Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Gayle Schulman Research Papers, MS 382, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Gayle M. Schulman

Biographical/Historical Information

Gayle Schulman is a local historian. Her research focuses on African American life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Scope and Content

This is a collection of information and research notes compiled by Gayle Schulman. Most of the information focuses on African American life in the area.

The Lane High School Student Papers are photocopies of originals. Location of the originals is unknown.

Arrangement

This collection is in 14 folders:

Folder 1: Albemarle Place Names and Post Offices

Folder 2: African American Membership in Charlottesville and Albemarle County Baptist Churches, 1852-1857

Folders 3A-3H: Lane High School Student Papers

Folder 3A: Housing project

Folder 3B: Housing Survey

Folder 3C: Water Supply of Charlottesville, 1947

Folder 3D: Survey of Crime in Charlottesville, 1939-1940

Folder 3E: History of Charlottesville

Folder 3F: School Population Conditions

Folder 3G: Study of Juvenile Delinquency, 1944

Folder 3H: Health Survey of Charlottesville

Folder 4: Benson Brothers Slave Auctions

Folder 5: Albemarle and Charlottesville Teachers of African Americans, 1867-1967

Folder 6: Using Personal Property Tax Records to find Enslaved Ancestors in Greene County, Virginia

Folder 7: Research on Albemarle County Colored Schools, 1924-1967

Index Terms

Subjects:

• African American schools
• African American teachers
• Education--Virginia--Albemarle County
• Education--Virginia--Charlottesville
• Schools--Virginia--Albemarle County
• Schools--Virginia--Charlottesville
• Slave trade--Virginia--Charlottesville