Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs

Bibliography: Names in the Database

The following is a list of personal names that appear in the descriptive field of the Jackson Davis database. When possible, we have included brief biographical information followed by an abbreviated bibliographical citation; for a full citation, please consult the bibliography. The negative number provided may be one of many occurrences in the database.

NAME	Negative Number	Biographical Information	Citation
Alexander, Dr. Fred M.	6424	Supervisor of Secondary Education and of Negro Education, Virginia Department of Education	Alexander, Education for the Needs, Introduction.
Alston, Rev. J.H.	0415
Atkinson, Tulane	0786	Superintendent of Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia during the 1910s	Jackson Davis Collection, #0788.
Banks, Ruby and Ruth	1059	African-American students in Caroline County, Virginia. In 1912, they won first prize in a gardening exhibition.	Jackson Davis Collection, #1059.
Barksdale, Superintendent N.H.	0469	Superintendent of Schools in Halifax County, Virginia during the 1910s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1910, 1915.
Baylor, "Uncle" Washington	L1183
Bethune,Mary Mcleod	2755	Mary Mcleod Bethune was born in Sumter, South Carolina in 1875. She entered the field of education, because it was the only profession African-American women could enter at the time. She had hoped to perform missionary work in Africa; however, she found that only white persons were permitted to volunteer their services. On October 3, 1904 she opened the Daytona Educational and Industrial Institute located in Daytona, Florida. In 1923, the Daytona Institute merged with the Daytona Normal and Industrial School, forming a coeducational institution for African-American youth. From 1924-1928, she served as the president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Subsequently, she formed the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and assumed the position of its first president from 1935-1949.	See galenet.com
Binford, J.H	0468	James Henry Binford, 1832-1876
Booth, Dr. J.T	0914	Virginia State Department of Health	Jackson Davis Collection, #0914.
Brannon, Agent	6405	State Agent of Negro Schools in South Carolina in 1917. Due to poor health, he resigned 2 years later	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 35.
Brierley, William W.	6658	Personal friend and correspondent of Jackson Davis	Jackson Davis Papers, Box 1.
Brinkley, Mr.	3207
Brooks, Henry	0428	African-American man who ran a store in Gloucester County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0428.
Brown, Joseph and Clance	L1370	African-American homeowners in Ruthville, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #L1370.
Brown, Ms. Daniel	0992	African-American homeowner in Charles City County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0992.
Beckham, Rev. B.M	3128	Principal of Ferrum Training School, 1913-1934	Hurt, A History of Ferrum College.
Butler, Annie E.	0140	Supervising and Industrial Teacher, Caroline County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0096.
Buttrick, Dr.	2427	Dr. Wallace Buttrick. First Secretary of the General Education Board, 1902-1917. Also President (1917-1923) and Chairman (1923-1926) of the Board	Fosdick, Adventure in Giving, p. 180.
Butts, Principal J.B.	2238	Principal, Nottoway County Training School	Jackson Davis Collection, #2238.
Caldwell, B.C.	3095	Head of Jeanes and Slater funds	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 18.
Calloway, George	6640	Homeowner, Halifax County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #6650.
Coggin, Superintendent W.B.	0189	Superintendent of Schools in Charles City County, Virginia during the early 1910s	Virginia Annual Report, 1910.
Colewater, Col.	0469	Trustee, White Oak Colored School, Halifax County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0469.
Curtis, Miss Florence R.	3134	Director of Hampton Library School	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 86.
Darling, Cora	1052
Davis, Corinne	DG04	Wife of Jackson Davis. Maiden name Corinne Mannsfield; married in Bluffton, Georgia, 1911.
