920. Here he was\n to receive one of his many setbacks, which took in stride and\n proceeded to correct. Writing to a former instructor at Fisk,\n Jackson stated that Columbia did not consider his A.B. and\n A.M. from Fisk up to their standards. He, therefore, enrolled\n for one year at New York City College. Finally, in 1921, he\n began his studies at Columbia, where he was graduated from\n their Teachers College in 1922.","After completing his second masters degree, Luther Jackson\n joined the faculty of what was then the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, now Virginia State University. While on\n staff of the university, Luther Jackson continued his studies,\n first at Columbia University and then at the University of\n Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. in history in 1937. Soon\n after arrival at V.N. \u0026 I.I., Jackson took over the\n College High School and directed its activities from\n 1923-1928. He headed the history department from 1930-1950,\n formed the \" League of Negro Voters\" in 1934, and in 1937\n organized the \" Petersburg Business League\", which became the\n Virginia Trade Association in 1941.","In 1935, Carter G. Woodson asked Luther Jackson to head all\n fund-raising activities for the Association for the Study of\n Negro Life and History. As chairman of the Virginia chapter,\n Jackson went on to establish that chapter as one of the most\n productive of all state chapters. Somehow he still found time\n to conduct the Petersburg Community Choir of 100 voices, have\n his doctoral dissertation, write a column for \n The Journal and Guide (Norfolk,\n Virginia) under the general heading of \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\" between 1942 until 1948. Although he was now\n holding down enough work for two people, Jackson was appointed\n to the Virginia World War II History Commission in 1944 and\n worked with the N.A.A.C.P, which led to his receiving a plague\n for service in 1948.","Jackson authored these books: \n Free Negro Labor and Property Holding\n in Virginia, 1830-1860 (1942) \n The History of the Virginia Stated\n Teachers Association (1937) \n Negro Office-Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (1945) \n A Short History of the Gillfield\n Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia (1941) \n Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seaman in\n the Revolutionary War (1944) \n ","In addition to joining the faculty, Luther Jackson married\n a young lady whom he had met while they were both students at\n Fisk University. The young lady was Johnella M. Frazer\n (1897-), a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of\n Laura and Patterson Tilford Frazer; her father was President\n of Hopkinsville College in Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson completed\n the conservatory course at Fisk at the age of seventeen(17)\n and toured with the Fisk \"Jubilee Singers\" for two years under\n John Work. She joined the staff of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute in 1916, a full nine years before there\n was a music department, as the University's first full time\n instructor of piano.","Mrs. Jackson, like Luther, also recognized the need for\n additional training. During the summer vacation she studied at\n Temple University at the Chicago Music College and at Columbia\n University. She remained at Virginia State University for\n forty-nine years, retiring in 1965.","Additional Biographical Data: 1. Lucious Edwards, Jr.\" The Luther Porter Jackson,\n Sr.(1892-1950) Papers\" (paper presented at the 63rd meeting of\n the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and\n History, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1978) \n 2. Marva D. Curtis, \"The Virginia Voters League\"\n (unpublished masters thesis, Virginia State University, 1979) \n 3. Lucious Edwards, Jr., \"Luther Jackson Leaves a Legacy\n of History in Papers to Virginia State University,\" \n Progress Index , February\n 26,1980, p.4.","The Luther Porter Jackson are one of the most valuable\n manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the\n nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State\n University lived and worked during an era when the concept of\n black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was\n the time of \"Jim Crowism.\" Segregation was not \"de facto,\" it\n was legal and challenged by few people, black and white.","During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a\n number of political and civil rights organizations developed\n into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro\n Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the\n Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in\n correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements.\n Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C.\n White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others.","Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil\n rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo\n of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the\n Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business\n League.","In addition to correspondence with major political and\n civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting\n relationship with others across the U.S. The business or\n office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950\n include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois,\n Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin\n Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush\n Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others.","The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets,\n financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches,\n newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and\n Jackson's research materials.","Jackson collected personal papers of ante-bellum and\n post-bellum black families in Virginia: The Butler Papers, the\n Layton Papers, and the Stephen Wooldrige Papers. In his\n research of free black property owners in Virginia, he\n acquired a substantial amount of materials from various\n counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","This box contains articles about Negroes in the\n United States, race vote in Tampa, colored men's\n progressive club, Negro principal to stay as school\n integrates, a sample form of application for\n registration to vote in the state of Louisiana. A \n Virginia Statesman for\n April 21, 1950, the \n Southern Patriot , New\n Orleans, Louisiana, December 1948. \"The Boswell\n Amendment: Reaction in Alabama,\" \n Virginias Journal and\n Guide April 22, 1950, the Progress Index.","There are no restrictions.","The Luther Porter Jackson papers\n include documents collected by Jackson to support his research\n as well as the correspondence produced by Dr. and Mrs. Jackson\n in connection with their work, interest, and friends. They\n reflect Luther Jackson's life as a professor and researcher of\n history and his connections with various political and\n educational organizations; the official records of the\n Virginia Voters League and the official records of all fund\n raising for the Virginia Branch of the Association for the\n Study of Negro Life and History Inc.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["1952-l"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"collection_title_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"collection_ssim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA \n The first five folders contain writings about Jackson.\n Some material is not a part of the original manuscript group.\n (Box 1) \n SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE \n A. \n Family, 1920-1960 The correspondence between Luther and Johnella Jackson\n are arranged chronologically from 1920-1950. Additionally,\n letters, postcards and telegrams are arranged alphabetically\n by the other members of the family. (Boxes 1-5) \n B. \n Business, 1922-1950 Office correspondence, extensive, arranged\n chronologically. (Boxes 5-12) \n C. \n Personal, 1918- 1960 Letters arranged alphabetically by writer. (Boxes 13-16)\n SERIES III. FINANCIAL \u0026 LEGAL \n Family bills, tax statements, school bills and stocks.\n Arranged by type. Copyright for Jackson's \n Negro Office Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (Box 17) \n SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS \n A. \n The Virginia Voters League,\n 1934-1950 Letters, postcards, and telegrams arranged by county,\n and city. Records include minutes and reports. (Boxes 18-27) \n B. \n The Virginia Teachers Association Office\n of the \"Civic Education Secretaries Office,\" 1941- 1950 The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,\n Inc., 1923-1950 (Boxes 28-34) \n C. \n Correspondence with Carter G.\n Woodson Arranged chronologically. Other correspondence arranged\n by county, City, and organization. (Boxes 35-41) \n D. \n The NAACP, 1937- 1950 Correspondence with officials of the NAACP (state and\n local), arranged chronologically. (Box 42) \n E. \n The I.B.P.O.E. of W.(the Elks),\n 1943-1950 General correspondence arranged chronologically and the\n Lodge's alphabetically by lodge. (Box 43) \n F. \n The Virginia World War II History\n Commission, 1944-1948 Correspondence, minutes and reports of the commission\n arranged chronologically. Some personal war service records\n arranged alphabetically. Photographs in container 109. Numbers\n on folders correspond with folder numbers in the original\n series. (Box 44) \n G. \n The Southern Regional Council, 1942-\n 1950 Correspondence arranged chronologically; minutes for\n some meetings. (Box 45) \n H. \n The Negro Organizational Society, 1941-\n 1950 Correspondence with the president and field secretaries,\n minutes (1944-1949) arranged chronologically. (Box 46) \n I. \n The Committee for Virginia,\n 1944-1950 Letters arranged chronologically, a few minutes,\n reports. (Box 47) \n J. \n The Petersburg Negro Business League,\n 1935-1946 Correspondence between Jackson, national and local\n leaders. Chronologically arranged; one article, one report and\n one skit. (Box 48) \n K. \n The Virginia Society for Research,\n 1942-1950 (Box 48) \n L. \n The Petersburg Community Choir A history, a financial report and membership rosters.\n Photographs in container 109. (Box 48) \n M. \n The Southern School for Workers,\n 1944-1949 Correspondence arranged chronologically. (Box 48) \n N. \n The Old Dominion Medical Society Names of some of the members. (Box 48) \n O. \n The Petersburg Interracial Committee,\n 1948 One letter and a proposed constitution. (Box 48) \n SERIES V. MATERIAL RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUTHER\n JACKSON \n Letters, telegrams and postcards, arranged\n chronologically. One box of sympathy cards and one of floral\n cards. (Boxes 49 \u0026 50) \n SERIES VI. RESEARCH DATA: COLLECTED \n A. \n Blacks voting in the South,\n 1947-1948 Letters arranged alphabetically by state and then\n chronologically within the state. (Box 50) \n B. \n The Butler Papers, 1813-1888 Tax receipts, identification papers, general receipts\n and a marriage license. Chronologically arranged. (Box 51) \n C. \n The Dews Papers, 1802-1880 Deeds for properties, tax receipts and general receipts,\n arranged chronologically. (Box 52) \n D. \n The Layton Papers, 1861-1898 Tax receipts, deeds for properties, teaching\n certificates. Arranged chronologically. (Box 53) \n E. \n The Woolridge Papers, 1883-1910 Tax receipts and general receipts. Few items about the\n \"Jordan Baptist Church.\" Chronologically arranged. (Box 54) \n F. \n By County Papers concerning ante and postpellum blacks in some\n Virginia Counties. Identification papers, receipts. Arranged\n chronologically within each county and then arranged\n alphabetically by county also. (Boxes 55-56) \n G. \n By City The same as above. Arranged alphabetically by city and\n then chronologically within each city. (Box 57) \n H. \n Miscellaneous Papers of antebellum free blacks and slaves. Receipts,\n identification papers, arranged chronologically. (Box 58) \n I. \n Printed and Diary Printed pamphlets; handwritten diary belonging to Samuel\n T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-1882. (Box 59) \n J. \n Research Notes (Box 60) \n K. \n Ledgers General Stockholders ledges, one ledger used as a news clipping\n scrapbook. (Box 61) \n L. \n Notebooks Handwritten and typed data, no arrangement, subject\n varies. (Boxes 62- 63) \n SERIES VII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY LUTHER P. JACKSON \n A. \n News articles : \n The Journal and\n Guide (Norfolk,VA), 1942-1947 \n Typewritten news column. Arranged chronologically. Box\n list available. (Boxes 64- 66) \n B. \n News Articles: Various Papers Handwritten and typed sheets, chronological order, some\n without titles. Box list available. (Box 66) \n C. \n Articles in Journal Published items, handwritten and typed, copy of printed\n articles. (Box 66) \n D. \n Addresses Typed and handwritten speeches, arranged\n chronologically. (Box 67) \n E. \n Papers, Reports, and Lecture Notes Various papers and reports, few lecture notes, skits,\n radio broadcast, handwritten and typed;separated by type, but\n otherwise there is no arrangement. (Box 67) \n F. \n Unpublished Papers and term papers, essay, handwritten and typed; no\n arrangement. (Box 68) \n G. \n Books Typewritten manuscripts. (Boxes 69- 70) \n SERIES VIII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE\n FAMILY \n Articles written by Luther P. Jackson Jr. (Box 71) \n SERIES IX. AWARDS \u0026 GRADES \n Family awards and a few grades of some family members.\n (Box 72) \n SERIES X. PRINTED \n Broadsides, leaflets, programs relating to Jackson. (Box\n 73) \n SERIES XI. VISUAL \n A. \n Photographs Family, friends and Va. World War II History Commision,\n organizations; some unidentifiable. (Box 74-76) \n B. \n Printer's Blocks Wood cuts used for publication. (Boxes 77- 80) \n SERIES XII. ARTIFACTS \n Cufflinks, tie clamp, neck scarf, doctoral gown, hood\n and mortarboard. (Box 81) \n SERIES XII. MEMORABILIA \n Baby books, collected programs, Christmas, general\n greeting and get-well cards, etc. Arranged by type. (Boxes\n 82-84) \n SERIES XIV. NEWSCLIPPINGS \n Loose newsclippings from various newspapers on a variety\n of subjects, no arrangement (Boxes 85) \n SERIES XV. OVERSIZED ITEMS \n Newspaper, awards and research data."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLuther Porter Jackson Sr. was born July 11, 1892 in\n Lexington, Kentucky. He was the ninth child of Delilah\n (Culvrson) Jackson and Edward Jackson. He early schooling was\n at Chandler Normal School in Lexington, where he completed his\n studies in 1910. Upon completion of his secondary education he\n entered Fisk University where he received the A.B. degree in\n 1914. He remained at Fisk for another semester and in 1916 was\n awarded the A.M. degree.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1915, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, he began his\n teaching career at Vorhees Industrial School, Denmark, South\n Carolina, where he was also Director of the Academic\n Department. Jackson left South Carolina in 1918 and joined the\n staff of the Topeka Industrial Institute, Topeka, Kansas, as\n Instructor of history and music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring more education, he returned to the east and sought\n graduate training at Columbia University in 1920. Here he was\n to receive one of his many setbacks, which took in stride and\n proceeded to correct. Writing to a former instructor at Fisk,\n Jackson stated that Columbia did not consider his A.B. and\n A.M. from Fisk up to their standards. He, therefore, enrolled\n for one year at New York City College. Finally, in 1921, he\n began his studies at Columbia, where he was graduated from\n their Teachers College in 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter completing his second masters degree, Luther Jackson\n joined the faculty of what was then the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, now Virginia State University. While on\n staff of the university, Luther Jackson continued his studies,\n first at Columbia University and then at the University of\n Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. in history in 1937. Soon\n after arrival at V.N. \u0026amp; I.I., Jackson took over the\n College High School and directed its activities from\n 1923-1928. He headed the history department from 1930-1950,\n formed the \" League of Negro Voters\" in 1934, and in 1937\n organized the \" Petersburg Business League\", which became the\n Virginia Trade Association in 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1935, Carter G. Woodson asked Luther Jackson to head all\n fund-raising activities for the Association for the Study of\n Negro Life and History. As chairman of the Virginia chapter,\n Jackson went on to establish that chapter as one of the most\n productive of all state chapters. Somehow he still found time\n to conduct the Petersburg Community Choir of 100 voices, have\n his doctoral dissertation, write a column for \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Journal and Guide\u003c/title\u003e(Norfolk,\n Virginia) under the general heading of \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\" between 1942 until 1948. Although he was now\n holding down enough work for two people, Jackson was appointed\n to the Virginia World War II History Commission in 1944 and\n worked with the N.A.A.C.P, which led to his receiving a plague\n for service in 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJackson authored these books: \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFree Negro Labor and Property Holding\n in Virginia, 1830-1860\u003c/title\u003e(1942) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe History of the Virginia Stated\n Teachers Association\u003c/title\u003e(1937) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNegro Office-Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895\u003c/title\u003e(1945) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Short History of the Gillfield\n Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia\u003c/title\u003e(1941) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Negro Soldiers and Seaman in\n the Revolutionary War\u003c/title\u003e(1944) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to joining the faculty, Luther Jackson married\n a young lady whom he had met while they were both students at\n Fisk University. The young lady was Johnella M. Frazer\n (1897-), a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of\n Laura and Patterson Tilford Frazer; her father was President\n of Hopkinsville College in Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson completed\n the conservatory course at Fisk at the age of seventeen(17)\n and toured with the Fisk \"Jubilee Singers\" for two years under\n John Work. She joined the staff of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute in 1916, a full nine years before there\n was a music department, as the University's first full time\n instructor of piano.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Jackson, like Luther, also recognized the need for\n additional training. During the summer vacation she studied at\n Temple University at the Chicago Music College and at Columbia\n University. She remained at Virginia State University for\n forty-nine years, retiring in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAdditional Biographical Data:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e1. Lucious Edwards, Jr.\" The Luther Porter Jackson,\n Sr.(1892-1950) Papers\" (paper presented at the 63rd meeting of\n the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and\n History, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1978) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e2. Marva D. Curtis, \"The Virginia Voters League\"\n (unpublished masters thesis, Virginia State University, 1979) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e3. Lucious Edwards, Jr., \"Luther Jackson Leaves a Legacy\n of History in Papers to Virginia State University,\" \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eProgress Index\u003c/title\u003e, February\n 26,1980, p.4.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Sr. was born July 11, 1892 in\n Lexington, Kentucky. He was the ninth child of Delilah\n (Culvrson) Jackson and Edward Jackson. He early schooling was\n at Chandler Normal School in Lexington, where he completed his\n studies in 1910. Upon completion of his secondary education he\n entered Fisk University where he received the A.B. degree in\n 1914. He remained at Fisk for another semester and in 1916 was\n awarded the A.M. degree.","In 1915, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, he began his\n teaching career at Vorhees Industrial School, Denmark, South\n Carolina, where he was also Director of the Academic\n Department. Jackson left South Carolina in 1918 and joined the\n staff of the Topeka Industrial Institute, Topeka, Kansas, as\n Instructor of history and music.","Desiring more education, he returned to the east and sought\n graduate training at Columbia University in 1920. Here he was\n to receive one of his many setbacks, which took in stride and\n proceeded to correct. Writing to a former instructor at Fisk,\n Jackson stated that Columbia did not consider his A.B. and\n A.M. from Fisk up to their standards. He, therefore, enrolled\n for one year at New York City College. Finally, in 1921, he\n began his studies at Columbia, where he was graduated from\n their Teachers College in 1922.","After completing his second masters degree, Luther Jackson\n joined the faculty of what was then the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, now Virginia State University. While on\n staff of the university, Luther Jackson continued his studies,\n first at Columbia University and then at the University of\n Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. in history in 1937. Soon\n after arrival at V.N. \u0026 I.I., Jackson took over the\n College High School and directed its activities from\n 1923-1928. He headed the history department from 1930-1950,\n formed the \" League of Negro Voters\" in 1934, and in 1937\n organized the \" Petersburg Business League\", which became the\n Virginia Trade Association in 1941.","In 1935, Carter G. Woodson asked Luther Jackson to head all\n fund-raising activities for the Association for the Study of\n Negro Life and History. As chairman of the Virginia chapter,\n Jackson went on to establish that chapter as one of the most\n productive of all state chapters. Somehow he still found time\n to conduct the Petersburg Community Choir of 100 voices, have\n his doctoral dissertation, write a column for \n The Journal and Guide (Norfolk,\n Virginia) under the general heading of \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\" between 1942 until 1948. Although he was now\n holding down enough work for two people, Jackson was appointed\n to the Virginia World War II History Commission in 1944 and\n worked with the N.A.A.C.P, which led to his receiving a plague\n for service in 1948.","Jackson authored these books: \n Free Negro Labor and Property Holding\n in Virginia, 1830-1860 (1942) \n The History of the Virginia Stated\n Teachers Association (1937) \n Negro Office-Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (1945) \n A Short History of the Gillfield\n Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia (1941) \n Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seaman in\n the Revolutionary War (1944) \n ","In addition to joining the faculty, Luther Jackson married\n a young lady whom he had met while they were both students at\n Fisk University. The young lady was Johnella M. Frazer\n (1897-), a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of\n Laura and Patterson Tilford Frazer; her father was President\n of Hopkinsville College in Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson completed\n the conservatory course at Fisk at the age of seventeen(17)\n and toured with the Fisk \"Jubilee Singers\" for two years under\n John Work. She joined the staff of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute in 1916, a full nine years before there\n was a music department, as the University's first full time\n instructor of piano.","Mrs. Jackson, like Luther, also recognized the need for\n additional training. During the summer vacation she studied at\n Temple University at the Chicago Music College and at Columbia\n University. She remained at Virginia State University for\n forty-nine years, retiring in 1965.","Additional Biographical Data: 1. Lucious Edwards, Jr.\" The Luther Porter Jackson,\n Sr.(1892-1950) Papers\" (paper presented at the 63rd meeting of\n the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and\n History, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1978) \n 2. Marva D. Curtis, \"The Virginia Voters League\"\n (unpublished masters thesis, Virginia State University, 1979) \n 3. Lucious Edwards, Jr., \"Luther Jackson Leaves a Legacy\n of History in Papers to Virginia State University,\" \n Progress Index , February\n 26,1980, p.4."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLuther Porter Jackson Papers, 1772-1960, Accession\n #1952-l, Special Collections and Archives, Johnston\n Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg,\n VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, 1772-1960, Accession\n #1952-l, Special Collections and Archives, Johnston\n Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg,\n VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Luther Porter Jackson are one of the most valuable\n manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the\n nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State\n University lived and worked during an era when the concept of\n black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was\n the time of \"Jim Crowism.\" Segregation was not \"de facto,\" it\n was legal and challenged by few people, black and white.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a\n number of political and civil rights organizations developed\n into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro\n Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the\n Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in\n correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements.\n Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C.\n White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Virginia based political and civil\n rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo\n of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the\n Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business\n League.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to correspondence with major political and\n civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting\n relationship with others across the U.S. The business or\n office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950\n include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois,\n Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin\n Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush\n Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets,\n financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches,\n newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and\n Jackson's research materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJackson collected personal papers of ante-bellum and\n post-bellum black families in Virginia: The Butler Papers, the\n Layton Papers, and the Stephen Wooldrige Papers. In his\n research of free black property owners in Virginia, he\n acquired a substantial amount of materials from various\n counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains articles about Negroes in the\n United States, race vote in Tampa, colored men's\n progressive club, Negro principal to stay as school\n integrates, a sample form of application for\n registration to vote in the state of Louisiana. A \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Statesman\u003c/title\u003efor\n April 21, 1950, the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSouthern Patriot\u003c/title\u003e, New\n Orleans, Louisiana, December 1948. \"The Boswell\n Amendment: Reaction in Alabama,\" \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginias Journal and\n Guide\u003c/title\u003eApril 22, 1950, the Progress Index.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Luther Porter Jackson are one of the most valuable\n manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the\n nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State\n University lived and worked during an era when the concept of\n black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was\n the time of \"Jim Crowism.\" Segregation was not \"de facto,\" it\n was legal and challenged by few people, black and white.","During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a\n number of political and civil rights organizations developed\n into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro\n Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the\n Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in\n correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements.\n Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C.\n White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others.","Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil\n rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo\n of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the\n Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business\n League.","In addition to correspondence with major political and\n civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting\n relationship with others across the U.S. The business or\n office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950\n include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois,\n Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin\n Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush\n Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others.","The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets,\n financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches,\n newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and\n Jackson's research materials.","Jackson collected personal papers of ante-bellum and\n post-bellum black families in Virginia: The Butler Papers, the\n Layton Papers, and the Stephen Wooldrige Papers. In his\n research of free black property owners in Virginia, he\n acquired a substantial amount of materials from various\n counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","This box contains articles about Negroes in the\n United States, race vote in Tampa, colored men's\n progressive club, Negro principal to stay as school\n integrates, a sample form of application for\n registration to vote in the state of Louisiana. A \n Virginia Statesman for\n April 21, 1950, the \n Southern Patriot , New\n Orleans, Louisiana, December 1948. \"The Boswell\n Amendment: Reaction in Alabama,\" \n Virginias Journal and\n Guide April 22, 1950, the Progress Index."],"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\"\u003eThe Luther Porter Jackson papers\n include documents collected by Jackson to support his research\n as well as the correspondence produced by Dr. and Mrs. Jackson\n in connection with their work, interest, and friends. They\n reflect Luther Jackson's life as a professor and researcher of\n history and his connections with various political and\n educational organizations; the official records of the\n Virginia Voters League and the official records of all fund\n raising for the Virginia Branch of the Association for the\n Study of Negro Life and History Inc.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Luther Porter Jackson papers\n include documents collected by Jackson to support his research\n as well as the correspondence produced by Dr. and Mrs. Jackson\n in connection with their work, interest, and friends. They\n reflect Luther Jackson's life as a professor and researcher of\n history and his connections with various political and\n educational organizations; the official records of the\n Virginia Voters League and the official records of all fund\n raising for the Virginia Branch of the Association for the\n Study of Negro Life and History Inc."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2288,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:22:00.819Z","arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe first five folders contain writings about Jackson.