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Virginia State University

Johnston Memorial Library
Virginia State University
P.O. Box 9406
1 Hayden Drive
Petersburg, Virginia 23806
Primary Collecting Areas:
African American History in Virginia and African American Education
Description:
The Virginia State University (VSU) Special Collections and Archives holds information on African American history in Virginia on the subject(s) of the Arts and women’s organizations, literature, agriculture as well as the premier primary sources that chronicle African American education in Virginia from the founding of the University 1882, to the 1960s. Worth mentioning are the Virginia Teachers Association Papers, an organization of African American teachers established in 1887 in Lynchburg VA and managed on the campus of VSU; the Virginia Interscholastic Association Papers, 1954-1969, an association of African American high school records of more than 100 schools representing a student population of over forty thousand; the Prince Edward Free School Papers chronicles the period in Prince Edward County when the public school system was closed and efforts of the Black community to educate African American students through that period; the Archie Richardson Papers which contains photographs of African American rural school houses during the 1930s.
POC: Juan-Pablo Gonzalez
Phone: (804) 524-6945
Phone: (804) 524-5582
Fax: (804) 524-6959
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The Intercollegiate Music Association 1962

Minutes, reports and correspondence of this group which was established in 1962 in order to expand and improve all aspects of music in the schools which belonged to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. ACC # 1982-45
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The Alice and Henry Colson Jackson Papers, 1835-1972

Correspondence, photographs, and memoralbilia, most of which is directly related to the business activities of the colson family during the antebellum. Included is a 1835 letter from Joseph Jenkins Roberts wgo later became the first President of Liberia. Acc.#1977-13a
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James Hugo Johnston, Jr. Papers 1891-1974

Business and personal correspondence of the son of the president of Virginia State University. James Hugo Johnston Jr., served as professor of history, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Vice President of Virginia State University. He authored many articles on history and authored Race Relations in Virginia and Miscegenation in the South.
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A Guide to the Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., 1921, 1988

Records documenting the establishment of the Delta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Virginia State University(then the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute). Delta Omega was the first chapter founded in the south east region.
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A Guide to the Papers of Archie G. Richardson 1918-1976

In 1936, Archie Richardson became the highest-ranking African American in the State Government. In that year, he was appointed assistant to the Assistant for Negro education in Virginia. In 1969, he retired as Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education in Virginia. His papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings and more than one thousand photographs of Rosenwald, Slater, and other schools constructed in Virginia for African Americans in the 1930's and before. Acc. #1997-77 Arranged By: Lucious Edwards
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James Hugo Johnston, Sr. Papers, 1865-1914

The James Hugo Johnston, Sr. papers do not contain any correspondence of a personal nature. Although there is very little correspondence, there are several notebooks maintained by Mr. Johnston; during his lifetime. Several books document the early proceedings of the Peabody Reading Circle and there are some early notes of the formation of the Virginia Teachers Association. There are also a number of notebooks documenting the Johnston household expenses, and a number of speeches. James Hugo Johnston, Sr. was the second President of Virginia State University from 1887-1914.
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John F. Banks Papers, 1910-1959

The Banks Papers consist of photographs and artifacts from the Christiansburg Institute. Acc. #1985-34
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A Guide to the Papers of John M. Gandy 1914-1947

The Gandy Papers which are found in this manuscript group do not begin to reflect the rich and varied life of the man who was President of Virginia State University for twenty-nine years. They do however touch some of the highlights.

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Anna Laura Lindsay Papers, 1898-1937

Some personal and business correspondence of the founder of the Department of Music at Virginia State University. There are also a large number of photographs.
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Papers of Mary Evelyn Victoria Hunter, 1931-1963

Writings reports, and biography of Mrs. Mary Evelyn Victoria Hunter, the founder of the School of Home Economics at Virginia State University.
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