Student reaction to the election of Herbert Hoover [manuscript], 1928 November 7.

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Student reaction to the election of Herbert Hoover [manuscript], 1928 November 7.

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Newspaper clippings describe students burning "religious intolerance" in effigy and shrouding statues of Thomas Jefferson in black with a card reading "To the Memory of Jeffersonian Democracy and Religious Freedom in Virginia -- died November 6, 1928. Both were reactions to the election of Herbert Hoover and the defeat of Al Smith, the first time Virginia voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Reconstruction.

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...