\n Some material is not a part of the original manuscript group.\n (Box 1) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eFamily, 1920-1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe correspondence between Luther and Johnella Jackson\n are arranged chronologically from 1920-1950. Additionally,\n letters, postcards and telegrams are arranged alphabetically\n by the other members of the family. (Boxes 1-5) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBusiness, 1922-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOffice correspondence, extensive, arranged\n chronologically. (Boxes 5-12) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePersonal, 1918- 1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters arranged alphabetically by writer. (Boxes 13-16)\n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES III. FINANCIAL \u0026amp; LEGAL \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFamily bills, tax statements, school bills and stocks.\n Arranged by type. Copyright for Jackson's \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNegro Office Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895\u003c/title\u003e(Box 17) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Virginia Voters League,\n 1934-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters, postcards, and telegrams arranged by county,\n and city. Records include minutes and reports. (Boxes 18-27) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Virginia Teachers Association Office\n of the \"Civic Education Secretaries Office,\" 1941- 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,\n Inc., 1923-1950 (Boxes 28-34) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eCorrespondence with Carter G.\n Woodson\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eArranged chronologically. Other correspondence arranged\n by county, City, and organization. (Boxes 35-41) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe NAACP, 1937- 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence with officials of the NAACP (state and\n local), arranged chronologically. (Box 42) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eE. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe I.B.P.O.E. of W.(the Elks),\n 1943-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eGeneral correspondence arranged chronologically and the\n Lodge's alphabetically by lodge. (Box 43) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eF. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eThe Virginia World War II History\n Commission, 1944-1948\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence, minutes and reports of the commission\n arranged chronologically. Some personal war service records\n arranged alphabetically. Photographs in container 109. Numbers\n on folders correspond with folder numbers in the original\n series. (Box 44) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eG. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Southern Regional Council, 1942-\n 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence arranged chronologically; minutes for\n some meetings. (Box 45) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Negro Organizational Society, 1941-\n 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence with the president and field secretaries,\n minutes (1944-1949) arranged chronologically. (Box 46) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eI. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Committee for Virginia,\n 1944-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters arranged chronologically, a few minutes,\n reports. (Box 47) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Petersburg Negro Business League,\n 1935-1946\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence between Jackson, national and local\n leaders. Chronologically arranged; one article, one report and\n one skit. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eK. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Virginia Society for Research,\n 1942-1950\u003c/emph\u003e(Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eL. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Petersburg Community Choir\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA history, a financial report and membership rosters.\n Photographs in container 109. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eM. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Southern School for Workers,\n 1944-1949\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence arranged chronologically. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eN. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Old Dominion Medical Society\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNames of some of the members. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eO. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Petersburg Interracial Committee,\n 1948\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOne letter and a proposed constitution. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES V. MATERIAL RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUTHER\n JACKSON \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters, telegrams and postcards, arranged\n chronologically. One box of sympathy cards and one of floral\n cards. (Boxes 49 \u0026amp; 50) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES VI. RESEARCH DATA: COLLECTED \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBlacks voting in the South,\n 1947-1948\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters arranged alphabetically by state and then\n chronologically within the state. (Box 50) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Butler Papers, 1813-1888\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTax receipts, identification papers, general receipts\n and a marriage license. Chronologically arranged. (Box 51) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Dews Papers, 1802-1880\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eDeeds for properties, tax receipts and general receipts,\n arranged chronologically. (Box 52) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Layton Papers, 1861-1898\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTax receipts, deeds for properties, teaching\n certificates. Arranged chronologically. (Box 53) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eE. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Woolridge Papers, 1883-1910\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTax receipts and general receipts. Few items about the\n \"Jordan Baptist Church.\" Chronologically arranged. (Box 54) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eF. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBy County\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePapers concerning ante and postpellum blacks in some\n Virginia Counties. Identification papers, receipts. Arranged\n chronologically within each county and then arranged\n alphabetically by county also. (Boxes 55-56) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eG. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBy City\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe same as above. Arranged alphabetically by city and\n then chronologically within each city. (Box 57) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePapers of antebellum free blacks and slaves. Receipts,\n identification papers, arranged chronologically. (Box 58) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eI. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePrinted and Diary\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePrinted pamphlets; handwritten diary belonging to Samuel\n T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-1882. (Box 59) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eResearch Notes\u003c/emph\u003e(Box 60) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eK. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLedgers General\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eStockholders ledges, one ledger used as a news clipping\n scrapbook. (Box 61) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eL. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eNotebooks\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHandwritten and typed data, no arrangement, subject\n varies. (Boxes 62- 63) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES VII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY LUTHER P. JACKSON \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eNews articles\u003c/emph\u003e: \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Journal and\n Guide\u003c/title\u003e(Norfolk,VA), 1942-1947 \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTypewritten news column. Arranged chronologically. Box\n list available. (Boxes 64- 66) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eNews Articles: Various Papers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHandwritten and typed sheets, chronological order, some\n without titles. Box list available. (Box 66) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eArticles in Journal\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePublished items, handwritten and typed, copy of printed\n articles. (Box 66) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddresses\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTyped and handwritten speeches, arranged\n chronologically. (Box 67) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eE. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePapers, Reports, and Lecture Notes\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eVarious papers and reports, few lecture notes, skits,\n radio broadcast, handwritten and typed;separated by type, but\n otherwise there is no arrangement. (Box 67) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eF. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eUnpublished\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePapers and term papers, essay, handwritten and typed; no\n arrangement. (Box 68) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eG. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBooks\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTypewritten manuscripts. (Boxes 69- 70) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES VIII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE\n FAMILY \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eArticles written by Luther P. Jackson Jr. (Box 71) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES IX. AWARDS \u0026amp; GRADES \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFamily awards and a few grades of some family members.\n (Box 72) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES X. PRINTED \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBroadsides, leaflets, programs relating to Jackson. (Box\n 73) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XI. VISUAL \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePhotographs\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFamily, friends and Va. World War II History Commision,\n organizations; some unidentifiable. (Box 74-76) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePrinter's Blocks\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eWood cuts used for publication. (Boxes 77- 80) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XII. ARTIFACTS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCufflinks, tie clamp, neck scarf, doctoral gown, hood\n and mortarboard. (Box 81) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XII. MEMORABILIA \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBaby books, collected programs, Christmas, general\n greeting and get-well cards, etc. Arranged by type. (Boxes\n 82-84) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XIV. NEWSCLIPPINGS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose newsclippings from various newspapers on a variety\n of subjects, no arrangement (Boxes 85) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XV. OVERSIZED ITEMS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNewspaper, awards and research data.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00009_c07_c01_c261"}},{"id":"vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03_c37","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Wheatly School: Wheatly School\n1963-1964","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03_c37#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03_c37","ref_ssm":["vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03_c37"],"id":"vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03_c37","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060","_root_":"vipets_vipets00060","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03","parent_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03","parent_ssim":["vipets_vipets00060","vipets_vipets00060_c04","vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vipets_vipets00060","vipets_vipets00060_c04","vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series IV: The Office of the Superintendent","Sub-Series C.: Correspondence By Folder Heading"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series IV: The Office of the Superintendent","Sub-Series C.: Correspondence By Folder Heading"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series IV: The Office of the Superintendent","Sub-Series C.: Correspondence By Folder Heading","Wheatly School: Wheatly School\n1963-1964","box-folder 24:10"],"title_filing_ssi":"Wheatly School\n 1963-1964\n","title_ssm":["Wheatly School: Wheatly School\n1963-1964"],"title_tesim":["Wheatly School: Wheatly School\n1963-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Wheatly School: Wheatly School\n1963-1964"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":348,"containers_ssim":["box-folder 24:10"],"_nest_path_":"/components#3/components#2/components#36","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00060","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060","_root_":"vipets_vipets00060","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00060","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00060.xml","title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","ca. 50,000 Pieces","Collection is open to research.\n","Series I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n","Sub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n","Series II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n","Series III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n","Series IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Sub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n","Sub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n","Sub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n","Sub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n","Sub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n","Series V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n","Sub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n","Sub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n","Sub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n","Series VI. Literary Box # 33A\n","Sub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n","Sub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n","Sub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n","Series VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n","Sub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n","Sub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n","Sub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n","Sub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n","Sub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n","Sub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n","Sub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n","Series VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n","Sub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n","Sub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n","Sub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n","Sub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n","Series VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n","Sub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n","Sub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n","Sub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n","Series X. Photographs Box # 107\n","Sub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n","Sub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n","Series XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n","Sub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n","Sub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n","Sub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n","Sub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n","Sub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n","Sub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n","Sub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n","Alphabetically\n","The small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n","In 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n","From 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n","The Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n","Because of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n","According to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n","The Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n"," The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n"," Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n"," The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n"," The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n"," Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n"," General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n"," Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n"," Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n"," Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n"," Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n"," The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n"," Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n"," Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n"," These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n"," Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n"," Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n"," It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n"," Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n"," Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n"," Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n"," Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n"," Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n"," The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n"," Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n"," Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n"," Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"acqinfo_ssim":["A gift from the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 50,000 Pieces"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Literary Box # 33A\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Photographs Box # 107\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Series Description\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Series I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n","Sub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n","Series II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n","Series III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n","Series IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Sub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n","Sub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n","Sub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n","Sub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n","Sub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n","Series V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n","Sub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n","Sub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n","Sub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n","Series VI. Literary Box # 33A\n","Sub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n","Sub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n","Sub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n","Series VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n","Sub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n","Sub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n","Sub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n","Sub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n","Sub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n","Sub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n","Sub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n","Series VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n","Sub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n","Sub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n","Sub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n","Sub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n","Series VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n","Sub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n","Sub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n","Sub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n","Series X. Photographs Box # 107\n","Sub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n","Sub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n","Series XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n","Sub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n","Sub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n","Sub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n","Sub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n","Sub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n","Sub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n","Sub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n","Alphabetically\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n","In 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n","From 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n","The Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n","Because of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n","According to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[A Guide To The Papers of The Prince Edward County Free School], Accession #[1969-38 ], Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[A Guide To The Papers of The Prince Edward County Free School], Accession #[1969-38 ], Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n"," The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n"," Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n"," The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n"," The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n"," Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n"," General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n"," Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n"," Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n"," Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n"," Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n"," The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n"," Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n"," Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n"," These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n"," Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n"," Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n"," It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n"," Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n"," Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n"," Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n"," Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n"," Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n"," The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n"," Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n"," Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n"," Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBetween the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":1116,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00060_c04_c03_c37"}},{"id":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c21","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Whelhel: Whelhel","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c21#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c21","ref_ssm":["vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c21"],"id":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c21","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060","_root_":"vipets_vipets00060","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01","parent_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01","parent_ssim":["vipets_vipets00060","vipets_vipets00060_c08","vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vipets_vipets00060","vipets_vipets00060_c08","vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series VIII: Teachers Records","Sub-Series A: Grade Sheets"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series VIII: Teachers Records","Sub-Series A: Grade Sheets"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series VIII: Teachers Records","Sub-Series A: Grade Sheets","Whelhel: Whelhel","box-folder 49:21"],"title_filing_ssi":"Whelhel\n","title_ssm":["Whelhel: Whelhel"],"title_tesim":["Whelhel: Whelhel"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Whelhel: Whelhel"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":1070,"containers_ssim":["box-folder 49:21"],"_nest_path_":"/components#7/components#0/components#20","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00060","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060","_root_":"vipets_vipets00060","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00060","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00060.xml","title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","ca. 50,000 Pieces","Collection is open to research.\n","Series I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n","Sub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n","Series II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n","Series III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n","Series IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Sub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n","Sub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n","Sub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n","Sub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n","Sub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n","Series V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n","Sub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n","Sub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n","Sub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n","Series VI. Literary Box # 33A\n","Sub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n","Sub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n","Sub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n","Series VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n","Sub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n","Sub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n","Sub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n","Sub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n","Sub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n","Sub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n","Sub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n","Series VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n","Sub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n","Sub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n","Sub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n","Sub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n","Series VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n","Sub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n","Sub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n","Sub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n","Series X. Photographs Box # 107\n","Sub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n","Sub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n","Series XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n","Sub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n","Sub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n","Sub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n","Sub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n","Sub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n","Sub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n","Sub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n","Alphabetically\n","The small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n","In 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n","From 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n","The Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n","Because of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n","According to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n","The Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n"," The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n"," Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n"," The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n"," The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n"," Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n"," General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n"," Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n"," Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n"," Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n"," Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n"," The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n"," Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n"," Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n"," These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n"," Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n"," Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n"," It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n"," Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n"," Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n"," Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n"," Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n"," Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n"," The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n"," Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n"," Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n"," Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"acqinfo_ssim":["A gift from the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 50,000 Pieces"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Literary Box # 33A\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Photographs Box # 107\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Series Description\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Series I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n","Sub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n","Series II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n","Series III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n","Series IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Sub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n","Sub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n","Sub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n","Sub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n","Sub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n","Series V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n","Sub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n","Sub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n","Sub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n","Series VI. Literary Box # 33A\n","Sub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n","Sub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n","Sub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n","Series VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n","Sub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n","Sub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n","Sub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n","Sub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n","Sub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n","Sub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n","Sub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n","Series VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n","Sub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n","Sub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n","Sub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n","Sub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n","Series VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n","Sub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n","Sub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n","Sub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n","Series X. Photographs Box # 107\n","Sub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n","Sub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n","Series XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n","Sub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n","Sub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n","Sub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n","Sub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n","Sub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n","Sub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n","Sub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n","Alphabetically\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n","In 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n","From 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n","The Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n","Because of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n","According to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[A Guide To The Papers of The Prince Edward County Free School], Accession #[1969-38 ], Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[A Guide To The Papers of The Prince Edward County Free School], Accession #[1969-38 ], Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n"," The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n"," Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n"," The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n"," The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n"," Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n"," General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n"," Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n"," Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n"," Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n"," Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n"," The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n"," Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n"," Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n"," These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n"," Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n"," Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n"," It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n"," Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n"," Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n"," Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n"," Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n"," Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n"," The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n"," Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n"," Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n"," Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBetween the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":1116,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c21"}},{"id":"vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02_c11","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Where roads ended, the bush trials\n began.","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02_c11#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02_c11","ref_ssm":["vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02_c11"],"id":"vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02_c11","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00052","_root_":"vipets_vipets00052","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02","parent_ssi":"vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02","parent_ssim":["vipets_vipets00052","vipets_vipets00052_c04","vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vipets_vipets00052","vipets_vipets00052_c04","vipets_vipets00052_c04_c02"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966","Series IV.: Photographs","sub-series B: The International\n Advisory Board on Liberia"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966","Series IV.: Photographs","sub-series B: The International\n Advisory Board on Liberia"],"text":["Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966","Series IV.: Photographs","sub-series B: The International\n Advisory Board on Liberia","Where roads ended, the bush trials\n began.","Box-folder \n 8:11"],"title_filing_ssi":"Where roads ended, the bush trials\n began.","title_ssm":["Where roads ended, the bush trials\n began."],"title_tesim":["Where roads ended, the bush trials\n began."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Where roads ended, the bush trials\n began."],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":163,"containers_ssim":["Box-folder \n 8:11"],"_nest_path_":"/components#3/components#1/components#10","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:36.140Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00052","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00052","_root_":"vipets_vipets00052","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00052","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00052.xml","title_ssm":["Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966"],"title_tesim":["Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1920-1966"],"text":["1920-1966","Robert Printiss Daniel \n \n 1920-1966","5,000\n items","Additional information about Robert P. Daniels may be\n found in the Virginia State University Archives.","Series I. Correspondences 1926-1960 Some personal and\n business correspondence of Robert P. Daniel. Most of the\n correspondences has to do with Mr. Daniel's leaving Shaw\n University to become the fifth President of Virginia State\n College in 1949-1950. sub-series A. Personal Correspondence.\n sub-series B. Buisness Correspondence","Series II. Organizations and Affiliations Sub-series A.\n Alpha Phi Alpha Sub-Series B. Virginia Union Alumni\n Association Sub-Series C. Class (1924)Reunions","Series III. Literary Speeches, Sermons and radio addresses\n made by Robert P. Daniel from 1936-1966. speeches are arranged\n by subject and location. Writings State Teachers Report.\n sub-series A. speeches. sub- series B. Sermons. sub-series C.\n writings.","Series IV. Photographs. Sub-series A. Personal Sub-series\n B. The International advisory Board on Liberia Sub-series C.\n The Alpha Phi Apha Fraternity","Series V. Printed. Sub-Series A. Programs and Flyers with\n Meetings Attended by Robert Daniel. Sub-Series B. Awards and\n Certificates Presented by Robert Daniel over a period of years\n documenting his involvement in a number of organizations.\n Sub-Series C. Virginia Union University Printed Items\n generated by Virginia Union University which includes\n programs, bullitens, and a short history of Virginia Union\n University. D. Shaw Printed Items such as Bulletins, and other\n programs E. The Sphinx F. . Degrees and Appointments. Earned\n degrees for Robert Daniel and members of the Daniel and Taylor\n Families. Included are appointments for Robert Daniel for\n several commissions G. Newspapers. Several issues of Black\n owned newspapers, which were published in North Carolina,\n Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York. H. Newsclippings.\n Newsclippings from a number of Newspaper mostly from Virginia\n I.Civil Rights in Petersburg. Newsletters and Flyers\n concerning some of the civil rights issues in Petersburg\n during the 1960's","Series VI. Scrapbooks. Two Scrapbooks, The United States\n Army Infantry Center and A testimonial in words and music.","Series VII. Artifacts Three Dimensional Items Awarded to or\n collected by Robert Prentiss Daniel","Robert P. Daniel was elected to become the fifth president\n of Virginia State University(then Virginia State College)in\n December of 1949. He assumed his duties in February of 1950.\n Mr. Daniel however was not a stranger to Virginia State,\n having been born on the campus in 1902. This strange twist of\n fate makes Robert P. Daniel the only President of a\n state-supported institution who was born on the campus, which\n he would later serve as chief administrator.","The historical background, which explains, this unusual\n occurrence lay in the origins of the Daniel Family. The roots\n of this family began in Louisa County Virginia, with Lucy\n Langston, Robert Daniel's great great grandmother, who was\n described as being of African and Virginia Indian origins.","Lucy langston lived as the only wife of Ralph Quarles, a\n white farmer and landholder in Louisa County. Although this\n was not a legal union(black-white marriages had been outlawed\n in Virginia in 1692), the two lived as man and wife for more\n than thirty years.","From this union came four children: Maria (Daniel's great\n grandmother), Gideon, Charles and John Mercer Langston (who\n become the first president of Virginia State in 1886-1887.\n Ralph Quarles had given his common law wife her freedom\n earlier and all four of these children were born free between\n the years of 1800-1829.","Maria Langston married early and her proud father gave her\n a section of his farm as a wedding gift and also from her\n father she recieved as her personal property her husband\n Joseph Powell, who was a slave belonging to Ralph Quarles.\n Maria Langston like other free blacks, (men and women) around\n the state of Virginia were forced to hold their husbands and\n or wives as their personal property in order to keep the\n family unit together.","From this union came Robert Daniel's grandmother Lucinda,\n who like her mother also married a slave and was forced to\n hold him as her enslaved property. Charles Daniel, father of\n Robert Daniel was born in 1845 in Louisa and until around 1870\n lived with his father and learned his trade in shoemaking.","In 1871 he entered the Richmond Institute graduating from\n the Normal Department in 1877 and its Academic Department in\n 1878. He studied law for one year at Howard University and\n then accepted a teaching position in Danville, Virginia.","In 1888 he was invited to become the Secretary of Virginia\n Normal and Collegiate Institute. It was here in the old\n Virginia hall that Robert Daniel and all but one of the eight\n Daniel children were born.","Robert P. Daniel graduated from Virginia Union University\n in 1924. Later, he obtained his MA and his doctorate at\n Teachers College. He also completed a post doctoral study in\n Bible at the Union Theological Seminary in New York during the\n summers of 1943 and 1946.","Robert Daniel began his career in higher education at\n Virginia Union University in Richmond as an instructor in\n mathematics in 1924. Concurrently, Dr. Daniel supervised the\n establishment of the Norfolk division of Virginia Union\n University which later became the Norfork division of Virginia\n State College. He was named president of Shaw University in\n 1936 until 1950.","Dr. Daniel was elected president of Virginia State College\n by the State Board of Education on December 15th 1949\n following the death of Luther H. Foster.","Dr. Daniel was an active member of several state and\n national professional organizations.","The Daniel Papers document primarly his becoming the\n President of Shaw University in 1936 and Virginia State\n University in 1950. There is also correspondence concerning\n his activities with a national radio program \"Wings over\n Jordan\" and with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.In the daniel\n papers are also some very interesting newsletters printed by\n the \"Political Action Committee\" of the Petersburg Improvement\n Association. These newsletters address the attempts to\n desegrate public facilities in Petersburg.","There are no restrictions.","Personal and business\n correspondence of the fifth President of Virginia State\n University. Robert P. Daniel was one of the movers in\n establishing what is now Norfolk State University. He was also\n very involved in efforts to integrate the institutions of\n higher learning in Virginia. 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Correspondences 1926-1960 Some personal and\n business correspondence of Robert P. Daniel. Most of the\n correspondences has to do with Mr. Daniel's leaving Shaw\n University to become the fifth President of Virginia State\n College in 1949-1950. sub-series A. Personal Correspondence.\n sub-series B. Buisness Correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Organizations and Affiliations Sub-series A.\n Alpha Phi Alpha Sub-Series B. Virginia Union Alumni\n Association Sub-Series C. Class (1924)Reunions\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Literary Speeches, Sermons and radio addresses\n made by Robert P. Daniel from 1936-1966. speeches are arranged\n by subject and location. Writings State Teachers Report.\n sub-series A. speeches. sub- series B. Sermons. sub-series C.\n writings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Photographs. Sub-series A. Personal Sub-series\n B. The International advisory Board on Liberia Sub-series C.\n The Alpha Phi Apha Fraternity\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Printed. Sub-Series A. Programs and Flyers with\n Meetings Attended by Robert Daniel. Sub-Series B. Awards and\n Certificates Presented by Robert Daniel over a period of years\n documenting his involvement in a number of organizations.\n Sub-Series C. Virginia Union University Printed Items\n generated by Virginia Union University which includes\n programs, bullitens, and a short history of Virginia Union\n University. D. Shaw Printed Items such as Bulletins, and other\n programs E. The Sphinx F. . Degrees and Appointments. Earned\n degrees for Robert Daniel and members of the Daniel and Taylor\n Families. Included are appointments for Robert Daniel for\n several commissions G. Newspapers. Several issues of Black\n owned newspapers, which were published in North Carolina,\n Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York. H. Newsclippings.\n Newsclippings from a number of Newspaper mostly from Virginia\n I.Civil Rights in Petersburg. Newsletters and Flyers\n concerning some of the civil rights issues in Petersburg\n during the 1960's\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Scrapbooks. Two Scrapbooks, The United States\n Army Infantry Center and A testimonial in words and music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Artifacts Three Dimensional Items Awarded to or\n collected by Robert Prentiss Daniel\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Series Description"],"arrangement_tesim":["Series I. Correspondences 1926-1960 Some personal and\n business correspondence of Robert P. Daniel. Most of the\n correspondences has to do with Mr. Daniel's leaving Shaw\n University to become the fifth President of Virginia State\n College in 1949-1950. sub-series A. Personal Correspondence.\n sub-series B. Buisness Correspondence","Series II. Organizations and Affiliations Sub-series A.\n Alpha Phi Alpha Sub-Series B. Virginia Union Alumni\n Association Sub-Series C. Class (1924)Reunions","Series III. Literary Speeches, Sermons and radio addresses\n made by Robert P. Daniel from 1936-1966. speeches are arranged\n by subject and location. Writings State Teachers Report.\n sub-series A. speeches. sub- series B. Sermons. sub-series C.\n writings.","Series IV. Photographs. Sub-series A. Personal Sub-series\n B. The International advisory Board on Liberia Sub-series C.\n The Alpha Phi Apha Fraternity","Series V. Printed. Sub-Series A. Programs and Flyers with\n Meetings Attended by Robert Daniel. Sub-Series B. Awards and\n Certificates Presented by Robert Daniel over a period of years\n documenting his involvement in a number of organizations.\n Sub-Series C. Virginia Union University Printed Items\n generated by Virginia Union University which includes\n programs, bullitens, and a short history of Virginia Union\n University. D. Shaw Printed Items such as Bulletins, and other\n programs E. The Sphinx F. . Degrees and Appointments. Earned\n degrees for Robert Daniel and members of the Daniel and Taylor\n Families. Included are appointments for Robert Daniel for\n several commissions G. Newspapers. Several issues of Black\n owned newspapers, which were published in North Carolina,\n Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York. H. Newsclippings.\n Newsclippings from a number of Newspaper mostly from Virginia\n I.Civil Rights in Petersburg. Newsletters and Flyers\n concerning some of the civil rights issues in Petersburg\n during the 1960's","Series VI. Scrapbooks. Two Scrapbooks, The United States\n Army Infantry Center and A testimonial in words and music.","Series VII. Artifacts Three Dimensional Items Awarded to or\n collected by Robert Prentiss Daniel"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert P. Daniel was elected to become the fifth president\n of Virginia State University(then Virginia State College)in\n December of 1949. He assumed his duties in February of 1950.\n Mr. Daniel however was not a stranger to Virginia State,\n having been born on the campus in 1902. This strange twist of\n fate makes Robert P. Daniel the only President of a\n state-supported institution who was born on the campus, which\n he would later serve as chief administrator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe historical background, which explains, this unusual\n occurrence lay in the origins of the Daniel Family. The roots\n of this family began in Louisa County Virginia, with Lucy\n Langston, Robert Daniel's great great grandmother, who was\n described as being of African and Virginia Indian origins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy langston lived as the only wife of Ralph Quarles, a\n white farmer and landholder in Louisa County. Although this\n was not a legal union(black-white marriages had been outlawed\n in Virginia in 1692), the two lived as man and wife for more\n than thirty years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom this union came four children: Maria (Daniel's great\n grandmother), Gideon, Charles and John Mercer Langston (who\n become the first president of Virginia State in 1886-1887.\n Ralph Quarles had given his common law wife her freedom\n earlier and all four of these children were born free between\n the years of 1800-1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaria Langston married early and her proud father gave her\n a section of his farm as a wedding gift and also from her\n father she recieved as her personal property her husband\n Joseph Powell, who was a slave belonging to Ralph Quarles.\n Maria Langston like other free blacks, (men and women) around\n the state of Virginia were forced to hold their husbands and\n or wives as their personal property in order to keep the\n family unit together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom this union came Robert Daniel's grandmother Lucinda,\n who like her mother also married a slave and was forced to\n hold him as her enslaved property. Charles Daniel, father of\n Robert Daniel was born in 1845 in Louisa and until around 1870\n lived with his father and learned his trade in shoemaking.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1871 he entered the Richmond Institute graduating from\n the Normal Department in 1877 and its Academic Department in\n 1878. He studied law for one year at Howard University and\n then accepted a teaching position in Danville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1888 he was invited to become the Secretary of Virginia\n Normal and Collegiate Institute. It was here in the old\n Virginia hall that Robert Daniel and all but one of the eight\n Daniel children were born.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. Daniel graduated from Virginia Union University\n in 1924. Later, he obtained his MA and his doctorate at\n Teachers College. He also completed a post doctoral study in\n Bible at the Union Theological Seminary in New York during the\n summers of 1943 and 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Daniel began his career in higher education at\n Virginia Union University in Richmond as an instructor in\n mathematics in 1924. Concurrently, Dr. Daniel supervised the\n establishment of the Norfolk division of Virginia Union\n University which later became the Norfork division of Virginia\n State College. He was named president of Shaw University in\n 1936 until 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Daniel was elected president of Virginia State College\n by the State Board of Education on December 15th 1949\n following the death of Luther H. Foster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Daniel was an active member of several state and\n national professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert P. Daniel was elected to become the fifth president\n of Virginia State University(then Virginia State College)in\n December of 1949. He assumed his duties in February of 1950.\n Mr. Daniel however was not a stranger to Virginia State,\n having been born on the campus in 1902. This strange twist of\n fate makes Robert P. Daniel the only President of a\n state-supported institution who was born on the campus, which\n he would later serve as chief administrator.","The historical background, which explains, this unusual\n occurrence lay in the origins of the Daniel Family. The roots\n of this family began in Louisa County Virginia, with Lucy\n Langston, Robert Daniel's great great grandmother, who was\n described as being of African and Virginia Indian origins.","Lucy langston lived as the only wife of Ralph Quarles, a\n white farmer and landholder in Louisa County. Although this\n was not a legal union(black-white marriages had been outlawed\n in Virginia in 1692), the two lived as man and wife for more\n than thirty years.","From this union came four children: Maria (Daniel's great\n grandmother), Gideon, Charles and John Mercer Langston (who\n become the first president of Virginia State in 1886-1887.\n Ralph Quarles had given his common law wife her freedom\n earlier and all four of these children were born free between\n the years of 1800-1829.","Maria Langston married early and her proud father gave her\n a section of his farm as a wedding gift and also from her\n father she recieved as her personal property her husband\n Joseph Powell, who was a slave belonging to Ralph Quarles.\n Maria Langston like other free blacks, (men and women) around\n the state of Virginia were forced to hold their husbands and\n or wives as their personal property in order to keep the\n family unit together.","From this union came Robert Daniel's grandmother Lucinda,\n who like her mother also married a slave and was forced to\n hold him as her enslaved property. Charles Daniel, father of\n Robert Daniel was born in 1845 in Louisa and until around 1870\n lived with his father and learned his trade in shoemaking.","In 1871 he entered the Richmond Institute graduating from\n the Normal Department in 1877 and its Academic Department in\n 1878. He studied law for one year at Howard University and\n then accepted a teaching position in Danville, Virginia.","In 1888 he was invited to become the Secretary of Virginia\n Normal and Collegiate Institute. It was here in the old\n Virginia hall that Robert Daniel and all but one of the eight\n Daniel children were born.","Robert P. Daniel graduated from Virginia Union University\n in 1924. Later, he obtained his MA and his doctorate at\n Teachers College. He also completed a post doctoral study in\n Bible at the Union Theological Seminary in New York during the\n summers of 1943 and 1946.","Robert Daniel began his career in higher education at\n Virginia Union University in Richmond as an instructor in\n mathematics in 1924. Concurrently, Dr. Daniel supervised the\n establishment of the Norfolk division of Virginia Union\n University which later became the Norfork division of Virginia\n State College. He was named president of Shaw University in\n 1936 until 1950.","Dr. Daniel was elected president of Virginia State College\n by the State Board of Education on December 15th 1949\n following the death of Luther H. 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There is also correspondence concerning\n his activities with a national radio program \"Wings over\n Jordan\" and with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.In the daniel\n papers are also some very interesting newsletters printed by\n the \"Political Action Committee\" of the Petersburg Improvement\n Association. These newsletters address the attempts to\n desegrate public facilities in Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Daniel Papers document primarly his becoming the\n President of Shaw University in 1936 and Virginia State\n University in 1950. There is also correspondence concerning\n his activities with a national radio program \"Wings over\n Jordan\" and with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.In the daniel\n papers are also some very interesting newsletters printed by\n the \"Political Action Committee\" of the Petersburg Improvement\n Association. These newsletters address the attempts to\n desegrate public facilities in Petersburg."],"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\"\u003ePersonal and business\n correspondence of the fifth President of Virginia State\n University. Robert P. Daniel was one of the movers in\n establishing what is now Norfolk State University. He was also\n very involved in efforts to integrate the institutions of\n higher learning in Virginia. Acc.#1976-16\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Personal and business\n correspondence of the fifth President of Virginia State\n University. Robert P. Daniel was one of the movers in\n establishing what is now Norfolk State University. He was also\n very involved in efforts to integrate the institutions of\n higher learning in Virginia. 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MATERIALS WRITTEN BY LUTHER P.\n JACKSON, SR.","A. Feature articles written by Luther\n Porter Jackson in the (Norfolk, Virginia) \n Journal and Guide,\n under the general heading, \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\"."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960","SERIES VII. MATERIALS WRITTEN BY LUTHER P.\n JACKSON, SR.","A. Feature articles written by Luther\n Porter Jackson in the (Norfolk, Virginia) \n Journal and Guide,\n under the general heading, \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\"."],"text":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960","SERIES VII. MATERIALS WRITTEN BY LUTHER P.\n JACKSON, SR.","A. 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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA \n The first five folders contain writings about Jackson.\n Some material is not a part of the original manuscript group.\n (Box 1) \n SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE \n A. \n Family, 1920-1960 The correspondence between Luther and Johnella Jackson\n are arranged chronologically from 1920-1950. Additionally,\n letters, postcards and telegrams are arranged alphabetically\n by the other members of the family. (Boxes 1-5) \n B. \n Business, 1922-1950 Office correspondence, extensive, arranged\n chronologically. (Boxes 5-12) \n C. \n Personal, 1918- 1960 Letters arranged alphabetically by writer. (Boxes 13-16)\n SERIES III. FINANCIAL \u0026 LEGAL \n Family bills, tax statements, school bills and stocks.\n Arranged by type. Copyright for Jackson's \n Negro Office Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (Box 17) \n SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS \n A. \n The Virginia Voters League,\n 1934-1950 Letters, postcards, and telegrams arranged by county,\n and city. Records include minutes and reports. (Boxes 18-27) \n B. \n The Virginia Teachers Association Office\n of the \"Civic Education Secretaries Office,\" 1941- 1950 The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,\n Inc., 1923-1950 (Boxes 28-34) \n C. \n Correspondence with Carter G.\n Woodson Arranged chronologically. Other correspondence arranged\n by county, City, and organization. (Boxes 35-41) \n D. \n The NAACP, 1937- 1950 Correspondence with officials of the NAACP (state and\n local), arranged chronologically. (Box 42) \n E. \n The I.B.P.O.E. of W.(the Elks),\n 1943-1950 General correspondence arranged chronologically and the\n Lodge's alphabetically by lodge. (Box 43) \n F. \n The Virginia World War II History\n Commission, 1944-1948 Correspondence, minutes and reports of the commission\n arranged chronologically. Some personal war service records\n arranged alphabetically. Photographs in container 109. Numbers\n on folders correspond with folder numbers in the original\n series. (Box 44) \n G. \n The Southern Regional Council, 1942-\n 1950 Correspondence arranged chronologically; minutes for\n some meetings. (Box 45) \n H. \n The Negro Organizational Society, 1941-\n 1950 Correspondence with the president and field secretaries,\n minutes (1944-1949) arranged chronologically. (Box 46) \n I. \n The Committee for Virginia,\n 1944-1950 Letters arranged chronologically, a few minutes,\n reports. (Box 47) \n J. \n The Petersburg Negro Business League,\n 1935-1946 Correspondence between Jackson, national and local\n leaders. Chronologically arranged; one article, one report and\n one skit. (Box 48) \n K. \n The Virginia Society for Research,\n 1942-1950 (Box 48) \n L. \n The Petersburg Community Choir A history, a financial report and membership rosters.\n Photographs in container 109. (Box 48) \n M. \n The Southern School for Workers,\n 1944-1949 Correspondence arranged chronologically. (Box 48) \n N. \n The Old Dominion Medical Society Names of some of the members. (Box 48) \n O. \n The Petersburg Interracial Committee,\n 1948 One letter and a proposed constitution. (Box 48) \n SERIES V. MATERIAL RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUTHER\n JACKSON \n Letters, telegrams and postcards, arranged\n chronologically. One box of sympathy cards and one of floral\n cards. (Boxes 49 \u0026 50) \n SERIES VI. RESEARCH DATA: COLLECTED \n A. \n Blacks voting in the South,\n 1947-1948 Letters arranged alphabetically by state and then\n chronologically within the state. (Box 50) \n B. \n The Butler Papers, 1813-1888 Tax receipts, identification papers, general receipts\n and a marriage license. Chronologically arranged. (Box 51) \n C. \n The Dews Papers, 1802-1880 Deeds for properties, tax receipts and general receipts,\n arranged chronologically. (Box 52) \n D. \n The Layton Papers, 1861-1898 Tax receipts, deeds for properties, teaching\n certificates. Arranged chronologically. (Box 53) \n E. \n The Woolridge Papers, 1883-1910 Tax receipts and general receipts. Few items about the\n \"Jordan Baptist Church.\" Chronologically arranged. (Box 54) \n F. \n By County Papers concerning ante and postpellum blacks in some\n Virginia Counties. Identification papers, receipts. Arranged\n chronologically within each county and then arranged\n alphabetically by county also. (Boxes 55-56) \n G. \n By City The same as above. Arranged alphabetically by city and\n then chronologically within each city. (Box 57) \n H. \n Miscellaneous Papers of antebellum free blacks and slaves. Receipts,\n identification papers, arranged chronologically. (Box 58) \n I. \n Printed and Diary Printed pamphlets; handwritten diary belonging to Samuel\n T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-1882. (Box 59) \n J. \n Research Notes (Box 60) \n K. \n Ledgers General Stockholders ledges, one ledger used as a news clipping\n scrapbook. (Box 61) \n L. \n Notebooks Handwritten and typed data, no arrangement, subject\n varies. (Boxes 62- 63) \n SERIES VII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY LUTHER P. JACKSON \n A. \n News articles : \n The Journal and\n Guide (Norfolk,VA), 1942-1947 \n Typewritten news column. Arranged chronologically. Box\n list available. (Boxes 64- 66) \n B. \n News Articles: Various Papers Handwritten and typed sheets, chronological order, some\n without titles. Box list available. (Box 66) \n C. \n Articles in Journal Published items, handwritten and typed, copy of printed\n articles. (Box 66) \n D. \n Addresses Typed and handwritten speeches, arranged\n chronologically. (Box 67) \n E. \n Papers, Reports, and Lecture Notes Various papers and reports, few lecture notes, skits,\n radio broadcast, handwritten and typed;separated by type, but\n otherwise there is no arrangement. (Box 67) \n F. \n Unpublished Papers and term papers, essay, handwritten and typed; no\n arrangement. (Box 68) \n G. \n Books Typewritten manuscripts. (Boxes 69- 70) \n SERIES VIII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE\n FAMILY \n Articles written by Luther P. Jackson Jr. (Box 71) \n SERIES IX. AWARDS \u0026 GRADES \n Family awards and a few grades of some family members.