Collection of manuscript and typescript materials used by Dr. James Gibson Johnson in writing the history of education in Virginia [manuscript] 1870-1944.

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Collection of manuscript and typescript materials used by Dr. James Gibson Johnson in writing the history of education in Virginia [manuscript] 1870-1944.

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Includes copies of letters of recommendation, teacher's certificates, contracts, examination blanks, etc., during the superintendency of John L. Buchanan, 1886-1890, R.R. Farr, 1882-1886, John E. Massey, 1890-1898, William H. Ruffner, 1870-1882, Joseph W. Southall, 1898-1906, Reamur C. Stearns, 1913-1918.

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Farr, R. R.

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Massey, John E. (John Edward), 1819-1901

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Lawyer, Baptist clergyman, resident of Albemarle Co., Va., and later, state legislator and lieutenant-governor of Va. From the description of Papers, 1776-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36492112 Baptist clergyman, politician. From the description of Letter to William Mahone [manuscript], 1881 April 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821169 ...

Buchanan, John L.

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Southall, Joseph W.

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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...