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Leon Dure papers

Leon Dure papers

Creator	Dure, Leon
Description	Journalist. Correspondence, essays, articles, and clippings, relating to the development and implementation of freedom of choice plans for school desegregation. Correspondents include James Lindsay Almond, Harry Flood Byrd, Virginius Dabney, Hardy Cross Dillard, Albertis Sydney Harrison, Burr Powell Harrison, James Jackson Kilpatrick, Francis Pickens Miller, Absalom Willis Robertson, Frederick Deane Goodwin Ribble, Howard Worth Smith, and Herbert Wechsler.
Call number	MS 72-1808
Date from	1957
Date to	1970
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	2 ft. (ca. 2400 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 Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o Public schools o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o Journalism–Political aspects o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995 o Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982 o Harrison, B. P. (Burr Powell), 1904-1973 o Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-2010
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

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Papers of Judge John Paul 1930-1964

Papers of Judge John Paul 1930-1964

Creator	Judge John Paul
Description	Judge John Paul who was the district court judge who ruled that the Charlottesville schools had to reopen with a plan of integration. He was also involved in the Warren County school cases. In these files we have Paul’s correspondence with attorneys such as Oliver Hill, Spottswood W. Robinson III, John S. Battle, and Lindsay Almond as well as court motions, orders etc.
Call number	Mss 81-7
Date from	1930
Date to	1964
Geographic school	Charlottesville, Warren County, VA
Size	unknown
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Repository	University of Virginia Law Library
Repository address	Arthur J. Morris Law Library, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Repository contact name	Cecilia Brown
Repository contact title	Special Collections and Archives Assistant
Repository contact email	lawlibref@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 924-3023
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 o Public schools o Race relations o School closings o School integration o Paul, John, 1883-1964 o Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007 o Robinson, Spottswood W, 1916-1998. o Public schools–Virginia–Warren County
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 23, 2018

Frederick D. G. Ribble papers

Frederick D. G. Ribble papers

Creator	Frederick D. G. Ribble
Description	Professional papers, his appointment to the Gray commission and involvement with the Prince Edward Free School Association.
Call number	Mss 77-1
Date from	1920
Date to	1965
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	4 folders
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Repository	University of Virginia Law Library
Repository address	Arthur J. Morris Law Library, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Repository contact name	Cecilia Brown
Repository contact title	Special Collections and Archives Assistant
Repository contact email	lawlibref@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 924-3023
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–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Ribble, F. D. G. (Frederick Deane Goodwin), 1898-1970. o Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County o Virginia. Commission on Public Education
Types	Legal documents

October 23, 2018

Virginia Judicial papers, 1930-1964

Virginia Judicial papers, 1930-1964

Creator	John Paul
Description	Case files, ca. 1930-1960, comprise the bulk of the collection. General civil and criminal case files are grouped separately from bankruptcy and land condemnation cases. Case files include two Virginia school desegregation cases which he heard in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Administrative files for the federal district court contain extensive documentation regarding case loads, rules of court, probation, and jury call decisions. Also included are professional correspondence, speeches and articles. Correspondents include Alfred D. Barksdale, Albert V. Bryan, Armistead M. Dobie, Ted Dalton, Sterling Hutcheson, John J. Parker, Floyd H. Roberts, Simon E. Sobeloff, Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., and Roby C. Thompson.
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Date from	1930
Date to	1960
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	94 boxes (36 linear ft.)
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Repository	University of Virginia Law Library
Repository address	Arthur J. Morris Law Library, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Repository contact name	Cecilia Brown
Repository contact title	Special Collections and Archives Assistant
Repository contact email	lawlibref@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 924-3023
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o School children o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Paul, John, 1883-1964. United States. District Court (Virginia : Western District) o Segregation in education–Law and legislation–Virginia.
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 23, 2018