\n (Box 72) \n SERIES X. PRINTED \n Broadsides, leaflets, programs relating to Jackson. (Box\n 73) \n SERIES XI. VISUAL \n A. \n Photographs Family, friends and Va. World War II History Commision,\n organizations; some unidentifiable. (Box 74-76) \n B. \n Printer's Blocks Wood cuts used for publication. (Boxes 77- 80) \n SERIES XII. ARTIFACTS \n Cufflinks, tie clamp, neck scarf, doctoral gown, hood\n and mortarboard. (Box 81) \n SERIES XII. MEMORABILIA \n Baby books, collected programs, Christmas, general\n greeting and get-well cards, etc. Arranged by type. (Boxes\n 82-84) \n SERIES XIV. NEWSCLIPPINGS \n Loose newsclippings from various newspapers on a variety\n of subjects, no arrangement (Boxes 85) \n SERIES XV. OVERSIZED ITEMS \n Newspaper, awards and research data.","Luther Porter Jackson Sr. was born July 11, 1892 in\n Lexington, Kentucky. He was the ninth child of Delilah\n (Culvrson) Jackson and Edward Jackson. He early schooling was\n at Chandler Normal School in Lexington, where he completed his\n studies in 1910. Upon completion of his secondary education he\n entered Fisk University where he received the A.B. degree in\n 1914. He remained at Fisk for another semester and in 1916 was\n awarded the A.M. degree.","In 1915, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, he began his\n teaching career at Vorhees Industrial School, Denmark, South\n Carolina, where he was also Director of the Academic\n Department. Jackson left South Carolina in 1918 and joined the\n staff of the Topeka Industrial Institute, Topeka, Kansas, as\n Instructor of history and music.","Desiring more education, he returned to the east and sought\n graduate training at Columbia University in 1920. Here he was\n to receive one of his many setbacks, which took in stride and\n proceeded to correct. Writing to a former instructor at Fisk,\n Jackson stated that Columbia did not consider his A.B. and\n A.M. from Fisk up to their standards. He, therefore, enrolled\n for one year at New York City College. Finally, in 1921, he\n began his studies at Columbia, where he was graduated from\n their Teachers College in 1922.","After completing his second masters degree, Luther Jackson\n joined the faculty of what was then the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, now Virginia State University. While on\n staff of the university, Luther Jackson continued his studies,\n first at Columbia University and then at the University of\n Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. in history in 1937. Soon\n after arrival at V.N. \u0026 I.I., Jackson took over the\n College High School and directed its activities from\n 1923-1928. He headed the history department from 1930-1950,\n formed the \" League of Negro Voters\" in 1934, and in 1937\n organized the \" Petersburg Business League\", which became the\n Virginia Trade Association in 1941.","In 1935, Carter G. Woodson asked Luther Jackson to head all\n fund-raising activities for the Association for the Study of\n Negro Life and History. As chairman of the Virginia chapter,\n Jackson went on to establish that chapter as one of the most\n productive of all state chapters. Somehow he still found time\n to conduct the Petersburg Community Choir of 100 voices, have\n his doctoral dissertation, write a column for \n The Journal and Guide (Norfolk,\n Virginia) under the general heading of \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\" between 1942 until 1948. Although he was now\n holding down enough work for two people, Jackson was appointed\n to the Virginia World War II History Commission in 1944 and\n worked with the N.A.A.C.P, which led to his receiving a plague\n for service in 1948.","Jackson authored these books: \n Free Negro Labor and Property Holding\n in Virginia, 1830-1860 (1942) \n The History of the Virginia Stated\n Teachers Association (1937) \n Negro Office-Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (1945) \n A Short History of the Gillfield\n Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia (1941) \n Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seaman in\n the Revolutionary War (1944) \n ","In addition to joining the faculty, Luther Jackson married\n a young lady whom he had met while they were both students at\n Fisk University. The young lady was Johnella M. Frazer\n (1897-), a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of\n Laura and Patterson Tilford Frazer; her father was President\n of Hopkinsville College in Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson completed\n the conservatory course at Fisk at the age of seventeen(17)\n and toured with the Fisk \"Jubilee Singers\" for two years under\n John Work. She joined the staff of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute in 1916, a full nine years before there\n was a music department, as the University's first full time\n instructor of piano.","Mrs. Jackson, like Luther, also recognized the need for\n additional training. During the summer vacation she studied at\n Temple University at the Chicago Music College and at Columbia\n University. She remained at Virginia State University for\n forty-nine years, retiring in 1965.","Additional Biographical Data: 1. Lucious Edwards, Jr.\" The Luther Porter Jackson,\n Sr.(1892-1950) Papers\" (paper presented at the 63rd meeting of\n the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and\n History, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1978) \n 2. Marva D. Curtis, \"The Virginia Voters League\"\n (unpublished masters thesis, Virginia State University, 1979) \n 3. Lucious Edwards, Jr., \"Luther Jackson Leaves a Legacy\n of History in Papers to Virginia State University,\" \n Progress Index , February\n 26,1980, p.4.","The Luther Porter Jackson are one of the most valuable\n manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the\n nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State\n University lived and worked during an era when the concept of\n black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was\n the time of \"Jim Crowism.\" Segregation was not \"de facto,\" it\n was legal and challenged by few people, black and white.","During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a\n number of political and civil rights organizations developed\n into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro\n Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the\n Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in\n correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements.\n Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C.\n White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others.","Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil\n rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo\n of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the\n Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business\n League.","In addition to correspondence with major political and\n civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting\n relationship with others across the U.S. The business or\n office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950\n include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois,\n Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin\n Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush\n Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others.","The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets,\n financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches,\n newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and\n Jackson's research materials.","Jackson collected personal papers of ante-bellum and\n post-bellum black families in Virginia: The Butler Papers, the\n Layton Papers, and the Stephen Wooldrige Papers. In his\n research of free black property owners in Virginia, he\n acquired a substantial amount of materials from various\n counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","This box contains articles about Negroes in the\n United States, race vote in Tampa, colored men's\n progressive club, Negro principal to stay as school\n integrates, a sample form of application for\n registration to vote in the state of Louisiana. A \n Virginia Statesman for\n April 21, 1950, the \n Southern Patriot , New\n Orleans, Louisiana, December 1948. \"The Boswell\n Amendment: Reaction in Alabama,\" \n Virginias Journal and\n Guide April 22, 1950, the Progress Index.","There are no restrictions.","The Luther Porter Jackson papers\n include documents collected by Jackson to support his research\n as well as the correspondence produced by Dr. and Mrs. Jackson\n in connection with their work, interest, and friends. They\n reflect Luther Jackson's life as a professor and researcher of\n history and his connections with various political and\n educational organizations; the official records of the\n Virginia Voters League and the official records of all fund\n raising for the Virginia Branch of the Association for the\n Study of Negro Life and History Inc.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["1952-l"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"collection_title_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"collection_ssim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, \n \n 1772-1960"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA \n The first five folders contain writings about Jackson.\n Some material is not a part of the original manuscript group.\n (Box 1) \n SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE \n A. \n Family, 1920-1960 The correspondence between Luther and Johnella Jackson\n are arranged chronologically from 1920-1950. Additionally,\n letters, postcards and telegrams are arranged alphabetically\n by the other members of the family. (Boxes 1-5) \n B. \n Business, 1922-1950 Office correspondence, extensive, arranged\n chronologically. (Boxes 5-12) \n C. \n Personal, 1918- 1960 Letters arranged alphabetically by writer. (Boxes 13-16)\n SERIES III. FINANCIAL \u0026 LEGAL \n Family bills, tax statements, school bills and stocks.\n Arranged by type. Copyright for Jackson's \n Negro Office Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (Box 17) \n SERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS \n A. \n The Virginia Voters League,\n 1934-1950 Letters, postcards, and telegrams arranged by county,\n and city. Records include minutes and reports. (Boxes 18-27) \n B. \n The Virginia Teachers Association Office\n of the \"Civic Education Secretaries Office,\" 1941- 1950 The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,\n Inc., 1923-1950 (Boxes 28-34) \n C. \n Correspondence with Carter G.\n Woodson Arranged chronologically. Other correspondence arranged\n by county, City, and organization. (Boxes 35-41) \n D. \n The NAACP, 1937- 1950 Correspondence with officials of the NAACP (state and\n local), arranged chronologically. (Box 42) \n E. \n The I.B.P.O.E. of W.(the Elks),\n 1943-1950 General correspondence arranged chronologically and the\n Lodge's alphabetically by lodge. (Box 43) \n F. \n The Virginia World War II History\n Commission, 1944-1948 Correspondence, minutes and reports of the commission\n arranged chronologically. Some personal war service records\n arranged alphabetically. Photographs in container 109. Numbers\n on folders correspond with folder numbers in the original\n series. (Box 44) \n G. \n The Southern Regional Council, 1942-\n 1950 Correspondence arranged chronologically; minutes for\n some meetings. (Box 45) \n H. \n The Negro Organizational Society, 1941-\n 1950 Correspondence with the president and field secretaries,\n minutes (1944-1949) arranged chronologically. (Box 46) \n I. \n The Committee for Virginia,\n 1944-1950 Letters arranged chronologically, a few minutes,\n reports. (Box 47) \n J. \n The Petersburg Negro Business League,\n 1935-1946 Correspondence between Jackson, national and local\n leaders. Chronologically arranged; one article, one report and\n one skit. (Box 48) \n K. \n The Virginia Society for Research,\n 1942-1950 (Box 48) \n L. \n The Petersburg Community Choir A history, a financial report and membership rosters.\n Photographs in container 109. (Box 48) \n M. \n The Southern School for Workers,\n 1944-1949 Correspondence arranged chronologically. (Box 48) \n N. \n The Old Dominion Medical Society Names of some of the members. (Box 48) \n O. \n The Petersburg Interracial Committee,\n 1948 One letter and a proposed constitution. (Box 48) \n SERIES V. MATERIAL RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUTHER\n JACKSON \n Letters, telegrams and postcards, arranged\n chronologically. One box of sympathy cards and one of floral\n cards. (Boxes 49 \u0026 50) \n SERIES VI. RESEARCH DATA: COLLECTED \n A. \n Blacks voting in the South,\n 1947-1948 Letters arranged alphabetically by state and then\n chronologically within the state. (Box 50) \n B. \n The Butler Papers, 1813-1888 Tax receipts, identification papers, general receipts\n and a marriage license. Chronologically arranged. (Box 51) \n C. \n The Dews Papers, 1802-1880 Deeds for properties, tax receipts and general receipts,\n arranged chronologically. (Box 52) \n D. \n The Layton Papers, 1861-1898 Tax receipts, deeds for properties, teaching\n certificates. Arranged chronologically. (Box 53) \n E. \n The Woolridge Papers, 1883-1910 Tax receipts and general receipts. Few items about the\n \"Jordan Baptist Church.\" Chronologically arranged. (Box 54) \n F. \n By County Papers concerning ante and postpellum blacks in some\n Virginia Counties. Identification papers, receipts. Arranged\n chronologically within each county and then arranged\n alphabetically by county also. (Boxes 55-56) \n G. \n By City The same as above. Arranged alphabetically by city and\n then chronologically within each city. (Box 57) \n H. \n Miscellaneous Papers of antebellum free blacks and slaves. Receipts,\n identification papers, arranged chronologically. (Box 58) \n I. \n Printed and Diary Printed pamphlets; handwritten diary belonging to Samuel\n T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-1882. (Box 59) \n J. \n Research Notes (Box 60) \n K. \n Ledgers General Stockholders ledges, one ledger used as a news clipping\n scrapbook. (Box 61) \n L. \n Notebooks Handwritten and typed data, no arrangement, subject\n varies. (Boxes 62- 63) \n SERIES VII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY LUTHER P. JACKSON \n A. \n News articles : \n The Journal and\n Guide (Norfolk,VA), 1942-1947 \n Typewritten news column. Arranged chronologically. Box\n list available. (Boxes 64- 66) \n B. \n News Articles: Various Papers Handwritten and typed sheets, chronological order, some\n without titles. Box list available. (Box 66) \n C. \n Articles in Journal Published items, handwritten and typed, copy of printed\n articles. (Box 66) \n D. \n Addresses Typed and handwritten speeches, arranged\n chronologically. (Box 67) \n E. \n Papers, Reports, and Lecture Notes Various papers and reports, few lecture notes, skits,\n radio broadcast, handwritten and typed;separated by type, but\n otherwise there is no arrangement. (Box 67) \n F. \n Unpublished Papers and term papers, essay, handwritten and typed; no\n arrangement. (Box 68) \n G. \n Books Typewritten manuscripts. (Boxes 69- 70) \n SERIES VIII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE\n FAMILY \n Articles written by Luther P. Jackson Jr. (Box 71) \n SERIES IX. AWARDS \u0026 GRADES \n Family awards and a few grades of some family members.\n (Box 72) \n SERIES X. PRINTED \n Broadsides, leaflets, programs relating to Jackson. (Box\n 73) \n SERIES XI. VISUAL \n A. \n Photographs Family, friends and Va. World War II History Commision,\n organizations; some unidentifiable. (Box 74-76) \n B. \n Printer's Blocks Wood cuts used for publication. (Boxes 77- 80) \n SERIES XII. ARTIFACTS \n Cufflinks, tie clamp, neck scarf, doctoral gown, hood\n and mortarboard. (Box 81) \n SERIES XII. MEMORABILIA \n Baby books, collected programs, Christmas, general\n greeting and get-well cards, etc. Arranged by type. (Boxes\n 82-84) \n SERIES XIV. NEWSCLIPPINGS \n Loose newsclippings from various newspapers on a variety\n of subjects, no arrangement (Boxes 85) \n SERIES XV. OVERSIZED ITEMS \n Newspaper, awards and research data."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLuther Porter Jackson Sr. was born July 11, 1892 in\n Lexington, Kentucky. He was the ninth child of Delilah\n (Culvrson) Jackson and Edward Jackson. He early schooling was\n at Chandler Normal School in Lexington, where he completed his\n studies in 1910. Upon completion of his secondary education he\n entered Fisk University where he received the A.B. degree in\n 1914. He remained at Fisk for another semester and in 1916 was\n awarded the A.M. degree.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1915, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, he began his\n teaching career at Vorhees Industrial School, Denmark, South\n Carolina, where he was also Director of the Academic\n Department. Jackson left South Carolina in 1918 and joined the\n staff of the Topeka Industrial Institute, Topeka, Kansas, as\n Instructor of history and music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring more education, he returned to the east and sought\n graduate training at Columbia University in 1920. Here he was\n to receive one of his many setbacks, which took in stride and\n proceeded to correct. Writing to a former instructor at Fisk,\n Jackson stated that Columbia did not consider his A.B. and\n A.M. from Fisk up to their standards. He, therefore, enrolled\n for one year at New York City College. Finally, in 1921, he\n began his studies at Columbia, where he was graduated from\n their Teachers College in 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter completing his second masters degree, Luther Jackson\n joined the faculty of what was then the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, now Virginia State University. While on\n staff of the university, Luther Jackson continued his studies,\n first at Columbia University and then at the University of\n Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. in history in 1937. Soon\n after arrival at V.N. \u0026amp; I.I., Jackson took over the\n College High School and directed its activities from\n 1923-1928. He headed the history department from 1930-1950,\n formed the \" League of Negro Voters\" in 1934, and in 1937\n organized the \" Petersburg Business League\", which became the\n Virginia Trade Association in 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1935, Carter G. Woodson asked Luther Jackson to head all\n fund-raising activities for the Association for the Study of\n Negro Life and History. As chairman of the Virginia chapter,\n Jackson went on to establish that chapter as one of the most\n productive of all state chapters. Somehow he still found time\n to conduct the Petersburg Community Choir of 100 voices, have\n his doctoral dissertation, write a column for \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Journal and Guide\u003c/title\u003e(Norfolk,\n Virginia) under the general heading of \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\" between 1942 until 1948. Although he was now\n holding down enough work for two people, Jackson was appointed\n to the Virginia World War II History Commission in 1944 and\n worked with the N.A.A.C.P, which led to his receiving a plague\n for service in 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJackson authored these books: \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFree Negro Labor and Property Holding\n in Virginia, 1830-1860\u003c/title\u003e(1942) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe History of the Virginia Stated\n Teachers Association\u003c/title\u003e(1937) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNegro Office-Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895\u003c/title\u003e(1945) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Short History of the Gillfield\n Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia\u003c/title\u003e(1941) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Negro Soldiers and Seaman in\n the Revolutionary War\u003c/title\u003e(1944) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to joining the faculty, Luther Jackson married\n a young lady whom he had met while they were both students at\n Fisk University. The young lady was Johnella M. Frazer\n (1897-), a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of\n Laura and Patterson Tilford Frazer; her father was President\n of Hopkinsville College in Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson completed\n the conservatory course at Fisk at the age of seventeen(17)\n and toured with the Fisk \"Jubilee Singers\" for two years under\n John Work. She joined the staff of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute in 1916, a full nine years before there\n was a music department, as the University's first full time\n instructor of piano.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Jackson, like Luther, also recognized the need for\n additional training. During the summer vacation she studied at\n Temple University at the Chicago Music College and at Columbia\n University. She remained at Virginia State University for\n forty-nine years, retiring in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAdditional Biographical Data:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e1. Lucious Edwards, Jr.\" The Luther Porter Jackson,\n Sr.(1892-1950) Papers\" (paper presented at the 63rd meeting of\n the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and\n History, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1978) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e2. Marva D. Curtis, \"The Virginia Voters League\"\n (unpublished masters thesis, Virginia State University, 1979) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e3. Lucious Edwards, Jr., \"Luther Jackson Leaves a Legacy\n of History in Papers to Virginia State University,\" \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eProgress Index\u003c/title\u003e, February\n 26,1980, p.4.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Sr. was born July 11, 1892 in\n Lexington, Kentucky. He was the ninth child of Delilah\n (Culvrson) Jackson and Edward Jackson. He early schooling was\n at Chandler Normal School in Lexington, where he completed his\n studies in 1910. Upon completion of his secondary education he\n entered Fisk University where he received the A.B. degree in\n 1914. He remained at Fisk for another semester and in 1916 was\n awarded the A.M. degree.","In 1915, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, he began his\n teaching career at Vorhees Industrial School, Denmark, South\n Carolina, where he was also Director of the Academic\n Department. Jackson left South Carolina in 1918 and joined the\n staff of the Topeka Industrial Institute, Topeka, Kansas, as\n Instructor of history and music.","Desiring more education, he returned to the east and sought\n graduate training at Columbia University in 1920. Here he was\n to receive one of his many setbacks, which took in stride and\n proceeded to correct. Writing to a former instructor at Fisk,\n Jackson stated that Columbia did not consider his A.B. and\n A.M. from Fisk up to their standards. He, therefore, enrolled\n for one year at New York City College. Finally, in 1921, he\n began his studies at Columbia, where he was graduated from\n their Teachers College in 1922.","After completing his second masters degree, Luther Jackson\n joined the faculty of what was then the Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, now Virginia State University. While on\n staff of the university, Luther Jackson continued his studies,\n first at Columbia University and then at the University of\n Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. in history in 1937. Soon\n after arrival at V.N. \u0026 I.I., Jackson took over the\n College High School and directed its activities from\n 1923-1928. He headed the history department from 1930-1950,\n formed the \" League of Negro Voters\" in 1934, and in 1937\n organized the \" Petersburg Business League\", which became the\n Virginia Trade Association in 1941.","In 1935, Carter G. Woodson asked Luther Jackson to head all\n fund-raising activities for the Association for the Study of\n Negro Life and History. As chairman of the Virginia chapter,\n Jackson went on to establish that chapter as one of the most\n productive of all state chapters. Somehow he still found time\n to conduct the Petersburg Community Choir of 100 voices, have\n his doctoral dissertation, write a column for \n The Journal and Guide (Norfolk,\n Virginia) under the general heading of \"Rights and Duties in a\n Democracy\" between 1942 until 1948. Although he was now\n holding down enough work for two people, Jackson was appointed\n to the Virginia World War II History Commission in 1944 and\n worked with the N.A.A.C.P, which led to his receiving a plague\n for service in 1948.","Jackson authored these books: \n Free Negro Labor and Property Holding\n in Virginia, 1830-1860 (1942) \n The History of the Virginia Stated\n Teachers Association (1937) \n Negro Office-Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895 (1945) \n A Short History of the Gillfield\n Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia (1941) \n Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seaman in\n the Revolutionary War (1944) \n ","In addition to joining the faculty, Luther Jackson married\n a young lady whom he had met while they were both students at\n Fisk University. The young lady was Johnella M. Frazer\n (1897-), a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of\n Laura and Patterson Tilford Frazer; her father was President\n of Hopkinsville College in Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson completed\n the conservatory course at Fisk at the age of seventeen(17)\n and toured with the Fisk \"Jubilee Singers\" for two years under\n John Work. She joined the staff of Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute in 1916, a full nine years before there\n was a music department, as the University's first full time\n instructor of piano.","Mrs. Jackson, like Luther, also recognized the need for\n additional training. During the summer vacation she studied at\n Temple University at the Chicago Music College and at Columbia\n University. She remained at Virginia State University for\n forty-nine years, retiring in 1965.","Additional Biographical Data: 1. Lucious Edwards, Jr.\" The Luther Porter Jackson,\n Sr.(1892-1950) Papers\" (paper presented at the 63rd meeting of\n the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and\n History, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1978) \n 2. Marva D. Curtis, \"The Virginia Voters League\"\n (unpublished masters thesis, Virginia State University, 1979) \n 3. Lucious Edwards, Jr., \"Luther Jackson Leaves a Legacy\n of History in Papers to Virginia State University,\" \n Progress Index , February\n 26,1980, p.4."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLuther Porter Jackson Papers, 1772-1960, Accession\n #1952-l, Special Collections and Archives, Johnston\n Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg,\n VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Luther Porter Jackson Papers, 1772-1960, Accession\n #1952-l, Special Collections and Archives, Johnston\n Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg,\n VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Luther Porter Jackson are one of the most valuable\n manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the\n nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State\n University lived and worked during an era when the concept of\n black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was\n the time of \"Jim Crowism.\" Segregation was not \"de facto,\" it\n was legal and challenged by few people, black and white.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a\n number of political and civil rights organizations developed\n into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro\n Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the\n Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in\n correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements.\n Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C.\n White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Virginia based political and civil\n rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo\n of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the\n Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business\n League.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to correspondence with major political and\n civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting\n relationship with others across the U.S. The business or\n office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950\n include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois,\n Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin\n Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush\n Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets,\n financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches,\n newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and\n Jackson's research materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJackson collected personal papers of ante-bellum and\n post-bellum black families in Virginia: The Butler Papers, the\n Layton Papers, and the Stephen Wooldrige Papers. In his\n research of free black property owners in Virginia, he\n acquired a substantial amount of materials from various\n counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains articles about Negroes in the\n United States, race vote in Tampa, colored men's\n progressive club, Negro principal to stay as school\n integrates, a sample form of application for\n registration to vote in the state of Louisiana. A \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Statesman\u003c/title\u003efor\n April 21, 1950, the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSouthern Patriot\u003c/title\u003e, New\n Orleans, Louisiana, December 1948. \"The Boswell\n Amendment: Reaction in Alabama,\" \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginias Journal and\n Guide\u003c/title\u003eApril 22, 1950, the Progress Index.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Luther Porter Jackson are one of the most valuable\n manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the\n nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State\n University lived and worked during an era when the concept of\n black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was\n the time of \"Jim Crowism.\" Segregation was not \"de facto,\" it\n was legal and challenged by few people, black and white.","During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a\n number of political and civil rights organizations developed\n into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro\n Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the\n Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in\n correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements.\n Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C.