3 10 1003 https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF0228_historic-harrisonburg-booklet-by-john-wayland.pdf f305b59d24a03728515d4e9acc21abcf PDF Text Text �HISTORIC HARRISONBURG BY JOHN W. WAYLAND ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1949 REPRINTED BY PERMISSION C. J. CARRIER COMPANY HARRISONBURG, VA. 1990 _ _ ________________________________________ :- ____; -----'-- - - -- - --·--- �{ ' OTHER HISTORICAL WORKS BY JOHN w. WAYLAND The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia A History of Rockingam County, Virginia How to Teach American History History Stories for Primary Grades A History of Virginia for Boys and Girls Scenic and Historical Guide to the Shenandoah Valley Historic Landmarks of the Shenandoah Valley A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia Chapters in Church History Virginia Valley Records The Pathfinder of the Seas Historic Homes of Northern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Stonewall Jackson's Way The Bowmans, A Pioneering Family m Virginia, Kentucky, and the Northwest Territory The Washingtons and Their Homes The Lincolns in Virginia World History (a textbook), with Carlton J . H. Hayes and Parker T. Moon 11 �HARRISONBURG SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES 111 serve places on the roll of honor. Among the colored teachers Lucy F. Simms, U. G. Wilson, George A. Newman, and principal W. N. P. Harris, with others, have had long and honorable careers. From time to time the old school buildings have been enlarged, new ones have been erected, and improved equipment has been provided. In 1908 a stone building was constructed in front of the brick buildings on South Main Street at a cost of $23,000. In 1910-11 the Waterman School was built at the northern edge of the city, at an outlay of $25,000, on grounds donated by the late A. G. Waterman. In 1925 this school was enlarged by a ten-room addition costing $60,000. In 1928 the new high school building was erected on the old fair grounds at a cost of $225,000, and in 1934 the building was enlarged by a six-room addition at an expenditure of $33, 000. Within the same period excellent buildings were provided for the Negro schools. I ' The Lucy F. Simms School In 1882 a four-room brick building for the Negro school t m co an M was erected at a cost of $2000 on a lot facing Effinger Street. With a substantial addition on the west side this building was used until 1938-39 when the Lucy F. Simms School, in a splendid brick building costing, with its equipment, $100,000, was opened a short distance farther east. This school, very appropriately, was named in honor of Lucy F. Simms, a graduate of Hampton Institute, who, for 55 years, was an efficient teacher in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. The school is located on a part of the Gray estate, within a few hundred yards of the place where Lucy Simms was born a slave in 1855. More details concerning Negro education in Harrisonburg will be found in the narrative by Professor U. G. Wilson. (See PART II.) Two institutions of higher learning, one in Harrisonburg, the other just on the north of the city, must be included in this sketch of our educational history. �13. Negro Schools in Harrisonburg In 1911 when I was collecting materials for a history of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, which was published in 1912, Professor U. G. Wilson, at my request, wrote a paper on the Negro schools. Parts of this paper were used at that time. In 1942, when this work on Harrisonburg was under way, I requested Professor Wilson to supplement his paper of 1911 with items subsequent. This he did, and both of his contributions are herewith presented. By reason of circumstances that can not be explained, a complete record of all the early transactions connected with the purchase, sale, and transfer of our Colored Public School property has not been faithfully kept, and we have, therefore, had to depend largely upon the traditions of our oldest living citizens for the information contained in this sketch; and a closer investigation may reveal inaccuracies as to chronology and details, but statements in general may be accepted as positive truth. When, in 1865, the Negro race in America, after spending nearly 250 years in servitude, was set at liberty and almost simultaneously clothed with citizenship, the necessity for education and fitting it for the responsibilities of the new relation it then sustained to the state and nation was felt and admitted by all. The doctrine of universal education, while advocated by many individuals in every section of our country, seemed to spread more rapidly in the North and West. Men's sympathies went out toward these poor dependent and ignorant creatures until the sentiment crystalized into an organized effort to provide for them the light of knowledge. To this end such organizations as the Freedmen's Bureau and U. S. Christian Commission were established and were instrumental in sending to various southern localities many cultured, consecrated Christian women and men to labor for the intellectual and moral advancement of the race. Two of these women, Misses Martha Smith and Phoeby Libby of Augusta, Maine, came to 345 �346 HISTORIC HARRISONBURG Harrisonburg and organized the first mission school for the instruction of Negro children in 1868. They taught in an upper room in the rear of the old Scanlon Hotel. We are told that to reach the room pupils had to climb, jump, and stoop; but in spite of the many difficulties encountered, boys and girls are said to have crowded to the place daily, so anxious were they to receive instruction at the feet of their fair benefactors. The next location for the mission school was in the basement of the Southern [Northern] M. E. Church-the same afterward becoming the property of the Catholic congregation, and more recently torn down to give present site for the Snell & Co.'s wholesale grocery building. The next mission teacher was Mr. George Howard of Washington, D. C., a colored man. It was during his term that the number of pupils increased to such an extent that assistance was sent to him in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth James of New Bedford, Mass. This lady proved to be a most valuable acquisition. She was exceptionally intelligent and had the gift that few teachers possess of inspiring her pupils with laudable ambitions. "I regret so much that my son or daughter did not go a year at least to Mrs. James," is an expression frequently heard from patrons today concerning their younger children, and indicates what great confidence they had in the ability of this pioneer teacher. She taught until 1871. It was during her stay that the public free school system was established in Virginia; and when, according to the requirements of the law, she applied for examination, the division superintendent refused, saying paraphrastically, "I have need to be baptized of thee." She taught in the first school house built for the colored people of Harrisonburg. The ground was purchased from Mr. Jouett Gray and was the parcel bounded on the south by Rock Street, on the west and north by Black's Run, on the east by the property of Robert Vickers. It was deeded to the colored citizens of Harrisonburg to be used by them for educational purposes. The trustees were Elijah Huffman, William Peters, Gabriel Jackson, Arch Strother, Cary Myers, and Robert Vickers. The house was a one-story frame building about 25 by 40 feet, set upon wooden blocks or pillars about 3¼ feet above the ground. The ample space beneath was sometimes used for the packing away of wood, sometimes as a shelter for homeless canines, but more £re- II �NEGRO SCHOOLS IN HARRISONBURG 347 ,aently as a temporary retreat for an escaping urchin. Blackboards were painted spaces on the boards with which the school house was ceiled. This would become so slick that crayon would not adhere, and the children would overcome the difficulty by a violent puffing of stale breath against the boards, thus adding more poison to the already unsanitary conditions of the room. In this house from 1870 to 1882 a generation of Negroes strove for mental development. I might add, just here, that this little wooden structure, like the early New England meetinghouse, which was for one purpose a church, for another a town hall, another a court-house, so this house was the rendezvous of the colored citizens for quite a variety of purposes. Here were held the old-time devotion meetings, in which our fathers sang and prayed to the God in whom they trusted. Here were held the weekly sociables and festivals. Here were held the political club meetings where many an ambitious political Moses essayed to lead his sable hosts to the land of promise. Herc were held night schools and singing schools. In fact no building has ever been erected in the town of Harrisonburg the name of which recalls so many varied past interests or causes the indulgence of more pleasant reminiscences by the colored people than the "little old school house by the creek." The teachers during this period were the following: Robert Scott of Charlottesville, succeeding Mrs. James, taught one term. He was regarded as a ripe scholar and a good disciplinarian. He was followed by James Peterson of Boston, who was also a good scholar and much esteemed as a congenial gentleman. These as principals were assisted by Miss Mary Jackson of Staunton, who taught in the basement of the Northern M. E. Church, also in the old colored M. E. Church on Wolf Street. James Peterson was succeeded by G. A. Newman of Winchester, Va., who taught for seven consecutive years, or until 1883. He was a painstaking instructor, a constant student, a valuable churchman, and not a few of our most successful young men along literary lines bless him for the habit of persistent, systematic study acquired under his tutorship. He was assisted at various times by Miss Lucy F. Simms, Reeves Minor, Miss Sarah E. Smoot, J. W. Coles, Miss Shug Haskins, Bob Robinson, all of whom taught the primary classes m the old Wolf Street Church. In 1882 the attendance was so much increased, and the quarters then ..... �348 HISTORIC HARRISON BURG occupied had become so inadequate for the accommodation of the children, that it was evident something had to be done to improve conditions. The matter was brought to the attention of the school board, then consisting of Messrs. James L. Avis, George 0. Conrad, and French Compton. The board immediately went into consultation with leading colored citizens of the town, among them James W. Cochran, Elijah Huffman, and others, as to an available and suitable site for a school building. In the meantime a committee waited on Mayor Pent Bryan and the town council in the interest of an appropriation for the building of the same. The council agreed to appropriate $2000. A site was chosen on Effinger Street, upon which was built a two-story four-room brick building, with stair-case in the center, from the front door to the second floor. This building was heated by stoves and imperfectly ventilated by doors and windows. The blackboards were of painted slate. This building, while not constructed in strict accordance with the most modern ideas of school architecture, and lacking many conveniences essential to the health and comfort of teachers an<l pupils, was a decided improvement on the past, and for the next 26 years was the pride of our citizens and the mecca of the aspiring young Negro in this section. Time and space will not permit me to comment at length upon the personal qualifications of the teachers that taught during this period, but simply to mention them, as follows: From 1883 to 1884, Miss Lucy F. Simms, acting principal, Miss Jennie Hughes and Webster David, assistants; from 1884 to 1885, Miss Lucinda Bragg of Petersburg, principal, Misses Lucy Simms and Lizzie Evans, assistants; from 1885 to 1886, H. H. Suther of Hampton, principal, Misses Lucy Simms and Lizzie Evans, assistants; from 1886 to 1890, G. A. Newman, principal, Misses Lucy Simms, Alice Burns, and Lizzie Evans, assistants ; from 1890 to 1891, J. P. Johnson, principal, Misses Lucy Simms and Lizzie Evans, assistants ; from 1891 to 1896, G. A. Newman, principal, U. G. Wilson, Misses Lucy Simms and Jennie Settles, and James W. Botts, assistants; from 1896 to 1897, J. P. Johnson, principal, U. G. Wilson, Miss Lucy Simms, and John Terrell, assistants; from 1897 to 1908, G A . Newman, principal, U. G. Wilson, Misses Lucy Simms and Maggie Newman, Mrs. Hannah Nizer, and Miss Mary Brown, assistants. �NEGRO SCHOOLS IN HARRISONBURG 349 During all these years each principal and teacher doubtless .abored hard-sometimes against many odds and amid much discouragement-for the intellectual advancement of those committed to his or her charge; much good was accomplished by them, and many have crossed the mystic river to receive their reward for work well done, while many others of them have turned to labor in fields no more honorable, but more compatible with the exigencies of advancing age. From 1908 to 1911 the presiding genius over the colored educational interests of Harrisonburg was H. A. M. Johns of Hampton, Va., assisted during that time by U G. Wilson as assistant principal, Misses Nanney Fallon, Lucy Simivs, Gertrude Norman, and Mrs. Rosa E. Carter, the last being succeeded by Miss Fallon the second year. The qualifications of this young principal were shown not only in the classrqorn, but were demonstrated also in the complete change of attitude toward the school by both school authorities and patrons, by the influence he somehow exerted to secure this enthusiastic cooperation. What was accomplished during his incumbency has elicited praise from friends and foes alike and gives him a just right to a place in the galaxy of the race's most successful educators. A detailed account of what was accomplished will nbt be attempted here, but suffice it to say that, like the celebrated financier, Alexander Hamilton, of whom it was said, "He spoke to. the dead corpse of public credit and it sprang upon its feet-he smote the rock of national resources and abundant streams of revenue burst forth," so, it seemed, that some magic voice had spoken in the educational affairs of Harrisonburg. As an outstanding accomplishment of this period, the old four-room structure of 1883 was transformed into a more commodious structure by duplicating the original on the west side, which gave two more classrooms on the first floor and a much needed assembly room above, with an ample hall-way between. Modern heating and ventilating systems were installed, sanitary toilets, electric