EXPLORE RELIC
September 2018 - The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC)
Start your historical journey here. RELIC's email newsletter highlights upcoming free events and happenings. Genealogy and local Virginia history is our specialty as a service provided by the Prince William Public Library. We're located at Bull Run Regional Library and you can always find more about us at www.pwcgov.org/library/relic<http://www.pwcgov.org/library/relic>
A reminder - Bull Run Regional Library and RELIC will be closed to the public from September 1 to 21 while renovations are taking place. RELIC staff will be able to respond to questions by email during that time.
Genealogy Roundtable.
Discuss the challenges of your family research in a group environment and get tips for new approaches. Moderated by RELIC's Don Wilson.
Register at 703.792.4540 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
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RELIC INSIDER:
STUDYING SCHOOL HISTORY IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
Although youth in Prince William County have been learning from tutors or at "field schools" since the colonial period, free public education became a reality only in 1869. That year, six school districts were established, and a county superintendent was elected. Soon after, elementary one-room schools were built around the county, then consolidated and enlarged in the 20th century. They were entirely segregated until the 1960s. Secondary schools appeared during the 1890s, including the Manassas Industrial School, our first secondary school for African-Americans.
Here is a selection of titles on Prince William education, all available in RELIC. See our online catalog for other locations. For additional items, search the catalog for keywords PRINCE WILLIAM SCHOOLS.
* Lucy Walsh Phinney. Yesterday's School: Public Elementary Education in Prince William County, Virginia, 1869-1969. (Author, 1993)
* R. Worth Peters. Secondary Education in Manassas, Virginia, 1890-1935. (University of Virginia Thesis, 1939)
* Commodore Nathaniel Bennett. View of the Mountain: Jennie Dean of Virginia. (Author, 1967) A history of the Manassas Industrial School.
* Laura A. Peake. The Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, 1894-1916. (College of William and Mary Thesis, 1995)
* Hattie Mae Partlow and Pauline Smith. Now and Then with P[rince] W[illiam] E[ducation] A[ssociation]; Growing with the Years, 1896-1963. (Authors, 1963)
* Commodore N. Bennett. Education Transition in Prince William County. (Prince William County School Board, 1970) About desegregation of the school system.
* Milton L. P. Snyder. The Third Battle of Manassas: Managing Change and Growth in a Suburban Virginia School District, Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, 1973-1977. (Author, 2015).
* Daniel L. Duke. The Little School System That Could: Transforming a City School District. (State University of New York Press, 2008) About Manassas Park City Schools.
RELIC has a collection of Self Study Reports done for individual Prince William County schools during the 1970s and 1980s. We also have a large collection of high school and middle school yearbooks, most published since the 1970s, but some as early as 1932 (Brentsville District High School). Some of these items are stored offsite. Check our catalog to determine the location of individual titles and please call ahead at 703-792-4540 to see how they can be retrieved. Most of our high school yearbooks are being digitized for online access; we will provide an update on that later.
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NEXT MONTH
Cemeteries: Where to Get the Answers
Learn how to locate death, funeral, and burial records, and what information they can add to your family history. Presented by genealogist Russell De Rose.
Register at 703.792.4540 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Thursday, October 11, 2018, 11 a.m.
Water Water Everywhere - And How We Found Drops to Drink
Historian Charlie Grymes presents the story of how local governments in Northern Virginia responded to the demand for safe drinking water for the growing population of our region.
Register at 703.792.4540 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 7 p.m.
To read the latest lists of new materials available please click on What's New in RELIC http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/pages/relic-news.aspx
Unless otherwise stated, all of the preceding programs will take place at Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, Virginia. Programs may last from 60 to 90 minutes. You may register for any of these free programs at 703-792-4540 or mail to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
You may also register online at RELIC Programs http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/pages/relic-programs.aspx
by clicking on the program date. Funding for selected RELIC programs is provided by the Friends of Bull Run Library.* To be notified of upcoming library programs and activities, you may sign up for the PWPLS newsletter.
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