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The Byrd Park blog has info on the Byrd Park civic assoc meeting Saturday http://bit.ly/bsC4vL, that's all I've heard about.
Is there some sort of bus barn meeting this Saturday?

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Oakwood-Chimborazo Association
Tue Feb 9 6:00 pm
At the Boys and Girls Club - 3701 R Street
Open Mic @ Poe's
Tue Feb 9 8:15 pm
Weekly Open Mic every Tuesday at Poe's Pub, hosted by Jim Daab. Sign up at 8:15, music at 9PM
VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture
Tue Feb 9 7:30 pm
VCU Libraries Lecture Sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:30 p.m. W.E. Singleton...
Veggie Bus
Tue Feb 9 10:00 am
The veggie bus will be parked at 25th and Broad on Tuesdays from 10AM untill 2:30PM and then the NRC on Williamsburg Ro...
Adult Latin Ballroom Class
Wed Feb 10 7:00 pm
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Beginner's Yoga
Wed Feb 10 7:00 pm
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CAPS Meeting
Wed Feb 10 6:00 pm
Every 2nd Wed - 701 N 25th St. 2nd Floor
Veggie Bus
Wed Feb 10 11:00 am
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Drawing, Painting, and Sketchbooking class
Thu Feb 11 4:30 pm
Location: Robinson Theater Community Arts Center Middle-High School Instructor: Kristin Polich $10 6-week session
Hip Hop Dance Class
Thu Feb 11 4:30 pm
Location: Robinson Theater Community Arts Center Ages 7-17 Instructor: Gillian Harvey $10 for 6-week session
Unity Civic League
Thu Feb 11 6:30 pm
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Mon Feb 15 11:00 am
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November 28, 2009

Who was Madge Goodrich?

316 north 24th street (1937)

The Library of Virginia has a digitized collection of just over 100 photos from around the Church Hill area in 1936/1937 by Madge Goodrich. (ABOVE: 316 North 24th Street)

Taken 13 years prior to the publication of Mary Wingfield Scott’s Old Richmond Neighborhoods, these early photographs are part of the Virginia W.P.A. Historical Inventory Project sponsored by the Virginia Conservation Commission. The photos are accompanied by research on each of the properties delineating the history of the house and the land, in some cases going back to the 1600s.

Madge Vriehuis Knevels Goodrich also turns up as having done Survey Reports on both the Hebrew Cemetery and Shockoe Cemetery ([1] [2] [3]) in the spring of 1936. An author as well, 1929 Goodrich published A Bibliography of Michigan Authors. The Library of Virginia also holds a copy of Goodrich’s unpublished The Mayors of Richmond (1937).

I’m not sure where to look to figure out who Goodrich was, though – her position, how she came to be at this place at this time to pull all of this together, etc.

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2501 east grace

621 north 28th - St. Peter’s colored chapel

Posted by john_m at 11:30AM under history | Tags: , , , , , ,

6 Responses to “Who was Madge Goodrich?”

  1. posted by Bryan at November 28, 2009 3:44 pm [#]:

    Great pictures! I haven’t heard of Madge Goodrich, but maybe the Valentine Richmond History Center would have some info on her and her career.

  2. posted by Bill Conkle at November 28, 2009 4:09 pm [#]:

    Great pictures and a wonderful history attached to each. Who was Madge Goodrich and why are we just hearing about her historical research??

  3. posted by Right on Broad at November 28, 2009 6:23 pm [#]:

    There is another collection of photographs by an amateur female photographer named Shelton at the Valentine. Just seemed to roam around on foot, photographing whatever struck her fancy circa 1940s – early 1960s. These are terrific, although completely unused, resources for the history heads among us.

    And you know who you are.

  4. posted by Ryan Ramsey at November 30, 2009 8:53 am [#]:

    Wow, 623&621 North 30th Street were stunning structures. It’s sad to see them now under renovation…the building permit is calling for vinyl siding! Look at the beautiful brick. It’s renovations like these that I wish the old and historic district encomassed the 600 block of North 30th Street.

  5. posted by Lora at November 30, 2009 12:12 pm [#]:

    John, The WPA employed a lot of writers during the Great Depression to do things like historical surveys, travel guides, etc. From the sound of it, she was good at researching and handy with a camera, so she would have been a good candidate for this kind of job.

  6. posted by Bill Conkle at January 7, 2010 5:11 pm [#]:

    Does anyone know if the Saint Peter’s Colored Chapel was associated with another church. Perhaps Saint Peter’s Catholic Church at 8th and Grace? Or Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church at 1719 N 22nd Street?


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