Woman Citizen, December 20, 1919
"Help! I Can't Keep it Down" cover cartoon by Charles H. Winner <br /><br />Article , "Noted Virginian for the F. S. A." reports on Colonel H. W. Anderson writing to the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in support of ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment. Henry W. Anderson was the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia in 1921. He was at one time the <span>fiancé of writer </span>Ellen Glasgow.
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1919 December 20
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/woman-suffrage-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Women's Suffrage: The Movement</a>, Social Welfare History Project
Programme for the Weekly Meetings of the Equal Suffrage League of Richmond
This program announces the topics and speakers for the Equal Suffrage League of Richmond's weekly meetings between Thursday, January 8, 1914 and Thursday, April 2, 1914. Topics for these weekly meetings include "Woman Suffrage and Organized Opposition - Liquor Interests, White Slavers and the Anti-Suffragists," "Social Unrest and Woman's Part in It," and "The Spiritual Significance of the Suffrage Movement." <br /><br />This program was compiled by Mrs. G. Harvey Clarke, Chairman of the Equal Suffrage League of Richmond.
Clarke, Mrs. G. Harvey
M 9 Box 48, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Equal Suffrage League of Richmond.
1914
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/woman-suffrage-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Women's Suffrage: The Movement</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/suffrage-south-poll-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suffrage in the South: The Poll Tax</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/suffrage-south-part-ii-one-party-system/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suffrage in the South Part II: The One Party System</a>, Social Welfare History Project
Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference: Second Annual Convention
This program is for the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference Second Annual Convention, held at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA from December 11, 1915 to December 13, 1915.<br /><br />The back cover displays a poem entitled "The Suffragists' 'America,'" by Mary L. Daly of Yonkers, N.Y. <br /><br />"My country 'tis for thee,<br />To make your women free,<br /> This is our plea.<br />High have our hopes been raised<br />In these enlightened days<br />That for her justice, praised<br /> Our land might be.<br /><br />My native country, thee; <br />Grant us equality! <br /> Then shall we see<br />In this fair land of light, <br />Justice and truth and right<br />Ruling, instead of might - <br /> True liberty. <br /><br />'Our fathers' God to Thee,<br />Author of liberty,<br /> To Thee we sing;<br />Long may our land be bright<br />With freedom's holy light; <br />Protect us by Thy might,<br /> Great God, our King.'"
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1915
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Woman's Bill of Rights: As introduced in the Virginia Legislature, 1922
This leaflet produced by the National Woman's Party, Virginia Branch, is a copy of the Woman's Bill of Rights, as introduced in the Virginia Legislature in 1922. <br /><br />"To provide that women shall have the same rights, privileges and immunities under the law, as men."
National Woman's Party
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National Woman's Party
1922
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/woman-suffrage-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Women's Suffrage: The Movement</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/national-womans-party/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Woman's Party</a>, Social Welfare History Project
Certificate of Confirmation for Beulah Bratman
Neighborhood House Certificate of Confirmation <br /><br />"This is to Ceritfy that Beulah Bratman was duly confirmed on the 27 day of May 5688, 1928 in the presence of Congregation Council of Jewish Women at Richmond, VA by the undersigned <br />Kate T. Goldman, President<br />Reba C. Franzblau, Chairman<br />Edward N. Calisch, Minister of the Congregation<br /><br />Motto Know Before Whom Thou Art Standing"
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<span>In the early 1900’s, non-resident settlement houses were created throughout the country to assist with immigrant adjustment to America. In 1912, the Richmond Section of the National Council of Jewish Women established Neighborhood House at 19</span><span>th</span><span> and Broad Streets. Programs of social, recreational and religious activities were provided for the children of recent Jewish immigrants. <br /><br />Neighborhood House was eventually funded by the Richmond general community, offering activities for all immigrant children and their families. In April 1945, after attendance had declined, Neighborhood House was closed. </span>
The National Council of Jewish Women, Richmond Section collection, <a href="https://bethahabah.org/bama/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives</a>
1928 May 27 (5688)
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/200" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Neighborhood House, Richmond VA</a>
Neighborhood House Boy's Basketball Team, 1926 - 1927
Photograph of boy's basketball team from Neighborhood House, Richmond, VA. <br /><br />Nine young men and their coach are shown with a trophy and basketball on which is written "C.M.H" SR. Com. Champs 1926-27.<br /><br />In the early 1900’s, non-resident settlement houses were created throughout the country to assist with immigrant adjustment to America. In 1912, the Richmond Section of the National Council of Jewish Women established Neighborhood House at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/rfMyRcJVHNr" title="The building still stands today." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">19th and Broad Streets</a>. Programs of social, recreational and religious activities were provided for the children of recent Jewish immigrants. <br /><br />Neighborhood House was eventually funded by the Richmond general community, offering activities for all immigrant children and their families. In April 1945, after attendance had declined, Neighborhood House was closed.
