Records of the Fine Arts Festival, 1954-1986

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:
0.5 linear feet
Creator:
Virginia Union University
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English

Background

Scope and content:

These records reflect the performances and activities of the Fine Arts Festivals held at Virginia Union University. In 1953, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, head of the Department of Humanities, proposed to the Administration the idea of a Fine Arts Festival. Although there were no funds available, the administration encouraged the idea and lent such support as was possible. It quickly became a tradition of the college and the community. For more than three decades, the Festivals showcased poetry, drama, painting, sculpture and music produced by the students and visiting artists.

The bulk of the collection is programs for the Festivals. The anthologies are collections of prose and poetry presented as part of the Festival. The miscellaneous file includes the April 1954 Virginia Union Bulletin that was dedicated to the Festival and a few press releases.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.