lights, and other improvements were provided. From 1912 to 1915 the principal was Hugh V. Brown of Hampton, Va. He was an aspiring and capable young manwas a conscientious teacher-but apparently was handicapped in the enforcement of discipline by his youth. He was assisted by U. G. Wilson, Misses Lucy Simms, Roberta Morgan, Ethel II I �350 HISTORIC HARRISONBURG Smith, and Rosa Jones. From 1915 to the present, 1942, Prof. W. N. P. Harris of Lexington, Va., has been our efficient school principal. During his incumbency the school has advanced along many and notable lines, chief among which has been the organization and operation of an accredited high school. A beautiful and spacious building, equipped with all modern educational facilities, was erected in the northeast section of the city in 1938, through the benevolence of the Federal Government an<l the City Council. Departments of musical and industrial arts, under the direction of competent instructors, have been added. The assistants to Professor Harris, from time to time during his administration, have been: John H. Christian, James F. Nicholas, Chas. W. Robinson, I. S. Wayne, James K. McKane, J . W. Wormly, A. T. Edwards, Misses E. Lucile Oliver. Helen Caphas, Alma Wilson, Goldie Morris, Eloise Walker, Edna Wilson, of the high school, industrial, home economics, and musical departments; Mrs. Lena Stephens, Misses Ethel Smith, Eloise Lanier, Maryland Alston, Gwendolyn Ranier, Ruth Hollins, Dorothy Davies, Julia Grigsby, Jean Francis, Elaine Bryant, Marie Snyder, Beatrice Cheatham, Dorothy Royall, Ann Sykes, Estelle Brown, Virginia Brooks, teachers of the grades. This historical compend of the beginning and progress of the Negro public school of Harrisonburg is submitted with the hope that whatever satisfaction is lost to the reader in his or her search for literary excellence, may be compensated by a realization of pleasure from the contemplation of facts, simply but sincerely and truthfully revealed. U. G. Wilson. A fact of interest that should be noted in this connection is that the splendid $100,000 school building for the Negroes, erected in 1938-39, at the northeastern side of the city, named for Lucy F. Simms, stands on a part of the Gray estate "Hilltop," where she was born a slave in 1855. She was a classmate of Booker T. Washington at Hampton Institute, where she graduated in 1874. For 56 years she taught in Rockingham schools, most of the time in Harrisonburg. S4.P.t. W. H. Keister, WM c me here in 189 ha st d.J.hat..she, until the fall of 1933 had n..Q.L missed a day from her classes because of illness within that Eeri She died suddenly in Harrisonburg, July 10, 1934. - - - --------------!!!!!==-- �256 HISTORIC HARRISONBURG 1933, June 10, fire in Tutwiler Motor Co. building, west side of N. Main, midway between Wolf and Rock Street. 1933, June 20, fire in brick building east side of N. Main, partly over Black's Run, northeast of Gay Street. 1933, July, Stehli Silk Mills increase employment roll from 400 to 500. 1933, Aug. 11, state firemen's convention parade in Harrisonburg. 1933, Aug. 12, President F. D. Roosevelt's first visit to Harrisonburg. 1933, Nov. 4, Weldon Berry recalls that he and other boys played in a~ arched-over tunnel that used to run from the site of the Presbyterian Church, northeast side of the public square, down to the Big Spring. 1933, Daly Shoe Factory opens northwest of Madison College in old incubator buildings, earlier sash and door factory. 1933-34, the jail, northeast side of Graham Street, remodeled. 1934, January, old log house, brick veneered, west side of Liberty Street opposite the jail lot, torn clown; prior to 1854 occupied by William Rehercl, blacksmith. 1934, May 24, exercises honoring Supt.Wm. I-I. Keister-40 years of service in Harrisonburg schools. 1934, June 1, night, Lowell Thomas speaks in Wilson Hall. 1934, June 14, Massanutten Chapter D. A. R. unveils bronze tablet at Smithland. 1934, July 10, death of Lucy F. Sims, Negress, who had taught in county and city schools 56 years. 1934, July 20, death of Thomas Lemen Williamson, 87, formerly of near New Market. 1934, Sept. 2, death of Mrs. Mary L. Pollock, 94. 1934, Sept. 13, new State Theater, east side of S. Main Street, opened. 1934, Sept., Evelyn Norcross Sherrill and Ben Hibbs in the Country Gentleman, Philadelphia, write of Joseph Funk and Singers' Glen. Hibbs had visited Harrisonburg and Singers' Glen to collect facts. 1934, Oct. 16, new bus terminal, west side of N. Main Street between the Kavanaugh Hotel and the Lutheran Church, opened. �rPUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN HARRISONBURG 361 Mr. L. C. Claybrook lives in a home erected on a part of this ground. When this (Ott) house was sold the school was moved across to what was then the Heneberger lot-now Keister Park. Temporary buildings were erected there from time to time until there were nine of them, which the pupils called "chicken-coops," but which were known as the Wm. H. Keister School. Manual training, domestic science, and one or two rooms of the lower grades were housed in the old Heneberger home. This Heneberger lot was purchased by the school board with the intention of erecting a modern and up-to-date high school building there. Plans for the building were drawn and the contract about to be let for the erection of the same when, because of the central and crowded location and from the fact that automobiles were coming into use very fast, no place for parking cars and taking care of the crowds could be had. Agitation was begun for the purchase of the "Fair Grounds" on which to erect the high school building, which, as mentioned above, was completed in 1928. A few years ago a ten-acre plot of ground was bought by 1 he city council on which to erect a new Negro school. Already there is a splendid athletic field and playground equipment on this ground. This school is to be known as the "Lucy F. Simms School" in honor of one who taught in the school system of Harrisonburg for more than fifty years. When we came to take charge of tlie schools in September, 1894, there were many private schools in town. These were well patronized and the majority of the children went to these schools. The Misses Sue and Esther Campbell conducted for many years a splendid school for young ladies in the house on Campbell Street recently remodeled by Dr. Deyerle and now known at "The Colonial Inn." Miss Martha Davis had in her home on the southwest corner of South High and Water Streets a scl1:-iol for girls which was very popular and well patronized. Miss Mollie McQuaide conducted a school for the Catholic children in the house now adjoining the southern boundary of the present Main Street School grounds. Rev. Mr. Yonce, the Lutheran minister here at that time, had a school for grown boys at his home on the south side of East Market Street, now the residence of B. Frank Garber. Miss Hortense Devier had in her home, which stood on the northwest corner of North High and West Market Streets, �362 HISTORIC HARRISONBURG now the Conrad F1ats, a school for children, both boys and girls. This school was very popular and largely attended. For a time Miss Jennie Davis had a school for smaller children on the first floor of the house on Court Square now occupied by Dr. J. M. Biedler. Miss Mary I. Bell conducted a school in the second story in the rear of the present Warren Hotel. Miss Bell had from twenty to twenty-five pupils in attendance. In the old Offutt building, or the "Bee Gum," on the southeast corner of North Main and Effinger Streets, there was a school for larger boys in charge of Mr. Legg. There was also a school for both young men and young women in the old Colli cello house on North Liberty Street conducted by Mr. Phipps Miller. In later years Miss Nettie Waugh had a school for small children at her home on the north side of Franklin Street, where Tom Herring now resides. Mrs. Jacob Liggett also had a school for small children in her home on South Liberty Street. There was among many of the people a strong prejudice against sending their children to what they called the "free school." It was with a good deal of hesitation that they were willing to send them to any but private schools. In a year or two, however, the children attending the private schools gradually began coming to the public schools and it was necessary for the private schools to discontinue. One by one these schools closed and all the children in the city were enrolled in the public schools. There is not now, and has not been for many years, any child in Harrisonburg attending a private school in the city. It was our policy from the very first to endeavor to make the Harrisonburg schools the best possible and to insist on thorough work in order to give the schools a high rank, not only in the state, but iP the nation. We have reason to believe that our efforts alon~ this line met with success and with the approval of the parent:; and citizens of this splendid and loyal city. The following items were added by Mr. Keister at a later date, in or about 1939. In 1938-39 the Lucy F. Simms (Negro) School, located in the northeastern section of the city on ten acres of ground, formerly belonging to the old Gray estate, was erected and equipped at a cost of $100,000, the city paying 55% and the United States Government 45% of the cost. This is a class B building and is 1 \ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Historic Harrisonburg Booklet by John Wayland Subject The topic of the resource Black History Description An account of the resource "Historic Harrisonburg" booklet (missing pages) by John Wayland about Lucy F. 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We urge you to study this report and discuss it with your child. Plan to visit the school and confer with the teacher and the principal. Please sign this report and return promptly to the school. M. H. Bell Superintendent of Schools 71 .. ... . ------ - Retained in .. ,t;_ ..._.. ~ - ~ .. Promoted to 7-~ c(Teacher) �Page 3 Page 2 Citizenship Report Periods I 1 I 2 I 3 ! 4 I 5 I 6 I Arithmetic Language History 14e,o.lfh I I I I I I I la \~+ la I l I I I I I I I I I I I 3 I I 4 I I 6 I Term 5 j .._, j j j \ 1 1 j . e- -..;;:, 1·, 1 e !-.:J 1 J I ,.5 ·I j [5 I- Is I I -s I~ Is I j j 5 I~ Is I::. \ Is Is /s Is 16 I C: / Shows good spor tsmanship! S Art Science Is prompt Accepts responsibility Music I I I Uses time wisely il'ygiene 2 Practices self-control \ Respects rights of others Takes care of personal and school property ::, Spelling I I Is courteous Cooperates with others Writing 1 Ig I !s I s I.s Is Is 9 5 S 1 ..s I~ IS Is 6 I S is c::::- \-..s I~ I S I _\ I5 \ --., I 5 .6 IS I C I - F oliows directions well Reading- Geography I I Term I....'.:> I S I .'.::) jS r 1- I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I Explanation of Grading System A-Excellent ; commendable; worthy of praise. B-Good; very sat isfactory ; above average. C-Average D-Below average; improvement should be made F-Failure to satisfactorily do the work required for promotion. Marking System S-Satisfactory U-Unsatisfactory GRADING SYSTEM i Superior 95 to 100 B Good 88 to 94 81 to J7 D Passing 75 to 80 E Incomplete F Failing C Average �Page 4 Page 5 Comment s of Teachers Comments of Teachers Fir st Report Period Third Report Period J J Second Report Period Fourth Report Period } ·l �Page 6 Page 7 Physical Inspection Comments of T eac l1ers Fifth Report Peri od D Indicates defect S-ep-t-em _b_e_r _ C indicates correction l_ l __:=E,_}'_yees: -1! E ars - Ill Teeth I I I O i I I MMaa~y---4/_ _ ===~ 1= < I J_ an_ua_:_::__!' ry_ ._ - + - 1_ \ ! ' L ____ I I I T~~~il~b,veight I IIH 1 I sf! I . -Ir I \ I 1· t I I I1 1- -,- -+ 1- 1 I I 1---- --1- - - dxth Report Period Attendance I Report Period II 1 \ 2 3 I ~, I .-: 11)ec I r. l.lJu.·I :!a Days on Roll .~t) Days Absent I/ I I Times Tardy I " \~ t I CI I I 6 / \ Session I 7 c I I' �Page 8 Comments by P arents F'irst Report Signature ... ' ·············································· Second Report d ................. Signature ...... Third Report Fourth Report ~ ..........................'... Signature . . .................. Fifth Report Sixth Report Signature ........ ............................................ ..............·--·················· l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Ann Smith's 1959-60 Report Card Subject The topic of the resource Mary Awkard Fairfax Family Lucy F. Simms School Students Description An account of the resource Mary Ann Smith's 1959-60 report card from the Lucy F. Simms School Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucy F. Simms School Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959-1960 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Megan N. Medeiros (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource records (documents) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF0490 Family Lucy F. Simms School Mary Awkard Fairfax Students https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF0492_mary-ann-smith-s-1961-62-report-card.pdf 804120b168fc64c815f823e5e5c57710 PDF Text Text ~e~O£tof ~ ~ kd/; S Grade School 4""3/- 1. ~ , HARRISONBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS Harrisonburg, Virginia �PUBLIC SCHOOLS of HARRISONBURGt VIRGINIA Report of ~ (N~ ~ £' ~ (Grade) L961-6:t (Year) [ To the Patrons: This report of your child is based on: Ffrst-his growth in character habits and attitudes that make for good citizenship. _ Second-his progress and achievement in his school studies. Third-the record of his physical development and his attendance. We urge you to study this report and discuss it with your child. Plan to visit the school and confer with the teacher and the principal. Please sign this report and return promptly to the school. M. H. Bell Superintendent of Schools Retained in Promoted to ~ . ~7J2 Jll' ~~ (Teacher) �Page 3 Page 2 Report Periods Citizenship ==========;===;====;:===;===;==:..:;::::::..:_ === 6 Term 5 4 2 3 1 Reading Follows directions well Writing Cooperates with others Spelling Arithmetic Respects rights of others Takes care of personr.l and school property Language Is courteous Practices self-control Is prompt Hygiene Uses time wisely Music Accepts responsibility Art Shows good sportsmanship Science !\larking Sy,item Explanation of Grading System ABCDEF- Superior ........ 95-100 Good .............. 88-94 Average ........ 81-87 Passing ..... ..... 