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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia Letter, Ms2021-010, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in September 2019.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia Letter completed in July 2021.
The Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia was formed in 1897 in Hanover County, Virginia. African American youths who had been arrested were sent there to be rehabilitated.
Source: Hanover County (Va.) Virginia Manual Labor School Board and Clothing Accounts, 1905-1909, Hanover County (Va.) Reel 60. Local government records collection, Hanover County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23219. https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02398.xml
This letter was written by acting superintendent G. C. Shippen of the Virginia Manual Labor School of The Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia, to a Mr. F. W. Whittaker of Lynchburg. Shippen is responding to a request made by Mr. Whittaker to commit a young man by the name of Lucien Gilmore. Shippen responds that the institution is at capacity and is unable to accept any more inmates, and that it will be six weeks before they would be able to take any more.
See also the Hanover County (Va.) Virginia Manual Labor School Board and Clothing Accounts, 1905-1909, Hanover County (Va.) Reel 60. Local government records collection, Hanover County Court Records, at The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23219.
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