PUBLIC "-//Virginia Union University::L. Douglas Wilder Library::Archives and Special Collections Department//TEXT (US::virvu::virvu00015::Gordon Blaine Hancock Collection, 1943-1975)//EN" "virvu00015.xml" A Guide to the Gordon Blaine Hancock Collection, 1943-1975 Hancock, Gordong Blaine Collection MS-0033 Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University 2021 (CC0 1.0)

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This finding aid was produced using a form and manually entry 2021-05-17 Description is in English Gordon Blaine Hancock Collection, 1943-1975 A Collection in Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University MS-0033

Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University 2021 Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Descriptive Summary Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Gordon Blaine Hancock Collection, 1943-1975 MS-0033 205 items (0.5 linear feet) Materials in this collection are in English. Hancock, Gordon Blaine, 1884-1970 Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

 Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Copyright is retained by the author or his descendants as stipulated by United States copyright law.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from Mrs. Florence Marie Hancock, wife of Dr. Gordon Blaine Hancock.

 Rights Statement for Archival Description

Guide to the Gordon Blaine Hancock Collection by Special Collections, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University, is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License].

Biographical/Historical Note

Gordon Blaine Hancock was an educator, journalist, civil rights activist and clergyman. He studied Theology, Economics and Sociology. He was a professor of Economics and Sociology at Virginia Union University in Richmond for approximately 30 years. He retired in 1963 as pastor of the Moore Street Baptist Church after 38 years of dedicated service.

 Scope and Content

Materials in this collection are congratulatory letters, greeting cards, photographs, miscellaneous scrapbook items, annual reports, teaching materials and oversized pages of laminated clippings. Materials reveal the activities of the Southern Regional Council and Tuskegee Institute. The congratulatory letters are from friends and colleagues on the occasion of Dr. Hancock’s 20th anniversary as pastor of Moore Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. The miscellaneous scrapbook items are mostly paper clippings, postcards and photographs. Dr. Hancock’s teaching materials include course outlines and teaching notes from Virginia Union University in the early 1950s. The oversized pages of laminated clippings are mostly photocopies of Dr. Hancock’s syndicated news column, “Between the Lines.”

 Arrangement

The records are arranged chronologically.

 Index Terms Persons: Hancock, Gordon Blaine, 1884-1970 Subjects: African Americans--Civil rights Civil rights--United States Contents List Audit and Annual reports 1 Congratulatory letters 2 Greeting cards 3 Miscellaneous scrapbook items 4 Teaching materials 5 Photographs 6 Oversized papers of laminated clippings 7