Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Copyright is retained by the author or his descendants as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Scope and Content

These records reflect the performances and activities of the Fine Arts Festivals held at Virginia Union University. In 1953, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, head of the Department of Humanities, proposed to the Administration the idea of a Fine Arts Festival. Although there were no funds available, the administration encouraged the idea and lent such support as was possible. It quickly became a tradition of the college and the community. For more than three decades, the Festivals showcased poetry, drama, painting, sculpture and music produced by the students and visiting artists.

The bulk of the collection is programs for the Festivals. The anthologies are collections of prose and poetry presented as part of the Festival. The miscellaneous file includes the April 1954 Virginia Union Bulletin that was dedicated to the Festival and a few press releases.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.

Related Material

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)
• Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.). Fine Arts Festival

Subjects:

• African American universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Richmond
• African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Virginia -- Richmond
• Art festivals -- Virginia -- Richmond
• Baptist universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Richmond

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