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- catalog abstract ""In 1842 Charles Lewis Cocke arrived in Roanoke, Virginia, with sixteen slaves; there, he founded Hollins College, an elite women's school. Many of the early students also brought their slaves to the college with them. Upon Emancipation some of the African Americans of the community - mostly women - stayed on as servants, forming what is now called the Hollins Community. Although the servants played an integral part in the college's success, students were strongly discouraged from acknowledging them as people. Rules forbidding any "familiarity" with the servants perpetuated a prejudicial toward the African American community that would persist well into the 1940s." "Determined to give voice to the African American community that served as the silent workforce for Hollins College, Ethel Morgan Smith succeeded in finding individuals to step forward and tell their stories. Interviewing senior community members, Smith gives recognition to the invisible population that provided and has continued to provide the labor support for Hollins College for more than 150 years." "Although African American students have been admitted to the college for roughly thirty years, to date only one person from the Hollins Community has graduated from the college. From Whence Cometh My Help explores the subtle and complex relationship between the affluent white world of Hollins College and the proud African American community that has served it since its inception."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11416773.
- catalog coverage "Hollins (Va.) History.".
- catalog coverage "Hollins (Va.) Race relations.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In 1842 Charles Lewis Cocke arrived in Roanoke, Virginia, with sixteen slaves; there, he founded Hollins College, an elite women's school. Many of the early students also brought their slaves to the college with them. Upon Emancipation some of the African Americans of the community - mostly women - stayed on as servants, forming what is now called the Hollins Community. Although the servants played an integral part in the college's success, students were strongly discouraged from acknowledging them as people. Rules forbidding any "familiarity" with the servants perpetuated a prejudicial toward the African American community that would persist well into the 1940s." "Determined to give voice to the African American community that served as the silent workforce for Hollins College, Ethel Morgan Smith succeeded in finding individuals to step forward and tell their stories. Interviewing senior community members, Smith gives recognition to the invisible population that provided and has continued to provide the labor support for Hollins College for more than 150 years." "Although African American students have been admitted to the college for roughly thirty years, to date only one person from the Hollins Community has graduated from the college. From Whence Cometh My Help explores the subtle and complex relationship between the affluent white world of Hollins College and the proud African American community that has served it since its inception."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1 In the Beginning 1 -- 2 Meet Julius Caesar of Hollins College: The Most Widely Known Colored Man in Virginia 19 -- 3 I Saw Lee Surrender 31 -- 4 Thursday Afternoons 49 -- 5 Dean of Servants 59 -- 6 Price of Change 69 -- 7 Voice of Mrs. Mary Emma Bruce, Historian and Philosopher 81 -- 8 Lord Keeps Me 91 -- 9 Other Voices of Silence 103 -- 10 President in a Pot 119.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 147 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "From whence cometh my help.".
- catalog identifier "0826212603 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "From whence cometh my help.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "From whence cometh my help.".
- catalog spatial "Hollins (Va.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Hollins (Va.) Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia Hollins".
- catalog subject "975.5/792 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Virginia Hollins Biography.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Virginia Hollins History.".
- catalog subject "F234.H65 S55 1999".
- catalog subject "Hollins College Biography.".
- catalog subject "Hollins College History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 In the Beginning 1 -- 2 Meet Julius Caesar of Hollins College: The Most Widely Known Colored Man in Virginia 19 -- 3 I Saw Lee Surrender 31 -- 4 Thursday Afternoons 49 -- 5 Dean of Servants 59 -- 6 Price of Change 69 -- 7 Voice of Mrs. Mary Emma Bruce, Historian and Philosopher 81 -- 8 Lord Keeps Me 91 -- 9 Other Voices of Silence 103 -- 10 President in a Pot 119.".
- catalog title "From whence cometh my help : the African American community at Hollins College / Ethel Morgan Smith.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".