<span>The National Council of Jewish Women, Richmond Section collection, </span><a href="https://bethahabah.org/bama/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives</a>
1926-27
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/200" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Neighborhood House, Richmond VA</a>
Neighborhood House Sabbath School Class, 1921
Photograph of children ages 8 - 9 in the Neighborhood House Sabbath School, Richmond, VA. Taken in 1921.<br /><br /><p>In the early 1900’s, non-resident settlement houses were created throughout the country to assist with immigrant adjustment to America. In 1912, the Richmond Section of the National Council of Jewish Women established Neighborhood House at 19th and Broad Streets. Programs of social, recreational and religious activities were provided for the children of recent Jewish immigrants. <br /><br />Neighborhood House was eventually funded by the Richmond general community, offering activities for all immigrant children and their families. In April 1945, after attendance had declined, Neighborhood House was closed.</p>
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<span>The National Council of Jewish Women, Richmond Section collection, </span><a href="https://bethahabah.org/bama/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives</a>
1921
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/200" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Neighborhood House, Richmond VA</a>
Annual Report, Neighborhood House, Richmond, VA, 1916-1917
Selected pages from the 1916-1917 Annual Report of Neighborhood House, Richmond, VA. <br /><br />p.1 Listing of Chairman, Executive Committee, Directors, and Head Worker at Neighborhood House, 1916-1917. <br /><br />p.2 "Activities at the Neighborhood House October, 1916 - June, 1917" <br /><br />p.11 "Lectures October 1916 - May 1917" <br /><br />p.12 "Star Boy Scout Troop of the Neighborhood House <br />Mr. Harold Calisch, Scout Master" <br /><br />In the early 1900’s, non-resident settlement houses were created throughout the country to assist with immigrant adjustment to America. In 1912, the Richmond Section of the National Council of Jewish Women established Neighborhood House at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/rfMyRcJVHNr" title="The building still stands today." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">19<sup>th</sup> and Broad Streets</a>. Programs of social, recreational and religious activities were provided for the children of recent Jewish immigrants. <br /><br />Neighborhood House was eventually funded by the Richmond general community, offering activities for all immigrant children and their families. In April 1945, after attendance had declined, Neighborhood House was closed.
<span>The National Council of Jewish Women, Richmond Section collection, </span><a href="https://bethahabah.org/bama/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives</a>
1916-1917
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-houses/neighborhood-house-richmond-va/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Neighborhood House, Richmond VA</a>
Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA
<span>Photograph of students, teachers and staff at the Seventeenth Street Mission. <br /><br />In 1911, students from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (Later, Union Presbyterian Seminary) started an urban ministry outreach program in the most impoverished neighborhood of Richmond, VA. The Seventeenth Street Mission functioned as a settlement house, offering laundry facilities and showers, meals, a clothing closet, classes in sewing, carpentry and other skills. <br /><br />The Sunday School program focused on the memorization of Bible verses, catechisms and the Lord's Prayer. In 1914, students from the General Assembly's Training School (later, the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) joined in as teachers and volunteers, and the effort became largely staffed by women.<br /><br /><span>In 1946, Elinor Curry of the Ginter Park Presbyterian Church became the director of the Mission. In 1952 the Eastminster Presbyterian Church was organized nearby, and in 1963 the Seventeenth Street mission building was demolished and its ministry operated through the Eastminster Church. </span><br /></span>
<span><a href="http://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results/?ln=en_US&lm=&rt=&q=Seventeenth+Street+Mission+Collection&rw=0#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seventeenth Street Mission Collection</a>, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
c. 1920
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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View of Front of Hall, Seventeenth Street Mission
<span>Photograph showing Scripture and hymn charts, organ, four sewing machines. A "screen for pictures" (projected images) is visible behind the center chart.<br /><br />Text on reverse: <br /><br />"View of front of hall toward street. <br />We usuall[y] have stereoptican views, but had parable of Good Samariton in moving pictures <br /><br />3/1/14 - 3:30 PM"<br /><br />Note: A stereopticon is a slide projector or magic lantern, which has two lenses, usually one above the other. <br /><br /><span>In 1911, students from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (Later, Union Presbyterian Seminary) started an urban ministry outreach program in the most impoverished neighborhood of Richmond, VA. The Seventeenth Street Mission functioned as a settlement house, offering laundry facilities and showers, meals, a clothing closet, classes in sewing, carpentry and other skills. </span><br /><br /><span>The Sunday School program focused on the memorization of Bible verses, catechisms and the Lord's Prayer. In 1914, students from the General Assembly's Training School (later, the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) joined in as teachers and volunteers, and the effort became largely staffed by women.</span><br /></span>
