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Box 6

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Contains 11 Results:

Photograph of C. M. Wood on the Football Team at Va. Union U., 1916

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 124
Scope and Contents

This file contains a photograph of C.M. Wood on the football team at Virginia Union University in 1916.

Dates: 1916

C. M. Wood Diplomas, 1914 - 1919

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 125
Scope and Contents

This file consists of three diplomas from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute and a certificate of honorary membership to the Kappa Gamma Chi Literary Society.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1919

Nannie Walker's Art Book at Hartshorn Memorial College, 1916

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 126
Scope and Contents

Nannie Walker art book at Hartshorn Memorial College on campus of Campus of Virginia Union University.

Dates: 1916

First Baptist Church, Lexington, Va., Anniversary Booklets, 1954 - 2014

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 127
Scope and Contents

    This file consists of:
  • Eighty-seventh Church Anniversary Booklet, 1954
  • Centennial Commemoration Book, 1967
  • 125th Anniversary First Baptist Church, 1992
  • First Baptist Church 147th Anniversary, 2014

Dates: Majority of material found within 1954 - 2014

The Saturday Evening Post, 1955-02-19

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 129
Scope and Contents

Edward Wood's photograph was in the Saturday Evening Post in an article about integration in southern schools.

Dates: Issued: 1955-02-19

Clippings and Xeroxed Material on Segregation, 1920 - 2001

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 128
Scope and Contents

This file consists of clipping and xeroxed materials on segregation in Lexington.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920 - 2001

Life Magazine, 1969-09-12

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 130
Scope and Contents

This file consists of an issue of Life Magazine with Coretta King on the cover.

Dates: 1969-09-12

Life Magazine, 1969-08-22

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 131
Scope and Contents

This file consists of an issue of Life Magazine featuring Vernon Merritt, an African American photographer.

Dates: Issued: 1969-08-22

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 97 No. 3, 1989-07

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 132
Scope and Contents

This file includes a copy of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 97 No. 3, published in July 1989 by the Virginia Historical Society. This copy is included in the collection because the cover photograph depicts members of a black lodge in Lexington, Virginia, at the turn of the 20th century from the Virginia Historical Society's Michael Miley Collection.

Dates: 1989-07

"A Straw in the Wind: Some Days of My Years" by Charles Turner, 1983

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 133
Scope and Contents

This file contains a copy of Charles Wilson Turner's 1983 memoir entitled "A Straw in the Wind: Some Days of My Years" with a signature and note from the author addressed to Mrs. C. Wood. The enscription reads as follows "To Mrs. C. Wood, who was so kind to me. Sincerely, Charles W. Turner. The man I gave 'old memories' to for history."

Dates: 1983

Two children's books belonging to Alex Wood, 1917

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 134
Scope and Contents

This file consists of two childrens books owned and marked in by Alex Wood. One is "The Child's World Primer" by Sarah Withers, Hetty S. Browne, and W.K. Tate, published by the Johnson Publishing Company in Richmond, Virginia in 1917, and includes writing by Alex Wood, as well as his age - five. The other is Play Fellows, which also includes marginalia by Wood, but is missing a publishing page with relevant information on author, publisher, and release date.

Dates: 1917