The Voice of Prince Edward County, 1969

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to accessing this collection for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
1 Folder folder includes 3 issues of The Voice and 1 oversized archival folder Oversize folder includes two issues from 1966
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes 3 issues of "The Voice" Newsletter.

Biographical / historical:

Published between the years of 1965 and 1969, the Voice of Prince Edward County was an independent, privately financed newspaper out of Farmville, Virginia. The paper focused on issues important to African-American Resigends of Prince Edward County, many who had been effected by the school closings from 1959-1964.

Custodial history:

Items were orginally part of the Longwood Collection, but it unknown when or by whom they were donated or added. Items were then transfered from Longwood to the Moton Musuem for their collections

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard