Nurse Lucille Meador at Beth Sholom Home of Virginia
Nurse Lucille Meador walks through the snow wearing snowshoes at the Beth Sholom Home of Virginia, 5729 Fitzhugh Avenue, Henrico County, Virginia The Beth Sholom Home of Virginia opened in 1945 as Virginia’s first Jewish nursing home. Originally located in the Fan District, the home moved to Fitzhugh Avenue in 1958 before relocating to Henrico’s Short Pump. During the 2000s, the home expanded its services to include a rehabilitation clinic and Beth Sholom Garden, Virginia’s first Jewish assisted living facility.
Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection, The Valentine
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Anti-suffrage handbill arguing that women have the right to exemption from political duties and to protection, "even against herself, if need be." An advertisement for a weekly journal, The Woman Patriot, is included on this handbill. Excerpts: "VOTES FOR MEN ============ 'It's up to you, Son," says Uncle Sam.' Stand by the Women! Vote for Women's Rights! The one indisputable right of woman in relation to the State is exemption from political duties. If you vote for the ballot for women, you vote to start a corrupting force for all heedless women, a burden on good women. The man who opposes women's so-called emancipation is the far-sighted lover of his country and his kind. Can man do woman's work? No, no more can woman do man's work. Man and Woman stand side by side as two EQUAL but DIVERSE human entities. Woman's nature is fundamentally organically different from man's. Her right is the right to protection. The whole duty of man towards woman is to protect her, even against herself, if need be. She has a right to be protected, because she can't live a normal life without protection." Reverse side titled "Women's Rights" has quotations from Herbert Spencer, John Bright, and Miss Ida M. Tarbell.
Pennsylvania Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
M 9 Box 51, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Girls Home, 502 W. Clay Street, Richmond, Va. [brochure]
This informational brochure describes "interesting facts about the object, origin and progress" of a working-girls' home for self-supporting African American women in Richmond, Va. The project, described as a technical training school, was established in 1919 as a project of the National Protective League for Negro Girls and the Richmond Neighborhood Association. Ora Brown Stokes (Perry), a social activist, was a leader in both organizations. p.1 "Our Club Home. An 'Inspiration Point' for Self-Supporting Women and Girls for 'These are they that maintain the fabric of the world, and without them is no city builded.'" From p. 2 "The object of the Girls' Home is to provide and maintain a home which will solve the problem of the colored woman and girl of good character who comes to Richmond for the purpose of advancement, often without relatives, friends, or money; to surround them with Christian influences, to elevate the standard of employment, to provide a social center for women and girls." "The Home is managed by a splendid board with Mrs. Artena J. Miller as the efficient chairman. Mrs. Alice Holmes Watkins is the splendid House mother." "Our President, who is the Probation officer for women and girls, investigated the cause for the downfall of so many girls and women who came to the city. The cause was found to be that upon entereing the city they ofttimes found no one to direct them rightly and they were often sent by strangers to questionable places for room and board and the path downward was entered before they even knew it." "It is the only one of its kind which is being carried on by women of the race. The white friends has assisted largely by financial contributions and words of encouragement....Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes, President." The song "The Clarion Call" composed by Ora B. Stokes (September 5, 1915) and dedicated to Pocahontas Camp Fire Girls, Richmond, Va. is printed on the back of this brochure. The song was to be sung to the tune of "Loyalty to Christ" [From Over Hill and Plain] composed by Flora Hamilton Cassel. Along with Ora Brown Stokes (President), other officers of the Richmond Neighborhood Association included Mrs. Harriet E. Thompson, Mrs. Maggie M. Hill, Mrs. Rosa Sutton Caffee, Miss Lucy, A. Peters, Mrs. Alice H. Kersey, Mrs. T. Everett Johnson. Officers of the National Protective League for Negro Girls include Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes (Richmond), Mrs. W. T. B. Williams (Hampton), Miss Lillian Coleman (Fredericksburg), Miss Martha Fowlkes (Richmond), Miss Ruth Morris (Richmond), and Mrs. Theresa J. Diamond (Fredericksburg). This home is sometimes referred to as the Home for Working Girls.
M 9 Box 37, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Anti Suffrage Bill. By Woman, was Eden lost, and man cursed [anti-suffrage handbill]
An emotional appeal from H. P. Petersen against "Woman Suffrage, that Godforsaken Evil." By Woman, was Eden lost, and man cursed. If you trust her, give up all hope of heaven. She cannot love, because she is too selfish. She may have a fancy, but that is flattery. Her smiles are deceit. Her vows are traced iin sand. She is a thread of candor, with a web of wiles. Her Charity is Hypocrisy. She is deception every way, hair, teeth, complexion, heart tongue and all. Regarding matrimony, I would not have a Suffragist in my presence, for all the world. It is the duty of the U..S. Government to drive that stubborn woman home, and compel her to take care of the home and the children, where she belongs. Down with Woman Suffrage, that Godforsaken Evil. Any feminine entering politics, filling offices, running street-cars and automobiles, loses her motherhood. Any man who does ot defy the Evil is babylike. Woman Suffrage is a crime against the Bible and against Nature. Any feminine, who does not take care of the home, but otherwise enters politics, belongs to jail. The majority of men worship women as their God. I am not going that crazy yet. I worship God in Heaven as my God. It is an unnatural idea, to have that female image on the coin. Nature has placed man to be the head of the woman in everything and run governmental affairs. What a childish idea to let woman run mans affairs. The Bible demands that a woman must be in submission to man. Turn to the Bible and read the following verses and be convinced: I Tim. 2: 9-15. Ephe. 5: 22-25. Gen. 3: 16. I Cor. 14: 34. I Cor. 11:3-16. I Peter 3: 1-6. H. P. Petersen.
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When the country is bone dry. "Have another little nip, old pal!..." [editorial cartoon by L. C. Phifer]
Editorial cartoon by L. C. Phifer. Image Description: Two businessmen stand behind a door marked "Private." One of them fills a shot glass with alcohol stored in his fountain pen. Caption: WHEN THE COUNTRY IS BONE DRY. "Have another little nip, old pal! I fill this large fountain from my private stock each morning before coming to the office."
Cartoons Magazine, v.16, no. 1, (July 1919), p. 159. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Bond, issued in 1917 in return for a donationof $1.00 toward the construction of Piedmont Sanatorium. The Piedmont Sanatorium was established in Burkeville, Virginia, in June, 1918. At that time, tuberculosis was one of the leading causes of death for African Americans, but segregated health care in Virginia dictated that blacks could receive treatment in only two facilities—Central State Hospital (a mental health facility) and the state penitentiary. The Negro Organization Society initiated discussions with the State Board of Health, particularly Agnes D. Randolph, the Director of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Education. Randolph was instrumental in convincing the state government to establish a facility for African Americans. The Negro Organization Society continued to be heavily involved with the issue, from raising public awareness to donating funds to improve the facility. Piedmont Sanatorium had closed by 1965, when black patients began to be sent to Blue Ridge Sanatorium, near Charlottesville. Excerpt: "This Bond is issued for the purpose of cooperation with the Negro Organization Society to erect and to equip one Building to be used for the patients and to include rooms for visiting Doctors who shall from time to time be invited for study to the Sanatorium. The purchaser hereby receives a share in the benefit and happiness to be derived."
Manuscripts, Call Number Mss4 P5957 a 1, Library of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Virginia Historical Society
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Eugenics in Relation to the New Family and the Law on Racial Integrity.
Eugenics in Relation to the New Family and the Law on Racial Integrity. Including a paper read before the American Public Health Association. Pamphlet created by W. A. Plecker, M.D., Virginia state registrar of vital statistics from 1912 to 1946. Plecker was an advocate of eugenics and white supremacy. He used Virginia's Act to Protect Racial Integrity (1924) to remove legal recognition of Native Americans in the state, instead classifying them as "colored." The Act to Protect Racial Integrity remained in effect until 1967 when it was overturned in the landmark case, Loving v. Virginia. Pamphlet sections: Introduction Eugenics Virginia's Attempt to Adjust the Color Problem (Read before the American Public Health Association, at Detroit, October 23, 1924.) An Act to Preserve Racial Integrity Appendix
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Bureau of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Richmond, Va.