75-80 Incomplete Failing S-Satisfactory U-Unsatisfactory �Page 4 Page 6 Comments of Teachers Comments of T eachers Fir st Report Period Third Report Period l J Fourth Report Period Second Report Period 1 'J �Page 7 Page 6 Physical Inspection Connnents of Teachers Fifth Report Period C indicates correction D Indicates defect Eves Teeth Ears Tonsils Weight September 7~ January 1'7tJ May Sixth Report Period Attendance 1 2 3 4 5 6 Session Report Period Days on Roll Days Absent t) Times Tardy t) �Page8 Comments by Parents First Report ~~ Signatur? . k r..... Second Repu:rt Signature Third Report ll1.?A...-.. d~ ........ . ... .. . . ... . . .d..✓.:.du.d Fourth Report Fifth Report Signature ...................~ ......................... - ............ !........ . Sixth Report Signatu.l'e .......................................................... ................................. . l �CERTIFICATE THIS CERTIFIES ~ OF - ~ ~ «m74nendcdfo fllerl~"ty and Yknct«ale"ty in sfltena'ance, haven! ken neithe1, aknt n01< la"'o/ /J«Jm 5/ckol dftnn,t de ~ endtn! ')wn,✓ 19 a.:z, f4 J2iwaded at J ~ di.J~ ~ I 9 dz:L _d~<:;7~ ln. 2 / ~ ~ck, BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY , CHICAGO. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Ann Smith's 1961-62 Report Card Subject The topic of the resource Mary Awkard Fairfax Family Lucy F. Simms School Students Description An account of the resource Mary Ann Smith's 1961-62 report card from the Lucy F. Simms School Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucy F. Simms School Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1961-1962 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Megan N. Medeiros (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource records (documents) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF0492 Family Lucy F. Simms School Mary Awkard Fairfax Students https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF0491_mary-ann-smith-s-1964-63-report-card.pdf 56d1fd623cd63036611d1a3b1f4e763d PDF Text Text ~<SrSJ: cl fa 1 Harrisonburg Public Schoo1E Harrisonburg, Virginia f~/f E[~Ill:/~ REPORT CARD Name ......../ J., . . . . . ./ .·y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 2 ./ ./ , 1.//2 Grade ....../ ....................................................... Home Roo1n N 0 •..... .. .............. . .....• /ti. . ,. _}.:. . ,~... ri .f.t. . . !.. ......: ...... Home Room Teacher .. FIRST SEMESTER 1st 2nd 3rd SECOND SEMESTER Total 1st 2nd Days Absent Days Tardy CERTIFICATE OF CLASSIFICATION September 19.l,..3... Total credits ear'ned to date ................................... . Classified: June 19.41.tf_ .. Credi ts earned this year ....................................... . Total credits Classified: 3rd Total �REPORT CARD HARRISONBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Pupil 4 ... . . ...~. .~ Home Room '.'lo . ........... i...~.... Subject ............................ I I 1st 2nd I 3rd School Year /.'f..4.:-!.-:-.4..'/. IExan1. \ x~~- I Final First Semester Second Semester HABITS AND ATTITUDES 1st I 2nd Preparation -5 Co-operation .:3 I 3rd \ 4th I 5th / 6th Dependability Initiative ..5 Punctuality 5 Courtesy 5 e tness Na .5 Teache - .X:..4. ..~ · ··· · · ··-·· · ... ... PARENTS SIG ATURE 2nd 3rd 6th .... -------------- -- -----·--····------------- ----......... -..--. ----- .---... ---... -.-------- -.--..-... -- ---- --------. ....-.---..._-- �Key to Grading System A 95-100 Outstanding B 88-94 High Average C 81-87 Average D 75-80 Low Average *E 65-74 Condition F Below 65 Failure ~ Key for Habits and Attitudes If not Satisfactory I Improvable U Unsatisfactory A grade of E must be raised to a passing grade by the end of semester or grade becomes F. The development of proper habits and attitudes is an essential part of the student's education and for worthwhile citizenship. To get the best results, your co-operation is earnestly requested. COMMENTS .--- --... -. ---. --.. __--...------ .. ---.. -----. -------. --... ----. ------...--... --.. --.. ---. -----.. .-.. ---. -.. --... --... -. ---..--... --. -. -. . -. -... --,_ �RE P ORT CARD HARRISONBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS HARR ISO BURG, VIRGINIA . ~ ary- Ann Smith T Pupil ················-·-·······················-···-···········-··--····-·· l{o111e Roon1 . ~- .......... . ~~i~h~~1.t9-........................ School Ycar §J~~.. Subj ect ............. .... 1 1· 1st I 2nd IExam · \ Aver. Sem. I 3rd J Final HABITS AN D ATTITUDES 1st Preparation I 2nd \ I -------- I s Co-operation 3rd I 4th Initiative ~ Punctuality V Courtesy I I I 5th / - (Hh - I f Dependability Neatness I II _, w•....Eubanks;·········-···················· Teacher ............ A • ... PARENTS SIGN RE • 2nd 3rd 4th 5th .. . . ................................. , ......... ~~. . . d .~ ·-· __.~ . . · · · · · · --·· · · ·--·· ·· L L . A - ~ ~ ~ ~...... .. ··········· ....... . ··' ···- . . . . . . . . . . -. . ............................ . .......... ·································•·•··••·•· 6th --······-·· ----- ······------------- -........................... -. ------- -- .... .. .. ··- -··----- ...... -...... .. --------- ....... ········- �REPOR T CARD HARRISONBURG P UBLIC SCHOOLS HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Pupil .... Subject . k M... .~ .. Home Room :--lo ............ ~..-- ------------·····-----------····School Year /.f.6.~:-:f~ _ ~ ··~ 2nd 3rd Sem. IExam · \ Aver. I e l ll l /3 1B l S First Semester Second Semester I e I J Final IB 8 I 5th / HABITS AND ATTITUDES 1st ! Preparation Co-operation I ! I Punctuality Courtesy e tness Na 6th 2nd I 5 I I s I 3rd I 4th I -- 6th -- ·-·- 5 Dependability Initiative I le 1 I s 5 I I I s le ·----------... . . -..... -- .. --------·- --- .......--. ... -·· -·-· ....... ---... -.--- -.. -.. -.. -....... ------ ---- .. -............ -. -... . . . . .. --- .. -.. -.. ---- ....... . �Key for Habits and Attitudes If not Satisfactory Key to Grading System A 95-100 Outstanding B 88-94 High Average C 81-87 Average D 75-80 Low Average *E 65-74 Condition F Below 65 Failure ~ I Improvable U Unsatisfactory A grade of E must be raised to a passing grade by the end of semester or grade becomes F. The development of proper habits and attitudes is an essential part of the student's education and for worthwhile citizenship. To get the best results, your co-operation is earnestly requested. COMMENTS .?Jra . . . . . ~ . . . . ~ ~············f a····· ./ J.•... . ... ·~ 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . · · · . r· . ---------------- ----- _____ --- - ----------- ---------- -................. -- ----- ----·-·----------- .............. ---- ---- .................. ---- - ....... ----· - . ,. ' �REPORT CARD HARRISONBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Pupil ..:?..'!:!.,:f Subject ......... l:t-y--···!J.J··../J.!f.!L.......'. ...... Home Room ~ o. ......... .!!i/5._,.:~. .. . . . .£.Jv..<:.l.-:'.f...~.!!..school Year t..1.-::-. ~)'. I 1st I 2nd I 3rd IExan1. \ x~~~- I Final First Semester Second Semester HABITS AND ATTITUDES I 1st Co-operation 5 s Dependability 5 Initiative Punctuality s s Courtesy 5 N eatness s Preparation 2nd I 3rd I 4th I 5th I f>th - Teacher ................. ..... ................................................... PARENTS 3rd 6th ························································································································ �REPORT CARD HARRISONB URG PUBL IC SCHOOLS HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA • Pupil ... .M .1.. .. • Subject ............ M • • . J/ ..h- ................. Hon1e Room ~ o . .. ] ..... • \l.L.... .J..#..J..A .......1:1...l. I 1st . . ..6 .... .......... School Yea# I 2nd I 3rd /Exan1. \ ~. .. --·· l~~;. I Final I ~ I B I a~ I B+I (n+ I 'B-tla lB I B le l 16 - ·--··- ·-- - - - - - ' :- ' -- - ; - - - - ; - - - - - - : - - - - , : - - - . . . : . _ _ - - 1 First Semester Second Semester HABITS AND ATTITUDES I 1st I Preparation I Co-operation , J Dependability i Initiative Punctuality I Courtesy I Neatness I 'I I' 6th -·-·····--· .... . .... s 2nd / s I ~ 3rd I I --·· s s s s s 5 s s -5 s s ~ 5 _s_ 4th 5th / f>th - -.....) ~ 5 . ---- ...... ··--·-··· ...................... . .................... ................. . . ....... .. _ �Key to Grading System A B C D *E F ;;i 95-100 88-94 81-87 75-80 65-74 Below Outstanding High Average Average Low Average Condition 65 Failure Key for Habits and Attitudes If not Satisfactory I Improvable U Unsatisfactory A grade of ~ must be raised to a passing grade by the end of se~ester e>r grade becomes F. \ The development of proper habits and attitudes is an essential part of the student's education and for worthwhile citizenship. To get _t_h ~ best results, your co-operation is earnestly requested. COMMENTS Th.~ . ~......~. .~. .~ •·· ~ ·····~ ····-················-······· �REPORT CARD HARRISONBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS HARRIS ONBURG, VIRGI IA Pupil ............S.m5..t~.,... M.~Y............................. Home Roo111 ~ o. ··········· Subject ........E~gl...:t~A.......................................... School Year I . ~ First Semester Second Semester 1st p-; J/t.~}~~.~ .i!~~-- Final i 15--1- ;-$1"" 1 -e+! ~ t I /.dr I 2nd I 3rd IExan1. \ j ./ -ldf Ttf I 1.!{-1z?- 17.f- HABITS AND ATTITUDES I 1st s Preparation Co-operation __ . :S Dependability i·Initiative - - -I Pu_n_c t_u~l_it~ -I- __ S 2nd 3rd \ 4th _!_··- ~ 5th 6th ~ ,I '5 --1 . .__ - ~--__ S _l _______ --~ - i _S __ ~ - _-:5-_ ~ - _. -~~ !-----1·· S i S- ----- -·-.S -5- - -- . -- -. -·-· - -- '")__ _ -S -i -1- ~ _--~ - S 1 1 Courtesy ) Neatness ~ _s· -1 s... ----- ' -> s - · - - 1- - - 'S ......_ Teacher .... B.•...'W •... Blal.ceY ............................................... .. PARENTS SI TURE d. . 2nd . .~ .: :i :~::::·· - - -. . . . . ~:::: : : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3rd -- ...... 4th .. #-..-l'-~~~~ .. • -·.. . ______ ...................................... . ~ - OT.................................. __.-: 5th .... 6th ............... ..... ... .... ......... . .. ·---. -................ . ---------------·-------·---·· ---------·-- �Key to Grading System A 95-100 Outstanding B 88-94 High Average C 81-87 Average D 75-80 Low Average *E 65-74 Condition F Below 65 Failure 41 Key for Habits and Attitudes If not Satisfactory I Improvable U Unsatisfactory A grade of E must be raised to a passing grade by the end of semester or grade becomes F. The development of proper habits and attitudes is an essential part of the student's education and for worthwhile citizenship. To get ·the best results, your co-operation is earnestly requested. COMMENTS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Ann Smith's 1964-63 Report Card Subject The topic of the resource Mary Awkard Fairfax Family Lucy F. Simms School Students Description An account of the resource Mary Ann Smith's 1963-64 report card Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucy F. Simms School Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963-1964 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Megan N. Medeiros (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource records (documents) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF0491 Family Lucy F. Simms School Mary Awkard Fairfax Students https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF1042_newspaper-clippings-of-an-article-about-the-death.pdf 26383cfad77913cc336f9ff97d1ee749 PDF Text Text Mary Fairfax was a ,. belove~< teac.her at the'· Simms·· School · in the . city. Well-Known .. Teacher, ~Second Moni' •· ' t . .'> · ,-, ... .; ~. ])~es At 94 . ,, ,; Mary Fra nces Fairfax. .Taug .ht 4-Plus Decades . . By M ELVIN M ASON Daily N ews -Record Mary Fran.ces Fairfax, a well-· known . educator · who spent more than four decades in the classroom, many of them in Harrisonburg's allblack school during segregation, died Saturday at her home on East Gay Street. She was 94. Fairfax, a Harrisonburg native, taught at the Lucy F. Simms School, Harrisonburg's alr-black school, from 1941 until it closed in .•i966. After the city desegregated its classrooms, Fairfax tal!ght for . a decade at WatArman Elemen. fary School. · ~ In a 2001 interview, Fairfax _~ said desegregation was good, but -j •., . See TEACHER, Page 4 �4 Mo nday, April 24, 2006 NEW S illaily N.l'lllJJ-fil.l'cllrb Harri sonburg, Va. Family Influenced Career Choice Of Valley Schoolteacher Mary Frances Fairfax Teacher· FROM PAGE 1 ---------~-she bemoaned the closing of the Simms School. "When the schooJ closed it really killed the .community," she said at the time. In that same interview, Fairfax r emembered her joy while t eaching at Simms, which opened two years before she started teaching there. She said she treasured an old phot o of the Simms School choir. "That's my pride and joy, that chorus," she said. "They h ad the inost beautiful voices ." In the photo, Fairfax is listed by her maiden name, "Miss Awkard," the long-time accompanist. In earlier years, when Mary Awkard was the only music teacher, she directed from the piano. Influencing Pupils Those who knew Fairfax sa y h er excitement about teaching affected those she t aught. Though Fairfax had no children of her own, Fairfax's niece, Mary Ann Tucker, 54, remembered that her aunt cared deeply for ~er students, her own career choice. Tucker seeing them in some ways as taught in Chesterfield County schools near Richmond fo r her own. "She was always concerned 32 years. "She was definitely my secabout her students. It didn't matter if they were African- ond mother," Tucker said SunAmerican or Caucasian," Tuck- . day after arriving in Harrisoner said. "She had high expecta- burg. tions of her · students and for those of us in her family. She 'Lady Of Wisdom' Amelia Jones, a former secwas very proud of all our accomplishments." retary at Simms, said Fairfax Tucker, who also attended commanded respect and was the Simms School, said Fairfax always reliable in what she frequently contacted her for- told others. Jones remembers mer students after they left the Fairfax and her now-deceased brother, Joseph Awkard, as alclassroom. "To so mariy people, she ways attending Simms and would say 'Are you· doing Effinger Street school reunions your best? Are you in school?' to keep the memory of the She followed through on her school alive. The school, students. She kept in touch though not used for classes with her students, and they anymore, is now a center that would always correspond houses several community with her." groups. "She was a lady of wisdom," said Jones, who lives Held Master's Degree Fairfax went into teaching in Penn Lair d. "If she told because of her family, which you something, you could placed great value on educa- count on it." Funeral arrangements · are , tion, Tucker said. Tucker says her aunt, who pending with the Kyger FunerCourtesy photo received a bachelor's degree al Home in Harrisonburg. from Virginia State University and a .master's from Co- Contact Melvin Mason at 574-6273 Mary Frances Fairfax (far right) stands with a group of Lucy F. Simms students in a May 1952 photo. She taught ·· in local schools for more than 40 years. or mmason@dnronline.com lumbia University, influenced � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Clippings of an Article About the Death of Mary Awkard Fairfax in Daily News-Record Subject The topic of the resource Mary Awkard Fairfax Newspaper Daily News-Record Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings of an article about the death of Mary Awkard Fairfax from Daily News-Record Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daily News-Record Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 24 2006 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Justin L. Attas (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper clippings Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF1042 Daily News-Record Mary Awkard Fairfax Newspaper https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF1035_photo-album-given-to-mary-awkard-fairfax-and-jim.pdf f1c7aa70616f7121f5ab5d3530179c3c PDF Text Text �������• ' ~:. . ' -t1,. t!:... ~ ., .. . . ,.,_,:. ,t t .. ., ;~ . . ·. /~ ,, . , .,.