Davis, Francis A.	FI02	Family member
Davis, Mr. M.	3149	Family member
Davis, Reverend D.W.	0290	Family member
Davis, Ruth	2594	Second daughter of Corinne and Jackson Davis
Davis, Helen	DG01	First daughter of Corinne and Jackson Davis
Davis, Sally Guy	FI06	Family member
Davis, William Anderson	FI06	Family member
Davis, Wortham Guy	FI06	Family member
Dickinson, C.W.	6473
Dillard, Dr. James H.	2040	Dr. James Hardy Dillard was born in Nansemond County, Virginia to James and Sarah Brownriss Cross Dillard on October 24, 1856. Prior to the Civil War, his family owned a large tidewater plantation and about 350 slaves. Dillard received his M.A. from Washington and Lee in 1876 and law degree in 1877. He aspired to futher study and to practice law, but family circumstances dictated that he contribute to the family income. He therefore accepted a job as principal of the Rodman School in Norfolk, Virginia and embarked upon a lifetime career as an educator. While teaching Latin at Tulane and living in New Orleans, Dillard became more accutely aware of the problems with African-American education in the South. Soon thereafter, he was recruited to be President of the Jeanes and Slater Funds. Dilllard spent the rest of his life working for various organizations to improve African-American education and to forge interracial understanding throughout the South. Dillard died in 1940.	New York Times, Saturday August 13, 1940. Ten Hoor, Marten. James Hardy Dillard: An Appreciation. Dillard University: 1940.
Dolly, Nettie E.	0449	Teacher, Halifax County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0449.
Duke, E.H.	2421	Oklahoma State Agent, 1927-1947	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 177.
DuPuy, Mary Taylor	FI02	Married Francis Davis on June 25, 1925.	Jackson Davis Collection, #F103.
Eggleston, J.D.	0236	Joseph Dupuy Eggleston. State Superintendent of Virginia, 1906-13. Also President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1913-1919) and Hampden-Sydney College (1919-1939)	http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/pres/eggles.htm
Eubank, Superintendent H.R.	0592	Henry Ragland Eubank. Superintendent of Schools, King William County, Virginia, late 1910s and early 1920s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1915, 1920.
Evans, Mrs. A.P.	3151	School League Director, Dinwiddie County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #3151.
Favrot, Mr.	2497	Leo M. Favrot. General Education Board State Agent of Negro Schools in Arkansas (1916-23) and Louisiana (1916-23). From 1923-1939, he was an associate to Jackson Davis at the Board.	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 175-6.
Fitzgerald, Mr.	0469	Trustee, White Oak Colored School, Halifax County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0469.
Fizgerald, Moses	0762	African-American farmer from Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0762.
Flexler, Dr.	2427	Dr. Abraham Flexner. Secretary of the General Education Board, 1913-1928 and Founder of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1930-1939	Fosdick, Adventure in Giving, p. 116-117.
Ford, Azile Davis	FI06	Family member
Foster, President L.H.	6424	President of Virginia State College	Jackson Davis Collection, #6424.
Franklin, A.Q.	0219	African-American Commissioner of Revenue and Virginia State Legislator	Jackson Davis Collection, #0219.
Frissell, Dr.	0382	Hollis Burke Frissell. Born 1851; died 1917. Principal of Hampton Institute, 1893-1918. Member of Southern Education Board and General Education Board	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 7.
Gandy, Dr. J.M.	6426	John Manuel Gandy. Born 1870. President of Virginia State College, 1914-1942	Who's Who, Vol. 24
Gandy, Rev. S.L.	6426
Garrett, Amanda Davis	FI06	Family member
Godard, George D.	0541	Georgia State Agent, 1913-19. Also a Minister of the Primitive Baptist Church	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 9, 20, 175.
Goodwin, Sgt. David	6425
Gray, Capt A.J.	6424
Gray, Mary E.	0991	Teacher, Charles City County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0991
Gregg, Dr. Alan	2705	Head of Rockefeller Foundation's Medical Sciences Division, 1949	Fosdick, Adventure in Giving,p. 16
Gresham, W.D.	3225	Virginia State Agent for Negro Schools, 1920-36	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 39.
Hall, Maria Louise Davis	FI06	Family member
Hill, W.B.	3211	Walter B. Hill, State agent of Georgia, 1920-1930	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 20.
