Gordon Blaine Hancock Collection, 1943-1975

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Union University
L. Douglas Wilder Library
Virginia Union University
1500 North Lombardy Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Selicia Allen
Phone: (804) 278-4117
Fax: (804) 257-5818

Summary

Extent:
205 items (0.5 linear feet)
Creator:
Hancock, Gordon Blaine, 1884-1970
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English .

Background

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.”

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Received from Mrs. Florence Marie Hancock, wife of Dr. Gordon Blaine Hancock.
Arrangement:

The records are arranged chronologically.