Sources
Historical Documents
Letter
W.H. Ruffner Letter to White Teachers

To White Teachers of Northern Virginia

From W.H. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction

April 4, 1881

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Brochure
Curry Memorial School of Education Brochure

Curry Memorial School of Education

Back and front covers

1905

Brochure
Brochure

Curry Memorial School of Education

Inside spread

1905

Letter
Letter

From W.H. Heck acknowledging receipt of the circular [brochure] from the Curry School

July 29, 1905

Letter
Establishment of the Curry Memorial School
Letter

From F. Gates to Alderman acknowledging the Rockfeller gift to establish the Curry Memorial School

April 13, 1905

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Announcement
Curry Memorial School Announcement

Curry Memorial School of Education

Front cover

1914

Announcement
Announcement

Curry Memorial School of Education

Title page

1914

Letter
Alderman Letters
Letter

To Dr. Alderman

From Wallace Buttrick

December 27, 1903

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Letter
Letter

To Dr. Alderman

From The Montgomery Advertiser

August 23, 1905

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Letter
Letter

To Dr. Alderman

From E.C. Sage, Professor of secondary Education, General Education Board

June 5, 1906

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Letter
Letter

To Dr. Alderman

From Wallace Buttrick, Secretary, General Education Board

January 12, 1916

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Motion for Judgement
Ruffner Hall
Motion for Judgement

Page 1

Circuit Courts of Albemarle County

1970s

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Motion for Judgement
Motion for Judgement

Page 2

Circuit Courts of Albemarle County

1970s

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Motion for Judgement
Motion for Judgement

Page 3

Circuit Courts of Albemarle County

1970s

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Historical Images
The Lawn
The Lawn

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

William Henry Ruffner
William Henry Ruffner

1824—1908

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry

1825—1903

Earlysville School
Earlysville School

Earlysville, Virginia

Sandbox
Sandbox

Source: University Publishing Company, New York NY

Faculty Group
Faculty Group

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Venable Classroom
Venable Classroom

Charlottesville, Virginia

Winchester Classroom
Winchester Classroom

Winchester, Virginia

Suffolk Kindergarten
Suffolk Kindergarten

Suffolk, Virginia

Ruffner Hall
Ruffner Hall

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Classroom
Classroom
Kids Walking
Kids Walking
Event
Event

Rotunda Dome Room

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Architectural Rendering
Architectural Rendering

Curry School of Education

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Summer School
Summer School

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

1917

Contextual Factors
Peabody Education Fund
Peabody Education Fund: A brief sketch of George Peabody and a history of the Peabody Education Fund through thirty years

By J.L.M. Curry

Southern Education Board
The Southern Education Board and the Race Issue in Public Education

By Louis R. Harlan

Journal of Thought, Vol. 23, No. 2 (May, 1957), pp. 189-202

Southern Historical Association

Conference for Education in the South
The Conference for Education in the South: An Exercise in Noblesse Oblige

By Clinton B. Allison

Journal of Thought, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1981), pp. 39-55

Caddo Gap Press

Curry
Speech of J.L.M. Curry
Speech of J.L.M. Curry, of Alabama, on the election of speaker, and the progress of anti-slaveryism

J.L.M. Curry

Washington, Printed by L. Towers, 1859

Address of Congress
Address of Congress to the people of the Confederate States

Richmond, 1864

J.L.M. Curry member of Committee on part of the CSA Senate

Address of Congress I
Address of Congress to the people of the Confederate States
Address delivered February 6th, 1885
Address delivered February 6th, 1885, by Hon. J.L.M. Curry ... in response to an invitation extended in a joint resolution of the Senate and House of representatives of Alabama. Reported ... by E. Workman.

Curry, J.L.M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903.

Montgomery, Barrett & co., printers, 1885.

