Venable School Grade 5A Class Photograph, 1925

Location of collection:

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

200 Second Street, NE

Charlottesville, VA 22902

Contact for questions and access:

Email: library@albemarlehistory.org

Phone: (434) 296-1492

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Summary

Extent:

1 item

Creator:

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Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

This is a 1925 photograph of grade 5a. On verso: "1925, Grade 5A, Miss Land teacher, Lucy Somers Yowell's class, Venable school, Charlottesville, VA."

Biographical / historical:

Venable Elementary was founded in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1925. It was named for Charles Scott Venable (1827-1900) who was a civil war soldier, professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia and author of arithmetic books for children. Paul Goodloe McIntire was an influential proponent for naming the new school after Venable. Venable Elementary was one of the first schools, along with Lane High School, to be desegregated when nine students entered the school in 1959.

Acquisition information:

Transferred from pamphlet file.

Physical location:

Archive room file cabinet

Physical description:

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Indexed terms

Subjects:

Venable School--Charlottesville (Va.)