Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts

200 items, 1950-67
Personal and business correspondence of this graduate of Virginia State University from Suffolk. The collection reflects her commitment to social activism.
(Acc. 0082-19)

965. JOHN F. BANKS PAPERS

76 items, 1910-59
Consists of photographs and artifacts from the Christiansburg Institute.
(Acc. 0085-34)

966. JOHN R. BEVERLY, JR., PAPERS

3 items, 1922-79
A photograph, funeral program, and history of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Oxford.
(Acc. 0082-58)

967. BLACK NEWSPAPERS COLLECTION

1882-1913
Issues of some of the black-owned newspapers that existed in and around the Southside Virginia area beginning in 1882.
(Acc. 0076-55d)

968. REVEREND GEORGE FREEMAN BRAGG PAPERS

ca. 400 items, 1892-1925
Personal and business correspondence, accounts, and printed items of the first black Episcopal bishop in the United States. Included are copies of the newspaper published by Bragg, The Afro-American Churchman.
(Acc. 0042-18)

969. JAMES A. BREWER PAPERS

7 item, ca. 1790s
Manumission papers of slaves in North Carolina. The material was collected by Brewer while he was a faculty member at Virginia State. Included is a petition for the self-hire of a slave in Wilmington, North Carolina.
(Acc. 0078-25)

970. CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CIAA) COLLECTION

1929-
Bulletins pertaining to the association's athletics.
(Acc. 0076-55e)

971. COLSON-HILL FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 100,000 items, 1833-1984
Personal, business, and academic correspondence of this antebellum free black and slave family from Petersburg. Included are letters concerning activities of the underground railroad in Petersburg. This large collection contains the papers of a number of related family members who were all involved in black academic institutions in Virginia. Among the correspondents are William Still, John Henry Hill, and William Henry Johnson.
(Acc. 0065-13)

972. JAMES MAJOR COLSON III PAPERS

65 items, 1835-1915
Financial correspondence, printed items, and other memorabilia of the Colson-Hill family.
(Acc. 0088- 13b)

973. ROBERT PRENTISS DANIEL PAPERS

ca. 2,000 items, (1886)-ca. 1940-55
Personal and business correspondence of the fifth president of Virginia State, one of the leading proponents behind equalization of salaries and integration at institutions of higher learning in Virginia.
(Acc. 0076-16)

974. E. F. S. DAVIS PAPERS

ca. 30 items, 1962-65
Business and personal correspondence, writings, speeches, pamphlets, and news clippings of this professor of philosophy and religion at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0086-42)

975. RUSSELL DeBOSE PAPERS

9 item, ca. 1940s-1960s
Photographs, most of which pertain to homecoming activities at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0085-54)

976. E. S. DECOSTA PAPERS

2 item, 1921
Photographs of black women who were members of the "The First Colored Women Voters of Ettrick" club.
(Acc. 0084-26)

977. TONY DELANDO PAPERS

1 item, 1986
Self-published book, an account of a California family.
(Acc. 0086-51)

978. JAMES A. ESTES, JR., PAPERS

1 item, 1901
A Virginia State University commencement invitation.
(Acc. 0080-57)

979. HELEN W. EVANS PAPERS

11 items, ca. 1920s
Photographs of events, people, and places at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0084-46)

980. LUTHER HINTON FOSTER PAPERS

15 items, 1928-
Personal correspondence of the fourth president of State University.
(Acc. 0076-56SB)

981. FUNERAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

24 items, 1947-
Printed memorabilia of funeral services for people connected with Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0076-55c)

982. JOHN MANUEL GANDY, SR., PAPERS

ca. 5,000 items, 1914-50
Personal, business, and academic papers of the third president of Virginia State University. Included are two unpublished manuscripts by Gandy, one an autobiography and the other a history of Virginia State, and a considerable amount of material concerning a student strike in 1936.
(Acc. 0067-2)

983. HAMLIN-MITCHELL FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 200 items, 1885-1960
Personal correspondence and memorabilia collected by these influential black citizens of Petersburg.
(Acc. 0079-11)

984. ALFRED W. HARRIS PAPERS

1 item, 1879
The Howard University law degree of the founder of Virginia State.
(Acc. 0081- 17)

985. MABEL HARRIS PAPERS

ca. 200 items, 1888-1945
Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this black Petersburg schoolteacher.
(Acc. 0045-5)

