Charles Rogers Fenwick papers (1901-1969)
| Creator | Fenwick, Charles Rogers (1901-1969) |
| Description | Lawyer and State legislator, of Arlington, Va. Correspondence, minutes, financial papers, speeches, documents, biographical material, press releases, clippings, scrapbooks, and photos, relating chiefly to Fenwick’s work as a member of State Democratic Central Committee and chairman of 10th District Executive Committee. Includes material on 1966 senatorial campaigns of Harry Byrd (b. 1914) and A. Willis Robertson, 1964 and 1968 national elections, 1965 gubernatorial election, and Fenwick’s own 1963 and 1967 State senatorial campaigns and 1945 race for lieutenant governor and the contested results and court case in Wise County, Va.; Virginia constitutional amendments (1967-68), bond issue for higher education and mental health (1968), school integration and the Perrow Commission report (1959); and his tenure as member of Board of Visitors of University of Virginia and the development and expansion of George Mason College, Fairfax, Va. Correspondents include Watkins M. Abbitt, and Harry F. Byrd, Sr. |
| Call number | MS 81-359 |
| Date from | 1940 |
| Date to | 1969 |
| Geographic school | Arlington, VA |
| Size | 11 ft. (ca. 11,200 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 Public schools o Race relations o School children o School integration o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Robertson, A. Willis (Absolam Willis), 1887-1971 o Virginia. General Assembly o University of Virginia o George Mason University o Legislators–Virginia–Arlington o Fenwick, Charles R. (Charles Rogers), 1901-1969 |
| Types | o Clippings
o Correspondence o Legal documents |