JHS Folder 1: Art in Schools
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Title
JHS Folder 1: Art in Schools
Description
Documents related to art in schools for Black children in Jacksonville. These items correspond to Folder 1 of the Viola Muse Collection at the Jacksonville Historical Society.
Identifier
jhs-195918-01
Collection Items
Notes on Art in Public Schools
Notes regarding the teaching of art and extracurricular artistic activities at three public schools for African American children in Jacksonville
!["Would You Believe It?"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/af442690cf51a498b9218f400139537f.jpg ""Would You Believe It?"")
Notes on Art at LaVilla Park School
A listing of students and their artistic inclinations. Includes the beginning of a similar document, apparently not continued elsewhere in the collection, focused on students' writing abilities. One item is entirely struck in each section (see…
"Charles A. Lindbergh"
!["Charles A. Lindbergh"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/183f3dfa5ca55e4e6bd79a4eb3c4e315.jpg ""Charles A. Lindbergh"")
A drawing of Charles Lindbergh kneeling on his plane with the Eiffel tower in the background, by Clarence Stone, a student at LaVilla Park School
"Gar Wood"
!["Gar Wood"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/926998777ab53a7605a77ea38439aee8.jpg ""Gar Wood"")
A drawing of inventor and motorboat racer Garfield Wood, with explanatory text, by Clarence Stone, a student at LaVilla Park School.
Wood won the Harmsworth Trophy, mentioned in this drawing, numerous times between 1920 and 1933. See J. Lee Barrett,…
"Buffalo Bill"
!["Buffalo Bill"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/4ee32f8ee75ef210bba53740fb464d26.jpg ""Buffalo Bill"")
A drawing of Buffalo Bill on horseback by Jesse B. Williams, a student at LaVilla Park School
"Boots"
!["Boots"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/794c0729300ac80bd5a02e797190331f.jpg ""Boots"")
A drawing presumably of the 1930s Hollywood actress Patricia "Boots" Mallory, by Jesse B. Williams, a student at LaVilla Park School.
Mallory was apparently a lesser-known celebrity and does not appear to figure in many studies and repertories of…
Drawing of a Scene in Ancient Rome
A drawing of a scene set apparently in ancient Rome, by Fred O'Neale, a student at LaVilla Park School.The drawing features a man in a toga holding a spear and another man laying beside him on a stone floor, with a building that appears to be the…
"Winter Is Leaving"
!["Winter Is Leaving"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/d895bc59e07f17af05eac2fcb75e989d.jpg ""Winter Is Leaving"")
A short poem about the arrival of spring by Billie Winner, a student at LaVilla Park School
!["Summer"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/7b5355c81cf89793c04f0cd37e1eff5a.jpg ""Summer"")
!["Spring"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/4132923abfd1e82a8d0abba9eeedf355.jpg ""Spring"")
"Seasons"
!["Seasons"](https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/files/square_thumbnails/d7998ea52e4aa2f02723931993e56521.jpg ""Seasons"")
A short poem about the changing of the seasons by Dorothy Lambert, a student at LaVilla Park School