Education of the Negroes since 1860
Education of the Negroes since 1860

J.L.M. Curry, LL. D. Secretary of the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund

Baltimore, 1884

The southern states of the American union considered
The southern states of the American union considered in their relations to the Constitution of the United States and to the resulting union

J.L.M. Curry

New York: Putnam, 1894

Peabody Education Fund
Peabody Education Fund : a brief sketch of George Peabody and a history of the Peabody Education Fund through thirty years

J.L.M. Curry

Cambridge: University Press, 1898

An autobiography / Booker T. Washington
An autobiography : the story of my life and work / Booker T. Washington

Introduction by Dr. J.L.M. Curry

J.L.M. Curry. An address
J.L.M. Curry. An address

Alderman, Edwin Anderson

Brooklyn, Eagle Press, 1903

The Influence of Personalities
The Influence of Personalities on the Public Education of Negroes in Alabama

Horace Mann Bond

The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan., 1937), pp17-29

The Influence of Personalities II
The Influence of Personalities on the Public Education of Negroes in Alabama, II
Architects of Accommodation
Architects of Accommodation

Chapter 9: J.L.M. Curry, pp161-178

The Negro and His Education
The Negro and His Education: Persuasive Strategies of Selected Speeches at the Conference for Education in the South, 1898-1914

Barbara Hulbert Walsh

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses, 1974

Ruffner
Africa's redemption
Africa’s redemption. A discourse on African colonization in its missionary aspects, and in its relation to slavery and abolition.

Preached on Sabbath morning, July 4th, 1852, in the Seventh Presbyterian church, Penn square, Philadelphia

W.H. Ruffner

Lectures on the evidences of Christianity
Lectures on the evidences of Christianity

Delivered at the University of Virginia : during the session of 1850-1

New York: R. Carter & brothers, 1859

Letter from John B. Minor
Letter from John B. Minor to W.H. Ruffner

August 8, 1872

Letter
W.H. Ruffner Letter to White Teachers

To White Teachers of Northern Virginia

From W.H. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction

April 4, 1881

Source: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Reconstruction statesman of Virginia
William Henry Ruffner: Reconstruction statesman of Virginia

C. Chilton Pearson.

Durham NC, 1921

William Henry Ruffner
William Henry Ruffner

Ellen Irby Hardy

1942

University of Richmond, UR Scholoarship Repository, Master’s Theses

The Ruffner Pamphlet of 1847
The Ruffner Pamphlet of 1847: An Antislavery Aspect of Virginia Sectionalism

William Gleason Bean

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Jul., 1953), pp260-282

Virginia Historical Society

Establishment of Virginia's Public School System
William Henry Ruffner and the Establishment of Virginia’s Public School System, 1870-1874

Walter J. Fraser, Jr

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul., 1971), pp.259-279

Virginia Historical Society

Co-education of the White and Colored Race
The Co-education of the White and Colored Race

W.H. Ruffner

Scribners Monthly. Volume 3, May-October 1974, pp86-90

Race, Religion, and Redemption
Race, Religion, and Redemption: William Henry Ruffner and the Moral Foundations of Education in Virginia

Thomas C. Hunt, Jennings L. Wagoner Jr. and Jennings J. Wagoner Jr.

American Presbyterians, Vol. 66, No. 1 (SPRING 1988), pp. 1-9

Presbyterian Historical Society

A Manumission in the Mountains
A Manumission in the Mountains: Slavery and the African Colonization Movement in Southwestern Virginia

Thomas C. Hunt, Jennings L. Wagoner Jr. and Jennings J. Wagoner Jr.

Appalachian Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2 (WINTER 2006), pp164-186

Appalachian Journal and Appalachian State University

Southern Education Board
Southern Education Board
The Southern Education Board and the Race Issue in Public Education

By Louis R. Harlan

Journal of Thought, Vol. 23, No. 2 (May, 1957), pp. 189-202

Southern Historical Association

Conference for Education in the South
The Conference for Education in the South: An Exercise in Noblesse Oblige

By Clinton B. Allison

Journal of Thought, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1981), pp. 39-55

Caddo Gap Press

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