Memories of Union High
Memories of Union High

Author: Marion Woodfork Simmons

Publisher:

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780615530925

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2012 National Indie Excellence Award - African American Non-Fiction Finalist In 1895, members of the Caroline County Sunday School Union implemented a plan to build and operate a secondary school for Negro children in Caroline County, Virginia. The school, originally named Bowling Green Industrial Academy, then Caroline County Training School and finally Union High School, served as the only secondary school for Negro children in the county from 1903 to 1969. Union High alumni speak fondly of their school. With church and home, it was an important institution in their community. The administration and faculty nurtured, supported, and encouraged the students. They held them to high standards and expected to them to excel. Parents and members of the community strove to support the school in every way possible. And the school served all members of the community, not just students. For many, Union High was an oasis that sheltered them from the hardships of growing up in a segregated society and provided them a solid foundation to become productive members of society. The last group of students graduated from Union High School on June 5, 1969. At the start of the 1969-1970 school year, both Black and White students attended the school, renamed Bowling Green Senior High School, when the Caroline County School system became integrated. Memories of Union High contains historical information, memories from alumni, faculty, family and friends, excerpts from school newspapers and yearbooks, over 100 photographs and other memorabilia. It is a fitting tribute to the people associated with Union High and a good history lesson for those who are not familiar with the school.

Martinsville Memories
Martinsville Memories

Author: Stephen H. Provost

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-14

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781949971033

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Martinsville Memories by Stephen H. Provost examines the history of Martinsville, a town in southern Virginia. A town of fewer than 15,000 people, it's been the plug tobacco capital of the world and the sweatshirt capital of the world. It hosts two stock-car races each year at a speedway that holds four times that many people - the oldest on the NASCAR circuit. It's a place of verdant beauty and blue skies a few miles north of the North Carolina state line, in the Goldilocks zone: seldom too hot in summer or two cold in winter. It has thrived as the town with the nation's most millionaires per capita and struggled through factory closures during the era of globalization.Packed with more than 200 images, Martinsville Memories looks at the town from its beginnings through its is a textual and photographic look a diverse town built on tobacco, textiles and furniture that occupies a unique place in the nation's fabric and history. From its the town's historic beginnings through its 20th century prosperity, this volume offers a nostalgic trek through time, with stops at drive-ins, old hotels and iconic storefronts along the way. Martinsville Memories doesn't stop at the city limits, but gives the reader a tour of surrounding communities such Collinsville, Ridgeway, Bassett, Spencer and Axton, as well.With a foreword by author and Martinsville native Stephen Mark Rainey, Martinsville Memories captures the triumphs and struggles of a city at the heart of the South and the soul of America.

Where Nothing is Long Ago
Where Nothing is Long Ago

Author: Virginia Sorensen

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781560851028

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The narrator of these stories is an adult remembering her experiences as a child and telling them from a child's perspective. The stories often attempt to understand the values of the writer's community and depend on the reader's ability to recognize the ironic distance between the child's perception and the meaning of the incidents to the narrator. Two of these stories were originally published in The New Yorker.

Memories of the Mansion
Memories of the Mansion

Author: Sandra D. Deal

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0820348597

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Designed by Atlanta architect A. Thomas Bradbury and opened in 1968, the mansion has been home to eight first families and houses a distinguished collection of American art and antiques. Often called “the people’s house,” the mansion is always on display, always serving the public. Memories of the Mansion tells the story of the Georgia Governor’s Mansion—what preceded it and how it came to be as well as the stories of the people who have lived and worked here since its opening in 1968. The authors worked closely with the former first families (Maddox, Carter, Busbee, Harris, Miller, Barnes, Perdue, and Deal) to capture behind-the-scenes anecdotes of what life was like in the state’s most public house. This richly illustrated book not only documents this extraordinary place and the people who have lived and worked here, but it will also help ensure the preservation of this historic resource so that it may continue to serve the state and its people.

The University of Virginia
The University of Virginia

Author: Susan Tyler Hitchcock

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0813919029

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The definitive treatment of Mr. Jefferson's favorite institution, with an updated section on entering the twenty-first century. In the nearly two centuries since the first building's completion in Thomas Jefferson's academical village, programs and facilities at the University of Virginia have been continually expanded and updated. The four years since the first publication of The University of Virginia: A Pictorial History have been no exception to that tradition: science and technology, athletics, public service, international programs, business, and the arts are just a few of the current growth areas at Mr. Jefferson's university. When the Board of Visitors approved a new master plan for growth and development in 1999--and the capital campaign of 2000 supported its ambitious outline with a $1.4 billion purse--they set in motion massive upgrades at the university. A South Lawn complex and "groundswalk" to reconnect the sprawling areas of the university, a new special collections library, expanded.

Virginia Bakery Remembered
Virginia Bakery Remembered

Author: Tom Thie

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-11-09

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 161423499X

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Virginia Bakery Remembered offers the closest experience to stepping back inside the bakery and basking in the aromatic glory for which thousands still long. Savor the schnecken in this tribute to the Thie familys iconic Cincinnati bakery, which served the community from 1927 to 2005. Reminisce in vignettes collected from newspapers and trade magazines, firsthand experience and customer memories. Rounding out this full-flavored history are more than seventy recipes adapted to re-create the bakerys famously adored baked goods in the home kitchenreplete with tips from co-author and Virginia Bakery owner Tom Thie. Go ahead and let your mouth water.

The Unknown Road
The Unknown Road

Author: Virginia Booth

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-07-27

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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"Virginia Booth's writing is brave, smart, and astounding. This story of healing familial wounds will reverberate forward and backword through time, strengthening her own existence and that of all her readers". - Erin Stalcup "In this unparalleled reckoning of memory and self-transformation, virginia relives her history and her truth, an unassailable journey through pain, love, and wonder. each page is an encounter with otherworldly strength, lyric incantation and a determinate manifestation that almost rivals the supernatural. The Unknown Road is our way home to and forward on from our past, finally giving us peace in the possibility of light in the broken places". - Bianca Vinas the unknown road A memoir based on personal experiences. Virginia, the main character, is a witty, hardworking over-achiever who is struggling to overcome her past family trauma and integrate healthy friendships. She is determined to make her dreams to pursue an education come true. The novel uses flashbacks to recount why Virginia is so emotionally closed off and is written to depict her complicated family dynamics, which force her out of her home at sixteen years old. Virginia silently crumbles as she tries to take on the responsibility of her multiple family members' addictions and mental health conditions. Often finding herself at a crossroads of accepting the life she was born into or abandoning it to save herself. Virginia longs for a life of travel, culture, and relationships filled with depth, and experiences filled with art and beauty. This is a story of coming of age through impossible circumstances and life coming full circle.

The Christmas Coat
The Christmas Coat

Author: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781941813256

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"In an authentic portrayal of a Sioux childhood and Christmas traditions, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve shares a touching holiday story from her youth. Filled with themes of generosity and unexpected joy, the episode takes place on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota"--