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Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) press release, August 22, 1963
Press release from the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (commonly known as the Southern Presbyterian Church) in Atlanta, GA, dated 22 Aug 1963. It announces the official resistance of the PCUS to participation in the March on Washington. It includes the full text of the statement sent to the National Council of Churches stating that the PCUS is "unable to cooperate" with the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race calling for participation. Includes a memo from Bill Lamkin, who sent this text to Aubrey Brown, Jr. for inclusion in the Presbyterian Outlook, the primary news publication of the PCUS since 1944. Aubrey Brown, Jr. served as manager and editor of Presbyterian Outlook for 35 years.
Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS)
Aubrey Brown Jr. personal papers collection. March on Washington 1963 digital collection, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary
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Report of the President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation, November 1963
Report of the President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation. The bipartisan commission was created by Executive Order on March 30, 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. The Commission was chaired by Richard M. Scammon, Census Director. The report was transmitted on November 26, 1963, just days after Kennedy's assassination. In February, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson mailed this report along with a letter to Eleanor P. Sheppard, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia. In its opening summary, the Commission wrote: "One-third of our adults do not vote in presidential elections, and more than half do not vote in congressional elections. The reasons for America's low voter participation are both psychological and legal. Psychological causes of low turnout must be attacked by education and educational programs. Every citizen and group has a responsibility to join in this effort. The Commission endorses the practice of comprehensive register-and-vote campaigns to encourage and inform potential voters. We specifically call for a new effort by our schools in the teaching of citizenship, and we underscore the great responsibility of parents in citizenship education. The Commission strongly believes that effective two-party competition in all areas of the Nation will build and maintain interest in public affairs and lead to greater voter participation. We commend the two party system and all efforts to strengthen that system. Restrictive legal and administrative procedures in registration and voting disfranchise millions. To overcome such restrictions, taking into account the disparity in law and practice amont the States, we recommend the following specific standards: [Twenty-one standards are listed, including the elimination of literacy tests and poll taxes and the extension of voting to persons eighteen years of age.] The implementation of these standards will guarantee the right to vote to every citizen, adduring in fact what we proclain in theory--the supremacy of the individual in American political life." Complete report available through HathiTrust.
President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation
M 277, Box 11, Eleanor P. Sheppard papers, 1924 - 1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office
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World War I poster created by Henry Patrick Raleigh for the United States Food Administration. A starving mother nurses an infant as two other emaciated children huddle nearby. Text reads: "Hunger. For three years America has fought starvation in Belgium. Will you Eat less - wheat meat - fats and sugar that we may still send food in ship loads? United States Food Administration." From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters"
Series I, World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters, 1908-1944. Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
United States. Government Printing Office
Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
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Annual Report of the Refuge in the City of Boston and the Bethesda Society for the Year Ending February 1911 [selected pages]
This document details information regarding the Refuge's and the Bethesda Society’s yearly financial expenses, donations, and membership, while also documenting the number of “refugees” under their care. Additionally, this annual report and the annual report of 1912 (also available in the Image Portal), display the mission statements of the two societies and explain how, though being two separate organizations, their specific goals function in harmony with one another. List of Donations and Report of Work (sewing) are included. Excerpts: p. 2 "In our 'House of Mercy' we offer a 'Refuge' to those fallen women who desire to return to the paths of virtue. We desire to do greater good in the future than has been accomplished in the past, and for this purpose we ask the co-operation and the pecuniary aid of all who approve of and are willing to help forward this peculiar charity." p. 8-9 Donations listed on these pages include a variety of necessities and treats including 24 Bibles, barrel of apples, an evening's entertainment with Victor machine [phonograph], ice cream, year's subscriptions to Ladies' Home Journal, Outlook, and American Magazine, 12 boxes of strawberries, and many presents at Christmas time.
