Benjamin Muse papers (1898-)
| Creator | Muse, Benjamin (1898-) |
| Description | In part, microfilm of newspaper clippings which were returned to Mr. Muse. Foreign Service officer, politician, and author, of Reston, Va. Chiefly correspondence and speeches on Virginia political issues, including social security and massive resistance to desegregation in schools, and to Muse’s break with the Democratic Party in 1936, his Republican gubernatorial candidacy in 1941, and his research on Virginia for “Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952” (1954) by Paul D. Theodore; chapters of a book on Muse’s attitudes toward blacks; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence was generated by Muse’s Washington Post column entitled Virginia Affairs, editorials for the Manassas Messenger, and magazine articles. Correspondents include Frank Bane, John S. Battle, Sarah (Patton) Boyle, Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966), Harry F. Byrd (b. 1914), Lenoir Chambers, Virginius Dabney, Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Leslie W. Dunbar, and Patrick H. Drewry. |
| Call number | MS 77-1240 |
| Date from | 1934 |
| Date to | 1966 |
| Geographic school | Manassas, VA |
| Size | ca. 975 items |
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| Repository | University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library |
| Repository address | P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110 |
| Repository contact name | Nicole Bouch |
| Repository contact title | Director, Special Collections |
| Repository contact email | nlb3d@virginia.edu |
| Repository contact phone | (434) 243-1776 |
| DoveRegion | region7 |
| Subjects | o African American students
o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Chambers, Lenoir, 1891-1970 o Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906- o Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981 o Dunbar, Leslie o Muse, Benjamin |
| Types | o Clippings
o Correspondence o Legal documents |