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Edward H. Peeples, Jr., papers, n.d., 1915, 1920s-2005

Edward H. Peeples, Jr., papers, n.d., 1915, 1920s-2005

Creator Edward H. Peeples, Jr.
Description The papers of Dr. Edward H. Peeples, Jr., document his long career in education and public health, and in his activities as a promoter of social justice in a variety of human rights reforms in Virginia and other places across the South.
Call number Accession Number: M 342
Date from 1915, 1920
Date to 2005
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 33 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vcu-cab/vircu00124.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    College teachers

o    Poverty

o    Race discrimination

o    Segregation in education–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Race relations

o    White supremacy movements
Types o    Interviews

o    Lectures

o    Manuscripts

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Speeches
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Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, 1946-1999 

Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, 1946-1999 

Creator Edward H. Peeples, Jr.
Description The collection contains three lengthy oral histories conducted by Dr. Peeples of J. Kenneth Morland.
Call number
Date from 1946
Date to 1999
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size includes photographs (circa 100)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=941
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African Americans–Education

o    African Americans–Social conditions

o    American Friends Service Committee

o    Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education–Trials, litigation, etc.

o    Civil rights movements–Southern States

o    Civil rights movements

o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    Prince William (Va.)

o    Discrimination in education

o    School integration

o    White supremacy movements
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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George R. Talcott papers 

George R. Talcott papers 

Creator George R. Talcott
Description This collection consists of reports, studies and other government documents relating to Richmond, Virginia. Topics include public utilities, schools and integration, urbanization, and the Richmond annexation of Chesterfield and ensuing lawsuits. The bulk of the material covers the 1970s.
Call number M 241
Date from 1948
Date to 1981
Geographic school Richmond, VA; Chesterfield County, VA
Size 6 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00004.xml
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American students

o    Busing for school integration

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Public schools–Virginia–Richmond

o    Public schools–Virginia–Chesterfield County
Types o    Annual reports

o    Government papers

o    Legal documents

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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Church Hill [Richmond] oral history collection

Church Hill [Richmond] oral history collection

Creator Special Collections and Archives
Description This collection focuses on social and living conditions in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood, which was predominantly black, during the era of segregation. Contains three oral histories that connect in particular to the civil rights movement.
Call number
Date from 1982
Date to
Geographic school Richmond, VA
Size 34 transcripts; audiocassettes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/church/church.html
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American churches

o    African American neighborhoods

o    African American politicians

o    African Americans–Social conditions

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    College integration

o    School integration–Virginia

o    Segregation in education–Virginia
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Television news of the civil rights era 

Television news of the civil rights era 

Creator University of Virginia
Description News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970, is a digitization project that aims to collect, digitize, and present in streaming video format over the World Wide Web television news footage from the Civil Rights Era.
Call number
Date from 1950
Date to 1970
Geographic school Virginia
Size circa 230 digitized video recordings; transcripts; manuscripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/
Repository Virginia Center for Digital History
Repository address Taylor Room, Alderman Library, P.O. Box 400116, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4116
Repository contact name Scot French
Repository contact title
Repository contact email saf5g@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone (434) 924-4777
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights movements–Southern States

o    Civil rights movements–Press coverage

o    Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

o    King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

o    Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

o    Roanoke River Valley (Va. and N.C.)

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Virginia–Politics and government

o    Television broadcasting
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Vanderbilt Television News Archives

Vanderbilt Television News Archives

Creator Various national TV news networks
Description The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world’s most extensive and complete archive of television news. Contains television news broadcasts of the national networks from August 5, 1968, to present.
Call number
Date from 1968
Date to
Geographic school Norfolk and elsewhere
Size none
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Non-subscribers will need to complete a brief registration form to search the database. There is currently no charge for searching the database of news abstracts and broadcast descriptions.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
Repository Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Repository address 110 Twenty-first Avenue South, Suite 704, Nashville, TN 37203
Repository contact name
Repository contact title
Repository contact email tvnews@vanderbilt.edu
Repository contact phone (615) 322-2927
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Vanderbilt Television News Archive

o    Broadcasting–United States–History–20th century
Types Broadcast-Television-News
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Wyatt, Landon Russell papers (1891-1971)

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
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Oral History of the Public School Principalship

Oral History of the Public School Principalship

Creator Patrick W. Carlton
Description This project contains 467 interviews, including 81 of African American principals, 56 of which are male and 25 of which are female. Most of the interviewees refer to the impact of integration on their professional careers.
Call number
Date from 1986
Date to present
Geographic school Virginia
Size approximately 20 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.library.unlv.edu/faculty/research/principalship/index.php
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 educators

o    African American students

o    Public schools

o    School integration

o    School integration–Virginia–Norfolk

o    School principals

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Hutcheson, Joseph Collier papers (1906-1972)

Hutcheson, Joseph Collier papers (1906-1972)

Creator Hutcheson, Joseph Collier (1906-1972)
Description Virginia State legislator. Chiefly correspondence, lists, petitions, speeches, memos, and other political papers; together with personal correspondence, clippings, and photos. Includes material on election campaigns, political appointments, committee assignments, public school integration, General Assembly Special Session on the Revision of the Constitution (1969), and State Commission on Public Education. Correspondents include Watkins M. Abbitt, Garland Gray, and William M. Tuck, and Hutcheson’s father, Herbert Farrar Hutcheson, and brother, Charles Sterling Hutcheson.
Call number MS 81-364
Date from 1930
Date to 1972
Geographic school Virginia
Size 3 ft. (ca. 28,000 items)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
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    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

o    Virginia. General Assembly

o    Hutcheson, Joseph Collier, 1906-1972

o    Abbitt, Watkins Moorman, 1908-1998

o    Gray, Garland

o    Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983

o    Hutcheson, Herbert Farrar

o    Hutcheson, Charles Sterling
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Southern Student Organizing Committee and Thomas N. Gardner papers

Southern Student Organizing Committee and Thomas N. Gardner papers

Creator University of Virginia
Description This collection contains Tom Gardner’s papers as staff member and chairman of the SSOC [Southern Student Organizing Committee].
Call number
Date from 1948
Date to 1994
Geographic school Charlottesville, VA
Size ca. 2,500 items (housed in 6 Hollinger boxes, 2.5 linear feet); correspondence; interviews; memoranda; reports; minutes; broadsides; printed materials; articles; speeches; newsclippings.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu01448.xml.frame
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    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights movements–Southern States

o    College students

o    Labor movement

o    Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)

o    School integration–Virginia–Charlottesville

o    Southern Student Organizing Committee (Nashville, Tenn.)

o    University of Virginia

o    Vietnam War, 1961-1975

o    Protest movements

o    Student movements
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts