6.1 Registers
Teacher's Registers for Virginia Public Schools are particularly valuable because they provide a daily report on activities by a student, and sometimes a great deal other information about the school and curriculum. Unfortunately, most of these have been lost over time. The registers we have in our colleciton are organized by date. Some are manage d by use and otehrs are owned by Lovettsville Historical Society, or the Balch Library in Leesburg in the town of Leesburg.
Registers for Broad Run District
- Broad Run District, Colored School # A 1886-1894, which was sometimes called Cedar Lane in the years 1888-1892. Beginning in 1893, the school was also called Farmwell Colored School. It always retained the # A designation, however.
- Broad Run Magisterial District, Kavanaugh Colored School #E 1886-1899, The first part of the register covers the years 1886-1891. The register includes lists of students and their attendance records, as well as end-of-term statistics and lists of subjects taught. The second part of the register covers the years 1898-1899. During that time, the school was called Royville Colored School #3. It is unclear whether Royville and Kavanaugh were run in the same building, but they served the same community of African Americans in Loudoun County.
note: This is a good tool for examining the education of African-Americans. Pupils’ daily attendance information is shown by month for 1886-1888 for both Clark’s Gap and Round Hill, (both white schools) and Round Hill (colored) including which text books were used. The names of students are provided, including their age and attendance by month instead of by term. There are also a lot of summary statistics. There is also an undated weather report for Round Hill, probably written between 1886 and 1892. These small notes, which are scattered through the archives, are essential for understanding the conditions under which students and teachers toiled.
Registers for the Jefferson District
6.1.2 Jefferson District: Clark’s Gap (white) – School #7, 1886 to 1890[1]. This register is in the front portion of a volume also used for Round Hill Colored, 1891 to 1893.
6.1 Register for Round Hill & Clark’s Gap: 1886 – 1888 - 1892.
[1] See 6.1.2 Registers for Jefferson District\6.1.2 Yr 1891 1892 Clarks Gap and Round Hill School No. C 1886 to 1893.
Register for Round Hill, (Jefferson District) (white) School #9 1890- 1895[1]
Gives monthly roster of students, age and statistics, including visits by County Superintendent, District Trustees and others. About 32 children or fewer per page. In the back is also information on the residence of children, which was not always in Jefferson District. Some also came from Mt. Gilead[2]. The building was described as frame and owned by the District. It also had two rooms, each 30’x20.’ The roof had a forty-degree pitch and the structure was heated by stoves. Rooms were ventilated by lowering the sash. The land covered one acre. Inside were 2 buckets, 2 cups, one axe, one coal hod, 46 desks and two black boards
6.1.2 Register for Round Hill, (white) School #9, 1895-1899
Two copies of the register have survived, covering daily attendance at Round Hill, Jefferson District[1].6.1 Register for Round Hill (Jefferson District), 1899-1903[2]
6.1 Register for Salem, 1903, Jefferson District, Salem (white).This register provides daily accounting and attendance of pupils at the Salem school (also known as School Number 12), and what they studied.[3]
[1] See 6.1 Registers and Student lists\6.1.2 Registers for Jefferson District\6.1.2 Yr 1895-99 Teachers Register Round Hill White No.9\Round Hill White 1895 to 1899 Volume One, as well as \6.1.2 Registers for Jefferson District\6.1.2 Yr 1895-99 Teachers Register Round Hill White No.9\Round Hill White 1895 to 1899 Voume Two
[2] See 6.1.2 Registers for Jefferson District\6.1.2 Yr 1889 to 1903 Round Hill White No. 9
[3] See 6.1.2 Registers for Jefferson District\6.1.1 Yr. 1903 to 1906 Teachers register Jefferson district Salem school 1903-1906
Registers for Douglass High School 1967 - 1971
- Registers for various instructors. These hold academic and biographical information on students, including the address and occupation of the parent, great for research. Years covered are 1967/68 through 1970/71.
- Leesburg District: Clark’s Gap, School #7. Sept 20, 1886 – Mar 17, 1887 John W. Lacock[1].
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[1] John W. LaCock was a white member of the Class of 1892. See Superintendent’s 1892 Results of Examination of Applicants for License to Teach
Registers for Lovettsville District
- Crossroads White, School 9, 1892 to 1898[1]. Typical register. Does contain a piece of linen and separate sheets pf hand written notes.
- Lovettsville Colored, School A 1892 to 1898[2]. Contains notes on African American students receiving “higher branch” education, perhaps for the first time in Loudoun County. Also notes on books used. Some lists of students provide names of parents and guardians, so are very valuable genealogical tools.
- Lovettsville Colored, School A, 1898 to 1899[3].
- Lovettsville White, School No 2, 1889 to 1891[4]
- Woodland White, School 4, 1892 to 1897[5]
[1] See 6.1.2 Registers for Lovettsville\6.1.2 Yr. 1893 to 1896 CrossRoads School No 9. Physical register is in archives of Lovettsville History Society. Book in poor condition, having been eaten partly by insects.
[2] See 6.1.2 Registers for Lovettsville\6.1.2 Yr 1892 to 1898 Lovettsville Colored No. A. Physical register is in archives of the Lovettsville Historical Society.
[3] See 6.1.2 Registers for Lovettsville\6.1.2 Yr 1898 to 1899 Lovettsville Colored No. A
[4] See 6.1.2 Registers for Lovettsville\6.1.2 Yr 1889 to 1892 Lovettsville White No 2
[5] See 6.1 Registers and Student lists\6.1.2 Registers for Lovettsville\6.1.2 Yr 1892 to 1897 Woodland