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
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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)
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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>
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
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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
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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>
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c. 1920
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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
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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
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Recent Arrivals Come for Instruction in English
An English class for immigrants held at Neighborhood House, Louisville, KY. <br /> Handwritten caption at lower right reads, "Recent arrivals come for Instruction in English."
<a href="http://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/11/archival_objects/521719" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records. Member Settlement Houses. Kentucky. Louisville. Neighborhood House, 1898-1950</a>, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries
c. 1905
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Equal Suffrage League Float, Thrift Day Parade, March 23, 1918
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia float depicting the Barge of State with Victory at the prow. <br /><br />This photograph was taken at the Thrift Day Parade held the afternoon of Saturday, March 23, 1918 in Richmond, VA. According to newspaper reports, over 20,000 people participated and over 100 floats were present. <br /><br /><span>This photograph was published in the April 20, 1918 issue <i>of The Woman Citizen</i>. Adele Clark and Nora Houston, Richmond art teachers and leaders in the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (ESL), decorated the float which was sponsored by the Richmond league of the ESL. <br /><br /> The “boat” was occupied by children and others in costumes representing “the extensive war service work being done by the League in conservation, Red Cross, Liberty Loan and food production” (<em>Woman Citizen</em>, 414).<br /><br />The location of this image is the 100 block of the N. 4th St. directly across the street from the ESL headquarters. Holding the ESL banner are Ida Mae Thompson (1866–1947) and Edith Clark Cowles (1874-1954), both members of the ESL. Ralph Harvie Wormeley is dressed as Uncle Sam, with Adeline Harmon Cowles as Columbia, beside him. In the seat in front of them is Martha Jobson as Democracy. <br /><br />See the phototgraph <a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/487" target="_blank" title=""We Fight for Democracy" photo" rel="noreferrer noopener">"We Fight for Democracy"</a> for a portrait of Uncle Sam, Columbia and Democracy who holds a ballot box.</span>
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
Photograph: M 9 Box 239 f242, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" title="finding aid" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries<br /><br />Article: <em>Woman Citizen</em>, April 20, 1918, <a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21463133110001101" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections and Archives</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Photo: 1918 March 23
Article: 1918 April 20
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/national-woman-suffrage-association/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Woman Suffrage Association</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/woman-suffrage-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Women's Suffrage: The Movement</a><span>, Social Welfare History Project</span><br />20,000 people march here in Thrift Parade. <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1918-03-24/ed-1/seq-1/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 24, 1918</a>, p. 1, 8. Chronicling America. Library of Congress<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/166" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Woman Citizen</em>, April 20, 1920</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal <br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=War+Savings+Stamps" target="_blank" title="War Savings Stamps" rel="noreferrer noopener">War Savings Stamps</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Student Reading Campus Newspaper
Liz Vantrease, Class of 1970, reads a copy of the student newspaper, <em>The Bullet</em>, next to a cut out of a Vietnam War soldier who wears a peace sign and a flower.<br /><br />Newspaper headline reads "The Word is 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.'" -- a reference to the countercultural phrase popularized by Timothy Leary.<br /><br />An advertisement may be seen in the newspaper for a Love-In to be held "High Noon," Sunday, September 24th at Grove Park "Bring Blankets, Bubbles...Bananas, Banjos, Bells...."
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1968
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Mary Washington College Students Participate in the Strike Against the Expansion of the Vietnam War
Sue Cottingham, editor of the campus newspaper, <em>The Bullet</em>, is shown center left. She wears a "Strike" badge, protesting the Vietnam War expansion into Cambodia.
Dervin, Daniel A.
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1970
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James Farmer's Second March to Montgomery
Group of men, including James Farmer, during his second attempt to march to Montgomery, Alabama from Selma, Alabama. From left to right: Fred Shuttlesworth, Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, and James Forman. In the foreground: Andrew Young.
Hollander, Edward S.
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1965 March 9
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James L. Farmer, Jr.