Simmons University Archives Charities Collection
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Annual Report of the Refuge in the City of Boston and the Bethesda Society, 1912 [selected pages]
This document details information regarding the Refuge's and the Bethesda Society’s yearly financial expenses, donations, and membership, while also documenting the number of “refugees” under their care. Additionally, this annual report and the annual report of 1911 (also available in the Image Portal), display the mission statements of the two societies and explain how, though being two separate organizations, their specific goals function in harmony with one another. A "Time Schedule" (p. 12) outlines daily activities by day of the week, including sewing, school, gymnastics and recreation. Excerpts: p. 17 "However beset with difficulties any human life may be, whether from evil inheritance or corrupt surroundings, we believe there is no human being who with the grace of God cannot be reformed, if that grace be accompanied by human forces. This belief must always be the foundation stone of all successful efforts against evil in this world, and it is nowhere more needed than in just the work we are trying to do here." "The great motive of all our efforts is to reform the transgressor, not to punish." p. 18 "We offer them first of all a cheerful, comfortable and refined home, and bring them under the influence of kind and judicious matrons....Here are combined the influences of a home, a school, a church--the three great forces of changing character." p. 20 "During their sewing hours, and often in the evening, the matrons read aloud to the girls from books which are received from the Pulic Library Deposit Station--fifty books of suitable reading matter being left at a time, that the girls may be supplied with desirable books which they can read during their leisure hours." pp. 20-21 "To secure the best results, it is considered necessary for the girls to remain with us at least two years and then, unless relatives or friends have provided for them they are not allowed to leave our home until desirable situations are found for them where they can still be under our watchful care."
Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
Educational comic book published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation following the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The comic book advocates for the principles of nonviolence and teaches methods of nonviolent resistance. It was produced by the studio of artist Al Capp, who admired Dr. King. Civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis read and was inspired by this work as a teenager.
Resnick, Benton and Hassler, Alfred (writers) Barry, Sy (artist)
Learn more: Aydin, A. (2013). Cover Story: The comic book that changed the world. Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story's vital role in the Civil Rights Movement. Creative Loafing. Bello, G. (2012, July 19). A Comic Book for Social Justice: John Lewis. Publishers Weekly Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA). Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story Curriculum and Study Guide Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery, Social Welfare History Image Portal. Comics on a Mission: Educational and Public Service Comics, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Occasional Newsletter #1 (To State Committee Members in this Area)
A newsletter of the Commission for Interracial Cooperation addressed to the Virginia State Committee members in the area of Richmond, Va. Excerpts: p.1 The one thing important is for the leaders of both races to be close enough to each other to know the needs, and, as far as possible, the thoughts, feelings and attitudes of each race toward the other. I see nothing constructive in saying "We have the best Negroes (or white folks) in the world" unless that is based upon first-hand knowledge of the actual conditions; surface impressions may not be trustworthy. I could recite number of illustrations where trusted leaders of both races are patiently, quietly and courageously facing these situations where there may be injustice and discrimination and are trying to change the attitude out of which unsatisfactory conditions grow, thus producing a by-product of understanding and mutual trust upon which all permanent adjustments must rest. p.2 Have there been any lynchings in your section or in your state thus far in 1928? If so give particulars. During the past few years, the Commission, among many other constructive services, has conducted a vigorous campaign agaist the practice of lynching, all too prevalent in most American states. During three of the past four years, the number of lynchings has reached the low annual mark of 16, against a former forty-year average of more than 100. Certainly the Commission would not lay claim to all the credit for this progress; many factors have contributed, not the least of which is the press, which has created a more enlightened public opinion.
M 9 Box 35, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Happy Childhood Days [editorial cartoons by F. T. Richards and Thomas May]
Two editorial cartoons dealing with child labor republished in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1913), p. 239. At top: A cartoon by F. T. Richards, originally published in the Philadelphia North American. Wearing a top hat with ribbons and smoking a cigar, a heavyset "Child Labor Exploiter" rides in a chariot pulled by weary, starving children. At bottom: A cartoon by Thomas May, originally published in the Detroit Times. A girl in ragged clothes works at a treadle sewing machine, while a heavyset man smoking a cigar and holding a whip watches. Behind her is a stack of other work. A crate for finished items is marked "Greed and Bleed. New York City" A sign on the wall says "Sweat Shop."