-;;:., ·.· .,·,; '·• ������" 1-# :,;, ~. .. (\ "":I.' ~ .... ). -~ ,,.I ... • ������.. I --:--. ~=-1 ...... ir" .. - .__.,.,. • .,_j ll :-.~~ ~ • !·I (*_(; ,.. ._. ���������������������America the Beautiful /1/Rt ,//,{1Hll1 15 USA 4-. M1tMX L../--S / &~ Cflit s,lc&'bT /111-J J-'O( ft;ftl/,IMtu/!U/,C,, ������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photo Album Given to Mary Awkard Fairfax and James Fairfax on their Twenty-Fourth Wedding Anniversary Subject The topic of the resource Mary Awkard Fairfax Family Description An account of the resource Blue photo album given to Mary Awkard Fairfax and James Fairfax on their 24th Wedding Anniversary by Joanne Gabbin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 13-Feb-90 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Justin L. Attas (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource color photographs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF1035 Family Gift Mary Awkard Fairfax https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF0170_program-for-the-celebration-of-life-services-of.pdf eb11333663ecae01a6ce431ce3f557a5 PDF Text Text 9l Celebralion ofEife c5eroices for Wargarel "cpeggy " C/JJebb Christophe": f}ohn C/J.Jesley CZlni!ed We!hodisf Church 9ft1rrlsonburg, CVirginit1 Wt1y30, 2004 �'i]ohn C/J.Jesley CZlni!ed 9rlefhodisf Church effinger & c5terltng c5trs. 9/tJrrisonburg, CVtJ. 22802 Presentation of Letters: . . . . . ....... . ....... . ...... . . . ... . . . .. ........ . ..........Mrs. Gloria H.M .Carter for the Powerhouse Church of God in Christ . .. . .. ... ...... .. .... Mrs. Wilhelmina T. Johnson, for the Family tlhe late Lucille Ewell . . .... . ....... . .... Mrs. Amelia N. Jones for Mrs. Mary F. Fairfax, Retired School Teacher Cfrtbufe lo Wargaref "cpeggy" CWebb Christopher 3:00 p.m. Memorial Serviice May 30, 2004 Prelude: . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Samuel Hasler Organist JWUMC . .. . . ....... . .Ms. Doris H. Allen, Effinger/Simms School Reunion .Mr. Henry Whitelow for Willie Christopher, John E. Howard, III, and Tracy E. Howard "The Floor is open to anyone else to have a word " ..... . Hymn: . . . ... . . . ........... .. .. . . . ... . ... Mr. Samuel Hasler 'Welcome: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ms. Doris H. Allen Freewill Offering: . ... "In Memory of. The Webb Family" . . . .. Ushers to the Newtown Cemetery Selection: .. .......... .Gospel Harmonizers Bethel AME Church Mrs. Angle Hopkins, Director Words and Prayer: ......... . ..... . ...... Mr. Henry Whitelow. Prayer: . .............. . . . .. Rev. Dr. Isaac Paul-Coker, JWUMC Reflections: .. . ... . . Rev. Basil Marian, Immunel Mennonite Church Selection: . ...... . . ... . .Gospel Harmonizers, Bethel AME Church Benediction and Blessings: . .. . .... .. ..... Rev. Isaac Paul-Coker Mrs. Peggy M. Curry Rev. Harold Watson, Wash, D.C . given by Henry Whitelow Postlude: .... .. . . ..... . ....... . ........... Mr. Samuel Hasler Words and Prayer: .. . .Rev. Harold Brown, Guilfield Baptist Church Ushers ..... .. ..... .. .. Mr. Howard Curry & Mr. Henry Whitelow Selection: ..... .. ... . .. .Gospel Harmonizers, Bethel AME Church Refreshments will be served in the Social Hall *All Stand �Clt1ss Wt1fes: 9rlrs. 8oe/yn Cf. CA.t:mkins 9rlrs. 9rancy JJ. Cftelds 9rlrs. 8dith C. 9rickens 9r!s. 8ulia Cf3uck 9rlrs. Wary Cf3roadus 9r!s. CJJoris 91 , 91/len c5chool 9rla!es: 9rlrs. CZJ)1/helmina Cf. 8ohnson 9'flrs. CfJeggy 9r!. Cuny 9rlrs. 9lmelia 9r. 8ones On behllif ofthe %mi/y t1nd Commfffee offriends, we tIJfs!rfa- fht1nk those who ht1oe cordit1l/y pt1rffcipt1led fn this Hrfbufe lo !he lt1fe Wt1rgt1ref "CJ)eggy,, CWebb Cbmtf>P)er. Wt1y Qod conffnue lo bless you t1lwt1ys. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Program for the "Celebration of Life Services" of Margaret "Peggy" Webb Christopher Description An account of the resource Program for the "Celebration of Life Services" for Margaret "Peggy" Webb Christopher held at John Wesley United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia on May 30, 2004 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 30. 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Megan N. Medeiros (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF0170 https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF0162_program-for-the-tribute-for-james-and-mary-fairfax.pdf c0ec8caded59b6d2e25437c44393618f PDF Text Text TRIBUTE PROGRAM FOR DEACON & MRS. JAMES FAIRFAX SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1984 THEME: The Lord, your God, chose you for his own possession. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God : The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a spec i al people unto himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Deut. 7:6 Mistress of Ceremony------ Sis. Dorothy Brandon DEVOTION------------------ DEACONS PROCESSION OF HONOREES---- ESCORTED BY SIS. GINETTE WASHINGTON & BRO. RON BRANDON OPENING SELECTION GUEST CHOIR SCRIPTURE PRAYER SELECTION----------------- GUEST CHOIR WELCOME TO VISITORS------- SIS. PATRICIA BLAKEY RESPONSE------------------ SIS. AMELIA JONES SOLO---------------------- SIS. CATHY WINSTON SPEAKERS --- 5 Minutes---- MR. JAMES O'DONNELL MR. ELON RHODES SOLO---------------------- MR. FRED AWKARD SPEAKING IN BEHALF OF----- DR. JOSEPH AWKARD FAMILY HISTORY OF FAIRFAXES ------SIS.ROBBIE CHRISHON, ASST. CLERK OFFERING------------------ DEACONS SELECTION----------------- DIVINE LIFE SINGERS INTRODUCTION OF GUEST----- REV. CALVIN BALTIMORE SPEAKER SELECTION----------------- GUEST CHOIR SERMON-------------------- REV. MICHAEL TURNER, MT. PARRAN BC I NVITATION TO CHRISTIAN --- REV. TURNER DISCIPLESHIP SELECTION ---------------- GUEST CHOIR �PRESENTATION TO SIS. EILEEN MADDEN REV. TURNER PRESENTATION TO FAIRFAXES - SIS . LOUISE WILLIAMS REMARKS- - ----- ------ ----- - MR. & MRS. FAIRFAX REV. BALTIMORE RECOGNITION OF FAMILY & FRIENDS FAMILY PORTRAIT CLOSING REMARKS--- -------- REV. TURNER BENEDICTION TRIBUTE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SIS. LOUISE WILLIAMS - CHAIRPERSON SIS. CATHY WINSTON - VICE CHAIRPERSON SIS. SIS . SIS. SIS . SIS. SIS. SIS. SIS. SIS. SIS. SIS. PATRICIA BLAKEY RACHEL LEWIS CATHERINE DUNN DORIS WASHINGTON EILEEN MADDEN PAULINE BROWN ANN TURNER HILDA CARTER AMANDA MCCOY MATTIE MYERS GINETTE WASHINGTON APPRECIATION TO MY COMMITTEE: It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with you . Each of you have been simply a jewel to me . Without your hard work and support, this joyful event would not have been possible . I say to each of you, keep on the bandwagon for our Lord . God bless all of you. SIS . LOUISE WILLIAMS RECEPTION IN LOWER AUDITORIUM HISTORY OF FAIRFAXES Dec!con and Mrs. James Fairfax have given many years of unselfish, dedicated service to our church. They have served wherever they were needed and are still involved in the work of the church . They both have also worked in activities in the community . �James Fairfax is the son of Mrs. Mabel Fairfax of Leesburg, VA and the late Arthur Fairfax, Sr., and was born at Short Hill VA in Loudoun County. He received his education at Powell's Grove School in Loudoun County. He has one sister . Mrs. Mae Johnson of Linden, New Jersey and one brother Arthur Fairfax, Jr., of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, two sons James R. Fairfax of Reston, VA and Arthur Henry Fairfax of Leesburg, VA. In March 1944, · he became a member of the First Baptist Church on Wolfe Street having come from Mt. Zion Baptist Church at Round Hill, VA. He joined under the pastorate of Rev. J. 0. Wright. Although he was quite a young man he soon became a deacon of the church. He has served faithfully on the Deacon Board for 38 years and is now chairman of the Deacon Board. \ Deacon Fairfax is not only chairman of the Deacon Board, but Vice President of the Church Day Care Center and is driver of the church bus. Mary Frances Awkard Fairfax is the daughter of the late Joseph and Nanline Awkard and was born in Harrisonburg, VA. She has one sister, Mrs . Leona Smith of Harrisonburg, VA two brothers, Dr. J~seph C. Awkard of Wilmington, NC and Fred Monroe Awkard of Washington, DC, one Godchild Mrs. Mary Ann Tucker of Petersburg, VA. Mary graduated from Effinger High School, Harrisonburg, VA, received a BS Degree from Virginia State College, Petersburg, VA and a MA Degree in Early Childhood Education from Columbia University, New York City. Mary joined the church at a very young age. She has been organist and choir director of the church for 45 years. At present she is serving as parttime organist. Mary and James were united in Holy Matrimony, February 1966 by Rev. T.C. Allen Mrs. Fairfax retired from teaching in the Harrisonburg Public schools after teaching and director of music at Lucy F. Simms School for 24 years. After Simms School closed, she spent ten years at Waterman School retiring from there. Mrs. Fairfax, along with helping with church music is Superintendent and adult teacher of the Sunday School. She is President of the Missionary Society and Secretary for the Ladies' Auxiliary and church Historian. 1i,p0~ 6~irf axes are determined to be of christian servic ® . (i,.,01NU . . . the church as long as they are physically able. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Program for the Tribute for James and Mary Fairfax at First Baptist of Harrisonburg Description An account of the resource Program for the tribute to "Deacon and Mrs. James Fairfax" from June 16, 1984 from page four of the brown family photo album Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16-Jun-84 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Megan N. Medeiros (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF0162 https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF1043_shenandoah-valley-black-heritage-project-s-root.pdf 00274d74b231242334921c4a47eddb05 PDF Text Text Ii1 Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project's ,Roots Run Deep Atrican American Histor~ Tours in the Shenandoah DEEP Harrisonburg, Virginia An African American History Tour So much of our African American History has been lost. Historic Churches, homes and early businesses were lost to Urban Renewal. Early communities lost their home places because of Jim Cruo/'s laws and the Great Depression. Black farmers were unable to get the same support from the Federal Government that White fariners received. This tour reflects those losses. Out of the first ten sites, only two of the original structures are standing today. Of the last fourteen sites, eleven have the original · structures but some have had major renovations. • This tour can be taken all at once or by sections. • We have included driving directions with several locations where you can stop or park. • With the included map you can walk from site to site. Go to our website www.rootsrundeep.org to learn more about each site. ~ • On your smartphone you can download the Traipse App ~ for free and find our Roots Run Deep Tours. This app will have directions and information about each site. T RAIP SE Page 1 j �/ Page2 �Roots Run Deep Atrican American Histor~ Tours in the Shenandoah Harrisonburg, Virginia Our tour starts in what was the historic jail hill area where freeborn families owned and built homes in the early 18oo's. We will end our tour at Harry Lee's Shoe Shine Parlor. Harry Solomon was a popular musician. He had several well known bands. Follow the links provided for you at this last stop and you will be able to enjoy listening to Wallace Redd and Reverend Harold Brown, Sr, both local musicians. Reverend Brown shined shoes in downtown Harrisonburg in the 195o's and Wallace Redd's band played all around the Shenandoah Valley in the 194o's - 196o's. 1 Jail Hill. (Parking lot of Otterbein Methodist Church, 176 W Market St, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 This was in the old Jail Hill area. Named after the old jail that was down the street, the area is bounded by West Elizabeth Street to the north, North Liberty Street to the east, West Market Street to the south and North High Street to the west. Many free people of color first purchased land on Jail Hill in the early 1830s and a community of property owning freedmen was wellestablished in the area by the 1850s. The John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church was located in this neighborhood. The included photo is of a small part of a painting by Emma Lyon Bryan. Painted in 1867, it is of early Harrisonburg, including the old jail shown here. Ryan Bachman's Book, African- · American Property Ownership, ~ Harrisonburg, VA 1850-1860 is our source. Ryan's research is well documented and very illuminating. (Contact us if you would like a copy of his book.) Permission to use a part of the Emma Lyon Bryan painting granted by Rocktown History. Page3 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 2: William Strother House, 170 N High Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 • Starting from the Otterbein Methodist Church Parking Lot (1) on West Market St • Make a right out of the lot onto West Market St • Proceed to the next intersection, where you will inake a right onto High St(Rt. 42). • Make a right at the next intersection (High St and W Wolfe St) • Site# 2; The Strother House, 170 N. High St is on your right