Wyatt, Landon Russell papers (1891-1971)
| Creator | Wyatt, Landon Russell (1891-1971) |
| Description | State senator and business executive, of Danville, Va. Chiefly topical and election correspondence (primarily 1950-70), speeches, and printed material, relating to Virginia budget, Gray Commission on Massive Resistance, and the Virginia Tobacco Tax Commission. Includes some papers from Wyatt’s career as chairman of the board of trustees of Averett College, Danville, Va.. Correspondents include Watkins Moorman Abbitt, John Stewart Battle, Harry Flood Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Mills Edwin Godwin, Thomas Marshall Hahn, Albertis Sydney Harrison, Absolam Willis Robertson, William Belser Spong, William Munford Tuck, and George Corley Wallace. |
| Call number | MS 72-1822 |
| Date from | 1935 |
| Date to | 1970 |
| Geographic school | Virginia |
| Size | 2 ft. (1981 items) |
| Access restrictions yes/no | |
| Access restrictions | |
| Part Of larger collection yes/no | |
| Larger collection title | |
| URL | |
| Repository | UNLV Department of Special Collections |
| Repository address | Box 457010, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7010 |
| Repository contact name | University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Special Collections |
| Repository contact title | Director, Special Collections |
| Repository contact email | |
| Repository contact phone | (702) 895-2234 |
| DoveRegion | (outside of Virginia) |
| Subjects | o African American students
o African Americans–Civil rights o Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 o Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999 o Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o Public schools o School children o School closings o School integration o Virginia. General Assembly o Wyatt, Landon Russell, 1891-1971 o Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983 o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Hahn, T. Marshall (Thomas Marshall), 1926- o Robertson, A. Willis o Spong, William B. (William Belser), 1920-1997 |
| Types | o Correspondence
o Legal documents |