Richards, Frederick Thompson ("Fred") May, Thomas
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1913), p.239. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Exchange for Woman's Work. Fourth Annual Report, 1887. [exceprt]
Report by Mrs. W. T. Richardson, recording secretary for the Exchange for Woman's Work. This excerpt (pp. 9 - 14) is taken from the Fourth Annual Report of the Exchange, 1887. Text (excerpt) Annual Report. The Richmond Exchange for Woman’s Work has now completed its fourth year. During the past twelve months, 5,279 articles have been place on sale, representing the handiwork of 400 women, 3,790 of these consignments were sold, realizing the sum of $3,375, which amount, less the commission of ten per cent, was paid to the consignors. Every article deposited for sale, however simple, must be the best of its kind. To reach and adhere to this standard is the persistent aim of the Board of Managers. They are gratified to observe a steady advance in the character and variety of the work offered. The Exchange is thus proving a school p.10 for the education of workers—developing the artistic instinct, correcting defects of design and execution, etc., --while it fosters a spirit of industry, energy and independence, and affords to all, even the aged and the invalid, an opportunity to turn to pecuniary advantage whatever talent they possess, however homely it may be…. We enter upon our fifth year with courage and hope—in any event, resting upon the promise that our work shall be accepted according to what we have, and not according to what we have not. Respectfully submitted, Mrs. W. T. Richardson, Recording Secretary.
MSC0037-AnnualReport, The Valentine
Learn more: Sander, K. W. (1998). The Business of charity: The woman's exchange movement, 1832-1900. Urbana: University of Illinois Jones, D. G. (2001). A box lunch. Richmond, Va.: D. Jones. Federation of Woman's Exchanges Richmond Exchange for Woman's Work, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Support Rally for Gay & Lesbian Rights [broadside]
This broadside advertises a support rally for gay and lesbian civil rights that was held October 8, 1977. Activists organized the rally in Monroe Park to protest a concert given at the University of Richmond by Anita Bryant, the popular entertainer who evolved into a prominent anti-gay rights crusader in the 1970s. The rally’s primary speaker, Karla Jay (b. 1947), is the prominent professor, activist and author who published Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation (1972), with Allen Young. Image at bottom shows silhouettes and outlined figures with the caption, "We are your children."
Richmond Citizens for Gay and Lesbian Rights
Broadside Collection, Call Number 1977:9, Library of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Virginia Historical Society
Learn more: Anita Bryant at UR, 1970s, LGBTQ History at UR, Common Ground, University of Richmond A Guide to the Richmond Gay Documents Collection, 1974-1988, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU
Typhoid fever study, Richmond, Va. [lantern slide]
Lantern slide. Image taken in Richmond, Va in 1907. The Richmond Health Department formed in 1906. One of its early initiatives (1907) was to investigate 433 cases of typhoid fever, creating the city’s first systematic study of infectious disease. In 1908, Dr. Ernest C. Levy (1868–1938), head of the Richmond Health Department, published the survey findings in The Old Dominion Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Levy discussed the generally declining rate of typhoid fever cases in Richmond from 1880 to 1907 but noted several outbreaks of the disease in 1881, 1884 and 1900. While one cluster of outbreaks in Church Hill was determined to come from a typhoid-infected confectioner, a larger proportion of cases were from properties on the outskirts of the city that generally used well water and lacked sewage systems.
V.81.99.08, The Valentine
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Mobilizing for Busing Protest, Richmond, Va.
Black and white photograph of people preparing for an anti-busing demonstration. A woman stands holding an American flag, and a man standing with her wears a hand-lettered anti-busing sign, "Forced bussing & consolidation of schools will lead to either [arrow points to a Nazi swastika] or [arrow points to Communist red star and a hammer and sickle.]" Other people wearing anti-busing signs mill about in front of the Richmond Coliseum. One woman's sign reads, "I'm not fussing but I will not bus. No! Merhige No!"