Commonwealth of Virginia Desegregation records

Commonwealth of Virginia Desegregation records

Creator	Commonwealth of Virginia
Description	Defunct Series – documents the desegregation of public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia between 1952 and 1978. Files documenting desegregation may also be found in Series 008111, “School System Studies and Reports: Final Record Copy – Historically Significant”, Series 008117, “Superintendent’s Administrative Records: Policy and Program Development”, and Series 008118, “Superintendent’s Legal Opinions File”.
Call number	none
Date from	1952
Date to	1978
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	unknown
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Repository	University of Richmond Libraries
Repository address	Boatwright Memorial Library, 28 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond, VA 23173
Repository contact name	Jim Gwin
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Repository contact phone	(804) 289-8876
DoveRegion	region5
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. Department of Education
Types	o Government papers o Reports

October 23, 2018

Southern Regional Council records

Southern Regional Council Records

Creator	Southern Regional Council
Description	The Southern Regional Council was formed as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation in 1919, with the goals of improving relations between blacks and whites and achieving an unsegregated society. In 1944, the Commission was succeeded by the Southern Regional Council, a non-profit and non-denominational organization which was founded to continue to strive for racial equality and harmony in the South. The Southern Regional Council is organized into State Divisions and local groups, with its main headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. A basic function of the Southern Regional Council is to provide factual information on race relations and related matters to individuals and public, private, and official agencies. To this end, a library and research facility are maintained, original studies are undertaken and published, and special projects and services are supported. In addition, such Southern Regional Council publications as New South help to advance the objectives of the organization. This collection consists of annual reports of the executive director, brochures, memoranda, news releases, published and mimeographed reports, research projects, special reports, speeches, and studies. Three items are of particular interest: “A Report on School Desegregation for 1960-1961, 1960″, ” Sanctuaries for Tradition: Virginia’s New Private Schools by Mary Ellen Goodman, 1961″ and ” School Desegregation: Old Problems Under a New Law, 1965″
Call number	SRC
Date from	1944
Date to	1966
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	1 linear ft.
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Repository	University of Illinois at Chicago
Repository address	801 S. Morgan Street, Room 3-330 Chicago IL
Repository contact name	Sonia Yaco
Repository contact title	Asst. Professor & Special Collections Librarian
Repository contact email	http://library.uic.edu/home/services/ask-a-librarian
Repository contact phone	(312) 996-2742
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	Southern Regional Council
Types	o Reports o Speeches o Brochures

October 23, 2018

The Defense of an Unconscionable Experimentation with Ignorance : The Legal Battle over Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959-1964

The Defense of an Unconscionable Experimentation with Ignorance : The Legal Battle over Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959-1964

Creator	Lagerquist, Jonathan
Description	Master’s thesis. From 1954 to 1964 the public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, remained closed. The schools had been closed to avoid complying with federal court orders requiring that the county desegregate its public schools. Segregation of public schools had been found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in its 1954 landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The Prince Edward public schools were closed for five years until the Supreme Court in 1964 found that the school closures were unconstitutional in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County. This Master s Thesis explores the legal battle that arose out the Prince Edward school closures. The purpose is to determine how the county was able to defend the closures during the lengthy litigation. The source material consists of briefs filed before the courts, where the involved parties present their arguments. These documents are found in the collection the Papers of Allan G. Donn, housed at the Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, at Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, Virginia. In addition, the several court rulings handed down during the litigation are examined. By analyzing this source material qualitatively, the litigation is reconstructed and analyzed. The Prince Edward school closures have received relatively little scholarly attention. The research that has been done on the Prince Edward school closures focuses on how proponents and opponents to the closures acted politically, in the public discourse, and on a grassroots level. This thesis will therefore explore an aspect of the closures that has heretofore been largely overlooked. In addition to casting light on a previously overlooked part of the Prince Edward school closures, this thesis also provides a new interpretation of the county s defense of the closures. Previous research has attributed the effectiveness of the county s strategy to keep the schools closed due to the lack of a constitutional requirement in regards to public education. While segregation in public schools had been found unconstitutional, public education nevertheless remained within the states purview. This study supports this claim, however it elaborates on how the involved parties and courts tasked with ruling on the closures perceived the role of public education within the American system of federalism. This thesis finds that the school closures represented a conflict between a conservative and a progressive view of the Constitution. According to the governing case law at the time, it was permissible under the Constitution for a county to abandon all public education. In order to reopen the schools, the courts had to employ new and innovative interpretations of the law of the land. This thesis also shows that the county s defense of the closures was more dynamic than has previously been believed. The closures were not only defended by relying on traditional interpretations of the Constitution, but also utilized a procedural defense that was aimed at prolonging the closures. This strategy played an important role in keeping the county s public schools closed for such an extended time period. This aspect of the litigation and its effect on extending the time period the county was able to operate no public schools has not been previously noted. This survey of the legal defense of the Prince Edward school closures shows that the defense was more versatile than has previously been believed. The American system of federalism and the duel court system with state and federal courts were exploited in several ways to keep the county s public schools closed. In order to reopen the schools, new, and to some extent radical, interpretations of the Constitution had to be employed.
Call number	–
Date from	2014
Date to	2014
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA
Size	1 thesis
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URL	Lagerquist, Jonathan
Repository	University of Helsinki
Repository address	Helsinki Finland
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Repository contact title	–
Repository contact email	–
Repository contact phone	–
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 closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc. o Public schools–Virginia–Richmond o Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County
Types	Manuscript