\n White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others.","Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil\n rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo\n of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the\n Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business\n League.","In addition to correspondence with major political and\n civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting\n relationship with others across the U.S. The business or\n office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950\n include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois,\n Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin\n Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush\n Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others.","The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets,\n financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches,\n newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and\n Jackson's research materials.","Jackson collected personal papers of ante-bellum and\n post-bellum black families in Virginia: The Butler Papers, the\n Layton Papers, and the Stephen Wooldrige Papers. In his\n research of free black property owners in Virginia, he\n acquired a substantial amount of materials from various\n counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","This box contains articles about Negroes in the\n United States, race vote in Tampa, colored men's\n progressive club, Negro principal to stay as school\n integrates, a sample form of application for\n registration to vote in the state of Louisiana. A \n Virginia Statesman for\n April 21, 1950, the \n Southern Patriot , New\n Orleans, Louisiana, December 1948. \"The Boswell\n Amendment: Reaction in Alabama,\" \n Virginias Journal and\n Guide April 22, 1950, the Progress Index."],"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\"\u003eThe Luther Porter Jackson papers\n include documents collected by Jackson to support his research\n as well as the correspondence produced by Dr. and Mrs. Jackson\n in connection with their work, interest, and friends. They\n reflect Luther Jackson's life as a professor and researcher of\n history and his connections with various political and\n educational organizations; the official records of the\n Virginia Voters League and the official records of all fund\n raising for the Virginia Branch of the Association for the\n Study of Negro Life and History Inc.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Luther Porter Jackson papers\n include documents collected by Jackson to support his research\n as well as the correspondence produced by Dr. and Mrs. Jackson\n in connection with their work, interest, and friends. They\n reflect Luther Jackson's life as a professor and researcher of\n history and his connections with various political and\n educational organizations; the official records of the\n Virginia Voters League and the official records of all fund\n raising for the Virginia Branch of the Association for the\n Study of Negro Life and History Inc."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2288,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:22:00.819Z","arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe first five folders contain writings about Jackson.\n Some material is not a part of the original manuscript group.\n (Box 1) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eFamily, 1920-1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe correspondence between Luther and Johnella Jackson\n are arranged chronologically from 1920-1950. Additionally,\n letters, postcards and telegrams are arranged alphabetically\n by the other members of the family. (Boxes 1-5) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBusiness, 1922-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOffice correspondence, extensive, arranged\n chronologically. (Boxes 5-12) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePersonal, 1918- 1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters arranged alphabetically by writer. (Boxes 13-16)\n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES III. FINANCIAL \u0026amp; LEGAL \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFamily bills, tax statements, school bills and stocks.\n Arranged by type. Copyright for Jackson's \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNegro Office Holders in Virginia,\n 1865-1895\u003c/title\u003e(Box 17) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Virginia Voters League,\n 1934-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters, postcards, and telegrams arranged by county,\n and city. Records include minutes and reports. (Boxes 18-27) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Virginia Teachers Association Office\n of the \"Civic Education Secretaries Office,\" 1941- 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,\n Inc., 1923-1950 (Boxes 28-34) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eCorrespondence with Carter G.\n Woodson\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eArranged chronologically. Other correspondence arranged\n by county, City, and organization. (Boxes 35-41) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe NAACP, 1937- 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence with officials of the NAACP (state and\n local), arranged chronologically. (Box 42) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eE. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe I.B.P.O.E. of W.(the Elks),\n 1943-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eGeneral correspondence arranged chronologically and the\n Lodge's alphabetically by lodge. (Box 43) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eF. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eThe Virginia World War II History\n Commission, 1944-1948\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence, minutes and reports of the commission\n arranged chronologically. Some personal war service records\n arranged alphabetically. Photographs in container 109. Numbers\n on folders correspond with folder numbers in the original\n series. (Box 44) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eG. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Southern Regional Council, 1942-\n 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence arranged chronologically; minutes for\n some meetings. (Box 45) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Negro Organizational Society, 1941-\n 1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence with the president and field secretaries,\n minutes (1944-1949) arranged chronologically. (Box 46) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eI. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Committee for Virginia,\n 1944-1950\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters arranged chronologically, a few minutes,\n reports. (Box 47) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Petersburg Negro Business League,\n 1935-1946\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence between Jackson, national and local\n leaders. Chronologically arranged; one article, one report and\n one skit. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eK. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Virginia Society for Research,\n 1942-1950\u003c/emph\u003e(Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eL. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Petersburg Community Choir\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA history, a financial report and membership rosters.\n Photographs in container 109. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eM. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Southern School for Workers,\n 1944-1949\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCorrespondence arranged chronologically. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eN. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Old Dominion Medical Society\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNames of some of the members. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eO. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Petersburg Interracial Committee,\n 1948\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOne letter and a proposed constitution. (Box 48) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES V. MATERIAL RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUTHER\n JACKSON \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters, telegrams and postcards, arranged\n chronologically. One box of sympathy cards and one of floral\n cards. (Boxes 49 \u0026amp; 50) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES VI. RESEARCH DATA: COLLECTED \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBlacks voting in the South,\n 1947-1948\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLetters arranged alphabetically by state and then\n chronologically within the state. (Box 50) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Butler Papers, 1813-1888\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTax receipts, identification papers, general receipts\n and a marriage license. Chronologically arranged. (Box 51) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Dews Papers, 1802-1880\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eDeeds for properties, tax receipts and general receipts,\n arranged chronologically. (Box 52) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Layton Papers, 1861-1898\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTax receipts, deeds for properties, teaching\n certificates. Arranged chronologically. (Box 53) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eE. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe Woolridge Papers, 1883-1910\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTax receipts and general receipts. Few items about the\n \"Jordan Baptist Church.\" Chronologically arranged. (Box 54) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eF. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBy County\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePapers concerning ante and postpellum blacks in some\n Virginia Counties. Identification papers, receipts. Arranged\n chronologically within each county and then arranged\n alphabetically by county also. (Boxes 55-56) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eG. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBy City\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe same as above. Arranged alphabetically by city and\n then chronologically within each city. (Box 57) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePapers of antebellum free blacks and slaves. Receipts,\n identification papers, arranged chronologically. (Box 58) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eI. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePrinted and Diary\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePrinted pamphlets; handwritten diary belonging to Samuel\n T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-1882. (Box 59) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eResearch Notes\u003c/emph\u003e(Box 60) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eK. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLedgers General\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eStockholders ledges, one ledger used as a news clipping\n scrapbook. (Box 61) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eL. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eNotebooks\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHandwritten and typed data, no arrangement, subject\n varies. (Boxes 62- 63) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES VII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY LUTHER P. JACKSON \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eNews articles\u003c/emph\u003e: \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Journal and\n Guide\u003c/title\u003e(Norfolk,VA), 1942-1947 \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTypewritten news column. Arranged chronologically. Box\n list available. (Boxes 64- 66) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eNews Articles: Various Papers\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHandwritten and typed sheets, chronological order, some\n without titles. Box list available. (Box 66) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eC. \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eArticles in Journal\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePublished items, handwritten and typed, copy of printed\n articles. (Box 66) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddresses\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTyped and handwritten speeches, arranged\n chronologically. (Box 67) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eE. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePapers, Reports, and Lecture Notes\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eVarious papers and reports, few lecture notes, skits,\n radio broadcast, handwritten and typed;separated by type, but\n otherwise there is no arrangement. (Box 67) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eF. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eUnpublished\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePapers and term papers, essay, handwritten and typed; no\n arrangement. (Box 68) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eG. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBooks\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTypewritten manuscripts. (Boxes 69- 70) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES VIII. MATERIAL WRITTEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE\n FAMILY \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eArticles written by Luther P. Jackson Jr. (Box 71) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES IX. AWARDS \u0026amp; GRADES \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFamily awards and a few grades of some family members.\n (Box 72) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES X. PRINTED \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBroadsides, leaflets, programs relating to Jackson. (Box\n 73) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XI. VISUAL \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eA. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePhotographs\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFamily, friends and Va. World War II History Commision,\n organizations; some unidentifiable. (Box 74-76) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eB. \n \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePrinter's Blocks\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eWood cuts used for publication. (Boxes 77- 80) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XII. ARTIFACTS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCufflinks, tie clamp, neck scarf, doctoral gown, hood\n and mortarboard. (Box 81) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XII. MEMORABILIA \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBaby books, collected programs, Christmas, general\n greeting and get-well cards, etc. Arranged by type. (Boxes\n 82-84) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XIV. NEWSCLIPPINGS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose newsclippings from various newspapers on a variety\n of subjects, no arrangement (Boxes 85) \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSERIES XV. OVERSIZED ITEMS \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNewspaper, awards and research data.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00009_c07_c01_c227"}},{"id":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c23","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Whitaker: Whitaker","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c23#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c23","ref_ssm":["vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c23"],"id":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c23","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060","_root_":"vipets_vipets00060","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01","parent_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01","parent_ssim":["vipets_vipets00060","vipets_vipets00060_c08","vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vipets_vipets00060","vipets_vipets00060_c08","vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series VIII: Teachers Records","Sub-Series A: Grade Sheets"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series VIII: Teachers Records","Sub-Series A: Grade Sheets"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","Series VIII: Teachers Records","Sub-Series A: Grade Sheets","Whitaker: Whitaker","box-folder 49:23"],"title_filing_ssi":"Whitaker\n","title_ssm":["Whitaker: Whitaker"],"title_tesim":["Whitaker: Whitaker"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Whitaker: Whitaker"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":1072,"containers_ssim":["box-folder 49:23"],"_nest_path_":"/components#7/components#0/components#22","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00060","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00060","_root_":"vipets_vipets00060","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00060","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00060.xml","title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967","ca. 50,000 Pieces","Collection is open to research.\n","Series I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n","Sub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n","Series II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n","Series III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n","Series IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Sub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n","Sub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n","Sub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n","Sub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n","Sub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n","Series V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n","Sub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n","Sub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n","Sub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n","Series VI. Literary Box # 33A\n","Sub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n","Sub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n","Sub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n","Series VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n","Sub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n","Sub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n","Sub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n","Sub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n","Sub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n","Sub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n","Sub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n","Series VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n","Sub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n","Sub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n","Sub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n","Sub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n","Series VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n","Sub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n","Sub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n","Sub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n","Series X. Photographs Box # 107\n","Sub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n","Sub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n","Series XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n","Sub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n","Sub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n","Sub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n","Sub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n","Sub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n","Sub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n","Sub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n","Alphabetically\n","The small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n","In 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n","From 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n","The Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n","Because of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n","According to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n","The Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n"," The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n"," Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n"," The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n"," The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n"," Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n"," General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n"," Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n"," Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n"," Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n"," Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n"," The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n"," Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n"," Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n"," These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n"," Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n"," Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n"," It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n"," Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n"," Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n"," Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n"," Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n"," Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n"," The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n"," Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n"," Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n"," Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n","There are no restrictions.\n","Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Prince Edward County Free School: 1963-1967"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"acqinfo_ssim":["A gift from the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 50,000 Pieces"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Literary Box # 33A\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Photographs Box # 107\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Series Description\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Series I. Board of Trustees Minutes, Correspondence and Governance 1963-1967 Boxes # 1-3\n","Sub-Series A. Minutes Box # 1 The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts\nto acquire funds, equipment, and the approval of a curriculum.\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 1-3 Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School\nAssociation.\n","Series II. The Office of the Treasurer/Secretary Boxes # 4-7 The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all\ndonated and loaned equipment.\n","Series III. Office of the Business Manager Boxes # 8-17B The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n","Series IV. Office of the Superintendent Boxes # 18-29 Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Sub-Series A. Memo's and Correspondence Boxes# 18-19 -Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n","Sub-Series B. Correspondence Boxes # 20-22 General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n","Sub-Series C. Correspondence by folder heading Boxes # 23-24 Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n","Sub-Series D. Personal Files Boxes # 25-27 Correspondence, Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n","Sub-Series E. Exit Interviews Box # 28 Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n","Sub-Series F. Student Evaluation Box # 29 Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n","Series V. Administrative Offices of the Free School system Boxes # 30-33\n","Sub-Series A. The Principals Office Boxes # 30-31 The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office\nCorrespondence maintained by the Principal, is arranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the\nproblems of running a high school on a day-to-day basis.\n","Sub-Series B. Department Correspondence Box # 32 Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n","Sub-Series C. Department Reports Box # 33 Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for\nthe school year 1965 to 1965.\n","Series VI. Literary Box # 33A\n","Sub-Series A. Reports Box # 33A These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there\nare also a number of progress reports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n","Sub-Series B. Speeches Box # 33A Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n","Sub-Series C. Writings Box # 33A Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n","Series VII. Office of Pupil Personnel Boxes # 34-48 Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the\noffice of Pupil Personnel Services was established. The director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Boxes # 34-35 Correspondence with heads of the units reporting to the director of student personnel.\n","Sub-Series B. Lunch, Daily Reports Boxes # 36-41A Applications for free lunch, menu's for each day\n","Sub-Series C. Absentees Box # 42 These were required statistics maintained for the state. list of each student's attendance.\n","Sub-Series D. Attendance Boxes # 43-45 list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n","Sub-Series E. School Monthly Reports Box # 46 Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n","Sub-Series F. Transportation, Students Box # 47 It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance\nrecords.\n","Sub-Series G. Special Education Box # 47 Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n","Sub-Series H. Clothing Box # 48 Applicants from families for clothing assistance, arranged in alphabetical order.Restricted.\n","Series VIII. Teachers Records Boxes # 49-53\n","Sub-Series A. Grade Sheets Box # 49\n","Sub-Series B. Grade Books Boxes # 50-52\n","Sub-Series C. Text Books Box # 53\n","Sub-Series D. Summer Recreational Schedules Box # 53\n","Series VIV. Student Records Boxes # 54-63 Restricted\n","Sub-Series A. Pupil Registration Cards Boxes # 54-59\n","Sub-series B. Standardized test Boxes # 60-62\n","Sub-Series C. Transcripts Boxes 63-106\n","Series X. Photographs Box # 107\n","Sub-Series A. Admin Photographs of instructors and administratorsistrative Staff Box # 107\n","Sub-Series B. Robert Kennedy's visit to Prince Edward County Box # 107 Photographs of the program held in Prince Edward County attended by the Attorney General.\n","Series XI. Printed Boxes # 107-109\n","Sub-Series A. Yearbooks Box # 107 The Eagle\n","Sub-Series B. Newsletters Box # 107 The Moton Eagle The Branch # 2 Informer vol 1-4\n","Sub-Series C. The Story of Prince Edward Free School Box # 107 A publication commissioned by the Free School in 1964\n","Sub-Series D. Programs Box # 108 Plays, programs, and other events sponsored by the Free School Association, local P.T.A and The library club.\n","Sub-Series E. Prince Edward County Pamphlet Box # 108 Pamphlet printed by the Washington Post No Date\n","Sub-Series F. News clippings Box # 108 Clippings from various newspapers and magazines concerning Prince Edward County.\n","Sub-Series G. Office Supplies Box # 109 Envelopes, Stationary used by the Prince Edward County Free School\n","Alphabetically\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The small south side county of Prince Edward had by 1963 become both a natural and international embarrassment. The county was one of five locales, which came to be called Brown v. The Board of Education\nTopeca, Kansas.The State of Virginia responded to the Supreme Court decision with what came to be called massive resistance.\n","In 1959 the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Virginia's massive resistance laws. Public school systems throughout Virginia began to implement various programs to comply with the 1954 decision, the county\nof Prince Edward opted to close all public schools to prevent integration.\n","From 1959 until 1964, there were no public schools operating in Prince Edward County. In 1963 the Kennedy administration (mainly Robert Kennedy) brought the power of the Federal Government into the debacle in\nPrince Edward County.\n","The Federal Government and the United States Justice Department came to an agreement with the State of Virginia to reopen the Prince Edward County Public Schools as soon as possible. It became apparent very\nquickly that the previous four years had taken a heavy toll on both school facilities and students.\n","Because of the absence of public education, it was thought that a transitional school was neccessary until the public schools would reopen. The Free School was a result of cooperation between the Prince Edward\nCounty Public School and the Free School Association, which was formed in the summer of 1963. For a period of one year, the Prince Edward County Free School Board of Trustees took the place of the Prince Edward\nCounty School Board.\n","According to \"The Story of the Prince Edward County Free School\" \"A former Governor of Virginia, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., served as chairman of a six-man, biracial board of trustees composed of leading educators\nof the state who were to govern the new system's program. The other trustees who agreed to serve at the request of Governeor Harrison were Dr. Fred C. Cole, President of Washington and Lee University; Dr. Robert\nP. Daniel, President of Virginia State College; Dr. Thomas H. Henderson, President of Virginia Union University; Dr. Earl H, McClenney, President of St. Pauls College, and Dr. F.D.G. Ribble, retired dean of the\nUniversity of Virginia Law School. A New York Educator, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, who had attained success with the most modern educational methods including non-graded instruction, was employed as school\nsuperintendent.\" The Board of Trustees were able to raise more than one million dollars to support the Free School Association during it's existance. The Free School was in existance for only one year 1964-1965.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[A Guide To The Papers of The Prince Edward County Free School], Accession #[1969-38 ], Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[A Guide To The Papers of The Prince Edward County Free School], Accession #[1969-38 ], Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Prince Edward County (VA) Free School Association Papers document one aspect of Virginia's Massive Resistance to public school integration. Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, teachers and\nstudent records, vividly show the damage done to the African American Community during the time frame 1959-1963.\n"," The mission of the Free School Association was to begin the restoration of a public school educational system in Prince Edward County Virginia. The Minutes document their efforts to acquire funds, equipment,\nand the approval of a curriculum.\n"," Correspondence of the Board of Trustees with State, Federal Officials, members of the board, and various individuals not directly connected to the Free School Association.\n"," The Treasurer was a member of the board of trustees. And in that position was responsible for: The Budget, Expenditures, Payroll Development, and all donated and loaned equipment.\n"," The Business Manager was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the free school. Included in this series are several boxes of cancelled checks.\n"," Dr. Neil Sullivan was selected as the superintendent of the Free School Association because of his experience with a non-graded school system.\n","Administrative memos and correspondence. Arranged Chronologically\n"," General Correspondence, Arranged Chronologically.\n"," Correspondence maintained by folder heading, arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within the folder.\n"," Resumes of prospective employees of the Free School Association\n"," Views of personnel regarding their experience working in the free school, included are some of their recommendations for improvement as observed by them.\n"," Student views of their experience in the Free School. Comments concern instruction, facilities, and their thoughts on the future.\n"," The organization of the Free School System was divided into four administrative groups. The largest numbers of students were assigned to the high school. Office Correspondence maintained by the Principal, is\narranged by alphabet and then chronologically within the folder. Correspondence addresses a wide range of topics, employment, administrative problems, and the problems of running a high school on a day-to-day\nbasis.\n"," Correspondence and reports from the other administrative units in the Prince Edward County Free School System.\n"," Most of the units were required to submit a final report for thier units at the end of the school year. This subseries documents the activities of those departments for the school year 1965 to 1965.