986. COLONEL ROBERT M. HENDRICKS, JR., PAPERS

2 item, ca. 1940-60
A photographic scrapbook of Virginia State showing all the houses and buildings and a copy of a master's thesis entitled "The Status and Treatment of Children during Slavery."
(Acc. 0083-31)

987. ROY HINES PAPERS

30 items, 1972-74
Political papers of the youngest person ever to serve on the Petersburg City Council. They address the issue of the United Virginia Bank making loans to the government of South Africa.
(Acc. 0085-49)

988. M. E. V. HUNTER PAPERS

12 items, 1931-63
Manuscripts, reports, and a biography of Mrs. M. E. V. Hunter, the founder of the School of Home Economics at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0062-44)

989. LORENZO IVY COLLECTION

1 item, 1893
A Danville teaching certificate.
(Acc. 0093-22)

990. ALICE ATWELL JACKSON PAPERS

50 items, 1835-1972
Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, most of which is directly related to the Colson family. Included is an 1836 letter to Sarah Colson from Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who later became the first president of Liberia.
(Acc. 0077-13a)

991. LUTHER PORTER JACKSON, SR., PAPERS

ca. 20,000 items, (1772)-1910-1960
Personal, business, and academic papers of this Afro-American historian and professor of history at Virginia State University. Among the correspondents are John Hope Franklin, W. E. B. DuBois, Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green, and Carter G. Woodson. In the collection are papers of black families collected by Jackson for his work, among them the Butler, Layton, and Wooldridge families, and an 1881-82 handwritten diary belonging to Samuel T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-82.
(Acc. 0052-1)

992. JACKSON AND WALKER PAPERS

2 item, 1900
A letter from two black businessmen of Covington to Booker T. Washington.
(Acc. 0076-59)

993. ALTONA JOHNS PAPERS

50 items, 1906-69
Correspondence of a member of the music department at Virginia State. Mrs. Jones wrote Play Songs of the Deep South, which was illustrated by James A. Porter. Included are the papers of Cleota Collins Lacy.
(Acc. 0079-8)

994. WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON PAPERS

ca. 5,000 items, 1884-1935
Personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, and military papers of the highest-ranking black officer in the 6th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The manuscripts include a biographical sketch and speeches. Included are hundreds of photographs of black citizens of Petersburg, many dating from the nineteenth century.
(Acc. 0057-3)

995. JAMES HUGO JOHNSTON, JR., PAPERS

ca. 2,000 items, 1876-1962
Personal, business, and academic correspondence and accounts of this faculty member and author of Race Relations in Virginia and Miscegenation in the South, 1776-1860.
(Acc. 0063-10)

996. JAMES HUGO JOHNSTON, SR., PAPERS

ca. 200 items, 1865-1914
Academic and business accounts of the second president of Virginia State. Included are materials on the Virginia Teachers Association and the Peabody Reading Circle and a number of speeches and photographs.
(Acc. 0063-9)

997. ROBERT JONES PAPERS

3 items, 1897-99
Monthly teaching reports for one of the black schools in Sussex County.
(Acc. 0087-48)

998. ANNA LAURA LINDSEY PAPERS

ca. 100 items, ca. 1890-1937
Personal and business correspondence and photographs of this Virginia State faculty member who was a leading figure in the music department. Included is correspondence with E. Azalia Hackley.
(Acc. 0059-7)

999. SAMUEL A. MANN PAPERS

ca. 200 items, 1863-1914
Personal, business, and agricultural correspondence and accounts of this white farmer from Matoaca in Chesterfield County. Of special interest are many diaries detailing daily observations.
(Acc. 0057-6)

1000. AMAZA L. MEREDITH PAPERS

ca. 2,000 items, 1916-82
Personal, business, and academic papers of this faculty member who was the founder of the art department at Virginia State. Among the correspondents are Helen Edmonds.
(Acc. 0082-20)

1001. THE HONORABLE A. W. MITCHELL PAPERS

ca. 15,000 items, 1910-50
Copies of the personal, political, and business correspondence of this black congressman from Chicago, Illinois. The originals are in the Chicago Historical Society. This group was collected by Professor Edgar Toppin of Virginia State.
(Acc. 0068-15)

1002. J. HAROLD MONTAGUE PAPERS

ca. 200 items, 1920-60
Photographs, artifacts, and a few news clippings of this professor of music at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0086-40)

1003. ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION

ca. 50 interviews
Taped interviews with local black residents of Petersburg and surrounding communities and with people involved in some manner with Virginia State University. Some of the subjects covered are segregation and desegregation in Petersburg and other central Virginia communities, the Great Depression, racism in the military, early days at Virginia State, white-black relations, early transportation, religion, the KKK, World Wars I and II, and education in general..

