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Title
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EWP LoudounCountySchools
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Archie Richardson, Loudoun County, African American schools, communities, Virginia, education, Douglass High School, Rosenwald, Slater schools, segregated educational system
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Place
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Virginia
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1036478
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1036478_EWP_LoudounCountySchools.pdf
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Date Created
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2024-01-07 22:26:29 +0000
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.pdf
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add091086338c620ab12e791a9994252524812433497c1c2063808fb35dd1eb1
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1036478_EWP_LoudounCountySchools.pdf
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Publisher
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Digitized by Edwin Washington Project
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Rights
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Loudoun County Public Schools
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Language
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English
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/EWP 3-5 Archie Richardson/3.5 Archie Richardson/ArchieRichardson/Loudoun County Schools.pdf
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Archie Richardson Collection
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Pictures of Loudoun County “colored” schools and associated people from the collection of Archie
Richardson, most probably taken in the Spring of 1940, though some might be earliar.
• Courtesy of Francine Archer, Project Archivist, Virginia State University, Petersburg. Most of the
pictures have not been seen by the public in over seventy years. I’ve added a few notes and
pictures to better understand them.
• In 1936, Richardson became the highest-ranking African American in the State Government, when
he was appointed assistant to the Assistant for Negro education in Virginia. In 1969, he retired as
Associate Director of the Division of Secondary Education in Virginia. His papers consist of
correspondence, speeches, writings and more than one thousand photographs of Rosenwald,
Slater, and other schools constructed in Virginia for African Americans in the 1930's and before.
We plan to visit the archives in the Spring of 2017.
• We know from Edwin Washington Archives that Richardson visited Loudoun in the Spring of 1940
in order to inspect the school and talk to the African-American community. He also recommended
that the LCPS listen to the advice of Gertrude Alexander, who was pushing for an accredited High
School. The school would become Douglass High in 1941.
• Some of these photos, or similar ones, are already in the Edwin Washington Collection. We are
making an effort to identify them, including reaching out to the African-American community to see
if any of the students are still alive or if former students remember the teachers.
Larry Roeder, Principal Investigator. roederaway@gmail.com
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Slide 1
We suspect #4
might be Edith
Harris who
instructed at the
Training Center
Is #3 Archie Richardson? #1 might be Gertrude A. Alexander,
Jeanes Supervisor in 1938 when the first meeting of the CountyWide League was held; she held the position of Rural Supervisor
through the 1940/41 academic year and with Richardson, who
visited her in 1940, was instrumental in gaining Douglass High
School for the African-American Community. Is #2 white and
also #10 in Slide 10
Picture might be taken on front steps of the Loudoun County Training Center
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Slide 2:
An interesting feature is that there are two, possibly three white people in the
photo. Since whites did not teach African-Americans, what was their role?
Edith Harris appears to be the third person from the right in the back row.
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A celebration
What Was this Building?
Slide 3
I think I’ve seen this set of photos
before, but not sure where. They
are not in the Edwin Washington
collection.
Slide 4
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Slide 5 Celebration
The horizontal banner might be for Purcellville Middle School.
Slide 6
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Slide 7 Celebration
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Slide 8:
Loudoun County Training Center
Banner is hanging from second floor.
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Loudoun County Training Center
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Also known as the Leesburg Colored School, a similar undated photograph to that in the
Richardson collection is held by the Library of Virginia. The source is the Virginia School Building
Service, which began recommending designs for schools in 1920, as part of the progressive
movement which required that schools be both function and attractive.(1)
(1) See School Buildings Services collection at http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgibin/photo.cgi/SB/01361
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Image 9: Loudoun County Court House
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Slide 10:
Might be on steps of Training Center. #10 might be the lady marked as #2 in slide
one. What was the role of the two people who appear to be white, #8 and #10?
Is #7 Archie Richardson? We think #4 was Winton Walker, formerly of Waterford
Colored.
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Slide 11: Teachers
Similar to Slide 10. Might be on steps of Training Center. #8 might be the lady
marked as #2 in slide one. What was the role of the two people who appear to be
white, #7 and #8? Is #6 Archie Richardson?
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Teacher Winton A. Walker
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Based on a photo of Winton Walker from 1920, when he instructed at
Waterford, we think #4 in Slide 10 might be Walker.
Winton A. Walker was born in
1879 and earned his
education from public school
and work at Morgan College.
According to his Teacher’s
Record, he instructed at
Waterford from 1921/22 to
1928/29. In1921, he served
with 7 years experience.
From 1929/30 to 1931/32 he
taught at Mt. Pleasant.
Photo of Winton Walker and pupils, 1920. Waterford History
Foundation (http://www.waterfordhistory.org/graphics/historyphotos/second-school-class-1920.jpg)
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Slide 12: Loudoun County Court House
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Slide 13: Superintendent Oscar L. Emerick
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Slide 14: Unknown school.
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Slide 15
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Slide 16
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Slide 17 (there is no slide 18)
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Slide 19
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Slide 20. Conklin Colored School
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Slide 21 Waterford
We tried to blow up the sign
and building to the rear.
We think this is the Second Street school in
Waterford.
The building in the background still stands to the
left of the school, with some additions.
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Teacher Winton A. Walker
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Based on a photo of Winton Walker from 1920, when he instructed at
Waterford, we think #4 in Slide 10 might be Walker.
Winton A. Walker was born in
1879 and earned his
education from public school
and work at Morgan College.
According to his Teacher’s
Record, he instructed at
Waterford from 1921/22 to
1928/29. In1921, he served
with 7 years experience.
From 1929/30 to 1931/32 he
taught at Mt. Pleasant.
Photo of Winton Walker and pupils, 1920. Waterford History
Foundation (http://www.waterfordhistory.org/graphics/historyphotos/second-school-class-1920.jpg)
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Slide 22
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Slide 23
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Slide 24. Which School?
We have a similar photo in our archives calling the school Hughesville, whereas
another says Mountain Gap Colored. Notice toilets to rear of school.
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Slide 25: Lincoln Colored School
An identical photo in Edwin
Washington Archives called this
building the Lincoln Colored School.
The Lincoln Historical Association also
has the same photo with a date of
1938. The photo is also held by the
Library of Virginia and is dated
January, 1938.
The picture to the left is undated,
showing students and probably teachers
at Lincoln. Source: Lincoln Historical
Association.
Notice that the field of stars on the flag
has the initials LCS, likely to mean
Lincoln Colored School.
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Slide 28
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