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Abstract Phyllis Padow-Sederbaum graduated with honors from Queens College in 1965 with a major in sociology. At Queens College, she worked with the Student Help Project to provide free tutoring services to under-served schoolchildren in South Jamaica, Queens and Prince Edward County, Virginia. During the summer of 1963, Padow-Sederbaum was one of sixteen Queens College students who lived with black families in Farmville, Virginia and tutored African American children who had been denied formal...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series is divided into four subseries: Jamaica (Queens, New York), Virginia (Prince Edward County), Curriculum Development, and Correspondence that document the administration of the Student Help Project’s tutoring initiatives in Jamaica and Virginia, and also relate to Padow-Sederbaum’s personal experiences and observations.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series is divided into four subseries: Jamaica (Queens, New York), Virginia (Prince Edward County), Curriculum Development, and Correspondence that document the administration of the Student Help Project’s tutoring initiatives in Jamaica and Virginia, and also relate to Padow-Sederbaum’s personal experiences and observations.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series is divided into four subseries: Jamaica (Queens, New York), Virginia (Prince Edward County), Curriculum Development, and Correspondence that document the administration of the Student Help Project’s tutoring initiatives in Jamaica and Virginia, and also relate to Padow-Sederbaum’s personal experiences and observations.

Scope and Contents This series is arranged chronologically. Many of the black and white photographs were taken by Padow-Sederbaum and depict her experiences living and tutoring in Prince Edward County during the summer of 1963. Students, teachers and community leaders engaging in various activities are shown. Many are taken at what was then known as the "Prince Edward State Park for Negroes", established as a "separate but equal" facility in 1950. There are photographs of the Junior NAACP protesting segregated...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is arranged chronologically. Many of the black and white photographs were taken by Padow-Sederbaum and depict her experiences living and tutoring in Prince Edward County during the summer of 1963. Students, teachers and community leaders engaging in various activities are shown. Many are taken at what was then known as the "Prince Edward State Park for Negroes", established as a "separate but equal" facility in 1950. There are photographs of the Junior NAACP protesting segregated...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is arranged chronologically. Many of the black and white photographs were taken by Padow-Sederbaum and depict her experiences living and tutoring in Prince Edward County during the summer of 1963. Students, teachers and community leaders engaging in various activities are shown. Many are taken at what was then known as the "Prince Edward State Park for Negroes", established as a "separate but equal" facility in 1950. There are photographs of the Junior NAACP protesting segregated...

Scope and Contents

This series is divided into four subseries: Jamaica (Queens, New York), Virginia (Prince Edward County), Curriculum Development, and Correspondence that document the administration of the Student Help Project’s tutoring initiatives in Jamaica and Virginia, and also relate to Padow-Sederbaum’s personal experiences and observations.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series is divided into four subseries: Jamaica (Queens, New York), Virginia (Prince Edward County), Curriculum Development, and Correspondence that document the administration of the Student Help Project’s tutoring initiatives in Jamaica and Virginia, and also relate to Padow-Sederbaum’s personal experiences and observations.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series is divided into four subseries: Jamaica (Queens, New York), Virginia (Prince Edward County), Curriculum Development, and Correspondence that document the administration of the Student Help Project’s tutoring initiatives in Jamaica and Virginia, and also relate to Padow-Sederbaum’s personal experiences and observations.