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Dancing School, 1882

File — Assorted Box: 02, Folder: 62-3

Content Description From the Collection: Notes and reminiscences of Mrs. Benham's life from her childhood and youth in Alexandria to her adult travels along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Also covers the settlement of Oregon (through her brother William's experiences there), the careers of her siblings and her elderly musings. Alexandria sections include materials on Mrs. Benham's family life, the Potomac River, Monsieur Generis' dancing school, the Woods and Warren Play Actors (the summer theater), Parson Muir, Bishop Meade,...

Dates: 1882

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS062, Mary Louisa Slacum Benham Papers (MS062) / Memoirs

Photograph of Parker-Gray homecoming

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-041

Scope and Contents Black and white photograph of a group of Parker-Gray High School students standing in a football field with the Parker-Gray marching band. Three young women are standing in a row together; the young woman in the middle is holding a bouquet and the other two are both wearing white, floral corsages pinned to their lapels. Behind the young women are several members of the Parker-Gray High School marching band who appear to be in the midst or in a moment right before a performance. Photograph is...

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Parker-Gray High School homecoming group photograph

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-057

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph, group portrait of what appears to be the Parker-Gray homecoming court. Three young men and four young women are posed in a row, standing on a football field. One of the young men is identified as Roland Norton. Two of the young men are dressed in football uniforms (number 80 and number 35). Two of the young women are wearing floral corsages pinned to their lapels and the other two young women are holding bouquets. Photograph is dated 1955

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Miscellaneous Brochures

File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents This folder contains several brochures including a pamphlet on Maryland, a tour guid of historic Richmond, a program for a performance of The Confederacy and selections from The Republic at Francis C. Hammond High School in 1960, the story of The Jefferson Davis Funeral Train, a program for The Civil War Round Table's Gold Medal Award Dinner in 1957 (in which Virgil Carrington Jones was awarded), a program for the Northern Virginia State Fair at...

Dates: 1843-1989

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS027, Whitton Collection (MS027) / Series I: Printed Matter

Photograph of valedictorian speech at Parker-Gray graduation

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-046

Scope and Contents Black and white photograph of the valedictorian and son of the principal, William H. Pitts, Jr., giving a speech during Parker-Gray High School graduation. A young man dressed in a graduation cap and gown and glasses stands at a lectern on a stage. Seated behind him on the stage are several students and faculty in graduation gowns, including Principal William H. Pitts, Reverend F. D. Williams, and Assistant Superintendent Theodore R. Sinclair. The school band is seated in front of the stage....

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs