Reports and Certificates from the School at Midway, 1886
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society200 Second Street, NECharlottesville, VA 22902
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: library@albemarlehistory.orgPhone: (434) 296-1492Web: albemarlehistory.org
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Creator:
- School at Midway
- Abstract:
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of two reports dated June 1886 from the School at Midway for Robert French Mason and Joseph Bryan Page, and a Certificate of Distinction in History for Eugene McLean Long, June 1886. The pre-printed forms are completed and signed by the headmaster Henry C. Brock.
- Biographical / historical:
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The School at Midway was a private school conducted by Henry Clay Brock (1845-1928) in the mid-1880s at the site of Midway House, located at the intersection of Main and Ridge Streets. The school location later became the site of Midway School, Charlottesville's public all-white high school. Brock was later a Professor of Greek and French at Hampden-Sydney College.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Rev. W. Ramsay Richardson, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Physical location:
- Physical description:
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Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- School at Midway (private school)