Dr. Phenix (George P.) and old man splitting boards. Indian Settlement

Dr. Phenix (George P.) and old man splitting boards. Indian Settlement

Virginia Indians, Monacan

Dr. George Perley Phenix (left) and an unidentified Monacan Indian man split boards at the Indian settlement in Amherst in 1914. Phenix (1864–1930), a Maine native, was an educator in Connecticut before taking charge of academic affairs at the Hampton Institute in 1904. He served as the school's vice principal from 1908 until 1930, when he was elected principal. He died soon after. Jackson Davis (1882–1947) was a Cumberland County native who took this photograph and many others of the Monacans as part of a series documenting the education of minority groups in Virginia.

Jackson Davis

Jackson Davis, Papers, 1906–1947, Accession #3072, #3072-a, Negative Number 0033, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

1914

Courtesy of University of Virginia Special Collections

twentieth century

central Virginia

Amherst

Photograph

4" x 6"