October 23, 2018

The faculty papers of Ernest Trice Thompson

The faculty papers of Ernest Trice Thompson

Creator	Ernest Trice Thompson
Description	Union Presbyterian Seminary houses the faculty papers of Ernest Trice Thompson (1894-1985). He was Professor of Church History at Union for many years, and editor of The Presbyterian Outlook; he also wrote the definitive history Presbyterians in the South (1963). Ernest Trice Thompson was a strong advocate for a Social Gospel interpretation of Christian life, and therefore an early and persistent voice for desegregation, at a time when this position was a costly one within the white Southern Presbyterian Church.
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Date from	1922
Date to	1964
Geographic school	Richmond, VA
Size	unknown
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Repository	Union Presbyterian Seminary Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 3401 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227
Repository contact name	Dr. Paula Skreslet
Repository contact title	Reference and Archives Librarian
Repository contact email	pskreslet@upsem.edu
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DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Race relations o Thompson, Ernest Trice, 1894-1985 o Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) o Union Presbyterian Seminary o Theologians–United States
Types	o Correspondence o Reports

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Black History Committee Oral History Project

Black history committee Oral History Project

Creator	Archives and Manuscripts, Thomas Balch Library
Description	These interviews deal with segregation and integration as well as black community life, including schools and churches.They deal with the civil rights movement, including Irene Bobich and Gladys Jackson Lewis, who discusses Leesburg Integration in the 1950s
Call number	M012
Date from	1950s
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Geographic school	Leesburg, VA
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URL	http://www.leesburgva.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2451
Repository	Thomas Balch Library
Repository address	208 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives and Manuscripts
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(703) 737-7195
DoveRegion	region6
Subjects	o African American churches o African Americans–Civil rights o Carmichael, Stokely o Civil rights movements o Leesburg (Va.) o School integration o Segregation in education
Types	o Interviews o Photographs o Sound recordings o Transcripts

October 23, 2018

Schoolhouse Museum oral interviews

Schoolhouse Museum oral interviews

Creator	Schoolhouse Museum
Description	This collection consists of 150 oral histories of former teachers and students at black schools during the Jim Crow era in Virginia.
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Date from	1876
Date to	1965
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	150 interviews (transcript, audio tape, and video tape formats); photographs
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URL	http://theschoolhousemuseum.com/OralInterviews/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Repository	The Schoolhouse Museum
Repository address	516 Main Street, P.O. Box 1113, Smithfield , VA 23431
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Repository contact title	Schoolhouse Museum
Repository contact email	theschoolhousemuseum@verizon.net
Repository contact phone	(757) 365-4789
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American educators o African American schools o African American students o Civil rights movements–Virginia o School integration o Segregation in education
Types	o Interviews o Photographs o Sound recordings o Transcripts o Video recordings