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1914 March 14
<span>Union Presbyterian Seminary Library</span>
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Embroidery Class, Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA
Photograph of girls and young women from an embroidery class taught at the Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA.<br /><br />Caption on card: "An embroidery class taught by wife of a Pres[byterian] minister. All have recited C.Cat[echism] 145 q[uestions]. except 2 mk'd X - 75 q[uestions].<br /><br /><span>In 1911, students from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (Later, Union Presbyterian Seminary) started an urban ministry outreach program in the most impoverished neighborhood of Richmond, VA. The Seventeenth Street Mission functioned as a settlement house, offering laundry facilities and showers, meals, a clothing closet, classes in sewing, carpentry and other skills. </span><br /><br /><span>The Sunday School program focused on the memorization of Bible verses, catechisms and the Lord's Prayer. In 1914, students from the General Assembly's Training School (later, the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) joined in as teachers and volunteers, and the effort became largely staffed by women.</span>
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c. 1914
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Students from Seventeenth Street Mission with Murray Grey, the Rev. John Little, Webster Rhoads, Owsley Sanders
Students from Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA<br /><br />Caption on front:<br />"Taken 4/11/15 X John Little from Louisville" <br /><br />Card addressed to W. G. Somerville and postmarked April 16, 1915 <br /><br />Note on back identifies <br />1) Murray Grey - Superintendent (misspelled "Gray")<br />2) Webster Rhoads - Grace St. Church<br />3) Owsley Sanders - Grace St. Church<br /><br />Note: the <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vudHJdxHNDEC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=john+little+presbyterian&source=bl&ots=xuR1OX0UtL&sig=ZGWPwyWUweOywtCwPTPbR-AWB0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNverRpLnWAhUj_4MKHbyADAoQ6AEITDAI#v=onepage&q=john%20little%20presbyterian&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rev. John Little</a> directed especially successful settlement houses serving African Americans in Louisville, KY. <br /><br /><span>In 1911, students from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (Later, Union Presbyterian Seminary) started an urban ministry outreach program in the most impoverished neighborhood of Richmond, VA. The Seventeenth Street Mission functioned as a settlement house, offering laundry facilities and showers, meals, a clothing closet, classes in sewing, carpentry and other skills. </span><br /><br /><span>The Sunday School program focused on the memorization of Bible verses, catechisms and the Lord's Prayer. In 1914, students from the General Assembly's Training School (later, the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) joined in as teachers and volunteers, and the effort became largely staffed by women.</span>
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1915 April 11 (photograph)
1915 April 16 (postmark)
<span>Union Presbyterian Seminary Library</span>
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Learn more: <br />Little, John (1909) <em>The Presbyterian Colored Missions</em>. Louisville.<br />Gaines, Miriam (1933). The John Little Missions of Louisville, Kentucky. <em>Southern Workman, LXII (April), 161-170.</em>
Volunteer staff, Seventeenth Street Mission, 1915
<span>Postcard photo of the volunteer staff from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, the General Assembly's Training School, and probably others. <br />Reverse of postcard contains message to W. G. Somerville from M. M. Grey.<br /><br />"3/22/15<br />Glad to hear from you and hope to reply shortly. This picture was taken at 17th St a week ago yesterday. Wish you cd have been with us yesterday. Best rally day we ever had.<br /><br />Scholars 406<br />Teachers 28<br />--------------<br /> 434<br />Coll $4.15<br />Hope you are getting on OK. I am eager for summer to come. Got [burned?] out a west [wood?] Friday, but OK now. <br />M.M.G."</span>
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1915 March 22
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Bethany Home for Friendless Children, Chesterfield, VA
Lucy and J. R. F. Burroughs founded the Bethany Home for Friendless Children in 1894. The childless couple established the orphanage on their 165-acre farm, located near Bon Air in Chesterfield County. <br /><br />Incorporated in 1898, Bethany Home had no endowment and operated completely through donations. Bethany Home closed in the 1940s.
