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Letter Slater Fund
August 23, 1923
Miss G. W. Hayden
Green Springs
Louisa County, VA
Dear Miss Hayden:
Your letter of recent date, addressed to Dr. Dillard, is received in his absence from the city. I recall that Mr. Gresham wrote Dr. Dillard concerning the…
Miss G. W. Hayden
Green Springs
Louisa County, VA
Dear Miss Hayden:
Your letter of recent date, addressed to Dr. Dillard, is received in his absence from the city. I recall that Mr. Gresham wrote Dr. Dillard concerning the…
Letter Strong Plea to help
Mr. G. W. Hayden
Gum Springs, Va
My dear Sir:
I have received your letter of October 15th and am sending it on to Mr. Dillard with a strong plea to him that he will help you people. Of course I am not sure that he has any funds on hand at…
Gum Springs, Va
My dear Sir:
I have received your letter of October 15th and am sending it on to Mr. Dillard with a strong plea to him that he will help you people. Of course I am not sure that he has any funds on hand at…
Letter Suggest Meeting w Supervisor
Letter stating that the supervisor will be unable to meet the second monday in may.
pamphlet for plan 1
Letter stating that the supervisor is sending pamphlets and the Rosenwald Application
School Board Approve Lumber
Sept 11, 1923
The Co Sch Board has approved of the 2 class lumber for Shady Grove School
Malcolm Hiter, Clerk
W. O Bumpass, Chairman
The Co Sch Board has approved of the 2 class lumber for Shady Grove School
Malcolm Hiter, Clerk
W. O Bumpass, Chairman
1920 letter
Front and back of a letter discussing funds
Black Teacher's Pay Receipt
This pay receipt demonstrates a short period of equality between white and African American teachers in the Jackson District of Louisa. Later, this pay receipt, for Alice Burrows, an African American teacher, would be much lower than that of a white…
Board Meeting Notice Post Card Back
letter stating the date of the next school board meeting
Civil Rights in Virginia
The PDF file to the right is based upon a powerpoint presentation funded by Dominion Virginia Power. The presentation uses photos, many from the Louisa County Historical Society archives, to tell the story of Civil Rights from the end of the Civil…
Delinquent Land Sale
This document is a notification of an auction that is scheduled to be held at the front door of the Louisa Courthouse on the first Monday in January of 1936. The items in up for auction are tracts of land whose owners failed to pay the taxes on the…
Do not believe in the Rosenwald Fund
Letter to Mr. Hayden stating that the current board does not believe in the Rosenwald Fund
Historic Shady Grove School
The historic Shady Grove School was born out of a need to provide a facility for the education of black students in the Jackson District near Gum Spring. In the words of former State Supervisor of Negro Education(1925), W. D. Gresham,"the Shady Grove…