\n"," These reports were generated to inform those involved with the status of the free school. Amongst the reports is a final report issued by the superintendent. In addition there are also a number of progress\nreports from both the office of the superintendent and some of the other programs being provided at The Prince Edward County Free School.\n"," Neil Sullivan and others were called upon to speak before a number of associations and groups concerning the progress of the free school.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," Policy Manuals for the Prince Edward County Free School, and several school divisions outside of Virginia.\n"," list of each student's attendance. These were required statistics maintained for the state.\n"," Required by the state of Virginia. Average daily attendance and absentees.\n"," It was estimated that over 1,000 students would need transportation to and from school each day. Included in this sub-series are: bus drivers reports, maintenance records.\n"," Primarily test scores used to place students in Special Education Courses. Arranged by grade and alphabetically.\n"," Four years without a public education system devastated the African American school aged population. In order to asset the damage and effect some change the office of Pupil Personnel Services was established.\nThe director of Pupil Personnel Services coordinated the following departments: Guidance, Health, Psychological and social work services.\n"," Final grade sheets from the Prince Edward County Free School teaching faculty. Restricted\n"," Grade books maintained by the teaching faculty of the Prince Edward Free School Association. Restricted\n"," Book files used by the teachers in the Free School. There are also included list of recommended books for certain subjects. Arranged by grade level.\n"," The schools and grounds were made available for students to use during the summer months when they were not in school. This sub-series documents those people who were assigned or agreed to work as supervisors\nfor this program.\n"," Gates reading survey, the Stanford Achievement, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale, The Chuazz nonverbal standardized (Student from Michigan State) Administrated Stanford and Metropolitan Test).Restrictions apply\n"," Student enrolled in the Prince Edward County Free School from 1963-1964. Restrictions Apply\n"," Documents printed by the Prince Edward County Free School Association. There are also a number of other items which were collected by the Free School Administrators.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBetween the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edwards schools to reopen.\nBecause the black children of the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for\nhundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports,\nphotographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":1116,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:07.109Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00060_c08_c01_c23"}},{"id":"vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01_c104","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"White Cross League- Fisk \n \n 1913","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01_c104#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01_c104","ref_ssm":["vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01_c104"],"id":"vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01_c104","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00050","_root_":"vipets_vipets00050","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01","parent_ssi":"vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01","parent_ssim":["vipets_vipets00050","vipets_vipets00050_c10","vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vipets_vipets00050","vipets_vipets00050_c10","vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984","Series X: Printed","Sub-Series A: Programs,\n Invitations, Pamphlets"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984","Series X: Printed","Sub-Series A: Programs,\n Invitations, Pamphlets"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984","Series X: Printed","Sub-Series A: Programs,\n Invitations, Pamphlets","White Cross League- Fisk \n \n 1913","Box-folder \n 78:21"],"title_filing_ssi":"White Cross League- Fisk \n \n 1913","title_ssm":["White Cross League- Fisk \n \n 1913"],"title_tesim":["White Cross League- Fisk \n \n 1913"],"normalized_title_ssm":["White Cross League- Fisk \n \n 1913"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":1552,"containers_ssim":["Box-folder \n 78:21"],"_nest_path_":"/components#9/components#0/components#103","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:22:05.942Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00050","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00050","_root_":"vipets_vipets00050","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00050","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00050.xml","title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984"],"title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1965-13"],"text":["1965-13","A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984","There are no restrictions.","Series I. History of the Colson Family Box # 1 Obituaries,\n records of birth, marriages and short sketches of members of\n the Colson-Hill Family","Sub-Series A. Family History A family history compiled by\n Alice A. Jackson for an exhibit about the Colson family.\n Included are copies of various documents and sketches of a\n number of family members.","Sub-Series B. Obituaries Funeral programs and several\n sketches of deceased family members.","Series II. Estate Correspodence and family documents Box #2\n Legal documents covering various matters of the Colson-Hill\n family. This series includes Colson estate correspondence,\n wills, State and local tax receipts and leases for property Of\n special interest is an application for Canadian citizenship\n for John Henry Hill, who had escaped from the institution of\n slavery in 1857.","Series III. Family Correspondence, Telegrams and\n Postcards","Sub-Series A. Family Correspondence Boxes 3-15 Letters\n between members of this family for more than one hundred\n years. Subjects discussed, the underground railroad, family\n problems, education, politics, sound issues wars, politics and\n civil rights. The materials are arranged chronically\n Correspondence without dates are arranged by alphabet.","Sub-Series B. William Nelson Colson Boxes 16- A interesting\n number of letters written by William Nelson Colson (1890-1922)\n were found together and have been arranged accordingly. The\n materials include family correspondence, personal\n correspondence and correspondence pertaining to his days at\n Virginia Union University.","Sub-Series C: The Colson/Woody 1950-1967 Mainly\n correspondence having to do with Mary Colson's interest in the\n family estate. Included in this material is her will.","Sub-Series D: The John and Mary Colson Shore Papers\n 1844-1877 John K. Shore was married to Mary Colson and lived\n and worked in Petersburg. Shore was a barber, and after the\n Civil War served on the Common Council. The Shore papers\n consist mainly of tax and business receipts.","Sub-Series E: The John and Susie Hill Harris Papers\n 1900,1924 Papers of Susie Hill, sister of Kate Hill Colson.\n Photo, some correspondence.","Sub-Series F. Family Personal Box 20 Family correspondence\n with friends and associates. Very interesting letter from\n William Still to John Henry Hill.","Sub-Series G. Family Business Boxes 21-22 Records of family\n business activities from the anlebellum through the 1950's.\n Most of correspondece documents ownership and rents from\n family owned properties. Included in this sub-series are\n records of the House of Roberts and Colson (1833-1836) a\n merticle Company established by William Neslon Colson and\n Joseph Jenkins Roberts who became the first president of\n Liberia.","Sub-Series H. Family Work Box 23 James Major and Kate Hill\n Colsons work at the John A. Dix School in Dinwiddle County.\n John A. Dix was one of many little Tuskeeges established in\n the United States. Interesting Correspondence with and Colson\n work with the school improvement league. Series Includes\n records of the John A. Dix Industrial School.","Series IV. Edna Colson (Personal, Colson/Meredith,\n Education, Employment) 1905-1984","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Personal Box 24-28\n Correspondence with friends and associates beginning in 1905\n and continuting until 1980. This sub-series is arranged with\n Men Colson's correspondence maintained by date, and her\n correspondence kept by subject heading. Some of the\n correspondents, Ambrose Caliver, Gordan Hancock Jackson Davis,\n A.G. Richardson, and Carrie Gandy.","Sub-Series B. Colson/Meredith Correspondence Boxes 29-32\n Correspondence between Edna Meade Colson and Amaza Meredith\n beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1982. Education, work,\n social and polilical and home ownership. The sub-series\n documents their vacation. Mister Colson and Meredith were\n companion for over fifty years.","Sub-Series C. Correspondence (Education) Box 33 Documents\n Ms.Colson's efforts to acquire graduated training during the\n era of segregation. Miss Colson's association with Teacher\n College began in 1924 and continued until 1964. Correspondence\n documents curriculum, research, problems faced by African\n American students encounted such as housing Colson's\n involvement with the Negro Education Club is also covered. The\n bulk of the correspondence is with Miss Mable Carney who was\n Edna Colson's major Professor at Columbia.","Sub-Series D. Correspondence (Employment) Box 34-47\n Correspondence documenting Edna Meade Colson's forty-four\n years at Virginia State University. Arranged in there\n sections, correspondence with the presidents of Virginia\n State, by Subject heading and by alphabet. There are manuals\n of committees, information about public education in Virginia,\n reports. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within\n the folder. Correspondence with John M. Gandy, Mable Carney,\n Luther Foster, Jackson Davis, Charles S. Johnson, and\n others.","Series V. Organizations and Affiliations of Edna Meade\n Colson Box # 48-60 This series contains material documenting\n Edna M. Colson's activities on and off the campus during her\n career at Virginia State University. Included in this series\n are records of: The Virginia Federation of Colored Women\n Clubs, the National Association of College Women, the Alpha\n Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Chesterfield County \"Colored\" red\n Cross and others.","Sub-Series A. The Virginia Federation Of Colored Women's\n Clubs 1931,1961, Boxes 48-53 Records and Correspondence of the\n Petersburg Chapter of the Federation of Colored Women.\n Included are materials from the Petersburg Women's Council and\n the Virginia State College Education Club.","Sub-Series B. The National Association of College Women\n 1925-1964 Boxes 54-56 The National Association of Colored\n Women was organized in 1923 at Howard University. At this\n meeting a temporary NACW was established. One year later a\n larger group of African-American women met in Washington and\n formed a permanent \"National Association of College Women.\"\n The Virginia State University Chapter was organized March 8th\n 1925 by Ms. Pauline Puryear. Edna Colson was one of the\n charter members. Mrs. Colson served as President of the\n Petersburg Branch, sectional director for the South and\n National Vice President. The materials include minutes,\n records, programs, photographs, and Correspondence.","Sub-Series C. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Boxes 57- 57\n A, 57 B Correspondence, minutes and reports of the Delta Omega\n Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Miss Colson\n was one of the charter members of this chapter, which was\n established at Virginia State University in 1925.","Sub-Series D. The Chesterfield County Red Cross 1929-1948\n Box 58 Minutes, correspondence, reports and By-Laws of the\n Chesterfield County Red Cross. Miss Colson was the Chairman of\n the \"Colored Auxiliary\". The \"Colored Auxiliary\" attempted to\n ensure fair treatment in dispersing services being provided\n during the depression and the War years.","Sub-Series E. The Virginia Society for Research 1930-1934\n Box 58 The Virginia Society for Research was established to\n promote and encourage serious research in the field of\n education, and to demonstrate that information derived from\n these efforts. Correspondence, minutes, and constitution.","Sub-Series F. The Negro Organizational Society 1912-1952\n Box 59 The NOS was organized in 1912 to work on improving the\n schools, health, and homes of African American. This\n sub-series contains correspondence, reports and newsletters of\n this groups activities. Included in the materials are some\n correspondence concerning the School Improvement League.","Sub-Series G. The Gillfield Baptist Church 1910, 1974 Box\n 59 Correspondence, Parish Minister and information about\n placing stained glass windows in Gillfield.","Sub-Series H. The Links Incorporated 1958,1965 Container 59\n Some materials about the Eastern Area Conference of the \"Links\n Incorporated\" one folder.","Sub-Series I. The Virginia Commission on Interracial\n Cooperation Box 59 One folder of correspondence","Sub-Series J. The Committee for Virginia 1940,1946 Box 59\n One folder, includes a Constitution written in 1940 and some\n correspondence","Sub-Series K. The N.A.A.C.P 1949 Two folders,\n Correspondence to Edna Colson about membership. One Folder\n contains a copy of a Petersburg Chapter Newsletters.","Sub-Series L The Virginia Council On Human Relations\n 1955-1975 Box 60 Correspondence, Reports, minutes, and printed\n items. The correspondence and addresses a number of social and\n political issues which were of great concern during this time.\n Miss Colson was a member of the board of Directors.","Sub-Series M. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\n 1960 Box 60 Newsletters and hand-bills","Sub-Series N. The SCLC 1961-1964 Box 60 SCLC Newsletter\n 1961, 1966","Series VI. Literary Box # 61-63 Diaries, speeches and\n articles produced by family members. In this series are a\n number of diaries of James Major Colson. While he was a\n student at Dartmouth College. The majority of the materials\n however are writings and speeches of Edna M. Colson.","Series VII. Financial Records Boxes # 64-66 Receipts and\n bills for school, rental household (including furniture, food,\n and clothing). There are a number of ledgers.","Sub-Series A. Receipts and Bills Boxes # 64-65 A unique\n array of receipts and bills of the Colson-Hill Family.\n Included are receipts for rent, school bills, medical\n receipts, household (including furniture, food, and clothing),\n and contractors.","Sub-Series B. Ledgers and Bank Books Box # 66 Rental books\n maintained by the Colson-Hill family. The Ledgers also contain\n information about family purchases and receipts for building\n and contractors.","Series VIII. Photographs Boxes 67-74 Photographs of family\n and friends. The material is arranged into several\n sub-series.","Sub-Series A. Family ,Many of the photos in these paper\n were taken on the 1870's and 80's.","Sub-Series B. William Nelson Colson III. Colson, was a\n student studying law at Harvard University in 1917 when he\n decided to join the United State Army. The photo's which\n William Nelson sent home from Fort Ames,Iowa gave his family\n and friends some idea of what he was doing in officers\n training school. The photos incude some postcards of camp\n scenes.","Sub-series C. Photographs- Friends(by name), of Edna Meade\n Colson or school affiliations. In addition there are a number\n of photographs of individuals,quit a few were friends or\n former students of Kate Colson. Many of the photographs are\n not identified by name. Many of the photographs were taken in\n the following locations: The Leath Company, Rockwell and the\n New York Gallery were all in Petersburg others were taken in\n Richmond, Danville, New York, Winston-Salem, Baltimore,\n Philadelphia and Washington D.C.","Sub-Series D. Photograph Book Photo Book containing mostly\n tin-types of friends of the Colson-Hill family. Most are in\n color.","Series IX. Scrapbooks Twelve scrapbooks generated by Edna\n Meade Colson. Each book is titled. Most of the books consist\n of photo's some correspondence, news-clippings and\n postcards.","Series X. Printed","Sub-Series A. Programs, Invitations, Pamphlets Programs,\n Invitations, and Pamphlets collected by family members.","Sub-Series B. Degrees Grade reports for several members of\n the Colson family. Of particular interest James Major Colson\n Jr's prep school reports.","Sub-Series C. Newspaper Clippings News clippings of\n particular interest to members of the family.","The Beginnings of the Colson Family can be traced back to\n 1791. The Person of record was James Colson (1768-1824) who\n had been enslaved by a William Nelson of York County Virginia.\n He was emancipated in Williamsburg around 1791 and it is\n certain that by 1794 James Colson was living in Petersburg\n Virginia.","James Colson became a barber. This was one of the\n occupations free African American men were allowed to engage\n in. In 1804, Colson purchased a lot on Union Street and around\n 1820 another piece of property on Oak Street. James Colson\n died in 1825 and his son William took over the Business. In\n 1826 William Colson married Sarah Elebek. One of five children\n fathered by Major Elebek. Elebek like Colson was also a barber\n and a free African American.","William Colson became interested in the American\n Colonization Society's (1817-1895) efforts to remove to Africa\n all African Americans to what would become Liberia. At this\n time in Petersburg the Colson and Elebek families were members\n of the Methodist Church. Here they met another family by the\n name of Roberts. The Roberts and Colson family combined and\n formed a mercantile business, and Roberts and his family\n emigrated to Liberia. William Nelson Colson remained in\n Petersburg and managed the business from the U.S. side. In\n 1835 William Colson went to Liberia to confer with Roberts\n where he became ill and died.","Three children came from the Union of William and Sarah\n Elebek Colson. James Major, Mary Alexena and William Nelson\n Colson. Mary Alexena Colson married John K. Shore and William\n Nelson married Milvina and moved to Boston, Massachusetts.\n James Major Colson married Fannie Meade Bolling of Petersburg\n in 1850. Nine children were born to this couple.","The other component of this family were a mixture of free\n African American and enslaved family. John Henry Hill was born\n in King and Queen county Virginia in 1828. Like many others\n born into bondage, Hill was trained as a carpenter and was\n hired out by his owner. Although a native of King and Queen,\n Hill was either sold or rented out in Petersburg and in1853\n was owned by a John Mitchell. Hill had also married a free\n African American woman, Rose McCray and they were the parents\n of two young sons.","Hill was enslaved and in 1853 his owner had decided to sell\n him. It is unclear how Hill found out. His possible sale and\n instead of being sold, he escaped. Hill found his way to\n Canada where his wife later joined him, and the seven Hill\n daughters were born. After the Civil War Hill returned to\n Petersburg, became a prosperous Businessman and engaged in\n local politics.","Edna Meade Colson was born October 7, 1888, in Petersburg,\n Virginia, the oldest of five children to James Major Colson,\n Jr., and his wife Kate Hill Colson who was one of the\n daughters of John Henry Hill.","Included in these materials is an interesting letter from\n William Still and in the Alice and Henry Colson Jackson Papers\n correspondence regarding the House of Roberts and Colson.","Edna Meade Colson was a product of the Petersburg public\n school system. After graduation from Peabody High School in\n 1904, she continued her education at Fisk University in\n Nashville, Tennessee. In 1908 she completed the Normal Course\n and joined the staff of Virginia State (then the Virginia\n Normal and Industrial Institute) in 1909. Edna Colson returned\n to Fisk and earned the Bachelor of Education in 1915. She\n later earned the Degrees of Bachelor of Science in 1923,\n Master of Arts in 1924, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1940 from\n Columbia Teachers College, New York. Her dissertation was An\n Analysis of Specific References to Negroes in Selected\n Curricula for the Education of Teachers.","During her career at Virginia State University Miss Colson\n served as classroom teacher, Supervisor of Student Teaching,\n Director of the Normal School, and Director of the Division of\n Education through the changing phases of the development of\n the University. In 1951 she became the Director of the newly\n created School of Education.","Miss Colson was very active in school functions at\n Teachers. She was Vice President of the Negro Education Club,\n and in 1931 she was a representative of the Club to the White\n House Conference on Education, and in the summer of 1939 she\n studied workshop organization at the University of\n Chicago.","Miss Colson was: affiliated with the American Association\n of University Professors, The Association for Supervision and\n Curriculum Development, The Virginia Teachers Association, The\n Virginia Association of Jeanes Supervisors, and the Virginia\n Academy of Science, a life member of the American Teachers\n Association, a charter member of the Virginia Research\n Society, the National Association of College Women. The\n Virginia Interracial Commission, the Negro Organization\n Society, The American Red Cross, The National Association for\n the Advancement of Colored People, a charter member of the\n Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and the Virginia\n State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.","Miss Colson was a prolific writer and a highly sought after\n speaker throughout the state of Virginia. During her career\n she contributed articles to the Virginia State College\n Gazette, The Quarterly Journal of Higher Education for Negroes\n and the Journal of Negro Education.","Edna Colson was considered an authority on curriculum\n development and on source materials which could be used in\n teaching about the African American experience in America. She\n was considered by many to be the most influential person in\n the development of African American teachers, and teacher\n education.","Edna Colson corresponded with J.L. Blair, H.C. Newbold, L.\n C. Reynolds, Jannie Porter Barrett, A.G. Richardson, Eva\n Mitchell, Fred M. Alexander, D.A. Wilkerson, Rose Butler\n Brown, Mary Branch, Belle Boone Beard, and Mable Carney.","The Colson Hill Family Papers document one of the most\n unique African-American families in the United States. This\n manuscript group covers this family's life and activities in\n the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1834-1984. These papers\n document the family's involvement with: The establishment of\n Liberia, the Underground Railroad, the establishment of\n Virginia State University, public education in Petersburg and\n in Virginia, the readjuster party, business in Petersburg and\n the social and community activities in the African American\n community as well. Not only did Miss Colson become keeper of\n the family papers, her long an outstanding career led to the\n creation of a large number of records documenting her\n productive life as well. Miss Colson was a teacher and a\n teacher of teachers. She was a student and believer in the\n idea that education could solve societies social, political,\n and economic ills. The papers provide a window into several\n aspects of African American society rarely scene. The bulk of\n the materials is in the form on correspondence, however, there\n are numerous printed items and photographs as well. The papers\n are quite useful for the study of: History of Education,\n Women's History, Local History, Family History, and Social and\n Economic History.","Four diaries maintained by James Major Colson Jr.\n beginning in January of 1878 and continuing through\n 1899. Not only did James Major Colson maintain a\n diary, his wife Kate also began in 1887 her first\n diray. Mrs. Colson's diary,however, only covers a few\n months of that year. Also, In this sub-series is a\n diary belonging to William Nelson Colson II, son of\n James and Kate Colson. The Diary begins in the summer\n of 1914 and continues to February 1915. During this\n time Mr.Colson was a member of the faculty at\n Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA.","Notebooks kept by James Major Colson and Kate Hill\n as students. Mr.Colson's notebook covers a variety of\n subjects taken taken at Dartmouth. Included is a\n notebook maintained for his class in Physics\n (1881-1882) other subjects include language, natural\n history, physiology, and literature. Mrs. Colson\n notebook covers a number of subjects, which would\n have been included in the study for a teaching\n certificate at this time.","A Composition notebook kept by Edna M. Colson. The\n notebook appears to have been used to teach Sunday\n School classes. Two autograph books, one belonging to\n Miss Kate Hill (later Kate Colson) and dates from\n 1882-through Aug 1883. The other autograph book\n belongs to Miss Edna Meade Colson and covers the time\n span from 1907 through 1909. There is also a travel\n log which was kept by Edna M. Colson, no date.","Photo Book containing mostly tin-types of\n friends of the Colson/Hill Family. Most are in\n color.","Twelve Scrapbooks generated by Edna Meade Colson.\n Each book is titled. Most of the books consist of\n photo's some correspondence, news-clippings and\n postcards.","2 boxes loose news clipping from a number of\n newspapers from around the United States no order or\n no arrangement","There are no restrictions.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["1965-13"],"normalized_title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984"],"collection_title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of The\n Colson-Hill Family \n \n 1833-1984"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"creator_ssm":["The Colson-Hill Papers are a\n gift of the Colson Family."],"creator_ssim":["The Colson-Hill Papers are a\n gift of the Colson Family."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeries I. History of the Colson Family Box # 1 Obituaries,\n records of birth, marriages and short sketches of members of\n the Colson-Hill Family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Family History A family history compiled by\n Alice A. Jackson for an exhibit about the Colson family.\n Included are copies of various documents and sketches of a\n number of family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Obituaries Funeral programs and several\n sketches of deceased family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Estate Correspodence and family documents Box #2\n Legal documents covering various matters of the Colson-Hill\n family. This series includes Colson estate correspondence,\n wills, State and local tax receipts and leases for property Of\n special interest is an application for Canadian citizenship\n for John Henry Hill, who had escaped from the institution of\n slavery in 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Family Correspondence, Telegrams and\n Postcards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Family Correspondence Boxes 3-15 Letters\n between members of this family for more than one hundred\n years. Subjects discussed, the underground railroad, family\n problems, education, politics, sound issues wars, politics and\n civil rights. The materials are arranged chronically\n Correspondence without dates are arranged by alphabet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. William Nelson Colson Boxes 16- A interesting\n number of letters written by William Nelson Colson (1890-1922)\n were found together and have been arranged accordingly. The\n materials include family correspondence, personal\n correspondence and correspondence pertaining to his days at\n Virginia Union University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C: The Colson/Woody 1950-1967 Mainly\n correspondence having to do with Mary Colson's interest in the\n family estate. Included in this material is her will.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D: The John and Mary Colson Shore Papers\n 1844-1877 John K. Shore was married to Mary Colson and lived\n and worked in Petersburg. Shore was a barber, and after the\n Civil War served on the Common Council. The Shore papers\n consist mainly of tax and business receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E: The John and Susie Hill Harris Papers\n 1900,1924 Papers of Susie Hill, sister of Kate Hill Colson.\n Photo, some correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. Family Personal Box 20 Family correspondence\n with friends and associates. Very interesting letter from\n William Still to John Henry Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. Family Business Boxes 21-22 Records of family\n business activities from the anlebellum through the 1950's.\n Most of correspondece documents ownership and rents from\n family owned properties. Included in this sub-series are\n records of the House of Roberts and Colson (1833-1836) a\n merticle Company established by William Neslon Colson and\n Joseph Jenkins Roberts who became the first president of\n Liberia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series H. Family Work Box 23 James Major and Kate Hill\n Colsons work at the John A. Dix School in Dinwiddle County.\n John A. Dix was one of many little Tuskeeges established in\n the United States. Interesting Correspondence with and Colson\n work with the school improvement league. Series Includes\n records of the John A. Dix Industrial School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Edna Colson (Personal, Colson/Meredith,\n Education, Employment) 1905-1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Correspondence Personal Box 24-28\n Correspondence with friends and associates beginning in 1905\n and continuting until 1980. This sub-series is arranged with\n Men Colson's correspondence maintained by date, and her\n correspondence kept by subject heading. Some of the\n correspondents, Ambrose Caliver, Gordan Hancock Jackson Davis,\n A.G. Richardson, and Carrie Gandy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Colson/Meredith Correspondence Boxes 29-32\n Correspondence between Edna Meade Colson and Amaza Meredith\n beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1982. Education, work,\n social and polilical and home ownership. The sub-series\n documents their vacation. Mister Colson and Meredith were\n companion for over fifty years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Correspondence (Education) Box 33 Documents\n Ms.Colson's efforts to acquire graduated training during the\n era of segregation. Miss Colson's association with Teacher\n College began in 1924 and continued until 1964. Correspondence\n documents curriculum, research, problems faced by African\n American students encounted such as housing Colson's\n involvement with the Negro Education Club is also covered. The\n bulk of the correspondence is with Miss Mable Carney who was\n Edna Colson's major Professor at Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Correspondence (Employment) Box 34-47\n Correspondence documenting Edna Meade Colson's forty-four\n years at Virginia State University. Arranged in there\n sections, correspondence with the presidents of Virginia\n State, by Subject heading and by alphabet. There are manuals\n of committees, information about public education in Virginia,\n reports. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within\n the folder. Correspondence with John M. Gandy, Mable Carney,\n Luther Foster, Jackson Davis, Charles S. Johnson, and\n others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Organizations and Affiliations of Edna Meade\n Colson Box # 48-60 This series contains material documenting\n Edna M. Colson's activities on and off the campus during her\n career at Virginia State University. Included in this series\n are records of: The Virginia Federation of Colored Women\n Clubs, the National Association of College Women, the Alpha\n Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Chesterfield County \"Colored\" red\n Cross and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. The Virginia Federation Of Colored Women's\n Clubs 1931,1961, Boxes 48-53 Records and Correspondence of the\n Petersburg Chapter of the Federation of Colored Women.