P.74.11.18o, The Valentine
Learn more: Busing, Social Welfare History Image Portal 3,300 Autos Driven To Capital in Protest, The New York Times, February 18, 1972. Pratt, Robert A. The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89. The Conscience of Virginia: Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr., and the Politics of School Desegregation Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, Virginia, 338 F. Supp. 67 (E.D. Va. 1972)
Anti-Busing Motorcade in Washington, D.C., February 1972
Black and white photograph of a Richmond-based anti-busing motorcade passing through Washington, D.C. on 2nd Street behind the U.S. Supreme Court building. A policeman walks beside two cars. On February 17, 1972, nearly 3,300 cars traveled in a motorcade from Richmond, Virginia to Washington, DC. Despite snow, the protesters made a symbolic journey to Capitol Hill to voice their opposition to Judge Robert Merihge's ruling (Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, Virginia) that public schools in Richmond, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County must be consolidated. At that time, Richmond public schools were 70 per cent black while those of the two counties were about 90 per cent white. Cars in the motorcade carried red and white signs reading “Help Save Freedom” and imprinted with a picture of a little red schoolhouse.
P.74.11.18m, The Valentine
Learn more: 3,300 Autos Driven To Capital in Protest, The New York Times, February 18, 1972. Pratt, Robert A. The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89. The Conscience of Virginia: Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr., and the Politics of School Desegregation Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, Virginia, 338 F. Supp. 67 (E.D. Va. 1972) Busing, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Anti-School Busing Protest, February 1972
Black and white photograph of a man and a woman in a car during an anti-busing motorcade to Washington, D.C. The car is driving past the U.S. Supreme Court building and has a poster taped to the driver's side door of the car. The poster is of "The Little Red School House" used as a logo by Save Our Neighborhood Schools, Inc. with the words, "Help / Save Freedom." The man leans his head out the window and smiles. On February 17, 1972, nearly 3,300 cars traveled in a motorcade from Richmond, Virginia to Washington, DC. Despite snow, the protesters made a symbolic journey to Capitol Hill to voice their opposition to Judge Robert Merihge's ruling (Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, Virginia) that public schools in Richmond, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County must be consolidated. At that time, Richmond public schools were 70 percent black while those of the two counties were about 90 per cent white. Cars in the motorcade carried red and white signs reading “Help Save Freedom” and imprinted with a picture of a little red schoolhouse.
P.74.11.18n, The Valentine
Richmond School of Social Economy, First Annual Announcement, 1917-1918. Bulletin No. 1
First Bulletin of the Richmond School of Social Economy. This school would change names at several points in its history, becoming the School of Social Work and Public Health, the Richmond Professional Institute, and, after merging with the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. Stamped on cover: "Name changed from Richmond School of Social Economy to Virginia School of Social Work." Address also changed with a stamp from "6-8 North 6th Street" to "1112 Capitol St." Richmond, VA. This bulletin describes the classes, curriculum, and field work offerred by the new Richmond School of Social Economy along three tracks: general, public health nursing, and recreation. Entrance requirements, registration, fees, scholarships, library facilities, board and other matters are outlined. The names of the Board of Directors, Administrative Officers, Faculty and Special Lecturers are listed. An advertisement for the first term declared: "Usual Opportunities Offerred For specialization in Public Health Nursing, Church Work, Medical Social Work, Juvenile Court and Playground Work." Field work in the first year included the Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls, a reform school in Bon Air, Va. The superintendent, Anna M. Petersen taught eugenics at the RSSE. --- Transcriptions of Richmond Times-Dispatch articles describing the events surrounding the establishment of the school may be found at the Social Welfare History Project. These describe the period from October 1916, when serious conversations about starting a school began to be reported in the press, to July 1917 when Howard H. Hibbs, began as the school's first director. The efforts of Richmond and Petersburg citizens such as Orie Latham Hatcher, Virginia McKenney (later Claiborne), Father Charles Hannigan, Nannie Minor, the Rev. J. T. Mastin, May Lansfield Keller, Katherine