at this intersection. It faces High Street. Blue Ridge Legal is across the street. Site # 2; William Strother House, 170 N High Street, William Strother was an early African-American property owner in Harrisonburg. He bought and sold several properties between 1830 - 1850. He was a well known well and grave digger. It is believed that his home on the corner of North High Street and West Wolfe Street is still standing. William Strother and his second wife, Mary lived in this house with their children, Archibald, Jane, William,Jr., and Beal in 1860. Unfortunately, William died in 1865 and his wife and children's inheritance suffered. Poor record keeping on the part of the previous property owner resulted in many years in court and in 1876, the seizure and removal of the family from the home William built. African American Property Ownership Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1850-1860 by Ryan Bachman Page4 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 3: Jeremiah Gibson's Workshop, 188 N Liberty St, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - Liberty Street Park • Continue down W Wolfe St • The next cross street is N Liberty St • Cross N Liberty Street and Site 3 is on your right, the Liberty Street Park. Jeremiah Gibson was born in 1791 in Staunton, Virginia. By 1827 he had moved to Harrisonburg and purchased a home on the corner of Liberty Street and Wolfe Street. Jeremiah worked as a wagon-maker and his workshop stood where Liberty Street Park is today. It was a short walk to his home. Like many other craftsmen in Harrisonburg, Jeremiah passed down the knowledge of his trade to his sons. St. Clair and Marcellus both followed in their father's footsteps. In fact, during the decade before the Civil War, the Gibsons were one of only three local families that built wagon and carriages, the others being the Rohr and Morrison families. In July 1854, Jeremiah found himself in debt. He entered into an arrangement with his wife, Margaret and Harrisonburg attorney, Charles D. Gray, that gave Margaret ownership of the Gibson Property, with the condition that upon her death, it be transferred to Gray. African American Property Ownership Harrisonburg, Virginia, The Gibson Family ........... ---. w,._, 'C'Wl'itt .,..,.,~,., -- ,, Figure I. Location of fonncr Gibson properties: Number I : Gibson home lot Number 2: Site of Jeremiah Gibson·s workshop Page5 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 4: Hite Family home; 277 N Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - Glen's Fair Price Store Parking Lot • Continue down W Wolfe St • The next cross street is N Main St, which is one way north. Make a left at the intersection and Site 4 is on your left. The Hite Home stood where Glen's Fair Price Store Parking Lot is today. The Hite family lived in the African-American neighborhood along North Main Street before the Civil War. The Hite house stood on a half acre lot on North Main Street, a short distance north of the intersection with West Wolfe Street. Today, the property is the parking lot of Glen's Fair Price Store. Lear Hite was the first of her family to be emancipated. She was granted the property on North Main Street by the will of Samuel Chandler in September, 1828. As a free person, one of Lear's first acts was to purchase her enslaved husband, John. It is common for freed spouses to purchase their partners and emancipate them, but interestingly Lear did not free her husband. Lear likely chose not to free her husband as a way to avoid the law that required freedmen to either leave Virginia within a year, face re-enslavement, or attempt to file for a special exemption with the state legislature. Their son James bought the home with his brother, William, in April,1830 but by the time the 1830 Federal Census is taken, James is the only male living on the property. James was a blacksmith. He deeded the property in trust to a local attorney in 1833. By 1842 an additional home was built on the property. James died sometime between 1858-1860, when the family lost the properties to Sprinkle, the attorney who owned shares in the trust. One of the larger homes eventually became the Campbell Hotel which was torn down in 1985. African American Property Ownership Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1850-1860 by Ryan Bachman Page6 �Driving Instructions to Site 5: Joshua and William Peters' Properties; 75 N Mason Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - The block between E. Elizabeth and E Market Streets and N Mason and East Market Streets was the Peter's home and business. • Continue down N Main St from Glen's Parking Lot. • Make a right onto E Rock St • Go one block to N Mason St and make a right. • Go two blocks to E Elizabeth St • Make a right onto E Elizabeth St, Site 5 is on your left. Walking Directions to Site 5: • Make a right as you exit the parking lot at Glen's Fair Price Store • Walk south on N Main St To E Elizabeth St • Make a left onto E Elizabeth St • Cross N Federal St • Site 5 is on your right. It includes the entire block. Today Two banks are on this property. Joshua Peters was born free in Cumberland County on March 30, 1783. He was bound out to a saddle maker as a young child until he was 21 years old. He moved to Harrisonburg and opened a shop making saddles and harnesses. He married Sally Fortune. Joshua's shop at 180 East Market Street, faced East Market Street (where Suntrust is today). Their son William was born about 1817, continued in his father's footsteps. Their business was very successful and the Peters were a well known and liked family. William Peters was one of the most successful businessmen in antebellum Harrisonburg. By the time of the Civil War, William owned six houses, a saddle-making business, a blacksmith shop, and a livery where he both sold and boarded horses. However, William's support of the Union during the Civil War created hardships for the years following the war. Arrested and released he was almost lynched. His debts mounted and many difficult years followed. Yet the business continued and by the time of his death William was once again a well known and liked man, however he had lost most of his rental properties. African American Property Ownership in Harrisonburg, 1850-1860 by Ryan Bachman Page7 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 6: The Blue Circle 30 Club; 145 E Wolfe Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day-The parking lot of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • On Elizabeth St, go to the intersection with N Federal St • Make a right onto N Federal St • Go one block to E Wolfe St • Site 6 is on your right Site 6 was the building that housed the Newman Insurance Offices and The Blue Circle 30 Club headquarters. In the photo, George Newman with his son Fred (holding the infant) are standing in the doorway. The Blue Circle 30 Club was a men's group whose mission was to support community projects. Each Christmas, The Blue Circle 30 Club hosted a holiday party for the children of the neighborhood. All the children received gifts from Santa and a tree adorned the outside of the building. The Blue Circle 30 Club started in January, 1927 with the purpose "to promote social and athletic activities and to all behind, all worthy movements for the betterment of the colored race." It was in the Pythian Building and was remodeled in 1927 for the club. The building included rooms for "musical instruments, billiard tables, and other recreational facilities". The group's first officers were; Percy Wells, president, Joe Yokely, Vice President, H. W. Sellers, secretary, John P. Harper, treasurer and Page Mitchell was the advisory Counsellor. This building was torn down during the Urban Renewal Project in the 196o's. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Vickers. I Page8 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 7: The Vicker's Home; 138 E Wolfe Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - Gamer Oasis • Cross Wolfe Street from Blessed Sacrament Church's parking lot • Site 7 is about where Gamer Oasis is today (140 E Wolfe St) The Vickers home was destroyed during the Urban Renewal Project in the 1960 1s. This was a beautiful home. Savilla Vickers was a well known caterer. She worked with other chefs from the area, including her cousin, Mrs. Edna Toliver Rhodes, and neighbor, Mrs. Eleanor Beatrice Lewis Walker. Chef Edna Toliver Rhodes (on left) and Chef Savilla Vickers Photos courtesy of Jennifer Vickers Pageg �The Vickers Home; 138 E Wolfe Street. This is the R4 photo taken of the Vickers Home before it was destroyed. They did two photos of each structure they destroyed. One of the front and one of the back. ■ As you can see this house was in good condition and had a lovely back yard. Many homes and black owned business were destroyed. Wanetta Frances Curry (1927 - 1985) photographed in the Vickers' yard. Wanetta was the daughter of Warren R Curry and Annie Shipman Curry. They lived on E Gay Street not far from the Vickers' home. Page 10 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 8: The First Baptist Church, about 201 N Mason Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - N Mason Street. The Church was torn down when Mason Street was widened. • Walk to the corner of E Wolfe St and N Mason St • Site 8 would have been in the corner of the Friendly City Food Co-op's parking lot close to N Mason St and E Wolfe St In 1873 a church was erected on the corner of E Wolfe and Mason Street (Site #8). It cost 850.00 and soon it's congregation outgrew the church. In 1878, the old church was set back on the property and a new church was built in front of it. In later years a parsonage was built. In 1963, the church was purchased by the city of Harrisonburg for the Urban Renewal Program and like most of the surrounding neighborhood, was torn down. Here is a link to the Church website's history page. http://firstbaptisthbgya.org/ pages/church%2ohistory.html What remains on the east side of this intersection (E Wolfe and N Mason Streets) is what is referred to as "Old Mason Drive'. Doc Dickerson's house is on the north east corner. Standing next to it is the home of Dr. Atkins. Another neighbor was a boarding house for well known African Americans who were unable to stay in local hotels. Page 11 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 9: Doc Dickerson's House; 203 E Wolfe St Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - The Free Virginia and Accepted Masons, 226 Omar Lodge • Cross N Mason St on E Wolfe St. Site 9 is on your left. Doc Dickerson's house is now the home of the Virginia Free and Accepted Masons, Omar Lodge 266. Dr. Eugene Dickerson was a surgeon. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dr. Dickerson attended the public "colored" schools of Charlottesville. His desire to become a doctor led him to Leonard Medical College in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduating with an MD degree in 1900. He spent a year of postgraduate work at Howard University and another year at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Dickerson began his medical career in Ware Neek, Gloucester County, Virginia. In 1910, he briefly moved his practice to Staunton, Virginia, before spending the next 30+ years in Harrisonburg. Because Dr. Dickerson was not allowed to perform surgery at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, his surgical patients were sent to the Freedmen's Hospital, where Dr. Dickerson had admitting privileges and an office. Dr. Dickerson was active in the Newtown area of Harrisonburg, being a member of the Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, and the Order of the Eastern Star. In 1924, Dr. Dickerson wrote a letter to W.E. B. Dubois about the KKK activity in Harrisonburg. He wrote about an Evangelist Preacher, who had come to Harrisonburg following the burning of Tulsa. He was concerned the Preacher was attempting to incite a similar riot in Harrisonburg. Dr. Dickerson moved to Washington, DC, in 1947 and died in the Freedmen's Hospital in April, 1955. His body was returned to Harrisonburg for burial in the Newtown Cemetery, and his grave has no marker. Page 12 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 10: Miss Jenny's Tea Room/Jennie's Chicken Shack; 203 E Wolfe Street Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day- Comcast parking lot • Continue up E Wolfe St • Cross Community Street and Site 10 is on your right. Known both as Miss Jenny's Tea Room and Jennie's Chicken Shack, this small restaurant was in a multi-use building on E Wolfe Street. There was a barber shop there as well as a room for the Effinger Street students to play basketball, as the school had no gym. Jennie T. Long and Charles Robinson were the owner operators. Charles was born July 16, 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in WWI and died January 7, 1950 and is buried in the historic Newtown cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He came to the Shenandoah Valley because his father was born here. He married Jennie Long (born in 1899) and lived across the street from the restaurant. The building was torn down during the urban renewal project in Harrisonburg. Comcast lot 2021. In 2020, we honored Chef Charles Robinson and his wife at our Honoring Shenandoah Valley Soul Food and History and Chefs Program. Mr. Wallace Robinson of Pennsylvania accepted the award in honor of his Uncle. Page 13 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 11: Mary Fairfax's home; 395 Broad Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - a private home • Continue up E Wolfe St • Make a left onto Broad St and cross E Rock St • Site 11 is on your left at the intersection of Broad St and E Gay St on the southwest corner. Mary Awkard Fairfax was a well known educator. She taught for many years at the Lucy F. Simms School. After graduating high school in Harrisonburg in the 193o's, she was asked to teach at the one room school in Mt. Jackson in Shenandoah County. Unable to attend local universities due to segregation, she spent her summers working in New York City while she studied and received her Masters Degree at Columbia University. She was active in her church and was known for leading the choir and playing the piano. She challenged her students and provided many opportunities for them. When the schools were integrated, the schools for AfricanAmericans were closed. After Simms School closed she was one of the few teachers to find appointments in Harrisonburg. She taught at Waterman, where unfortunately she was not treated with the respect she deserved. Source: Interview with Cheryl