Material regarding education in Virginia [manuscript] 1869-1907.
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Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895
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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia, to S.D. Cabaniss, Huntsville, Ala. [manuscript] 1867 April 3. 1867. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647960869 Professor of law at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of John B. Minor, 1843-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31254303 John B. Minor, b. Louisa County, Va. Attended University of Virginia, graduating ...
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...
Ruffner, William Henry, 1824-1908
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William Henry Ruffner was born February 11, 1824, the son of Henry Ruffner, a Presbyterian minister and college president. He graduated from Washington College (Lexington, Va.) where his father served, in 1842. Ruffner attended Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, Va.) in 1845 and 1846, and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1847. He married Harriet Anne Gray of Collicello, Va. in 1850. Ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1852, he served for a year as pastor of Seventh P...
Cambell, David
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Chavis, John, 1763-1838
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John Mack Townsley Chavis was a historian and university administrator at the University of Michigan. Born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1923, Chavis attended Toledo Public Schools and upon graduation enrolled in the Hampton Institute in Hampton, West Virginia. His education was interrupted when he was called into military service, where he served for five years in the U.S. Army. When his term of service was complete, Chavis enrolled at the University of Toledo, where he earned a B.A. in hist...
