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Dr. Joseph S. Johnston's motion - written on the back of a voucher - to recommend the establishment of a four year liberal arts college in Norfolk, VA. The motion was presented at the Virginia Methodist Commission on Christian Higher Education on…

Black and white photograph of Virginia Wesleyan College's first full-time faculty and staff.
From left, Donald Davis, admission director; Joseph Stevens, political science professor and acting dean; Ann Matson, bookkeeper; Lambuth Clarke, president;…

A black and white photograph of the location plan for the proposed college site that would become Virginia Wesleyan College.

A black and white photograph of Virginia Wesleyan College's first student body.

A Christian Higher Education brochure issued by the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church. Included is a call for pledges to assist with Virginia Methodism educational endeavors, and an article clip from the Ledger Star outlining the Virginia…

The legal document establishing the Virginia Wesleyan College corporation.

Standing in front of a campus drawing, President Clarke speaks to two women holding teacups at one of the early fundraising coffees.

Black and white photograph of nineteen of the twenty-two charter trustees, including Counsel Eastwood Herbert. The trustees were gathered at the Admiralty Hotel on Military Highway in Norfolk, Virginia for the organizing meeting of the Board of…

Julia Lucasti and Philip Guzelf perform in Virginia Wesleyan College's Player production of Goldoni's, The Servant of Two Masters. The production was directed by Rick Hite, assistant professor of drama at Virginia Wesleyan College.

An outdoor Women of Wesleyan gathering sometime between 1971-1972.

The 1970 Women of Wesleyan officers Carolyn Miles (second from left rear), Ruth Bray (second from right rear), Rebecca Rogers (right rear), and Sara Boyd (front), president.

President Clarke shows a drawing of the proposed library to Trustee Helen C. Ballard (left), Mrs. Robert Koolage, and Mrs. Robert Cathey. The Virginia Methodist Advocate used this photograph on the cover of its May 18, 1967 issue to highlight the…

An image of a graduate speaking to a little girl after receiving her diploma in the Hofheimer Library plaza at the 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

Faculty, students, platform party, and guests attending the 1970 commencement ceremony at Virginia Wesleyan College.

President Lambuth Clarke speaking at the podium and the commencement platform behind him, including Board of Trustees Chair Jerry Bray (far right) and Dr. J. Earle Moreland (second from left), president emeritus of Randolph-Macon College at the 1970…

President Lambuth Clarke (right), Linda Nell Clay (left), and Scott Weatherford (center), student government president 1969-1970, at the Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

Board of Trustees Chair Jerry Bray speaking to the audience at the 1970 commencement ceremony at Virginia Wesleyan College.

Graduating students Linda Nell Clay (left) and Scott Weatherford (center), student government president 1969-1970, engage with President Lambuth Clarke (right) at the 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

President Lambuth Clarke (left) speaking to Board of Trustees Chair Jerry Bray (right), and Dr. J. Earle Moreland (center), president emeritus of Randolph-Macon College and the 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement speaker.

President Lambuth Clarke(left), Board of Trustees Chair Jerry Bray (right), and Dr. J. Earle Moreland, president emeritus of Randolph-Macon College (center) and 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement speaker.