<span>James Farmer, founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Sign behind him reads, “END SEGREGATION ACROSS THE NATION."</span>
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Americans Do Not Practice What They Preach [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
<span>Protestor outside Safeway, Farmville Shopping Center, August 1963. </span><br /><br />Demonstrators carry signs opposing racial segregation, and encouraging shoppers to boycott businesses that support discriminatory practices.<br /><br />From VCU Libraries <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12465792375/in/album-72157640891758243/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Now Project</a>
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<span>1963 August 24</span>
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Closed Schools Constitute Catastrophe!!! [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Demonstration in front of Prince Edward County Courthouse, Main Street, Farmville, Va., July 1963, protesting the four-year long closure of the public schools <br /><br />Clara Gibson is closest to camera. Third person in line is Sandra "Sandy" Stokes. Second protester carries sign reading, "Ask Mr. Vaughn Why The Schools Are Closed. He will 'Him' and 'Haw' and Decline to Disclose!"<br /><br />From VCU Libraries <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12464900743/in/album-72157640935144155/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Now Project</a>
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1963 July
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Mr. Grocer: Tell Your Friends, You'll See our Dollars when Segregation Ends! [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Protesters <span>at Grants, Farmville Shopping Center, August 1963. Students </span>carry signs opposing racial segregation, and encouraging shoppers to boycott businesses that support discriminatory practices.<br /><br /><span>Darwyn White carries the "Mr. Grocer.." sign. Protester behind her carries sign reading, "If they don't see money, they'll see the truth. Boycott for Freedom."</span><br /><br /><br />From VCU Libraries <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12465273424/in/album-72157640935491185/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Now Project</a>
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1963 August 24
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Don't Buy Segregation [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
<span><span>Protesters near Southside Sundry and Southside Business Machines, Main Street, Farmville, Va., July 1963.<br /><br /><span>Irene Williams carries "Don't Buy Segregation." Kenneth Johnson stands at left in dark pants.</span></span><br /><br />Protesters carry signs opposing racial segregation, and encouraging shoppers to boycott businesses that support discriminatory practices.</span>
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1963 July
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No One is Free Until We All Are Free [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Protesters at Safeway, Farmville, Va., August 1963<br /><br />Protesters carry signs opposing racial segregation, and encouraging shoppers to boycott businesses that support discriminatory practices.<br /><br />From VCU Libraries <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12465622704/in/album-72157640891758243/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Now Project</a>
<a href="https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A4376" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests</a><span>,</span><span> VCU Libraries Digital Collections</span>
1963 August 24
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Father Forgive them for they know not what they do / Educate Don't Segregate [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Protesters in front of Prince Edward County Courthouse, Main St., Farmville, Va., July 1963. <br /><br /><span>The Rev. Goodwin Douglas, pastor of Beulah AME, with "Father forgive them..." sign. <span>Fourth person in line behind the Rev. Douglas is Clara Gibson. Visible behind her is Sandra "Sandy" Stokes.</span></span>
<a href="https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A4569" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests</a>, VCU Libraries Digital Collections
1963 July
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America is our JAIL as long as JIM CROW LIVES [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Protesters and shoppers outside Southside Sundry, Farmville, Va., July 1963.<br /><br /><span>The Rev. James "Jimmy" Franklin of Sharon Baptist Church in Cumberland carries "America is our Jail..." sign. Catherine Scott is at right.</span><br /><br />From VCU Libraries <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12465520995/in/album-72157640935144155/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Now Project</a>
<a href="https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A4510" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests</a>, VCU Libraries Digital Collections
1963 July 29
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The Closing of "Public Schools" in P. E. County has Disgrace the State of Virginia [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Students protest Prince Edward County public school closings, Main Street near courthouse, Farmville, Va., July 1963. <br /><br />Sandra "Sandy" Stokes in foreground. Second person in line is Everett Berryman, Jr. followed by Emerson Hunt.<br /><br />from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12465651004/in/album-72157640935144155/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VCU Libraries Freedom Now Project</a>
<a href="https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A4386" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests</a>,<span> VCU Libraries Digital Collections</span>
1963 July
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We Will Die For Our Civil Rights [1963 Farmville, Va. protests]
Protesters in front of J.J. Newberry, Main Street, Farmville, Va., July 1963. John Hicks carries sign in foreground; Isaac Dungee stands behind him.<br /><br />From VCU Libraries <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedom_now_project/12464882674/in/album-72157640935144155/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freedom Now Project</a>
<a href="https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A4293" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests</a>, VCU Libraries Digital Collections
1963 July
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