Children, Saint Paul's Mission
Dublin Core
Title
Children, Saint Paul's Mission
Description
Monacan Indians at Saint Paul's Mission near Bear Mountain in Amherst County pose for this photograph taken by the Episcopal minister John Haraughty sometime in the 1950s.
The log cabin, serving as a church, had existed on the Bear Mountain site since about 1868. In 1908, the Episcopal minister Arthur P. Gray Jr. established Saint Paul's Mission and, by adding classrooms to the cabin. The Bear Mountain Indian Mission School enrolled students through the seventh grade until public school desegregation in 1964.
Creator
John Haraughty
Source
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Amherst County
Date
ca. 1950s
Rights
Courtesy of the Monacan Indian Nation
Coverage
twentieth century
Amherst
Bear Mountain
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo collage
Citation
John Haraughty, “Children, Saint Paul's Mission,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed July 6, 2022, https://www.virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/127.