1004. GEORGE WASHINGTON OWENS PAPERS

2 item, ca. 1940s
Letterbook and biography of the Virginia State faculty member who started the Extension School.
(Acc. 0044-12)

1005. THOMAS D. PAWLEY PAPERS

ca. 50 items, 1912-62
Business correspondence and memorabilia of this faculty member at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0085-35)

1006. E. H. PAYNE PAPERS

3 item, 1907
Photographs of the parents of Dr. E. H. Payne who were students at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.
(Acc. 0084-28)

1007. PAUL POLLARD PAPERS

1 item, 1902
Commencement speech by this 1902 graduate.
(Acc. 00843-29)

1008. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY FREE SCHOOL PAPERS

ca. 100,000 items, 1962-65
Working papers of this school formed in reaction to the closing of the public schools in the county. All but one of the students were black. Included are medical records, photographs, yearbook, etc.
(Acc. 0069-38)

1009. REFORMED ZION UNION APOSTOLIC CHURCH

ca. 200 items, 1876-1974
Minutes, conference reports, programs, and published documents of this black church of Mecklenburg County.
(Acc. 0080-36)

1010. HARRY W. ROBERTS PAPERS

ca. 100,000 items, 1916-68
Mainly academic and some personal correspondence of this faculty member of the sociology department of Virginia State University who was an authority on black life in rural Virginia. Among the correspondents are W. E. B. DuBois and E. Franklin Frazier. There is also a considerable amount of sociology department material for 1940-66.
(Acc. 0084-39)

1011. WILLIAM A. RODGERS PAPERS

ca. 15 items, ca. 1930s
CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) ephemera, consisting mainly of bulletins. Rodgers was the secretary of the group for a number of years.
(Acc. 0084-33)

1012. JAMES W. SMITH PAPERS

ca. 100 items, 1978-70
Personal and business correspondence and manuscripts of this faculty member.
(Acc. 0082-30)

1013. HUGH SMYTHE PAPERS

2 item, n.d.
African masks collected by this black anthropologist.
(Acc. 0084-27)

1014. THOMAS VERDELL PAPERS

50 items, 1940s-1960s
Photographs collected by this head coach and athletic director at Virginia State University.
(Acc. 0085-50)

1015. VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTERS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY

1 item, 1982
A plaque presented to Virginia State University on its centennial.
(Acc. 0082-43)

1016. VIRGINIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION PAPERS

ca. 100,000 items, 1951-69
Correspondence, photographs, minutes, reports, films, tapes, news clippings, and artifacts of this association, which governed all nonacademic activities of black high schools in Virginia. The VIA was headquartered at Virginia State University from 1954 to 1969.
(Acc. 0069-37)

1017. VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

ca. 200,000 items, 1883-
Minutes and reports of the board, early student records, grades, photographs, some correspondence of the president's office, fiscal records, and all catalogues.

1018. VIRGINIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PAPERS

ca. 100,000 items, 1929-65
Working papers, including correspondence, of this black teachers' association. Included are radio speeches, reports of conference meetings, etc.
(Acc. 0069-14)

1019. CHARLES WHITE PAPERS

ca. 50 items, 1785-1956
Materials collected by White while he was writing a history of blacks in Buckingham County, consisting of copies of wills, letters, and news clippings. Also included are issues of the official journal of the Virginia Baptist Convention, The Expected.
(Acc. 0083-41)

1020. LENA AND ASA WHITT PAPERS

4 item, ca. 1880s
Lithographs of Afro-American scenes.
(Acc. 0079-32)

1021. REVEREND HENRY WILLIAMS PAPERS

ca. 50 items, 1856-1901
Personal, business, and miscellaneous correspondence and accounts.of the first black minister of Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg. Williams was also a member of the Petersburg City Council during Reconstruction.
(Acc. 0045-4)

1022. INEZ WORSHAM PAPERS

4 items, 1928-31
Personal correspondence of this resident of Ettrick.
(Acc. 0031-24)

1023. MARION GANDY WYATT PAPERS

ca. 20 items, ca. 1930s
Photographs mainly of Virginia State scenes.
(Acc. 0082-21)

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964. HELEN ESTES BAKER PAPERS