Metz, Massanutten Central Library. Page 14 �Site 11: cont. Mary Fairfax's home; 395 Broad Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Mary Fairfax's home was on the edge of the area that was torn down during the R4 projects. In the interview she did with Cheryl Metz, she talks about that time. She said, she took the check she had received back downtown and told them no one was tearing her father's house down. Privately owned, it is standing today at the corner of Broad and Gay Streets. It represents the many homes taken from hard working families. Page 15 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 12: Effinger Street School; Roses parking lot, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Present Day - Roses parking lot • Make a left onto E Gay St • Make the right into the parking lot • Site 12 was here The Effinger Street School was built in 1882. At one time Effinger Street continued to Main Street. It was cut off in the 196o's with the R4 Urban Renewal program. The Effinger Street School would have been on the south side of Effinger Street in what is now a shopping center. It served the community until it was torn down in 1937. The Lucy F. Simms School opened in 1939. This latter school was named after the well known educator, Lucy Frances Simms. She never taught at the school named after her but she did teach for many years at the Effinger Street School. r ) l I ! Lucy F Simms with her class in front of the Effinger Street School Photo Courtesy of Billo Harper Page 16 �l' 1 l I Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 13: Dallard/Newman House; 192 E Kelley Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Standing today • Exit the parking lot onto E Gay St • Make a left out of the parking lot • Make a left onto Myrtle St • Make a left onto E Kelley St • Site 13 is on your right Constructed about 1875 at 192 Kelley Street, the historic Dallard-Newman House is one of Harrisonburg's oldest and most enduring monu1nents to African American culture and heritage. The building, constructed by formerly enslaved including the Dallards, who were enslaved on the Riverbanks Plantation in Elkton, Virginia. They were master carpenters and the plantation house and the Kelley Street residence are wonderful examples of their skills. Both homes with multi levels and beautiful staircases display architecture rarely seen on today's landscape. The Dallards were trustees at Long's Chapel in the nearby community called Little Africa at the time. The Newman's who married into the Dallard family, were a well known family. Educators, entrepreneurs and ministers, they and their descendants continue to contribute to the history of this community. The house stayed in the family until 2015 and plans are for it to be a museum. Page 17 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 14: Bethel AME Church; 184 E Kelley Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Active today • Next door to the Dallard/Newman House This historic church was built about 1885 by local carpenters, including the Dallards. They were enslaved on the Riverbanks plantation, in Elkton, Virginia and also built the Dallard/Newman house next to the church. Before 1885 the church had services at several downtown locations starting about 1856. Page 18 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 15: Miss Lena's Store; 165 E Kelley Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; private home today • Across the street from Bethel AME Church The Record Shop was in the home of Henry & Lena Stuart, 165 E. Kelley Street. Long time resident, Doris Allen said in 2016 "they started with selling records, then cigarettes and knick-knacks, then ice cream and so on." It was first known as The Record Shop but later becaine known as Miss Lena's Store. Both the Stuarts were born in Harrisonburg. Henry Stuart, 1915-1993, attended Wilberforce University and was a WWII Veteran. Lena Mae Vickers Stuart, 1917-2003, graduated from the Effinger Street School. In addition to operating The Record Shop with her husband, she raised a family and worked at Harrisonburg Auto Auction and H&R Block. The Stuarts were active in their churches, the Bethel AME Church, across the street from their home and the John Wesley United Methodist Church. Page 19 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 16: First Baptist Church today; 611 Broad Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; active today • Drive west on E Kelley St • Make a right onto Broad St • First Baptist is a short distance on Broad Street on your left The First Baptist Church on Broad Street is active and an important part of today's community. You can find their full history on their website. Here is a link. http:// firstbaptisthbgya.org/pages/Church%20History%20Doc.htm. The church was first started organizing in 1971. A meeting house of worship was started. It was on West Market Street. In 1873 a church was erected on the corner of Wolfe and Mason Street (Site #8). It cost 850.00 and soon it's congregation outgrew the church. In 1878, the old church was set back on the property and a new church was built in front of it. In later years a parsonage was built. In 1963, the church was purchased by the city of Harrisonburg for the Urban Renewal Program and like most of the surrounding neighborhood, was torn down. The present church (Site #16) is an important part of the community today just as it was when it was built in 1963-1964. The cornerstone dates at the church are "1878-1964". Page 20 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 17: Lucy F. Simms House; 231 E Johnson Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; private home today • Continue north on Broad St • Make a right onto E Johnson St • Cross Myrtle St • The Simms House a short distance on the right This is the home of Lucy F. Simms. Born enslaved in 1856, Lucy F. Simms went on to receive her degree from Virginia's Hampton Institute, and eventually settled in Harrisonburg to teach over 1,800 students from three generations of families. The following is from the Celebrating Simms Exhibit: "Lucy F. Simms brought this energy and dedication to the three schools where she spent her 56-year teaching career, starting in Athens Colored School, later known as Zenda, in 1877. A desire for fair pay led her to Harrisonburg, where she taught out of the basement of the Harrisonburg Catholic Church. There, however, the janitor frequently threw out her students' work in preparation for Sunday services. Eventually the growing number of students prompted the construction of Effinger Street School, where Miss Simms taught alongside her half-brother, Ulysses Grant Wilson, for the next 52 years. At Effinger, she took on what was often described as a maternal role with her students, treating them with kindness, high expectations, and respect." In 2020, Dale E. MacAllister published his book about Lucy Simms, "Lucy Frances Simms, From Slavery To Revered Public Servant". Page 21 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 18: Lucy F. Simms Center; 620 Simms Ave Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; active today • Continue east on E Johnson St • It dead ends at Simms Ave (Simms Center is in front of you) • Make a left onto Simms Ave • Make right into the Lucy F. Simms Center parking lot The Lucy F. Simms Center originally was the Lucy F. Simms School. It has been added onto, but the original part of the building still faces Simms Avenue. The original lockers, stage and several classrooms remain to remind us of the school's important past. In the main corridor outside the auditorium is a photo exhibit, "Celebrating Simms". You can explore the exhibit online at https:/ / omeka.lib.jmu.edu/ simms/ celebrating-simms-exhibit I Page 22 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 19: Ralph Sampson Park; 430 E Washington St, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; active today • Exit the Simms parking lot • Make a right onto Simms Ave • Make a right onto E Washington St • Drive up the hill and the park is on your right • Pull into the parking lot Ralph Sampson Park is located on East Washington Street and covers 31 acres. The park has two picnic shelters, restroom facilities, two tennis courts, three basketball courts, playground equipment, a sports field, and horseshoe pits. A recently added, natural surface walking trail (0.3 miles) runs through the park as well. This park surrounds the Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center. Located on East Washington Street on the site of the former Hilltop Plantation (c. 1820-1874) now a city park named for Harrisonburg native and famous basketball player Ralph Sampson Jr. Sampson is a four-time All-Star, an NBA Rookie of the Year and an NBA All-Star Game MVP(1985). Page 23 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 20: Newtown Cemetery; Hill St, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; active today • Exit the parking lot and make a left onto E Washington St and go back down the hill to Simms Ave • Make a left onto Simms Ave • Drive past the Lucy F Simm Center • Make a left onto Kelley St, the Cemetery is on your right • Go to Hill St and make a left. You are now at the top of the cemetery Newtown Cemetery is an historic cemetery. It is bounded on the north by E Kelley Street, the west by Sterling Street and the east by Hill Street. It is bisected by an extension of Effinger Street. The roughly 4-acre parcel has been the primary burial ground for the city's African-American dead since its founding in 1869. It is estimated to hold 900 graves. Educator Lucy F. Simms is buried here. Doc Dickerson is buried here in an unmarked grave. John Cooper is also buried here. He served with the United States Colored Troops. There are many buried here, who served our country. In 2021, Governor Terry McAuliffe visited the SVBHP Heritage Center and walked to the cemetery to visit Lucy Simms' grave. The Governor admires Lucy F. Simms and her contributions to her community. Page 24 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 21: SVBHP Heritage Center; 425 Hill St, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; open by appointment • Continue south on Hill Street • The SVBHP Heritage Center is a short distance on your right. It is next to the Cemetery on Hill Street. The Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project opened their Heritage Center in 2018. Open by appointment, the center has a large library and growing archive. The SVBHP has helped over 100 families with their family trees. Programs include Honoring Shenandoah Valley Soul Food History and Chefs and All Black Sports Reunions as well recovering and identifying burial grounds. Our Intern Program explores topics like Early Schools, Musicians and the Arts. The Roots Run Deep website has the research being done for the African American History Tours in the Shenandoah Valley. For more information visit: https://www.rootsrundeep.org or https://www.valleyblackheritage.org Page 25 �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 22: John Wesley United Methodist Church; 445 Sterling Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; active • Turn around and return to E Kelley St via Hill St • Make a left onto E Kelley St • Make a left onto Sterling St • John Wesley United Methodist Church is on your right just past Effinger St In 2020, John Wesley United Methodist Church celebrated 155 years of service. One of the Churches first places of worship was on one of William Peters' (Site 5) properties. A church was built near Black's Run following the Civil War. Page 26 J �Driving and Walking Instructions to Site 23: Court Square; 68 Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; active today • Continue on Sterling St to E Market St • Make a right onto E Market St • You will come to Court Square and the driving is one way around the Courthouse • Make a right onto Main St • Make a left and then another left as you drive around Court Square. Look for parking. • The last two Sites are a short walk from each other. The Historic Courthouse in Harrisonburg serves Rockingham County and the city of Harrisonburg. In 2020, a Historic Highway Marker was added to the Courthouse grounds. It reads: "Charlotte Harris Lynched, 6 March 18'78. About a dozen disguised people took Charlotte Harris from the custody of jailers in eastern Rockingham County on the night of 6 March 1878 and hanged her from a tree approximately 13 miles southeast of here. This is the only documented lynching of an African American woman in Virginia, and it received nationwide attention. A grand jury that met here failed to identify any of the lynchers. Harris had been accused of inciting a young African American man to burn the barn of a white farmer. This man was later acquitted on all charges. More than 4,000 lynchings took place in the United States between 1877 and 1950; more than 100 people, primarily African American men, were lynched in Virginia." Page 27 �Walking Instructions to Site 24: Harry Lee's Shoe Shine Parlor; 57 S Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802; Office in building today • From the Highway Marker on Court Square, walk to Main St • Make a right onto S Main St • The Site will be on your right Driving Instructions to Site 24: • Drive to Main St from Court Square and Charlotte Harris' Highway Marker • Make a left onto Main St • Make the next right on E Market St • Make your first right onto S Federal St (Note: there is a public parking lot on Federal Street. This is the best place to go to stop and see Site 24.) • Make a right onto E Water St • Make a right onto S Main St • The Site will be a short distance on your left Harry Lee Solomon was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia on March 15th 1896 and died of natural causes on January 18th, 1960 at the age of 63. Solomon owned a local shoe shine shop called, "Harry Lee's Shoe Shine Parlor". Solomon was known as more than just a shoeshiner, though. He was known and respected by the entire Harrisonburg community as a most talented musician. He sang for local quartets and at his church. Solomon was also part of the band, Aces of Rhythm, as the pianist and backup vocalist. Solomon and his fellow band members made a name for themselves in the Harrisonburg and Shenandoah Valley communities respectfully. The band was known to play at local clubs, establishments, schools, and more. Known musical groups: Aces of Rhythm, The Shenandoah Comedy Four and the Night Hawk Orchestra. Written by Ray Bahlaiwa. Page 28 �Roots Run Deep, Harrisonburg, Virginia; An African American History Tour Firths, F Ourth St ii; ,Jg "' Tllirds1 J" ' I cs 1/n t= ,, . 