HARVEY SCHOOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OF

MT. LEBANON  BAPTIST CHURCH

                                                      Ms. Thelma Allen and Students

                                                            Harvey Colored School

 

Harvey Colored School - African-American

Est. 1880

Harvey School Historical Society is a tax-exempt non-profit organization founded on July 18, 2003 to purchase, restore, preserve, and maintain the Harvey Colored School as a historical site for the African-American community of Callahan Hill located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

 

 

       Mrs.Lelia Richardson Patterson

       January 1, 1893 - November 12, 1972

       Born: Danville, VA

       Education: Danville Public School

       College: Unknown

       Teacher: Harvery Colored School

                     Pittsylvania County, VA

       Years: 1920's - 1940

                       Ms. Thelma H. Allen

                  September 7, 1906 - March 13, 1985

                  Born: Danville, Virginia

                  Education: Danville Public School

      College: Columbia University   

                   Manhattan, NY, NY

                  Graduated: 1930-31

                  Master of Arts 

   Early Childhood Education

            Teacher: Harvey Colored School

                          Pittsylvania County, VA

Years: 1940 - June 1964