Cook, Huestis P., photographer
Cook Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
1914 June 10
The Valentine
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<div>Learn more:</div>
<div><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/wQxaWRIE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach</a>, The Valentine </div>
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 <br /><br />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.
Pennell, Don, photographer
Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
1966 January 30
The Valentine
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Richmond Community Fund membership button
Pinback button <br /><br />In 1924, the Richmond Area Community Council created the Community Fund, later known as the Richmond Area Community Chest. This trust centralized fundraising and fund distribution to the Council’s more than thirty member organizations.
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<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Valentine</a> (Gift of Eloise Robinson Blackwell)
c. 1935
The Valentine
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Committee on Relief of the Poor, Richmond VA, 1902
Richmond’s Committee for the Relief of the Poor managed white and black almshouses, a soup kitchen, a hospital and other health and social services. Construction of a new white almshouse on Hospital Street finished in 1860. During the Civil War, the building served as a Confederate hospital. Afterwards, it was briefly a home for the Virginia Military Institute and then resumed its original purpose. <br /><br />By the early 20th century, this almshouse was called the City Home. In 1959, the City Home became the Richmond Nursing Home, which operated until 1972. Today, the complex has been repurposed as low income apartments for seniors.
Foster, photographer
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a> (Gift of Miss Emily S. Thomason)
1902
The Valentine
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/216" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City Home, Richmond, VA</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
<div><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/wQxaWRIE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach</a>, The Valentine </div>
City Home, Richmond, VA
City Home, an almshouse located at 210 Hospital Street, Richmond, VA. Shown here circa 1960.<br /><br />Richmond’s Committee for the Relief of the Poor managed white and black almshouses, a soup kitchen, a hospital and other health and social services. Construction of a new white almshouse on Hospital Street finished in 1860. During the Civil War, the building served as a Confederate hospital. Afterwards, it was briefly a home for the Virginia Military Institute and then resumed its original purpose. <br /><br />By the early 20th century, this almshouse was called the City Home. In 1959, the City Home became the Richmond Nursing Home, which operated until 1972. Today, the complex has been repurposed as low income apartments for seniors.
Dulaney
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
c. 1960
The Valentine
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/215" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Committee on Relief of the Poor, Richmond VA</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal<br /><div><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/wQxaWRIE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach</a>, The Valentine </div>
Young boy, Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA
Photograph of young African American boy in winter coat and cap standing outside the Seventeenth Street Mission in Richmond, VA. What appears to be snow is visible on the ground.<br /><br />Note on back: <br />"2/23/14 <br />17th St Mission <br />Richmond Va."<br /><br />Round stamp on back: <br />"Printed by Photo Dept.<br />G.L. Hall Optical Co.<br />??<br />Richmond,<br />VA"<br /><br />At one time, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iTwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA950&lpg=PA950&dq=g+l+hall+optical+co+richmond+va&source=bl&ots=9BhIj1eWtK&sig=PmsAT15C7QyFFPSI-eukepWK69Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwio9-72itrWAhXI7CYKHSYZAgwQ6AEIPjAF#v=onepage&q=950&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">G. L. Hall Optical Co.</a> was located at 211 East Broad Street in Richmond.
