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19230830 Letter Slater Fund.jpg
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…

19231016 Letter Strong Plea to help.jpg
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…

19230426 Letter Suggest Meeting w Supervisor.jpg
Letter stating that the supervisor will be unable to meet the second monday in may.

19230816 pamphlet for plan 1.jpg
Letter stating that the supervisor is sending pamphlets and the Rosenwald Application

19230911 School Board Approve Lumber.jpg
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

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Front and back of a letter discussing funds

19220907 Board Meeting Notice Post Card Back.jpg
letter stating the date of the next school board meeting

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This is a photograph of Carrie Milhado and Mildred Jennings at the Mineral School

Civil Rights in Virginia.pdf
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…

19220804 Do not believe in Rosenwald Fund.jpg
Letter to Mr. Hayden stating that the current board does not believe in the Rosenwald Fund

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Captain Francis Marion McMullen and his wife Virginia Ann ran a school in Stanardsville after the Civil War. In August 1868 he bought the 10 acre Stanardsville property on which Forest Hill Academy stands, and built this school house. It is not known…

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039_1985.46.02-02.jpg
In rural parts of Central Virginia in the early 1800s children were home-schooled when there were few alternatives. These pages are from a home made mathematics textbook; the leather cover was home tanned, and the writing was done with a quill pen,…

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