College publications, 1899-1994.

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College publications, 1899-1994.

Materials include issues of Virginia Union University Bulletin, bound and unbound (1930-1980) and microfilm (1941-1980); college catalogs (1899-1906, 1910-1930); Virginia Union University Reports (1987-1990); Virginia Union University Today (1983-1991); Unionite (1992-1994); University Journal (1901-1912) published jointly by Virginia Union University and Hartshorn Memorial College, title later changed to Union-Hartshorn Journal; alumni directories (1987, 1991); Virginia Union University Women Graduates (1976), compiled and published by the International Congress of Virginia Union University Graduates, contains short biographies; and misc. publications.

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Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.). University journal.

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International Congress of Virginia Union University Women Graduates

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Hartshorn Memorial College (Richmond, Va.)

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Hartshorn Memorial College was founded in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., with 58 students on November 1883; est. by the Rev. J.C. Hartshorn, of Providence, R.I., in memory of his wife, to provide a Christian education to young Negro women; merged with Virginia Union University in 1932. From the description of Hartshorn Memorial College collection, 1883-1979. (Virginia Union University). WorldCat record id: 70970002 ...

Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)

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National Theological Institute with branches in Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, split apart after 1865 with the Washington branch becoming Wayland Seminary; 1869 the Richmond branch was named Colver Institute; in 1876 school was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly under the name Richmond Institute; in 1883 a college for women named Hartshorn Memorial College was founded by the ABHMS; with no women attending the Richmond Institu...