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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

school children

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Charlottesville City Schools collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2486
Scope and Contents The collection includes school census materials for the following years: 1910, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940. The census materials are separated into the categories of Black children, with the term "colored" used on the forms, and White children. Census materials may also include the child's name and birth date; the names, addresses and occupations of parents or guardians; the child's school attendance status and literacy level (e.g. "unable to read"); and a child's...
Dates: 1890-1945

Hazel Dorothea Christopher Reminiscences

 Collection — Box BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16753
Content Description This collection contains one handmade and illustrated memoir of Hazel Dorothea Christopher, a child from Brooklyn, New York, from the late 1930s. The book is told in the third person and has four chapters: "A Look Backward", "Childhood", "School Days", and "The Future." "A Look backward" explores her parents and grandparents, particularly the youthful seafaring exploits of her Norwegian grandfather. "Childhood" starts with Hazel's birth and her very early life to the age of six. "School...
Dates: 1936

Elias W. Hale to Jane Hale letter

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1: [Barcode: X031579406]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0020
Dates: 8 February 1842

Elias W. Hale to Jane Hale letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X031579406], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16814
Dates: 8 February 1842