Hodges, W.T.	0008	William Thomas Hodges was born in Chatham, Virginia on November 19, 1881. He, along with Jackson Davis, graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1902. He then received his M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1916 and received his doctorate in Education from Harvard University in 1925. Hodges taught in Virginia and North Carolina high schools from 1903-1909, was the superintendent of schools in Arlington County, Virginia from 1909-1916, and the Virginia State Supervisor of Rural Schools from 1916-1920 before he became a professor of education at the College of William and Mary in 1920. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, he served as a dean at the College of William and Mary-Norfolk Division, which later became Old Dominion University. Hodges was a longtime personal friend of Jackson Davis and the two men maintained an extensive correspondence during the years Davis was involved with the General Education Board. Hodges retired to Wytheville and Staunton where he died on April 23, 1947.	Jackson Davis Papers. MSS 3072, Box 3, Folders 1-5. Special Collections Department, University of Virginia. "Hodges, William Thomas." Who Was Who in America. Volume 2. 1950.
Holmes, Mat (?) .	0992
Horkan, Brig. Gen. George A.	6424
Hovey, Dr. George R.	2042	George Rice Hovey was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts on January 17, 1860. He graduated from Brown University in 1882, studied at the Newton Theological Institute, and did further post-graduate work at Temple University and Brown. In 1905, after working at the Richmond Theological Seminary and Wayland Seminary and College in Washington, D.C., Hovey became president of Virginia Union University, an African-American school supported by the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Under Hovey's direction, W.E.B. DuBois classified Virginia Union as a �First Grade Colored Colleges.� Dr. Hovey and the university made repeated funding requests to the General Education Board, but were turned down due to Hovey's insistence on a traditional arts and sciences college program rather than an industrial one. Hovey left the presidency of Virginia Union in 1919 and worked for the American Baptist Home Missionary Society and the National Minister's Institute until his death on January 28, 1943.	Anderson, James. The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. "Hovey, George Rice." Who Was Who in America. Volume 2. 1950.
Hubbard, J.E.	0200	White resident of Charles City County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0200.
Hughes, Nancy	0726
Hughes, Robert M.	3248
Huisdale, Miss	2705
Jackson, Capt. Melvin T.	6425
Jackson, Moses	0756	African-American demonstration farmer in Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0756.
Jenkins, Lizzie A.	0140
Johnson, Walter	0273	African-American homeowner in Chesterfield County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0275.
Johnston, Dean J.H.	6426
Jones, Dr. Thomas Jesse	3215	Educational Director of the Phelps Stokes Fund, 1913-1946. Born 1873; died 1950.	Who Was Who, v. 2, p. 287.
Jones, Willis	0758	African-American demonstration farmer, Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #1001.
Kelton, William	0766	Demonstration farmer, Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #1010.
Lambert, J.S. .	3223	Alabama State Agent, 1918-42	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 175.
Lankard, Superintendent E.G	0704	Superintendant of Schools, Northampton County, Virginia in the 1910s and 1920s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925.
Lee, Jasper	1065	African-American demonstration farmer, Gloucester County, Virginia
Leman, R.D.	0432	Demonstration farm agent, Gloucester County, Virginia
Loram, Mr. C.T.	3001	White South African educator interested in black education in South Africa. A frequent traveller to the American South	Hartshorne, Crisis and Challenge.
Marable, Sallie	6638	African-American resident of Halifax County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #6638.
Martin, Superintendent	2052
Maxim, Col. F.D.	6424
McCuistion, Fred	3211	Field representative of the General Education Board in Southern states	Fosdick, Adventure in Giving, p. 268.
Kenney, Superintendent	2591	Superintendent of Schools of Gloucester County, Virginia in the 1920s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1920, 1925.
McManaway, H.M.	1293	Superintendent of Schools in Albemarle County, Virginia in the early 1910s	Moore, Albemarle, p. 326
Minor, L.R.	0877
Moore, Dr. J.A.	6425
Morton, Maj. R.R.	1032
Neal, Elnora	0459	Resident of Halifax County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0459.
Newbold, N.C.	1293	North Carolina State Agent, 1913-1950	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 177.
