I would definitely be interested in getting a photo of that map to see how the schools compare. What I am finding is that as was posted, that the early road maps are somewhat changeable in their coverage of church and school locations, as well as being more than a little schematic when attempting to correlate with the 15' quads.
Thanks,
Lyle Browning
On Jul 18, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS wrote:
> You may be interested in this map.
>
> On the wall in a local lawyer's office is an undated map, "Map of Orange County" by Frederick Stevens a lithograph published by A. Hoen, Richmond. It shows the school districts and the location and number of each school as well as whether it is white or colored.
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> Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS
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> On 7/4/2011 1:08 PM, J. Ballato wrote:
>> Lyle,
>> I am working on a similar project to map both segregated and desegregated school locations in Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock and Fauquier. We have some wonderful maps of this area done by Mr. Gene Scheel of historic sites, which help greatly. For more details (regarding dates of operation, for instance), I have had to go to the county school board, but have not been able to find a comprehensive "one-stop" source yet. The Library of Virginia had very limited records regarding our schools in their collection.
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>> Good luck!
>> Josie Ballato
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>> Jul 3, 2011 03:37:16 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> In working on a rather massive project in Pittsylvania County I now need
>> to spread beyond even its gargantuan limits to enclose the entire
>> county. I'm attempting to find the schools that existed in the county in
>> the late 19th and first half of the 20th century and where they were
>> located. We're hoping to do some catchment area analysis for schools,
>> stores and mills based upon the little dots on the map if we can ascend
>> the GIS learning curve in short order. In turn that will be related back to our area.
>>
>> To that end, I'm looking at the 15' USGS Quad sheets. In using these in
>> other counties, the schools seem to be nearly all named and have either
>> "colored" or "Negro" annotated beside them. Neither the Draper where the
>> project is located, nor the adjacent Danville quads have these helpful
>> annotations. But, some schools are named and others are represented by
>> the same incredibly difficult to spot symbols for schools with absolutely
>> no label whatever.
>>
>> If anyone has experience in ferreting out these issues, I'd love to hear
>> whether the un-labeled schools are the non-white schools, whether the
>> cartographers simply didn't know the name and left it off or if there's
>> some method to the labeling system.
>>
>> Also, does anyone know of a list of schools in the county over the
>> years, short of delving into the original records?
>>
>> Thanks for the help on a very hot 3rd of July.
>>
>>
>> Lyle Browning
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