\n Included are materials from the Petersburg Women's Council and\n the Virginia State College Education Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. The National Association of College Women\n 1925-1964 Boxes 54-56 The National Association of Colored\n Women was organized in 1923 at Howard University. At this\n meeting a temporary NACW was established. One year later a\n larger group of African-American women met in Washington and\n formed a permanent \"National Association of College Women.\"\n The Virginia State University Chapter was organized March 8th\n 1925 by Ms. Pauline Puryear. Edna Colson was one of the\n charter members. Mrs. Colson served as President of the\n Petersburg Branch, sectional director for the South and\n National Vice President. The materials include minutes,\n records, programs, photographs, and Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Boxes 57- 57\n A, 57 B Correspondence, minutes and reports of the Delta Omega\n Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Miss Colson\n was one of the charter members of this chapter, which was\n established at Virginia State University in 1925.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. The Chesterfield County Red Cross 1929-1948\n Box 58 Minutes, correspondence, reports and By-Laws of the\n Chesterfield County Red Cross. Miss Colson was the Chairman of\n the \"Colored Auxiliary\". The \"Colored Auxiliary\" attempted to\n ensure fair treatment in dispersing services being provided\n during the depression and the War years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series E. The Virginia Society for Research 1930-1934\n Box 58 The Virginia Society for Research was established to\n promote and encourage serious research in the field of\n education, and to demonstrate that information derived from\n these efforts. Correspondence, minutes, and constitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series F. The Negro Organizational Society 1912-1952\n Box 59 The NOS was organized in 1912 to work on improving the\n schools, health, and homes of African American. This\n sub-series contains correspondence, reports and newsletters of\n this groups activities. Included in the materials are some\n correspondence concerning the School Improvement League.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series G. The Gillfield Baptist Church 1910, 1974 Box\n 59 Correspondence, Parish Minister and information about\n placing stained glass windows in Gillfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series H. The Links Incorporated 1958,1965 Container 59\n Some materials about the Eastern Area Conference of the \"Links\n Incorporated\" one folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series I. The Virginia Commission on Interracial\n Cooperation Box 59 One folder of correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series J. The Committee for Virginia 1940,1946 Box 59\n One folder, includes a Constitution written in 1940 and some\n correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series K. The N.A.A.C.P 1949 Two folders,\n Correspondence to Edna Colson about membership. One Folder\n contains a copy of a Petersburg Chapter Newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series L The Virginia Council On Human Relations\n 1955-1975 Box 60 Correspondence, Reports, minutes, and printed\n items. The correspondence and addresses a number of social and\n political issues which were of great concern during this time.\n Miss Colson was a member of the board of Directors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series M. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\n 1960 Box 60 Newsletters and hand-bills\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series N. The SCLC 1961-1964 Box 60 SCLC Newsletter\n 1961, 1966\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Literary Box # 61-63 Diaries, speeches and\n articles produced by family members. In this series are a\n number of diaries of James Major Colson. While he was a\n student at Dartmouth College. The majority of the materials\n however are writings and speeches of Edna M. Colson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Financial Records Boxes # 64-66 Receipts and\n bills for school, rental household (including furniture, food,\n and clothing). There are a number of ledgers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Receipts and Bills Boxes # 64-65 A unique\n array of receipts and bills of the Colson-Hill Family.\n Included are receipts for rent, school bills, medical\n receipts, household (including furniture, food, and clothing),\n and contractors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Ledgers and Bank Books Box # 66 Rental books\n maintained by the Colson-Hill family. The Ledgers also contain\n information about family purchases and receipts for building\n and contractors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Photographs Boxes 67-74 Photographs of family\n and friends. The material is arranged into several\n sub-series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Family ,Many of the photos in these paper\n were taken on the 1870's and 80's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. William Nelson Colson III. Colson, was a\n student studying law at Harvard University in 1917 when he\n decided to join the United State Army. The photo's which\n William Nelson sent home from Fort Ames,Iowa gave his family\n and friends some idea of what he was doing in officers\n training school. The photos incude some postcards of camp\n scenes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-series C. Photographs- Friends(by name), of Edna Meade\n Colson or school affiliations. In addition there are a number\n of photographs of individuals,quit a few were friends or\n former students of Kate Colson. Many of the photographs are\n not identified by name. Many of the photographs were taken in\n the following locations: The Leath Company, Rockwell and the\n New York Gallery were all in Petersburg others were taken in\n Richmond, Danville, New York, Winston-Salem, Baltimore,\n Philadelphia and Washington D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series D. Photograph Book Photo Book containing mostly\n tin-types of friends of the Colson-Hill family. Most are in\n color.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Scrapbooks Twelve scrapbooks generated by Edna\n Meade Colson. Each book is titled. Most of the books consist\n of photo's some correspondence, news-clippings and\n postcards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Printed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A. Programs, Invitations, Pamphlets Programs,\n Invitations, and Pamphlets collected by family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B. Degrees Grade reports for several members of\n the Colson family. Of particular interest James Major Colson\n Jr's prep school reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C. Newspaper Clippings News clippings of\n particular interest to members of the family.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Series Description"],"arrangement_tesim":["Series I. History of the Colson Family Box # 1 Obituaries,\n records of birth, marriages and short sketches of members of\n the Colson-Hill Family","Sub-Series A. Family History A family history compiled by\n Alice A. Jackson for an exhibit about the Colson family.\n Included are copies of various documents and sketches of a\n number of family members.","Sub-Series B. Obituaries Funeral programs and several\n sketches of deceased family members.","Series II. Estate Correspodence and family documents Box #2\n Legal documents covering various matters of the Colson-Hill\n family. This series includes Colson estate correspondence,\n wills, State and local tax receipts and leases for property Of\n special interest is an application for Canadian citizenship\n for John Henry Hill, who had escaped from the institution of\n slavery in 1857.","Series III. Family Correspondence, Telegrams and\n Postcards","Sub-Series A. Family Correspondence Boxes 3-15 Letters\n between members of this family for more than one hundred\n years. Subjects discussed, the underground railroad, family\n problems, education, politics, sound issues wars, politics and\n civil rights. The materials are arranged chronically\n Correspondence without dates are arranged by alphabet.","Sub-Series B. William Nelson Colson Boxes 16- A interesting\n number of letters written by William Nelson Colson (1890-1922)\n were found together and have been arranged accordingly. The\n materials include family correspondence, personal\n correspondence and correspondence pertaining to his days at\n Virginia Union University.","Sub-Series C: The Colson/Woody 1950-1967 Mainly\n correspondence having to do with Mary Colson's interest in the\n family estate. Included in this material is her will.","Sub-Series D: The John and Mary Colson Shore Papers\n 1844-1877 John K. Shore was married to Mary Colson and lived\n and worked in Petersburg. Shore was a barber, and after the\n Civil War served on the Common Council. The Shore papers\n consist mainly of tax and business receipts.","Sub-Series E: The John and Susie Hill Harris Papers\n 1900,1924 Papers of Susie Hill, sister of Kate Hill Colson.\n Photo, some correspondence.","Sub-Series F. Family Personal Box 20 Family correspondence\n with friends and associates. Very interesting letter from\n William Still to John Henry Hill.","Sub-Series G. Family Business Boxes 21-22 Records of family\n business activities from the anlebellum through the 1950's.\n Most of correspondece documents ownership and rents from\n family owned properties. Included in this sub-series are\n records of the House of Roberts and Colson (1833-1836) a\n merticle Company established by William Neslon Colson and\n Joseph Jenkins Roberts who became the first president of\n Liberia.","Sub-Series H. Family Work Box 23 James Major and Kate Hill\n Colsons work at the John A. Dix School in Dinwiddle County.\n John A. Dix was one of many little Tuskeeges established in\n the United States. Interesting Correspondence with and Colson\n work with the school improvement league. Series Includes\n records of the John A. Dix Industrial School.","Series IV. Edna Colson (Personal, Colson/Meredith,\n Education, Employment) 1905-1984","Sub-Series A. Correspondence Personal Box 24-28\n Correspondence with friends and associates beginning in 1905\n and continuting until 1980. This sub-series is arranged with\n Men Colson's correspondence maintained by date, and her\n correspondence kept by subject heading. Some of the\n correspondents, Ambrose Caliver, Gordan Hancock Jackson Davis,\n A.G. Richardson, and Carrie Gandy.","Sub-Series B. Colson/Meredith Correspondence Boxes 29-32\n Correspondence between Edna Meade Colson and Amaza Meredith\n beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1982. Education, work,\n social and polilical and home ownership. The sub-series\n documents their vacation. Mister Colson and Meredith were\n companion for over fifty years.","Sub-Series C. Correspondence (Education) Box 33 Documents\n Ms.Colson's efforts to acquire graduated training during the\n era of segregation. Miss Colson's association with Teacher\n College began in 1924 and continued until 1964. Correspondence\n documents curriculum, research, problems faced by African\n American students encounted such as housing Colson's\n involvement with the Negro Education Club is also covered. The\n bulk of the correspondence is with Miss Mable Carney who was\n Edna Colson's major Professor at Columbia.","Sub-Series D. Correspondence (Employment) Box 34-47\n Correspondence documenting Edna Meade Colson's forty-four\n years at Virginia State University. Arranged in there\n sections, correspondence with the presidents of Virginia\n State, by Subject heading and by alphabet. There are manuals\n of committees, information about public education in Virginia,\n reports. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within\n the folder. Correspondence with John M. Gandy, Mable Carney,\n Luther Foster, Jackson Davis, Charles S. Johnson, and\n others.","Series V. Organizations and Affiliations of Edna Meade\n Colson Box # 48-60 This series contains material documenting\n Edna M. Colson's activities on and off the campus during her\n career at Virginia State University. Included in this series\n are records of: The Virginia Federation of Colored Women\n Clubs, the National Association of College Women, the Alpha\n Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Chesterfield County \"Colored\" red\n Cross and others.","Sub-Series A. The Virginia Federation Of Colored Women's\n Clubs 1931,1961, Boxes 48-53 Records and Correspondence of the\n Petersburg Chapter of the Federation of Colored Women.\n Included are materials from the Petersburg Women's Council and\n the Virginia State College Education Club.","Sub-Series B. The National Association of College Women\n 1925-1964 Boxes 54-56 The National Association of Colored\n Women was organized in 1923 at Howard University. At this\n meeting a temporary NACW was established. One year later a\n larger group of African-American women met in Washington and\n formed a permanent \"National Association of College Women.\"\n The Virginia State University Chapter was organized March 8th\n 1925 by Ms. Pauline Puryear. Edna Colson was one of the\n charter members. Mrs. Colson served as President of the\n Petersburg Branch, sectional director for the South and\n National Vice President. The materials include minutes,\n records, programs, photographs, and Correspondence.","Sub-Series C. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Boxes 57- 57\n A, 57 B Correspondence, minutes and reports of the Delta Omega\n Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Miss Colson\n was one of the charter members of this chapter, which was\n established at Virginia State University in 1925.","Sub-Series D. The Chesterfield County Red Cross 1929-1948\n Box 58 Minutes, correspondence, reports and By-Laws of the\n Chesterfield County Red Cross. Miss Colson was the Chairman of\n the \"Colored Auxiliary\". The \"Colored Auxiliary\" attempted to\n ensure fair treatment in dispersing services being provided\n during the depression and the War years.","Sub-Series E. The Virginia Society for Research 1930-1934\n Box 58 The Virginia Society for Research was established to\n promote and encourage serious research in the field of\n education, and to demonstrate that information derived from\n these efforts. Correspondence, minutes, and constitution.","Sub-Series F. The Negro Organizational Society 1912-1952\n Box 59 The NOS was organized in 1912 to work on improving the\n schools, health, and homes of African American. This\n sub-series contains correspondence, reports and newsletters of\n this groups activities. Included in the materials are some\n correspondence concerning the School Improvement League.","Sub-Series G. The Gillfield Baptist Church 1910, 1974 Box\n 59 Correspondence, Parish Minister and information about\n placing stained glass windows in Gillfield.","Sub-Series H. The Links Incorporated 1958,1965 Container 59\n Some materials about the Eastern Area Conference of the \"Links\n Incorporated\" one folder.","Sub-Series I. The Virginia Commission on Interracial\n Cooperation Box 59 One folder of correspondence","Sub-Series J. The Committee for Virginia 1940,1946 Box 59\n One folder, includes a Constitution written in 1940 and some\n correspondence","Sub-Series K. The N.A.A.C.P 1949 Two folders,\n Correspondence to Edna Colson about membership. One Folder\n contains a copy of a Petersburg Chapter Newsletters.","Sub-Series L The Virginia Council On Human Relations\n 1955-1975 Box 60 Correspondence, Reports, minutes, and printed\n items. The correspondence and addresses a number of social and\n political issues which were of great concern during this time.\n Miss Colson was a member of the board of Directors.","Sub-Series M. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\n 1960 Box 60 Newsletters and hand-bills","Sub-Series N. The SCLC 1961-1964 Box 60 SCLC Newsletter\n 1961, 1966","Series VI. Literary Box # 61-63 Diaries, speeches and\n articles produced by family members. In this series are a\n number of diaries of James Major Colson. While he was a\n student at Dartmouth College. The majority of the materials\n however are writings and speeches of Edna M. Colson.","Series VII. Financial Records Boxes # 64-66 Receipts and\n bills for school, rental household (including furniture, food,\n and clothing). There are a number of ledgers.","Sub-Series A. Receipts and Bills Boxes # 64-65 A unique\n array of receipts and bills of the Colson-Hill Family.\n Included are receipts for rent, school bills, medical\n receipts, household (including furniture, food, and clothing),\n and contractors.","Sub-Series B. Ledgers and Bank Books Box # 66 Rental books\n maintained by the Colson-Hill family. The Ledgers also contain\n information about family purchases and receipts for building\n and contractors.","Series VIII. Photographs Boxes 67-74 Photographs of family\n and friends. The material is arranged into several\n sub-series.","Sub-Series A. Family ,Many of the photos in these paper\n were taken on the 1870's and 80's.","Sub-Series B. William Nelson Colson III. Colson, was a\n student studying law at Harvard University in 1917 when he\n decided to join the United State Army. The photo's which\n William Nelson sent home from Fort Ames,Iowa gave his family\n and friends some idea of what he was doing in officers\n training school. The photos incude some postcards of camp\n scenes.","Sub-series C. Photographs- Friends(by name), of Edna Meade\n Colson or school affiliations. In addition there are a number\n of photographs of individuals,quit a few were friends or\n former students of Kate Colson. Many of the photographs are\n not identified by name. Many of the photographs were taken in\n the following locations: The Leath Company, Rockwell and the\n New York Gallery were all in Petersburg others were taken in\n Richmond, Danville, New York, Winston-Salem, Baltimore,\n Philadelphia and Washington D.C.","Sub-Series D. Photograph Book Photo Book containing mostly\n tin-types of friends of the Colson-Hill family. Most are in\n color.","Series IX. Scrapbooks Twelve scrapbooks generated by Edna\n Meade Colson. Each book is titled. Most of the books consist\n of photo's some correspondence, news-clippings and\n postcards.","Series X. Printed","Sub-Series A. Programs, Invitations, Pamphlets Programs,\n Invitations, and Pamphlets collected by family members.","Sub-Series B. Degrees Grade reports for several members of\n the Colson family. Of particular interest James Major Colson\n Jr's prep school reports.","Sub-Series C. Newspaper Clippings News clippings of\n particular interest to members of the family."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Beginnings of the Colson Family can be traced back to\n 1791. The Person of record was James Colson (1768-1824) who\n had been enslaved by a William Nelson of York County Virginia.\n He was emancipated in Williamsburg around 1791 and it is\n certain that by 1794 James Colson was living in Petersburg\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Colson became a barber. This was one of the\n occupations free African American men were allowed to engage\n in. In 1804, Colson purchased a lot on Union Street and around\n 1820 another piece of property on Oak Street. James Colson\n died in 1825 and his son William took over the Business. In\n 1826 William Colson married Sarah Elebek. One of five children\n fathered by Major Elebek. Elebek like Colson was also a barber\n and a free African American.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Colson became interested in the American\n Colonization Society's (1817-1895) efforts to remove to Africa\n all African Americans to what would become Liberia. At this\n time in Petersburg the Colson and Elebek families were members\n of the Methodist Church. Here they met another family by the\n name of Roberts. The Roberts and Colson family combined and\n formed a mercantile business, and Roberts and his family\n emigrated to Liberia. William Nelson Colson remained in\n Petersburg and managed the business from the U.S. side. In\n 1835 William Colson went to Liberia to confer with Roberts\n where he became ill and died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree children came from the Union of William and Sarah\n Elebek Colson. James Major, Mary Alexena and William Nelson\n Colson. Mary Alexena Colson married John K. Shore and William\n Nelson married Milvina and moved to Boston, Massachusetts.\n James Major Colson married Fannie Meade Bolling of Petersburg\n in 1850. Nine children were born to this couple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe other component of this family were a mixture of free\n African American and enslaved family. John Henry Hill was born\n in King and Queen county Virginia in 1828. Like many others\n born into bondage, Hill was trained as a carpenter and was\n hired out by his owner. Although a native of King and Queen,\n Hill was either sold or rented out in Petersburg and in1853\n was owned by a John Mitchell. Hill had also married a free\n African American woman, Rose McCray and they were the parents\n of two young sons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHill was enslaved and in 1853 his owner had decided to sell\n him. It is unclear how Hill found out. His possible sale and\n instead of being sold, he escaped. Hill found his way to\n Canada where his wife later joined him, and the seven Hill\n daughters were born. After the Civil War Hill returned to\n Petersburg, became a prosperous Businessman and engaged in\n local politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdna Meade Colson was born October 7, 1888, in Petersburg,\n Virginia, the oldest of five children to James Major Colson,\n Jr., and his wife Kate Hill Colson who was one of the\n daughters of John Henry Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded in these materials is an interesting letter from\n William Still and in the Alice and Henry Colson Jackson Papers\n correspondence regarding the House of Roberts and Colson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdna Meade Colson was a product of the Petersburg public\n school system. After graduation from Peabody High School in\n 1904, she continued her education at Fisk University in\n Nashville, Tennessee. In 1908 she completed the Normal Course\n and joined the staff of Virginia State (then the Virginia\n Normal and Industrial Institute) in 1909. Edna Colson returned\n to Fisk and earned the Bachelor of Education in 1915. She\n later earned the Degrees of Bachelor of Science in 1923,\n Master of Arts in 1924, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1940 from\n Columbia Teachers College, New York. Her dissertation was An\n Analysis of Specific References to Negroes in Selected\n Curricula for the Education of Teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring her career at Virginia State University Miss Colson\n served as classroom teacher, Supervisor of Student Teaching,\n Director of the Normal School, and Director of the Division of\n Education through the changing phases of the development of\n the University. In 1951 she became the Director of the newly\n created School of Education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Colson was very active in school functions at\n Teachers. She was Vice President of the Negro Education Club,\n and in 1931 she was a representative of the Club to the White\n House Conference on Education, and in the summer of 1939 she\n studied workshop organization at the University of\n Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Colson was: affiliated with the American Association\n of University Professors, The Association for Supervision and\n Curriculum Development, The Virginia Teachers Association, The\n Virginia Association of Jeanes Supervisors, and the Virginia\n Academy of Science, a life member of the American Teachers\n Association, a charter member of the Virginia Research\n Society, the National Association of College Women. The\n Virginia Interracial Commission, the Negro Organization\n Society, The American Red Cross, The National Association for\n the Advancement of Colored People, a charter member of the\n Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and the Virginia\n State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Colson was a prolific writer and a highly sought after\n speaker throughout the state of Virginia. During her career\n she contributed articles to the Virginia State College\n Gazette, The Quarterly Journal of Higher Education for Negroes\n and the Journal of Negro Education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdna Colson was considered an authority on curriculum\n development and on source materials which could be used in\n teaching about the African American experience in America. She\n was considered by many to be the most influential person in\n the development of African American teachers, and teacher\n education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdna Colson corresponded with J.L. Blair, H.C. Newbold, L.\n C. Reynolds, Jannie Porter Barrett, A.G. Richardson, Eva\n Mitchell, Fred M. Alexander, D.A. Wilkerson, Rose Butler\n Brown, Mary Branch, Belle Boone Beard, and Mable Carney.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Beginnings of the Colson Family can be traced back to\n 1791. The Person of record was James Colson (1768-1824) who\n had been enslaved by a William Nelson of York County Virginia.\n He was emancipated in Williamsburg around 1791 and it is\n certain that by 1794 James Colson was living in Petersburg\n Virginia.","James Colson became a barber. This was one of the\n occupations free African American men were allowed to engage\n in. In 1804, Colson purchased a lot on Union Street and around\n 1820 another piece of property on Oak Street. James Colson\n died in 1825 and his son William took over the Business. In\n 1826 William Colson married Sarah Elebek. One of five children\n fathered by Major Elebek. Elebek like Colson was also a barber\n and a free African American.","William Colson became interested in the American\n Colonization Society's (1817-1895) efforts to remove to Africa\n all African Americans to what would become Liberia. At this\n time in Petersburg the Colson and Elebek families were members\n of the Methodist Church. Here they met another family by the\n name of Roberts. The Roberts and Colson family combined and\n formed a mercantile business, and Roberts and his family\n emigrated to Liberia. William Nelson Colson remained in\n Petersburg and managed the business from the U.S. side. In\n 1835 William Colson went to Liberia to confer with Roberts\n where he became ill and died.","Three children came from the Union of William and Sarah\n Elebek Colson. James Major, Mary Alexena and William Nelson\n Colson. Mary Alexena Colson married John K. Shore and William\n Nelson married Milvina and moved to Boston, Massachusetts.\n James Major Colson married Fannie Meade Bolling of Petersburg\n in 1850. Nine children were born to this couple.","The other component of this family were a mixture of free\n African American and enslaved family. John Henry Hill was born\n in King and Queen county Virginia in 1828. Like many others\n born into bondage, Hill was trained as a carpenter and was\n hired out by his owner. Although a native of King and Queen,\n Hill was either sold or rented out in Petersburg and in1853\n was owned by a John Mitchell. Hill had also married a free\n African American woman, Rose McCray and they were the parents\n of two young sons.","Hill was enslaved and in 1853 his owner had decided to sell\n him. It is unclear how Hill found out. His possible sale and\n instead of being sold, he escaped. Hill found his way to\n Canada where his wife later joined him, and the seven Hill\n daughters were born. After the Civil War Hill returned to\n Petersburg, became a prosperous Businessman and engaged in\n local politics.","Edna Meade Colson was born October 7, 1888, in Petersburg,\n Virginia, the oldest of five children to James Major Colson,\n Jr., and his wife Kate Hill Colson who was one of the\n daughters of John Henry Hill.","Included in these materials is an interesting letter from\n William Still and in the Alice and Henry Colson Jackson Papers\n correspondence regarding the House of Roberts and Colson.","Edna Meade Colson was a product of the Petersburg public\n school system. After graduation from Peabody High School in\n 1904, she continued her education at Fisk University in\n Nashville, Tennessee. In 1908 she completed the Normal Course\n and joined the staff of Virginia State (then the Virginia\n Normal and Industrial Institute) in 1909. Edna Colson returned\n to Fisk and earned the Bachelor of Education in 1915. She\n later earned the Degrees of Bachelor of Science in 1923,\n Master of Arts in 1924, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1940 from\n Columbia Teachers College, New York. Her dissertation was An\n Analysis of Specific References to Negroes in Selected\n Curricula for the Education of Teachers.","During her career at Virginia State University Miss Colson\n served as classroom teacher, Supervisor of Student Teaching,\n Director of the Normal School, and Director of the Division of\n Education through the changing phases of the development of\n the University. In 1951 she became the Director of the newly\n created School of Education.","Miss Colson was very active in school functions at\n Teachers. She was Vice President of the Negro Education Club,\n and in 1931 she was a representative of the Club to the White\n House Conference on Education, and in the summer of 1939 she\n studied workshop organization at the University of\n Chicago.","Miss Colson was: affiliated with the American Association\n of University Professors, The Association for Supervision and\n Curriculum Development, The Virginia Teachers Association, The\n Virginia Association of Jeanes Supervisors, and the Virginia\n Academy of Science, a life member of the American Teachers\n Association, a charter member of the Virginia Research\n Society, the National Association of College Women. The\n Virginia Interracial Commission, the Negro Organization\n Society, The American Red Cross, The National Association for\n the Advancement of Colored People, a charter member of the\n Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and the Virginia\n State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.","Miss Colson was a prolific writer and a highly sought after\n speaker throughout the state of Virginia. During her career\n she contributed articles to the Virginia State College\n Gazette, The Quarterly Journal of Higher Education for Negroes\n and the Journal of Negro Education.","Edna Colson was considered an authority on curriculum\n development and on source materials which could be used in\n teaching about the African American experience in America. She\n was considered by many to be the most influential person in\n the development of African American teachers, and teacher\n education.","Edna Colson corresponded with J.L. Blair, H.C. Newbold, L.\n C. Reynolds, Jannie Porter Barrett, A.G. Richardson, Eva\n Mitchell, Fred M. Alexander, D.A. Wilkerson, Rose Butler\n Brown, Mary Branch, Belle Boone Beard, and Mable Carney."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Colson-Hill Family Papers, Accession #1965-13 ,\n Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial\n Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["The Colson-Hill Family Papers, Accession #1965-13 ,\n Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial\n Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Colson Hill Family Papers document one of the most\n unique African-American families in the United States. This\n manuscript group covers this family's life and activities in\n the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1834-1984. These papers\n document the family's involvement with: The establishment of\n Liberia, the Underground Railroad, the establishment of\n Virginia State University, public education in Petersburg and\n in Virginia, the readjuster party, business in Petersburg and\n the social and community activities in the African American\n community as well. Not only did Miss Colson become keeper of\n the family papers, her long an outstanding career led to the\n creation of a large number of records documenting her\n productive life as well. Miss Colson was a teacher and a\n teacher of teachers. She was a student and believer in the\n idea that education could solve societies social, political,\n and economic ills. The papers provide a window into several\n aspects of African American society rarely scene. The bulk of\n the materials is in the form on correspondence, however, there\n are numerous printed items and photographs as well. The papers\n are quite useful for the study of: History of Education,\n Women's History, Local History, Family History, and Social and\n Economic History.