<a href="https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=Seventeenth+Street+Mission&rw=12" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seventeenth Street Mission Collection</a><span>, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
1914 February 23
<span>Union Presbyterian Seminary Library</span>
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Annie Holland, Age 17, Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA
Photograph on postcard of a young African American woman named Annie Holland, standing in front of the Seventeenth Street Mission in Richmond, VA. Se wears a long dress with a jacket. Her hands are clasped behind her back. <br /><br />Notes on the front of the card give her age as 17 and note her many accomplishments in a single year of study. They read:<br /><br />"17th St. Mission Richmond, Va.<br />Annie Holland Age - 17.<br />Has recited twice, perfectly, wk. apart.<br />C[hild's] Cat[echism] 145 q[uestions]<br />Sh[orter] Cat[echism] 25 q[uestions]<br />Lords Prayer<br />Beatitudes<br />A[postles] Creed<br />10 Com[mandments]<br />Is 53<br />I Cor 13<br />Eccl 12<br />Matt 5.6.7<br />Ps 1, 15, 19, 23<br />91, 100, 121<br />----------------<br />All within<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">12 months"</span>
unknown
<a href="https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=Seventeenth+Street+Mission" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seventeenth Street Mission Collection</a><span>, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
ca. 1914
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Children learning about corn, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
Josephine Newbury teaching children about corn and other plants at the Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va. <br /><br />Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. This new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Professor Josephine Newbury of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Va., established the school.<br /><br />The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.
<a href="https://dementi.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dementi Studios</a>, Richmond, Va.
<a href="https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=Josephine+Newbury+Demonstration+Kindergarten&te=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten Collection</a>, <span>Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
1957
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kindergartens: A History (1886)</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
A visitor teaches children about her home in India, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
A woman in traditional Indian clothing teaches children about her home in India. She points to a globe as children gather around her and look on. <br /><br /><span>Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. This new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Professor Josephine Newbury of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Va., established the school.</span><br /><br /><span>The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.</span>
<a href="https://dementi.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dementi Studios</a>, Richmond, Va.
<a href="https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=Josephine+Newbury+Demonstration+Kindergarten&te=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten Collection</a><span>, </span><span>Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
1957
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kindergartens: A History (1886)</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Boys using carpentry tools, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
<p>Three young boys stand around a sawhorse using hammer and saw at the Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, VA.<br /><br />Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. This new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Professor Josephine Newbury of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Va., established the school.</p>
<p>The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.</p>
<a href="https://dementi.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dementi Studios</a>, Richmond, Va.
<a href="https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=Josephine+Newbury+Demonstration+Kindergarten&te=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten Collection</a><span>, </span><span>Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
1957
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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<span>Learn more: </span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kindergartens: A History (1886)</a><span>, Social Welfare History Image Portal</span>
Children play in a pretend grocery store, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
Four children are shown playing in a pretend grocery store. One boy uses a play phone and writes a message; a girl retrieves items from the shelves; another girl pretends to check out while a boy uses a toy cash register to ring up the sale. <br /><br />The Newbury Center was fully accredited by the Virginia State Department of Education as a kindergarten and as a training venue for teacher certification. Summer training workshops were attended by students from 13 Virginia universities. Education majors from VCU and VUU could do their student teaching there. Nurses in training in pediatrics at Richmond Memorial, MCV and Johnston-Willis hospitals came to fulfill their requirements in education and socialization of the young child. <br /><br />The building included a mirrored glass panel running the full length of one wall in the main classroom, behind which up to 20 visitors could observe the children and their teachers. The observation room was soundproofed and air-conditioned. A microphone and speaker system made it possible to listen to the activities in the classroom. This facility was considered very advanced for its time; it was modeled after the teacher training lab at the University of Maryland. <br /><br />Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. <br /><br />The photographs in this series present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.
<a href="https://dementi.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dementi Studios</a>, Richmond, Va.
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1957
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
<span>Copyright Dementi Studios, used by permission</span><br /><br /><span>This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).</span><br /><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a>
<span>Learn more: </span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kindergartens: A History (1886)</a><span>, Social Welfare History Image Portal</span>
Children painting, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
Two children wearing paint smocks to protect their clothing, paint pictures at easels. <br /><br /><p>Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. This new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Professor Josephine Newbury of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Va., established the school.</p>
<p>The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.</p>
<a href="https://dementi.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dementi Studios</a>, Richmond, Va.
<a href="https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=Josephine+Newbury+Demonstration+Kindergarten&rw=24" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten Collection</a><span>, </span><span>Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary</span>
1957
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
<span>Copyright Dementi Studios, used by permission</span><br /><br /><span>This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).</span><br /><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a>
<span>Learn more: </span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kindergartens: A History (1886)</a><span>, Social Welfare History Image Portal</span>