Norris, Dr. Morgan E.	3212	Affiliate of Lincoln University	Letterbooks of Dr. Charles P. Wertenbaker, 1889-1913. Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library MSS 3619
Owens, G.W.	0269
Patterson, 1st. Lt. Minnie	6425
Patton, Dr.	3207
Percival, Superintendent	0652	Superintendent of Schools, Middlesex County, Virginia in the 1910s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1910, 1915.
Phenix, George P.	0033	Dr. George Phenix was born in Maine in 1864. He graduated from Colby College with a Doctor of Science degree and became a principal of the State Normal School at Willimantic, Connecticut. Phenix moved to Hampton, Virginia in 1904 to teach at the Hampton Institute. His exemplary service at the Institute earned him immediate notice and promotion. In 1908 he rose to the position of Vice-principal. He further earned the responsibility of overseeing the Institute's summer-school program. In 1928, Phenix succeeded Dr. James Gregg as president of Hampton Institute. He remained president of the Insitute until his death in 1930.	Malval, Fritz. A Guide to the Archives of the Hampton Institute. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Pierce, John B.	0750	African-American farmer, Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0761.
Powell, Dr.	0353
Randolph, Virginia	0551	Virginia Estelle Randolph was born to former slaves Edward Nelson and Sarah Elizabeth Randolph on June 8, 1874 in Richmond, Virginia. She started working in white homes at the age of 8. She received an education at the Baker School and the Richmond Normal School and at age 16 obtained a teaching position in Goochland County. Two years later, in 1892, Randolph began teaching at the Mountain Road School in Glen Allen, Virginia. Believing that �the destiny of our race depends, largely, upon the training the children receive in the schoolroom,� Randolph worked hard to integrate her school and her practical teaching message into her community. Her committment to industrial training greatly impressed members of Virginia"s white community, especially then-Henrico County Superintendent of Schools Jackson Davis. He described her as �a teacher who has mastered her environment.� In 1908, at Davis"s suggestion, Randolph became the first Jeanes teacher. Her methods served as a model for Jeanes teachers both throughout the American South and in Africa. The Mountain Road School continued to expand and in 1915 was renamed the Virginia Randolph Training School in her honor. In 1926, Randolph received the Harmon Award for her social service contributions. She continued her dedication to education until her death in 1958. In 1970, a cottage on the property of the Virginia Randolph Training School was transformed into a museum in her honor. In 1976, the United States Department of Interior , National Park Service named the museum a National Historic Landmark.	Jones, Lance. The Jeanes Teacher in the United States. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937.
Rawls, Dr.	0580	Superintendent of Schools, Isle of Wight County, Virginia in the late 1910s and early 1920s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1910, 1915, 1920.
Richards, Dr. Charles R.	3164
Roach, Lonnie	0195	Boys Corn Club member, Charles City County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0195.
Round, George Carr	0803, 1534	First Virginia Superintendent of Public Schools	Manassas Museum Files
Russell, Archdeacon	0039	James S. Russell was born a slave in 1857 on a Mecklenburg County, Virginia plantation. After Reconstruction, he attended the Hampton Institute and later the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Petersburg, Virginia. In 1882, he moved to Lawrenceville, Virginia to organize a congregation. Six years later, in 1888, Russell started a normal school, named St. Paul"s, for the children of his congregation. In 1893, he also became the Archdeacon of Southern Virginia. In addition to his educational activities at St. Paul"s, Russell also launched several progressive community programs, such as Rosenwald school-building projects and medical services. He retired in 1928 and was succeeded by his son, Rev. J. Alvin Russell.	Russell, James S. Adventure in Faith: An Autobiographic Story of Archdeacon James Solomon Russell, founder of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Va. New York: Morehouse Publishing Co., 1936. St. Paul"s College Bulletin, 1993-1998. Vol. LXXXIV. Lawrenceville: St. Paul"s College, 1993-1998. Thurman, Frances Ashton. The History of St. Paul"s College, Lawrenceville, Va., 1888-1959. Diss. Howard University, 1978.
Sandy, T.O	0712	First farm demonstration agent in Virginia.	Fosdick, Adventure in Giving, p. 46.
