Reminiscences of Philena Carkin [manuscript], 1910.

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Reminiscences of Philena Carkin [manuscript], 1910.

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Reminiscences of my Life and Work among the Freedmen of Charlottesville, Virginia, from March 1st 1866 to July 1st 1875. Vol. 2. contains chapters on "Visitors," "Slave stories," "Friendly white citizens," "Characters among the freedmen" "Letters from pupils," and "Leftovers", plus Carkin's reflections on her work and the progress of her pupils and the freedmen in general. The section on visitors very briefly notes the names of visitors to the school including the Marquis of Lorne, the wife of William Barton Rogers, and General Samuel C. Armstrong who assisted a pupil in attending Hampton Institute. The chapter on slave stories contains brief life histories or anecdotes about local freedmen. The chapter on friendly white citizens describes cordial relations with tradespeople and lists the few whites who evinced a friendly interest in their work including Professors Minor and McGuffey, Alexander Rives, and bank cashier [Alexander P.?] Abell, and discusses the resignation of Anna Gardner over religious views. "Special characters among freedmen" relates stories about "Aunt" Jenny Pickett, Thomas Farrar, Robert Sellers, the Rev. William Gibbons (a former slave of University of Virginia professor Henry Howard), Isabella Gibbons, Jesse Kelly, Margaret Lewis, and the musical Scott family. "Letters from pupils" contains letters from Tilly M. Sellers, 1886, who sends news of former pupils and the work at his own school at Boyd's Station, whose library was named for Franklin B. Sanborn who sent books for the school. Letters from Rives Minor, 1910, mentions the success of many former pupils including the Scotts, Benjamin Tonsler, John West, and [?] Inge, and describes teaching in Highland County, Va., in 1879. In "Leftovers," Carkin describes predjudice encountered by Isabella Gibbons and herself on a train trip to see Grant's inaugural. She also gives more information about Benjamin Tonsler, the student that Armstrong provided for at Hampton, as well as Robert Scott and Egbert Terry. Typed transcription available.

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