Dates: 1944-1961

Collection Number: MS 363

Physical Location: Basement

Extent: 4 vol.

Creators/Collectors: Maupin, Virginia.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

User Restrictions: No restrictions.

Preferred Citation: Virginia Henderson Maupin Scrapbooks, MS 363, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information: Gift of Charles and Phyllis Apple, April 1999

Biographical/Historical Information: Virginia Henderson was born November 10, 1898. She married Moses Maupin in 1926. They lived on Henry St. in Charlottesville. Virginia Maupin was a member of the Washington Park Garden Club and the Dunbar club, a music appreciation club in Charlottesville. Maupin died on December 14, 1986 and was buried in Mt. Olive Baptist Church cemetery in Albemarle County.

Scope and Content:

The scrapbooks contain various clippings from Charlottesville newspapers.

Book 1 (1947-1968): Greeting cards, Washington Park flower show, 1951.

Book 2 (1944-1961): Newspaper clippings of people and events in Charlottesville’s Black community. Includes some obituaries.

Book 3: Charlottesville Personalities clippings.

Book 4: Magazine clippings featuring Black entertainers from the 1940s-1960s.

Family Names: Maupin family.

Subjects:

  • Scrapbooks
  • African American newspapers

Record Types: Scrapbooks.