19 1<ofley 51 VI C 3 3 E IV01re St E Eilizabetn St nburg 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 . 12. Jail Hill, Otterbein Methodist Church Parking Lot, 176 W Market St Strother House, 170 N High St, still standing Jeremiah Gibson's workshop, 188 N Liberty Street Hite Family Home, 227 N Main St Joshua and William Peters' Properties, 75 N Mason St The Blue Circle 30 Club, 145 E Wolfe Street The Vicker's home, 138 E Wolfe St First Baptist Church, 213 N Mason St Doc Dickerson's house, 203 E Wolfe, still standing Miss Jenny's Tea Room/Jennie's Chicken Shack, 255 E Wolfe Street Mary Fairfax's home, 395 Broad St, still standing Effinger Street School, Roses Parking lot * 13. Dallard-Newman House, 184 Kelley St, still standing 14. Bethel AME Church, 184 Kelley St, historic church still active 15. Miss Lena's Store, 165 Kelley St, still standing 16. First Baptist Church today, 611 Broad St, active 17. Lucy F. Simms home, 231 E Johnson Street, still standing 18. Lucy F. Simms Center, 620 Simms Ave, active 19. Ralph Sampson Park, active 20 . Newtown Cemetery, Hill Street, historic cemetery 21. SVBHP Heritage Center, 425 Hill St, open by appointment 22. John Wesley United Methodist Church, 445 Sterling St, active 23. Historic Courthouse, 80 Court Square, still standing Places you can stop to read and look at the Traipse App or www.rootsrundeep.org • DE EP Page 29 9lon: �~ l Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project's Roots Run Deep African American Histor~ Tours in the Shenandoah Valle~ You can pick up maps and brochures about our tours at: • SVBHP Heritage Center, 425 Hill St, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 • Harrisonburg Tourism located inside the Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center, 212 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA 22801 • Lucy F. Simms Center, 620 Simms Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22802 • The Friendly City Food Co-op, 150 E. Wolfe St. Harrisonburg, VA22802 • And at member businesses of Downtown Harrisonburg. Stop #6, The Blue Circle 30 Club Stop #9. Doc Dickerson's house Page 30 �Page 31 �Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project's Roots Run Deep Harrisonburg, Virginia ~oo-r.s li~,t, This tour is possible through the generous financial support of the following: The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Karen Brooks Hopkins and The Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Crescent Cities Charities, the Cargill family, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brown through The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Dr. & Mrs. Steven E. Gardner, Steven Garner Family Fund of the Community Foundation, Heather Kline and friends, House of Oak and Sofa, and Special thanks to the Harrisonburg Reparations Group and the Friends of the SVBHP for their monthly donations. IP This tour is available on the Traipse App. Download for free. Go to www.valleyblackheritage.org & www.rootsrundeep.org to learn more. Page 32 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project's Roots Run Deep Booklet Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project Roots Run Deep Black History Description An account of the resource Roots Run Deep booklet with intro to African American History Tour Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Harrisonburg (Va.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Justin L. Attas (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource records (documents) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF1043 Black History Roots Run Deep Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection/MAF1044_the-2nd-annual-freedom-fund-banquet-program-from.pdf 5de810da081dca2f0dd137a7370ffcbc PDF Text Text NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the J\DVANCEMENT of COLORED PEOPLE 2nd Al~NUAL FREEDOM FUND BANQUET Sheraton Four Points Hotel, Harrisonburg Saturday, September 11, 2004 �ABOUT THE ARTIST Shea Ramone Justice was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1970. After attending Boston English High School, he went to Boston University, where the major'r.; ,. ,, , ity of the time he drank, studied and decided to become ~ ·,+_~-~ '\ an artist who starts a revolution with his art, the way Bob ,:<::tif/~ ·::1Jf\, Marley did with his music. With his art education degree in hand, She~ has taught in Fort Lauderdale, F.lori_da and "•~·· .lJ.,.' ·· · 'i-\,J.:.:. Boston Public Schools. He now teaches at LmcolnSudbury Regional High School. He would gladly give it up if anyone could give him a full-time job as an illustra-, •. ":::J> tor of political cartoons and children's books, as long as there is a good dental plan involved. Currently, he lives in Jamaica Plain where he annoys his wife by constantly trying to teach his son, Shea Jr., how to sing songs by the Temptations at the top of his lungs. He is a member of BMAG, Boston's Metropolitan Artists' Guild, and can be reached at sheajustice@cybercom.net. Please visit www.geocities.com/iusticeshea & www.abouthearts.com. :.:-:~~~:/',:?( �THEME: "WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING" CONTENTS Letters of Support ......................................... ... .......................... 2 Letter from Branch President. .......................................... 6 Speaker Bio ............................................................................... 7 Program ...................... ;.............................. ............................... 8 Black National Anthem .................................................. 10 Litany ..................................................................................... 11 Lifetime Achievement A ward Recipients .................................. 12 Branch Officers and Committee Chairs ...................................... 15 In Memoriam .......................................................................... 16 Churches ................... ·....................... ....................................... 20 Sponsors .................................................................................. 24 Advertisers .............................................................................. 25 Patrons .................................................................................... 44 �C:O MM101V1YVE.AlLT1l of VlRGiiVJ,11 Office of the Governor September 11 , 2004 Dear Friends: On behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I take great pleasure in welcoming the members and guests of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Branch of the NAAC P\, annual Freedom Fund Banquet. I nm confident that all will thoroughl y enjo y tonight' s keynote speaker, Dr. John Singer. I commend those who worked so diligently to make this evem possible . As the nation 's oldest and largest civil rights organization, the NAACP has worked for mon:: than ninety-five years to preserve economic, social , educational and political liberties on behalf of millions of minority citizens throughout our great Commonwealth and our nation. Promoting equa.lity is one goal that: I emb'.ace, and one that will ensure a bright future tor all citizens of the Commonwealth o :•irginia. I commend the members of t he Harrisonburg-Rockingham Branch of the NAACP for serving your communi ty. Thank you for your commitment to building a belier Co rnrno nwenith, and best wishes for a memorable event. Sincere ly, M~ICV~ Mark R. \Varner ,.._, 2,.._, �,w -••- n-._ I! l . i NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 4805 MT HOPE DRIVE • BALTI MORE, MD 21215-3297 • (410) 358-8900 \ ___ ___ ,,.,, KWEISI MFUME Pmsfrio::! & Cfuef £:e~utfv,~ Officer September 11 , 2004 Greetings: It is with great pleasure that I extend congratulations to the Harrisonburg. Rockingham County Branch of the NAACP on the occasion of your 2nd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet, "Where We've Been and Where We 're Going." I find this year's theme to be an especially pertinent one, as 2004 is a presidential election year. It is vital that we motivate all people to exercise the essential right to vote, as people of color will continue to be disenfranchised, robbed of resources and benefits, and embroiled in stereotypes until our campaign of voter education, voter registration and voter mobilization helps us to make our opinions known at the polls. Furthermore, we must ensure that our young people are indoctrinated with · the knowledge and the passion for •justice to continue our work into future generations. We must do everything possible to pass on the torch of our dedication to ensuring the civil rights and civil liberties of all people. I would like to extend special congratulations on this event to Monica Robinson , President of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Branch, Dr. John Singer of Madison University, tonight's guest speaker, and every other individual who worked to make tonight possible. As always your hard work is evident and appreciated. It is my hope that this banquet will be a time of both education and enjoyment for everyone involved. Sincerely, Preside I �COMMONWEALTH of VIRGIJVIA Office of the Lieutenant Governor Ttmochv M. Kaine {804) ~;86-1075 Lieuten~u Govcmor Fax: {804) 786-7514 TTY{TDD: i-SX-52.3-1120 EM:\iL: lrgo,·@ir,;0,-.:-;1::!r.t·.v;,1.u~ September l I, 2004 Han-isonburg and Rockingham County NAACP Branch #7132 P.O. Box 1010 Harrisonburg, VA 22803 Dear Friends, .I am sorry that a previous commitment will prevent me from joining you at the second annual Freedom Fund Banquet. No doubt, I am missing a wonderful event. Congratulations to your branch, and all of its hard working members, for you r succc:ss over the past year. I commend all of the efforts to sec that the promise of Virginia •·· the promise of education, equal opportunity, and civi l liberty - is available to everyone in Hanisonburg and Rockingham County and throughout our great Commonwealth. I look forward to our continu ed working relationship and wish you all the best on your future projects. With warm regards, I remain Sincerely, ~ \ J ~_;_ '/ . ,7 / ' L---, Timothy M. Kaine Lieutenant Governor of Virginia �August 9, 2004 KWEISI MFUME Pn·~idcnt and C.E.O. Monica Robinson , President Henry Whitelow, Freedom Fund Char Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Branch - NAACP P.O. Box 1010 ~;~ Harrisonburg, VA 2280 · · "';l.w ~dr''" Dear Ms. Robi n and Mr. Whitelow: Thank y u for inviting me to attend your second annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, September 11, 2004. Please know that I wholeheartedly commend the unwavering dedication of the Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Branch and that I recognize your invaluable contributions toward the overall success of our Association. That is why it is particularly difficult for me to inform you that, regrettably, I will be unable to join you due to my attending the annual Congressional Black Caucus weekend on the date of the banquet. l wish·you much success with your event and I look forward to visiting the Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Branch soon. Again, please ·a ccept.my most genuine apology for not being able to join you.• With warmest regards, I am , Si cerely, · KM/sbw 4805 Mt. Hope Drive • Tel.: (410} 486-9100 Baltirnon:, Maryland 2121:i Fax: {4]0) 486-9255 �To our Members, Supporters, and Friends, I would like to begin by thanking each person here today for being an integral part of our Second Annual Freedom Fund Banquet. 2004 has been and is a critical year personally, locally, and nationally. Our theme: Where We've Been and Where We're Going says a lot about our organiza tion. We, as a people, need to reflect on the changing pace of American life and where that change will lead us. Voting allows us to have a voice in ... "Where We Are Going." Living in a time of unrest and uncertainty has made me more aware of the freedoms that so many of us take for granted. Being socially conscious and aware is the duty of all citizens of the United States of America. We, as citizens, must learn to use our voices and our minds to ensure that equality is achieved for all. With equality comes religious, economic, political and educational freedom. These are freedoms that many other nations dream of. Over the last two years we have sought to address and protect the political interests of African-Americans, poor, disenfranchised and other minority groups. We will continue in our quest to educate the community on the importance of voting. We will continue to speak with candidates on issues concerning our community. But most importantly we will work for the enactment of municipal, state and federal legislation designed to improve the educational, political and economic status of minority groups. Our hope is that, when you leave our banquet today, you will have reflected on where we have been as a nation, as a people, as individuals, and where those choices and endeavors will lead us. Seek to fulfill the dreams of our ancestors and to forge a land of equality for generations to come. Today I challenge you to keep the flames of freedom burning bright. I am Forever embracing the struggle, Forever remembering the past, Forever fighting against injustice, and Forever carrying the torch. Let Freedom Ring! With warmest regards, '-7l4onica 9l.obinson Monica Robinson ranch President . . ,. . _, 6 ,. . _, �Dr. John N. Singer is currently an assistant professor in the department of Kinesiology at James Madison University where he teaches primarily in the area of sport management and employs a critical race theoretical framework in studying diversity issues, racism, social change, social responsibility and ethics in various sport and physical activity organizational contexts. His secondary research interest focuses on the impact of exercise and physical activity on the overall well being of people of color. He earned his Ph.D. at Ohio State University and his Master's and Bachelor's degrees at Michigan State University. Dr. Singer has conducted research with the Black Coaches Association (BCA), and has served as a mentor to black male student athletes and to "at-risk" students of color at predominantly white universities. As a product of the Benton Harbor area school system located in the southwestern comer of Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan, Dr. Singer embraces the motto "Life can only be understood looking backward, but it must be lived looking forward." �9/arrisonburg-~ockingham County CJ'fJfl!CCP 2nd 9lnnuo.l Cfreedom Cfund CZ3o.nquef Uepfember 11, 2004 cprogr{jm Was fer of Ceremony Wr. 91enry J]. C]J)hzrelow, Chair Yreedom Cfund Comm/flee Wusico.l cprelude Wrs. 9lngela 9lopkins Women! ofuilence Cfor Cfhe CV1c11ms of9-11 cpro.yer c.Reo. C]J)alfer 91. Qhanl, cpaslor - Cfirsl CJ3aplisl Church 9nfroducfion ofQuesfs Ws. 