Sibley, J.L	0749	James Longstreet Sibley, State Agent of Alabama	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p.175.
Smith, Miss.	2591
Smith, Mr. S.L	2142	Samuel L. Smith was born in McEwen, Tennessee in 1875 and first worked as a rural school teacher. From 1920 until 1938, he served as the director of the southern office of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. During this time, he helped African-American residents of Fayette County, Tennessee, build Tennessee"s first Rosenwald-supported school. From 1938-1946, Smith was Provost in charge of Public Relations of Georgia Peabody College for Teachers and, after his retirement, was awarded the honor of Provost Emeritus. He was a strong proponent of industrial education for the African-American community and consequently discouraged instructing them in the liberal arts tradition. Smith died September 9, 1956.	Smith, S.L. Builders of Goodwill. Nashville: Tennessee Book Company, 1950.
Smith, Mrs. Isabella G	0429	Industrial Teacher, Gloucester County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0429.
Snowden, Col. Frank	6424
Stroud, A.T	0942	House builder, Norfolk County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0942.
Stuart, Governor Henry C.	0137	Henry Carter Stuart, Virginia Democratic Governor (1914-18). Reformed state tax based on a segregated system.	Poston, Charles E. Henry Carter Stuart in Virginia politics, 1855-1933.
Tanner, Dudley	3222	State Agent for Tennessee (1929-42)	Smith, Builders of Goodwill, p. 177.
Tierney, Maj. J.W.	6424
Tucker, Daniel	0764	Demonstration farmer, Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0764.
Tynes, Theodor	2461	Student at Dunbar High School, Lynchburg, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #2461.
Updegrove, Mary Davis	FI06	Corinne Davis' sister
Valentine, Superintendent W.B.	0053	Superintendent of Schools, Brunswick County, Virginia in the early 1910s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1910.
Walker, T.C.	0418	Also known as Lawyer or Principal Walker. A former slave, Walker founded the Gloucester County Training School and served as Superintendent of Negro School in Gloucester County, Virginia. He also was Assistant State Agent to Virginia, 1920-32.	Walker, The Honey-Pod Tree.
Washington, Booker T.	0856	Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856 a slave on James Burrough's plantation at Hale's Ford, Franklin County, VA. Washington taught himself the alphabet and later studied under an instructor at the local black school. With this knowledge, Washington set off for the Hampton Institute in hope of furthering his education. Once at Hampton, he worked as a janitor in order to pay for room and board, while earning high honors in his studies. The principal at Hampton, General Samuel Armstrong, recommended Washington for the position as the head of the new Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School located in Alabama. Washington built Tuskegee into one of the nation's premier educational institutions for African-Americans. Washington was involved also in the social and political struggle of African-Americans during the Jim Crow era. Famous for his "Atlanta Compromise" speech to the Cotton States and International Exposition in 1893, Washington articulated his belief that African-Americans should focus their attention on economic development and prosperity rather than politics and social advancement.	http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC/
Washington, Russell E.	0191
Washington, Superintendent John.	2086	Superintendent of School, Caroline County, Virginia in early 1910s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1910.
Weatherford, W.D	0426	Dr. Willis Duke Weatherford. Educator, author, and business director. He established and built Blue Ridge Assembly and wrote on race relations.	Dykeman, Wilma Profit of Plenty 1967.
Weaver, 2nd. Lt. Robert	6425
Wight, Bernice	0150	African-American student, Caroline County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0150.
Williams, Peter	0760	Demonstration farm agent, Nottoway County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0760.
Wilson, Mary E.	0164	Principal, African-American school, Charlotte County, Virginia	Jackson Davis Collection, #0164.
Wrigglesworth, Superintendent	2241	Superintendent of Schools, Nottoway County, Virginia in the 1920s and 1930s	Virginia Annual Reports, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935.
Wright, A.D.	1293	Superintendent of Schools, Henrico County, Virginia, 1915-1920. President of Jeanes and Slater Funds, 1931-1946	Smith, Builders of Goodwill., p. 38.
Wynn, Rev. H.H.	0769	Graduate, Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute	Jackson Davis Collection, #0769.