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Sources consulted for the biography of:James Solomon Russell (1857–1935)
Biographical Information
- James S. Russell, Adventure in Faith: An Autobiographic Story of St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Virginia (1936).
- Feature article in Sunday Magazine Section of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 19, 1935
- Petersburg Register of Marriages (1853–1886), p. 121, Library of Virginia
- Property transactions recorded in Brunswick County Deed Books 43, 47, 48, 50, and 51, Library of Virginia
- Death Certificate, Brunswick County, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia
- Declaration of local sainthood in Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Southern Virginia: Journal of the One Hundred and Fifth Annual Council (1997), 53–54.
Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School
- Papers related to Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School in Records of the American Church Institute (1867–1968), Record Group 61, The Archives of the Episcopal Church, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas.
- Incorporation recorded in Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, During the Session of 1889–90 (1890), 890–891.
- Catalogue of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School
- Saint Paul Bulletin
- "Fifty Years of Service, 1888–1938," Southern Workman 67 (March 1938): 73–85
Religious Work
- Russell's annual reports as Archdeacon for Colored Work in the Diocese of Southern Virginia's annual Journal, 1895–1932.
Secondary Sources
- Frances Ashton Thurman, "The History of Saint Paul's College, Lawrenceville Virginia, 1888–1959" (Ph.D. dissertation, Howard University, 1978).
- Odell Greenleaf Harris, The Bishop Payne Divinity School, Petersburg, Virginia, 1878–1949: A History of the Seminary To Prepare Black Men for the Ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church (1980).
- Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902–1930 (1999).
- Joseph M. Constant, No Turning Back: The Black Presence at Virginia Theological Seminary (2009).
Obituaries
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 29, 1935 (with editorial tribute); March 31, 1935 (with account of funeral)
- Richmond Planet, April 6, 1935
- Norfolk Journal and Guide, April 6, 1935 (with account of funeral)
- The Southern Missioner 45 (March–April 1935): 14–28 (with editorial tribute)
- Southern Workman 64 (May 1935): 132–135
- The Crisis 42 (May 1935): 151
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