H. Hawes, the Rev. H. C. D. Maclachlan, and Agnes Randolph were important in the movement from felt need, to the idea of a school, and finally to the reality of classes and field work. Additional transcriptions in the Social Welfare History Project concern reporting of the school's opening and first term. Excerpts from the Bulletin: The Richmond School of Social Economy was incorporated April 17th with the following Board of Directors; Mr. J. J. Scherer, Jr. … President Mr. Wortley F. Rudd … Vice-President Miss Virginia S. McKenney ... Secretary Mr. F. B. Dunford … Treasurer (Names of board members follows) Administrative Officers Mr. J. J. Scherer, Jr., Chairman Miss Virginia McKenney Mr. F. B. Dunford Dr. H. D. C Maclachlan Mrs. Roy K. Flannagan Dr. O. L. Hatcher Father Chas. Hannigan Dr. F. T. McFaden Mr. W. F. Rudd
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Learn more: Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls, Social Welfare History Project Richmond School of Social Economy - Beginnings. October 1916 - July 1917. Social Welfare History Project Richmond School of Social Economy. Opening Term. Fall 1917. Social Welfare History Project
Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, Newport News, Virginia. First Biennial Report. 1909-10 to 1910-11
The First Biennial Report (Second and Third Annual Reports) of the Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children at Newport News, Virginia. For the fiscal years ending September 30, 1910 and September 30, 1911. Report of the Superintendent. The Virginia State School opened in 1909. William C. Ritter (white) was the school's first superintendent. His wife, Leslie H. Ritter served as Matron. Teachers for the Deaf are listed as R. Aumon Bass and Miss Mary A. Scott. Teachers for the Blind are listed as Miss Laura Britt and P. Jensen Stevens. Other staff include Hattie Chambers (later, Wills), a Black Virginian who taught at the school until 1920 and later served as Home Teacher for the Virginia Commission for the Blind. The biennial report includes photographs of the school's buildings, the Board of Visitors, and student instruction.
M 12 Box 3, Lucian Louis Watts papers 1921-1960, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Learn more: Conner, G. J. (2022). The Education of Deaf and Blind African Americans in Virginia, 1909-2008. Social Welfare History Project Opening of the Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, 1909. The Times-Dispatch, August 15, 1909 in Social Welfare History Project Sketch of Work done by Home Teacher for the Virginia Commission [Hattie Chambers Wills] in Social Welfare History Image Portal Deafness in Social Welfare History Project Disability in Social Welfare History Image Portal
It's God's league Uncle Sam -- Put US in where we belong [League of Nations poster]
Poster in support of joining the League of Nations. Uncle Sam considers adding a block labeled "United States of America" to the base of a tower representing the League of Nations. The Statue of Liberty stands atop the tower, and her torch shines over the scene. "Peace on Earth -- Good Will toward Men League of Nations Organized to Prevent Wars 'It's God's league Uncle Sam -- Put U S in where we belong'"
M 9 Box 101, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Prodigy! [Marvel/Planned Parenthood Federation of America comic book]
Informational comic book aimed at teenagers provides basic facts about sex, reproduction and birth control, as well as suggested sources to learn more. Story: The Amazing Spider-Man discovers that the alien villain, the Prodigy, is convincing teenagers to have unprotected sex. Prodigy plans to use the resulting children as child laborers on his home planet, Intellectia. Spider-Man unmasks the villain in front of TV cameras to thwart the plot. From title page: "This comic was produced by Marvel Comics Group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc." "Stan Lee presents: A special Planet Parenthood issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. Ann Robinson, writer Ross Andru, artist Mike Esposito, inker Jan Cohen, colorist Joe Rosen, letterer" Story dialog: Prodigy: "Remember, all those people who tell you DON'T--'Don't do it'--'Don't get into heavy stuff'--they just try to scare you into thinking it's easy to get pregnant. But I say, how else can you prove you're a man: How else are you going to get a man?" Spider-Man: "My webbed head! I'm no Marcus Welby, but there's gotta be some way these kids can get the RIGHT info.* *(See page 16--Stan.) Spider-Man: "I see it all now!...He wants them to be baby machines! Changing diapers, going nowhere in dead-end jobs...Sitting home every night trying to find the time and money to go to a movie or buzz out to the burger stand."
Comic Arts Collection, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Learn more: Comics on a Mission: Educational and Public Service Comics, Social Welfare History Image Portal