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour diaries maintained by James Major Colson Jr.\n beginning in January of 1878 and continuing through\n 1899. Not only did James Major Colson maintain a\n diary, his wife Kate also began in 1887 her first\n diray. Mrs. Colson's diary,however, only covers a few\n months of that year. Also, In this sub-series is a\n diary belonging to William Nelson Colson II, son of\n James and Kate Colson. The Diary begins in the summer\n of 1914 and continues to February 1915. During this\n time Mr.Colson was a member of the faculty at\n Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebooks kept by James Major Colson and Kate Hill\n as students. Mr.Colson's notebook covers a variety of\n subjects taken taken at Dartmouth. Included is a\n notebook maintained for his class in Physics\n (1881-1882) other subjects include language, natural\n history, physiology, and literature. Mrs. Colson\n notebook covers a number of subjects, which would\n have been included in the study for a teaching\n certificate at this time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Composition notebook kept by Edna M. Colson. The\n notebook appears to have been used to teach Sunday\n School classes. Two autograph books, one belonging to\n Miss Kate Hill (later Kate Colson) and dates from\n 1882-through Aug 1883. The other autograph book\n belongs to Miss Edna Meade Colson and covers the time\n span from 1907 through 1909. There is also a travel\n log which was kept by Edna M. Colson, no date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhoto Book containing mostly tin-types of\n friends of the Colson/Hill Family. Most are in\n color.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwelve Scrapbooks generated by Edna Meade Colson.\n Each book is titled. Most of the books consist of\n photo's some correspondence, news-clippings and\n postcards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 boxes loose news clipping from a number of\n newspapers from around the United States no order or\n no arrangement\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Colson Hill Family Papers document one of the most\n unique African-American families in the United States. This\n manuscript group covers this family's life and activities in\n the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1834-1984. These papers\n document the family's involvement with: The establishment of\n Liberia, the Underground Railroad, the establishment of\n Virginia State University, public education in Petersburg and\n in Virginia, the readjuster party, business in Petersburg and\n the social and community activities in the African American\n community as well. Not only did Miss Colson become keeper of\n the family papers, her long an outstanding career led to the\n creation of a large number of records documenting her\n productive life as well. Miss Colson was a teacher and a\n teacher of teachers. She was a student and believer in the\n idea that education could solve societies social, political,\n and economic ills. The papers provide a window into several\n aspects of African American society rarely scene. The bulk of\n the materials is in the form on correspondence, however, there\n are numerous printed items and photographs as well. The papers\n are quite useful for the study of: History of Education,\n Women's History, Local History, Family History, and Social and\n Economic History.","Four diaries maintained by James Major Colson Jr.\n beginning in January of 1878 and continuing through\n 1899. Not only did James Major Colson maintain a\n diary, his wife Kate also began in 1887 her first\n diray. Mrs. Colson's diary,however, only covers a few\n months of that year. Also, In this sub-series is a\n diary belonging to William Nelson Colson II, son of\n James and Kate Colson. The Diary begins in the summer\n of 1914 and continues to February 1915. During this\n time Mr.Colson was a member of the faculty at\n Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA.","Notebooks kept by James Major Colson and Kate Hill\n as students. Mr.Colson's notebook covers a variety of\n subjects taken taken at Dartmouth. Included is a\n notebook maintained for his class in Physics\n (1881-1882) other subjects include language, natural\n history, physiology, and literature. Mrs. Colson\n notebook covers a number of subjects, which would\n have been included in the study for a teaching\n certificate at this time.","A Composition notebook kept by Edna M. Colson. The\n notebook appears to have been used to teach Sunday\n School classes. Two autograph books, one belonging to\n Miss Kate Hill (later Kate Colson) and dates from\n 1882-through Aug 1883. The other autograph book\n belongs to Miss Edna Meade Colson and covers the time\n span from 1907 through 1909. There is also a travel\n log which was kept by Edna M. Colson, no date.","Photo Book containing mostly tin-types of\n friends of the Colson/Hill Family. Most are in\n color.","Twelve Scrapbooks generated by Edna Meade Colson.\n Each book is titled. Most of the books consist of\n photo's some correspondence, news-clippings and\n postcards.","2 boxes loose news clipping from a number of\n newspapers from around the United States no order or\n no arrangement"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1671,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:22:05.942Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00050_c10_c01_c104"}},{"id":"vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06_c16","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"White (Groups) \n \n 1935","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06_c16#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06_c16","ref_ssm":["vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06_c16"],"id":"vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06_c16","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00038","_root_":"vipets_vipets00038","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06","parent_ssi":"vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06","parent_ssim":["vipets_vipets00038","vipets_vipets00038_c04","vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02","vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vipets_vipets00038","vipets_vipets00038_c04","vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02","vipets_vipets00038_c04_c02_c06"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976","Series IV: Photographs and\n Negatives","Sub-Series B: African American\n Schools in Virginia","Appomattox County \n \n 1927-1935"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976","Series IV: Photographs and\n Negatives","Sub-Series B: African American\n Schools in Virginia","Appomattox County \n \n 1927-1935"],"text":["A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976","Series IV: Photographs and\n Negatives","Sub-Series B: African American\n Schools in Virginia","Appomattox County \n \n 1927-1935","White (Groups) \n \n 1935"],"title_filing_ssi":"White (Groups) \n \n 1935","title_ssm":["White (Groups) \n \n 1935"],"title_tesim":["White (Groups) \n \n 1935"],"normalized_title_ssm":["White (Groups) \n \n 1935"],"component_level_isim":[4],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State University"],"collection_ssim":["A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":654,"_nest_path_":"/components#3/components#1/components#5/components#15","timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:18:36.140Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vipets_vipets00038","ead_ssi":"vipets_vipets00038","_root_":"vipets_vipets00038","_nest_parent_":"vipets_vipets00038","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsu/vipets00038.xml","title_ssm":["A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976"],"title_tesim":["A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1997-77"],"text":["1997-77","A Guide to the Papers of Archie G.\n Richardson \n \n 1918-1976","20,000\n Pieces","There are no restrictions.","Series I. Correspondence 1932-1979 Personal and Business\n Boxes 1-3","Sub-series A: Correspondence by subject Correspondence,\n most generated by Richardson during his tenure with the\n department of Education. Arranged Alphabetically and then\n chronologically within the folders.","Sub-series B: Correspondence by date Arranged\n Chronologically.","Series II. Literary Boxes 4-19","Sub-Series A: Speeches Arranged by title and date, followed\n by speeches with dates and materials missing both a date and a\n clearly defined title.","Sub-Series B: Writings and Reports Some of the writings\n were used later in Richardson's history of Negro education in\n Virginia. Many of the reports appear to have been used by\n Richardson to carry out his job with the State Department of\n Education. The reports consist of conference and workshop\n results organized by Richardson.","Sub-Series C: Research Notes During Richardson's career,\n part of his responsibility was to develop procedures and\n manuals used by African-American Schools in Virginia. This\n sub-series also contains an interesting log concerning the\n Whitcomb court school in Richmond, VA.","Series III. Video Recordings Taped speeches at different\n functions attended by Richardson. Most of the speeches were\n not delivered by Richardson.","Series IV: Photographs Boxes 21-27","Sub-series A: Family and Personal Photo's of activities at\n Virginia State when Richardson was a student and later as a\n teacher at the Mecklenburg County Training School, conferences\n at Virginia State and other areas.","Sub-series B: Education in Virginia (African American\n Schools) Several thousand 3x5 black and white photographs and\n negatives of schools scenes in Virginia. The Photographs were\n taken between the years 1926 and 1938. The Photographs and\n negatives are of European, Native, and African American school\n buildings, some classes, and other activities. Most of the\n developed photographs are of African American schools and\n include Rosenwald, Slater, and other buildings used by African\n Americans in Virginia. *The origin of the photographs and\n negatives is not known. The folders are arranged\n alphabetically by county and city.","Sub-series C. Negatives of the schools and scenes located\n in some of Virginia's counties and cities. These do not have\n an inventory, but are arranged by county and city. In addition\n there are negatives of activities relating to education\n outside of the state of Virginia.","Box #28 Series V: Scrapbooks and Yearbooks Correspondence\n most of which covers Richardson's retirement, two yearbooks\n from Louisa, Virginia.","Series VI: Printed Printed items including certificates,\n pamphlets, and degrees","Box #29 Sub-series A: Awards and Certificates Awards and\n certificates presented to Richardson over the years.","Sub-series B: Pamphlets Two items: one the By-Laws of the\n Southside Interscholastic Athletic Association, documenting an\n early effort to organize African American sports played in the\n high schools.","Sub-series C: Book The Development of Negro Education in\n Virginia, 1831-1970, published by Phi Delta Kappa.","Sub-series D: Degrees Earned Degrees of Archie and Linnie\n Richardson","Box #30 Series-series E: News clippings News clippings from\n a number of newspapers primary from the state of Virginia.","Archie Gibbs Richardson, was the Associate Director of the\n Division of Secondary Education, State Department of\n Education, Richmond, Virginia. He was born in Lexington,\n Virginia, April 4, 1904. Because there were few high schools\n for African American in Virginia, Richardson's parents sent\n him to the high school at the Virginia Normal and Industrial\n Institute at Petersburg where he completed the program in\n 1923. He received the B.A. Degree from Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, Petersburg, in June 1927; the M.S.\n Degree in education from Butler University, Indianapolis,\n Indiana, in June 1939; and was granted the degree of Doctor of\n Education at Columbia University, New York, in1946. In June\n 1957, Virginia State College conferred upon him the honorary\n degree of Doctor of Laws.","Richardson served as principal of the Mecklenburg County\n Training School, in South Hill, Virginia, 1927-1935; and as\n Director of academics at Saint Paul Normal School,\n Lawrenceville, Virginia. The State Superintendent of Public\n Instruction appointed him Assistant Supervisor of \"Negro\"\n Education in 1936. On January 1, 1951, he was promoted to the\n position of Associate Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary\n Education. He received another promotion on September 1, 1966,\n to Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education.\n He retired April 4, 1969.","Richardson had two elementary schools and one high school\n named for him. The elementary schools were in Culpepper and\n the other in Blackstone, Virginia. Archie Richardson High\n School was located in Louisa County, Virginia.","During his tenure, he contributed a number of articles to\n State and National journals of education. He also authored The\n Development of Negro Education in Virginia.","Mr. Richardson was married to Linnie Ramey for over fifty\n years. Mrs. Richardson taught at schools in Mecklenburg and\n Richmond, Virginia.","How did Virginia explain educational public policy during\n the era of legal segregation? Archie Richardson's main\n responsibility during his tenure with the Department of\n Education was that of official spokesman to the African\n American Community for the State of Virginia. Correspondence,\n speeches, writings, and photographs documenting Archie\n Richardson's position as the only African American\n professional employed by the Education Department in Virginia\n during the era of legal segregation, Constitutes the majority\n of these materials.","There are no restrictions.","In 1936, Archie Richardson became\n the highest-ranking African American in the State Government.\n In that year, he was appointed assistant to the Assistant for\n Negro education in Virginia. In 1969, he retired as Associate\n Director of the Division of Secondary Education in Virginia.\n His papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings and\n more than one thousand photographs of Rosenwald, Slater, and\n other schools constructed in Virginia for African Americans in\n the 1930's and before. 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Correspondence 1932-1979 Personal and Business\n Boxes 1-3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-series A: Correspondence by subject Correspondence,\n most generated by Richardson during his tenure with the\n department of Education. Arranged Alphabetically and then\n chronologically within the folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-series B: Correspondence by date Arranged\n Chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Literary Boxes 4-19\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series A: Speeches Arranged by title and date, followed\n by speeches with dates and materials missing both a date and a\n clearly defined title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series B: Writings and Reports Some of the writings\n were used later in Richardson's history of Negro education in\n Virginia. Many of the reports appear to have been used by\n Richardson to carry out his job with the State Department of\n Education. The reports consist of conference and workshop\n results organized by Richardson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSub-Series C: Research Notes During Richardson's career,\n part of his responsibility was to develop procedures and\n manuals used by African-American Schools in Virginia. This\n sub-series also contains an interesting log concerning the\n Whitcomb court school in Richmond, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Video Recordings Taped speeches at different\n functions attended by Richardson. 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The reports consist of conference and workshop\n results organized by Richardson.","Sub-Series C: Research Notes During Richardson's career,\n part of his responsibility was to develop procedures and\n manuals used by African-American Schools in Virginia. This\n sub-series also contains an interesting log concerning the\n Whitcomb court school in Richmond, VA.","Series III. Video Recordings Taped speeches at different\n functions attended by Richardson. Most of the speeches were\n not delivered by Richardson.","Series IV: Photographs Boxes 21-27","Sub-series A: Family and Personal Photo's of activities at\n Virginia State when Richardson was a student and later as a\n teacher at the Mecklenburg County Training School, conferences\n at Virginia State and other areas.","Sub-series B: Education in Virginia (African American\n Schools) Several thousand 3x5 black and white photographs and\n negatives of schools scenes in Virginia. The Photographs were\n taken between the years 1926 and 1938. The Photographs and\n negatives are of European, Native, and African American school\n buildings, some classes, and other activities. Most of the\n developed photographs are of African American schools and\n include Rosenwald, Slater, and other buildings used by African\n Americans in Virginia. *The origin of the photographs and\n negatives is not known. The folders are arranged\n alphabetically by county and city.","Sub-series C. Negatives of the schools and scenes located\n in some of Virginia's counties and cities. These do not have\n an inventory, but are arranged by county and city. In addition\n there are negatives of activities relating to education\n outside of the state of Virginia.","Box #28 Series V: Scrapbooks and Yearbooks Correspondence\n most of which covers Richardson's retirement, two yearbooks\n from Louisa, Virginia.","Series VI: Printed Printed items including certificates,\n pamphlets, and degrees","Box #29 Sub-series A: Awards and Certificates Awards and\n certificates presented to Richardson over the years.","Sub-series B: Pamphlets Two items: one the By-Laws of the\n Southside Interscholastic Athletic Association, documenting an\n early effort to organize African American sports played in the\n high schools.","Sub-series C: Book The Development of Negro Education in\n Virginia, 1831-1970, published by Phi Delta Kappa.","Sub-series D: Degrees Earned Degrees of Archie and Linnie\n Richardson","Box #30 Series-series E: News clippings News clippings from\n a number of newspapers primary from the state of Virginia."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArchie Gibbs Richardson, was the Associate Director of the\n Division of Secondary Education, State Department of\n Education, Richmond, Virginia. He was born in Lexington,\n Virginia, April 4, 1904. Because there were few high schools\n for African American in Virginia, Richardson's parents sent\n him to the high school at the Virginia Normal and Industrial\n Institute at Petersburg where he completed the program in\n 1923. He received the B.A. Degree from Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, Petersburg, in June 1927; the M.S.\n Degree in education from Butler University, Indianapolis,\n Indiana, in June 1939; and was granted the degree of Doctor of\n Education at Columbia University, New York, in1946. In June\n 1957, Virginia State College conferred upon him the honorary\n degree of Doctor of Laws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichardson served as principal of the Mecklenburg County\n Training School, in South Hill, Virginia, 1927-1935; and as\n Director of academics at Saint Paul Normal School,\n Lawrenceville, Virginia. The State Superintendent of Public\n Instruction appointed him Assistant Supervisor of \"Negro\"\n Education in 1936. On January 1, 1951, he was promoted to the\n position of Associate Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary\n Education. He received another promotion on September 1, 1966,\n to Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education.\n He retired April 4, 1969.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichardson had two elementary schools and one high school\n named for him. The elementary schools were in Culpepper and\n the other in Blackstone, Virginia. Archie Richardson High\n School was located in Louisa County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his tenure, he contributed a number of articles to\n State and National journals of education. He also authored The\n Development of Negro Education in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Richardson was married to Linnie Ramey for over fifty\n years. 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In June\n 1957, Virginia State College conferred upon him the honorary\n degree of Doctor of Laws.","Richardson served as principal of the Mecklenburg County\n Training School, in South Hill, Virginia, 1927-1935; and as\n Director of academics at Saint Paul Normal School,\n Lawrenceville, Virginia. The State Superintendent of Public\n Instruction appointed him Assistant Supervisor of \"Negro\"\n Education in 1936. On January 1, 1951, he was promoted to the\n position of Associate Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary\n Education. He received another promotion on September 1, 1966,\n to Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education.\n He retired April 4, 1969.","Richardson had two elementary schools and one high school\n named for him. The elementary schools were in Culpepper and\n the other in Blackstone, Virginia. Archie Richardson High\n School was located in Louisa County, Virginia.","During his tenure, he contributed a number of articles to\n State and National journals of education. He also authored The\n Development of Negro Education in Virginia.","Mr. Richardson was married to Linnie Ramey for over fifty\n years. Mrs. Richardson taught at schools in Mecklenburg and\n Richmond, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Archie G. Richardson Papers, Accession #1997-77 ,\n Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial\n Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["The Archie G. Richardson Papers, Accession #1997-77 ,\n Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial\n Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHow did Virginia explain educational public policy during\n the era of legal segregation? Archie Richardson's main\n responsibility during his tenure with the Department of\n Education was that of official spokesman to the African\n American Community for the State of Virginia. Correspondence,\n speeches, writings, and photographs documenting Archie\n Richardson's position as the only African American\n professional employed by the Education Department in Virginia\n during the era of legal segregation, Constitutes the majority\n of these materials.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["How did Virginia explain educational public policy during\n the era of legal segregation? Archie Richardson's main\n responsibility during his tenure with the Department of\n Education was that of official spokesman to the African\n American Community for the State of Virginia. 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In 1969, he retired as Associate\n Director of the Division of Secondary Education in Virginia.\n His papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings and\n more than one thousand photographs of Rosenwald, Slater, and\n other schools constructed in Virginia for African Americans in\n the 1930's and before. Acc. #1997-77 Arranged By: Lucious\n Edwards\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["In 1936, Archie Richardson became\n the highest-ranking African American in the State Government.\n In that year, he was appointed assistant to the Assistant for\n Negro education in Virginia. In 1969, he retired as Associate\n Director of the Division of Secondary Education in Virginia.\n His papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings and\n more than one thousand photographs of Rosenwald, Slater, and\n other schools constructed in Virginia for African Americans in\n the 1930's and before. 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Correspondence 1932-1979 Personal and Business\n Boxes 1-3","Sub-series A: Correspondence by subject Correspondence,\n most generated by Richardson during his tenure with the\n department of Education. Arranged Alphabetically and then\n chronologically within the folders.","Sub-series B: Correspondence by date Arranged\n Chronologically.","Series II. Literary Boxes 4-19","Sub-Series A: Speeches Arranged by title and date, followed\n by speeches with dates and materials missing both a date and a\n clearly defined title.","Sub-Series B: Writings and Reports Some of the writings\n were used later in Richardson's history of Negro education in\n Virginia. Many of the reports appear to have been used by\n Richardson to carry out his job with the State Department of\n Education. 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In addition\n there are negatives of activities relating to education\n outside of the state of Virginia.","Box #28 Series V: Scrapbooks and Yearbooks Correspondence\n most of which covers Richardson's retirement, two yearbooks\n from Louisa, Virginia.","Series VI: Printed Printed items including certificates,\n pamphlets, and degrees","Box #29 Sub-series A: Awards and Certificates Awards and\n certificates presented to Richardson over the years.","Sub-series B: Pamphlets Two items: one the By-Laws of the\n Southside Interscholastic Athletic Association, documenting an\n early effort to organize African American sports played in the\n high schools.","Sub-series C: Book The Development of Negro Education in\n Virginia, 1831-1970, published by Phi Delta Kappa.","Sub-series D: Degrees Earned Degrees of Archie and Linnie\n Richardson","Box #30 Series-series E: News clippings News clippings from\n a number of newspapers primary from the state of Virginia.","Archie Gibbs Richardson, was the Associate Director of the\n Division of Secondary Education, State Department of\n Education, Richmond, Virginia. He was born in Lexington,\n Virginia, April 4, 1904. Because there were few high schools\n for African American in Virginia, Richardson's parents sent\n him to the high school at the Virginia Normal and Industrial\n Institute at Petersburg where he completed the program in\n 1923. He received the B.A. Degree from Virginia Normal and\n Industrial Institute, Petersburg, in June 1927; the M.S.\n Degree in education from Butler University, Indianapolis,\n Indiana, in June 1939; and was granted the degree of Doctor of\n Education at Columbia University, New York, in1946. In June\n 1957, Virginia State College conferred upon him the honorary\n degree of Doctor of Laws.","Richardson served as principal of the Mecklenburg County\n Training School, in South Hill, Virginia, 1927-1935; and as\n Director of academics at Saint Paul Normal School,\n Lawrenceville, Virginia. The State Superintendent of Public\n Instruction appointed him Assistant Supervisor of \"Negro\"\n Education in 1936. On January 1, 1951, he was promoted to the\n position of Associate Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary\n Education. He received another promotion on September 1, 1966,\n to Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education.\n He retired April 4, 1969.","Richardson had two elementary schools and one high school\n named for him. The elementary schools were in Culpepper and\n the other in Blackstone, Virginia. Archie Richardson High\n School was located in Louisa County, Virginia.","During his tenure, he contributed a number of articles to\n State and National journals of education. He also authored The\n Development of Negro Education in Virginia.","Mr. Richardson was married to Linnie Ramey for over fifty\n years. Mrs. Richardson taught at schools in Mecklenburg and\n Richmond, Virginia.","How did Virginia explain educational public policy during\n the era of legal segregation? Archie Richardson's main\n responsibility during his tenure with the Department of\n Education was that of official spokesman to the African\n American Community for the State of Virginia. Correspondence,\n speeches, writings, and photographs documenting Archie\n Richardson's position as the only African American\n professional employed by the Education Department in Virginia\n during the era of legal segregation, Constitutes the majority\n of these materials.","There are no restrictions.","In 1936, Archie Richardson became\n the highest-ranking African American in the State Government.\n In that year, he was appointed assistant to the Assistant for\n Negro education in Virginia. 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The Photographs were\n taken between the years 1926 and 1938. The Photographs and\n negatives are of European, Native, and African American school\n buildings, some classes, and other activities. Most of the\n developed photographs are of African American schools and\n include Rosenwald, Slater, and other buildings used by African\n Americans in Virginia. *The origin of the photographs and\n negatives is not known. The folders are arranged\n alphabetically by county and city.","Sub-series C. Negatives of the schools and scenes located\n in some of Virginia's counties and cities. These do not have\n an inventory, but are arranged by county and city. 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The State Superintendent of Public\n Instruction appointed him Assistant Supervisor of \"Negro\"\n Education in 1936. On January 1, 1951, he was promoted to the\n position of Associate Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary\n Education. He received another promotion on September 1, 1966,\n to Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education.\n He retired April 4, 1969.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichardson had two elementary schools and one high school\n named for him. The elementary schools were in Culpepper and\n the other in Blackstone, Virginia. Archie Richardson High\n School was located in Louisa County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his tenure, he contributed a number of articles to\n State and National journals of education. He also authored The\n Development of Negro Education in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Richardson was married to Linnie Ramey for over fifty\n years. 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In June\n 1957, Virginia State College conferred upon him the honorary\n degree of Doctor of Laws.","Richardson served as principal of the Mecklenburg County\n Training School, in South Hill, Virginia, 1927-1935; and as\n Director of academics at Saint Paul Normal School,\n Lawrenceville, Virginia. The State Superintendent of Public\n Instruction appointed him Assistant Supervisor of \"Negro\"\n Education in 1936. On January 1, 1951, he was promoted to the\n position of Associate Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary\n Education. He received another promotion on September 1, 1966,\n to Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education.\n He retired April 4, 1969.","Richardson had two elementary schools and one high school\n named for him. The elementary schools were in Culpepper and\n the other in Blackstone, Virginia. 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Archie Richardson's main\n responsibility during his tenure with the Department of\n Education was that of official spokesman to the African\n American Community for the State of Virginia. Correspondence,\n speeches, writings, and photographs documenting Archie\n Richardson's position as the only African American\n professional employed by the Education Department in Virginia\n during the era of legal segregation, Constitutes the majority\n of these materials.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["How did Virginia explain educational public policy during\n the era of legal segregation? Archie Richardson's main\n responsibility during his tenure with the Department of\n Education was that of official spokesman to the African\n American Community for the State of Virginia. 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