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Preferred Citation

Papers Relating to Education in Virginia, Accession #38-168, -a, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These collections are both gifts of James G. Johnson. Accession number 38-168 was given to the Library in 1938, and accession number 38-168-a in 1969.

Scope and Content

The collection contains covering letters and primary source material for Dr. Johnson's History of the Examination, Certification, and Training of Teachers in Virginia . The history covers the period from 1870, when the first state superintendent of public instruction took office, to 1938 when Johnson was superintendent of public schools in Charlottesville, Va. Source material includes teacher certificates, state superintendent memos, teacher examinations and information regarding curriculum, textbooks and financing; the materials were mailed to Johnson in response to a circular of May, 1937, in which he specified the documents he needed. There is also a 1932 dissertation by Thomas Eason, "History of Teacher Certification in Virginia."

The collection also contains a document signed in 1860 by Governor John Letcher appointing justices of the peace for Putnam County, Va.

Miscellaneous additions include programs from the Lane High School Christmas concert, 1946; University of Virginia Concert Band, 1947; an appreciation meeting in honor of Mrs. Cora B. Duke, Jefferson High School, 1947; the Jefferson High School Operetta "College Days," 1947; and the Charlottesville Education Association meeting, 1948. A copy of the resolution in honor of Mrs. Duke is also included.

Arrangement

The material in these collections is divided into three series: material used in Johnson's text, correspondence and enclosures, and additional source material. The second of these series is arranged chronologically by the dates of the correspondence (1937-1941), although the enclosures, like the the rest of the source materials, date from 1850-1938. The third series is subdivided into examination questions and regulations, curriculum and financing, textbook information, teacher's certificates and contracts, state superintendent's memos, Eason's dissertation, clippings, and miscellaneous.