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Wonlrn c.Robz'nson, CJ3r(Jnch cpresldenl Closing uelecffon (Please Ole1nd) Elf! co 'ry CVolce (jnd uzng CZ3enedfcffon c.Reo. CZJr. 9s(j(jC cp(jul-C~ker, cp(jsfor - 8ohn CWesley CZ/nzJed We!hodzsl Church �BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. We have come over a way that with tears have been watered ' We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; thou who hast by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray. Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, . felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet · come to the place for which our fathers died? Lest our feet stray from the places, our God,where we met thee; lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world,we forget thee, shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand, true to our God, true to our native land. �LITANY Let us remember that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding". (Psalm 111:10) Response: Lord God, Giver of wisdom, hear our prayer. God , prepare minds and souls to be your vessels, ever respectful and loving of others and ouselves. Response: Lord God, Giver of wisdom, hear our prayer. May we strive for unity in the family, community, nation and race. Response: Lord God, Giver of wisdom, hear our prayer. To love and care, to share and clothe, to feed and nurture, to counsel and teach, to be committed to the health and well-being our our communities. · Response: Lord God, Giver of wisdom, hear our prayer. 0, God , lead our communities to wholesome spiritual, social, political and financial action. Response: Lord God, Giver of wisdom, hear our prayer. Lord , lift us out of complacency. Remove all hatred, animosity and anger from our souls. Envelop us in your undying love. Response: Lord God, Giver of wisdom, hear our prayer. Open our eyes that we may see the needs of your people; open our hearts and souls that we may serve with dignity and in peace. �MRS. MARY A. FAIRFAX Mrs. Mary A. Fairfax of 431 E. Gay Street, Harrisonburg, VA is a lifelong resident of Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg. She is the eldest of four children - Joseph C. Awkard, Jr., Leona Awkard Smith (deceased), Fred M. Awkard (deceased) - born to the late Joseph Cyrus Awkard, Sr. and Nadline Wood Awkard. She is the widow of James Fairfax, Sr. Mrs. Fairfax received her early education in Harrisonburg Public Schools. She graduated from Virginia State University in Ettrick, VA with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Elementary Education and then from Columbia University in New York with a Master's of Education degree. Mrs. Fairfax taught in the Shenandoah County, Staunton, Rockingham and Harrisonburg Public School Systems. After 42 years of teaching, Mrs. Fairfax retired in 1976. Mrs. Fairfax is a lifetime member of First Baptist Church, Broad Street, Harrisonburg; and served on the Deaconess Board and as the church 's organist for several years . She has been active in civic and community organizations over the years and remains dedicated to her church and community. Mary Frances Awkard Fairfax is a legend to our Lucy Simms School as she is the last of our charter teachers from Effinger School. All previous students look her up and keep in touch with her. She is loved, loved, loved. ,_, 12,..._, �MRS. AMELIA NIZER JONES Mrs. Amelia Nizer Jones is a resident of Rockingham County where she resides with her husband, Earl Jones. Mrs. Jones received her early education in Rockingham County at the Christiansburg Institute. She further studied and received a diploma in Secretarial Science from Norfolk State in 1953. Mrs. Jones worked for Harrisonburg City Public Schools for 32 years prior to retiring in 1990. Mrs. Jones is a dedicated member of Mount Paran Baptist Church in Elkton, VA and has been active in numbers civic and community organizations, which include: • Cinderella Program for Young Women • Meals on Wheels • Church Women United • The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (1977) • Board Member of the Effinger St/Lucy Simms Incorporation Mrs. Jones has also won many certificates and awards, including: • Leadership Skills for Church Members • Black History Certificate of Recognition (Education) • Marketing Education - Lifetime Service Award • Outstanding Service Award - Harrisonburg High School • Marketing Education - Contributed superior guidance, inspiration and support to the youth of Harrisonburg Mrs. Jones is also a member of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County NAACP. �HARRlSONBURG AND ROCKINGHAJ NAACP BRANCH OFFICERS PRESIDENT Monica Robinson VICE PRESIDENT Beverly Banks SECRETARY Dr. Aashir Nasim ASST. SECRETARY Nathaniel Robinson TREASURER Esther Nizer ASST. TREASURER William Talley COMMITTEE CHAIRS FINANCE Esther Nizer MEMBERSHIP Elaine Blakey FREEDOM FUND Henry Whitelow PRESS & PUBLICITY Camilla Washington HEALTH Kadijah Islam RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS Rev. Karen Robinson LEGAL REDRESS William Talley �HARRISONBURG A.ND ROCKINGH NAACP CHAIR Henry Whitelow Doris Allen Beverly Banks Karen Robinson Monica Robinson Camilla Washington Lois Williams �IN MEMORIAM we remember septem-b er ll, 2001._ �IN MEMORIAM ,_,] 7,..._, �IN MEMORIAM �IN MEMORIAM Matthew Scott Clark November 14, 1984-June 3, 2003 Son of Scott Price & Barbara Clark Nephew of Pat Cubbage Sadly missed b our Famil In Memory of Michael Anthony "Chuck" Cubbage December 10, 1961-August 27, 1994 Father of Sharee & Alexis Davis Son of Elder Benjamin F. & Doris Cubbage Sadly missed by all your family Sa . s ... II Psai;;,s 23:2 �IN MEMORIAM/CHURCHES GOD'S WAY TO HEAVEN The Walls of Jasper Gospel Church Phone: 704.523.8824 400 Archdale Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 Bishop J. A. Baldwin "FOCUSED ON KINGDOM WORK IN THE LAND .... TODAY" �CHURCHES John Wesley United Methodist Church Sterling & Effinger Streets Harrisonburg, VA 22802 (540) 434-9795 Church (540) 434-23 78 Parsonage Pastor: Rev. Dr. Isaac S. Paul-Coker Sunday Service: _ 11 :00 a.m. The Pastor, officers and members wish the Harrisonburg Chapter of the NAACP much success with the Freedom Fund Banquet. May Cod continue to bless you in all your future undertakings. BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPICOPAL CHURCH 184 Kelley Street (540) 433-5925 Pastor: Reverend Frank L.N. Hill CHURCH SERVICE: SUNDAYS @ 11 :00 AM 'Ifie Pastor, Officers aruf Members wou[a UK!, to wisfi tfie J-larrisonburg Cfiapter of tfie :l{Jl..Jl..C.P. mucfi success witfi tfie :Jreeaom :funa 'Banquet as we[[ as your Worf:._ tfirougfwut tfie year. !l(emem&er to 5l[ways Put (joa :first In.5l[['Ifiat ~ou 'lJo! �CHURCHES Waynesboro Virginia 22980 Q .· · f 'f j. Home 540 942 1473 . . . PASTOR MARION G WOOD 32 Bell Wood lane CeU 540 649 0809 Church 540 289 -9742 E~mail pathguy@intelos.net New Hope Baptist Church P.O. Box 92 McGaheysvme, VA 22840 �CHURCHES MT. PA.RAN BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR A .T. CRAWLEY 1229 Mt. Pamn Road Elkmn Vt\ 22827 540.298.9 124 Church 540.949 .0883 Hom e Draw nigh to God, and he will draw ni9h to you ~ James 4:~ . Directions from 33E. At Elkton on 340N take second right at light (Spotswood Ave.) then left on 759 (Newtown Rd). Go 1/2 mile and turn left on Mt. Paran Church Rd. Go up the hill and the church is on the left. BEST WISHES HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAACP Jffirst J$aptist ©qurcq 611 J$roab ~tn~d ~arrisonhurg, ?1}J\ 22802 Reverend Walter A. Ghant, Pastor Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 11 :00 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday- 7:00 p.m. "What A Mighty God We Serve" �SPONSORS Elkton, Virginia "Committed to 6ringino out the 6est in meauine" JI <ProuaSupporter of the ¾fl.JlCCP �ADVERTISERS - ACADEMIC ~w i F'1!.l/fr4i,~'1Jl;S •vff. , F ·.:,· ·l. ,,.:u ! jli};-:tf 1 - ~ ~,f . R ·.: p ! j~e>t' :f ' . -_ u 1 ·" ' .,, _ ! , •, ·" Septen1ber 22 11 d - 25 th 2004 Jmnes lvladison Llni--uersity, 1-larrisonburg VA The n1ost significant African A1nerican literary event of the decade ·w ill include: , Over 40 African Arnerican Poets t1 Two Internationally Renowned Bands ,, Various Art & Photo Exhibits i Poetry Jan1 Session with DJ Renegade Register online wwv,.1.jmu.edu/furiousflower or by phone at (54 , :. . ,~-~ 'if <.REAci-t:our AND READ ro vouR CHILD >:· ,-;· ' 'Diet You :Know? . ,facts. .. abput 'iiteracy in :America ·. -~~ve $µggested tliat improving reading levels will improve .. .. . .. . .. . 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Mcn'iber F.D.I.C �ADVERTISERS - BEAUTY & BARBER BLAKEY'S BARBER SHOP 230 Community Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 (540) 434-8717 �ADVERTISERS - CLOTHING CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY G·RANNY lONGlEGS MERCY HOUSE THRIFT STORE 1005 South High Street 433-3272 Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. • Clothing • Furniture • Appliances • Household Items • Electronics • Computers • Music • Toys • Crafts ... and much more ' Donations accepted daily Pick-up provided for large items Daily Specials - 50% off ~ Call for Details ~ 16 South Main Street 433-4097 Mon. - Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. • Barely-worn Name Brand Clothing • Vintage Clothing • Wedding/Formal Apparel • Antiques • Unique Gift Ideas ... and more! An excellent way to support Mercy House and your local downtown merchants Come in and see what's going on downtown Daily Specials - 50% off ~ Call for Details ~ �ADVERTISERS - CLOTHING/COMMUNITY M - FS-6 Sa t. 9-2 Miss Maggie's Tailoring & A lte rations MAGGIE DAOUST - Owner 383-B N. Main St. Harrisonburg. VA 22802 Family Owned Since 1965 540-44,2-1751 Summe r & Winter Storage Fur Cleaning & Storage Shi rt Laundry Service Leather Cleani ng Alterations D rape,ries Hours: 7 a .m. - 6 p.m. (M-F), 9 a.m. - 2 p . m . (Sat.) 268 N. Main Street Harrisonbu,r g, VA 22802 ~ l i i i % J l l i i ! l l i i E 1 i i ! W " - 11111 I!' {540) 434-6570 Ton Free {877) 211-1081 i!illlllMl:lii ~; _ _ _ , Charlotte C. Moore and Family wishes to congratulate the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County NAACP on their 2nd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet �• ADVERTISERS - COMMUNITY We are a Beautiful People, We are a Community Congratulations to the NAACP fia:rri,.s-o n.6 urq .:.,, ,_ you:ntJ a.ch.i e vers 1 Constance Whitelow, Director CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SECOND ANNUAL FREEDOM FUND BANQUET Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. shares a century-long history of activism and action with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. We are proud of that connection. Let us continue to work together to impact the quality of life in our communities. The Connection Committee of the Sigma Gamma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. urges every citizen to be educated and involved in the political process. Register a new Voter before October 3, 2004. Kadesha Washington, Connections Committee Chair, Cheryl Talley, President Sigma Gamma Omega Chapter �ADVERTISERS - ENTERTAINMENT ANY TIME'S A GOOD TIME AT Parents, bring your l<:ids out to see Thursday evenings 1 child eats free w/ each adult purchase 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sunday Balloons & Magic 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. �ADVERTISERS - HOME IMPROVEMENT/REPAIR • Otlke Cleaning • Const ruction Cleaning • l\.icwe In an d Out Cfoauing ,· BANKS 546 Stoncfield Ct. Har r ison burg~ Va 22802 . g .:,erv1 Cl . • .,,Ie.a. n1n ce (540) 43 2-6699 Li:censed• Bonded.Insured wm cba t1 ksraivah oo.com C ·- .,✓ .., \Vm. 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You can vote if you: • Are 18 years of age or older; • Are single, married, divorced, winow( er), or significant other; • Can't read or write; • Are physically or mentally challenged in any way; • Have been charged with a felony or misdemeanor and the charges are cleared When should you vote? • Every Election Remember that, on Election Day, YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE For more information on voter registration, please contact your city or county registrar's office or contact the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County NAACP at (540) 434-2500. ~39~ �ADVERTISERS - POLITICAL Harrisonburg- on yo . , Freed �ADVERTISERS - REAL ESTATE Let Esther Nizer guide you through the home buying process. • • • • • • • • • • Check your credit Get pre-approved Determine your price range Call Esther Research neighborhoods Search for homes Make an offer Chose a loan Get a home inspection Close and move in! Thinking of selling. Call Esther today for a FREE market value analysis. 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Title A name given to the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection Description An account of the resource The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection consists of over 500 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2022 exhibit, Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mary Awkard Fairfax. The series consists of photographs and some historical documents from Mary Awkard Fairfax’s personal collection and her family’s papers (1939–2012), shared with the Celebrating Simms project by Mrs. Fairfax’s niece, Mary Ann Smith-Tucker. The Mary Awkard Fairfax Collection is a post-custodial collection, meaning that it consists entirely of digitized materials and that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-2012 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The 2nd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet Program from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Subject The topic of the resource NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Description An account of the resource The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Annual Freedom Fund booklet Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Sheraton Four Points Hotel, Harrisonburg (Va.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Ann Smith-Tucker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 11 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Justin L. Attas (digitizer & annotator) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource records (documents) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAF1044 Banquet Freedom Fund NAACP