About the electronic version: Diary of Jackson Davis Author: Jackson Davis Creation of machine-readable version: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: Courtney Boissonnault, University of Virginia Library URL: http://small.library.virginia.edu/collections/featured/jackson-davis-collection-of-african-american-educational-photographs/ Electronic Series: Jackson Davis Grant Project About the original source: 1913 Diary of Jackson Davis in Papers of Jackson Davis [manuscript], 1910-1947. […]

About the electronic version: 1911 Diary of Jackson Davis Author: Jackson Davis Creation of machine-readable version: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: Courtney Boissonnault, University of Virginia Library URL: http://small.library.virginia.edu/collections/featured/jackson-davis-collection-of-african-american-educational-photographs/ Electronic Series: Jackson Davis Grant Project About the original source: 1911 Diary of Jackson Davis Author: Jackson Davis Creation date: 1911 […]

The Special Collections Department holds the volumes of Davis’ diary for 1911 and 1913, which are gifts of Sally Guy Brown and Helen Langhorne, Davis’ granddaughters. These early diaries contain information about Davis’ work as field agent for Negro Rural Schools in Virginia and occasionally include personal comments and details. Unfortunately, Davis notes in these […]

Jackson Davis was born in Cumberland County, Virginia, on September 25, 1882, the son of William Anderson and Sally Wyatt (Guy) Davis. He attended the public schools of Richmond, Virginia, and received his B. A. from the College of William and Mary in 1902 and his M. A. from Columbia University in 1908. Honorary L.L.D. […]

by William A. Link William A. Link is Lucy Spinks Keker Excellence Professor and Head of the History Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of several books on Southern history, including A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920 (University of […]

The best way to contact the Jackson Davis Collection staff is by our online reference request form. Staff Project Director: Michael Plunkett, Director of Special Collections Project Supervisor: Edward Gaynor, Associate Director of Special Collections Project Co-ordinator: Rebecca Yokum Project Advisor: Felicia Johnson Project Advisor: Robin Wear Technical Services Assistant Consultants Reginald D. Butler, Director, […]

The graphic design for the original (1998) website for the Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs was created by Susannah McGowan, formerly a student assistant in the Special Collections Digital Center. Susannah received her Master’s degree in Information Technology from the Curry School of Education and is currently employed as an Information Architect at […]

Digitization, Identification, Description, and Access to the Jackson Davis Collection in the Special Collections Department of the University of Virginia Library Proposal  |  Significance  |  Impact  |  Plan of Work  |  Project Staff Project Director: Michael Plunkett Director of Special Collections University of Virginia Library Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2498 (804) 924-3025 Requested Funding: $241,306 Project Period: December 1, 1998 […]

What is the best way to search the collection? The answer depends on what kind of photographs you are looking for. You can browse the entire collection in the library’s online catalog. Adding keywords can help focus your search. When doing a keyword search, less is always better than more; in other words, you would […]