Resources for Research on the Desegregation of Virginia Schools

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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education oral history collection 

Brown v. Topeka Board of Education oral history collection 

Creator Kansas State Historical Society
Description This collection provides a look at the background surrounding the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka from those who, in one way or another, were involved with the cases before they reached the Supreme Court.
Call number Manuscript Collection No. 251; Audiotapes: 35-10-05-05 to 35-10-05-06.
Date from 1991
Date to 1996
Geographic school Virginia
Size 2 cu. ft. (3-5″ document cases and 1 cu. ft. box); 115 audiotapes.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.kshs.org/p/brown-v-topeka-board-of-education-oral-history-collection-at-the-kansas-state-historical-society-fin/13997
Repository Kansas Historical Society State Archives
Repository address 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099
Repository contact name Bob Knecht
Repository contact title
Repository contact email reference@kshs.org
Repository contact phone (785) 272-8681
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American students

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Discrimination in education

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Segregation in education

o    Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc.

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

o    Sound recordings

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Judge Andree Layton Roaf Oral History Center collection 

Judge Andree Layton Roaf Oral History Center collection 

Creator Josephine School Community Museum: The Clarke County African American Museum and Cultural Center
Description This collection consists of twenty oral histories of African Americans in the Berryhill, Virginia, area. Elders in the community discuss their memories growing up and life in the Berryhill area.
Call number
Date from 1990s
Date to 2002
Geographic school Berryhill, VA
Size
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.jschoolmuseum.org/
Repository Josephine School Community Museum and Clarke County African American Museum and Cultural Center
Repository address 303 Josephine Street, Berryville, VA 22611
Repository contact name
Repository contact title
Repository contact email jschool515@verizon.net
Repository contact phone (540) 955-5512
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African Americans–Education

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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J. Lindsay Almond: Oral History

J. Lindsay Almond: Oral History 

Creator Larry J. Hackman
Description Oral History 1968
Call number
Date from 1968
Date to 1969
Geographic school Virginia
Size 25 pages
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKOH-JLA-01.aspx
Repository John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Repository address Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
Repository contact name Karen Adler Abramson
Repository contact title Chief Archivist
Repository contact email JFK.AVarchives@nara.gov
Repository contact phone (866) JFK-1960
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986
Types Oral History
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Integration: The African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Integration: The African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description Includes two interviews and a monograph about integration in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Explores social, political, economic, and educational perspectives, with a review of various individuals and organizations supporting equality issues and black rights.
Call number SdArch 15
Date from 1865
Date to 1965
Geographic school Harrisonburg, VA
Size 2 audio cassettes; 2 transcripts; 1 monograph
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education–Virginia
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Lucy Simms: Oral History Interview 

Lucy Simms: Oral History Interview 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description Background paper includes a brief biography of Lucy Simms, African American educator, from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sets of oral history transcripts include the recollections of Mrs. Carlotta Harris, Mr. Edgar Johnson and wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Johnson, Louise Winston, and Mr. Elon Rhodes, former students of Lucy Simms, and Ellen Walker, current owner of the Lucy Simms house.
Call number
Date from 2000
Date to
Geographic school Harrisonburg, VA
Size 1 photograph;  4 audio cassettes; 4 transcripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American politicians

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American Perspective Oral History Project 

School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American Perspective Oral History Project 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description This collection of five oral histories explores the integration of schools in Virginia. The archive also includes the ‘African Americans in Harrisonburg’ oral history tapes.
Call number
Date from
Date to
Geographic school Waynesboro, VA
Size 7 audio cassettes; 5 transcripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

Creator Special Collections JMU History
Description Betty Kilby Fisher moved to the Warren County area as a young girl. She attended a segregated elementary school in Warren County. Upon her graduation from the seventh grade her father filed a case with the NAACP to integrate the Warren County High School.
Call number
Date from 2006
Date to
Geographic school Warren County, VA
Size 3 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    School integration

o    Shenandoah River Valley (Va. And W. Va.)
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Minutes of Meetings of the City of Hampton School Board, July 29, 1920 – March 14, 1973 

Minutes of Meetings of the City of Hampton School Board, July 29, 1920 – March 14, 1973 

Creator Hampton Public Schools
Description Contains the minutes of Meetings of the City of Hampton School Board. Stored within the Virginiana Collection at the main library in Hampton.
Call number
Date from 1920
Date to 1973
Geographic school Hampton, VA
Size unknown
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Hampton Public Library
Repository address 4207 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, VA 23669
Repository contact name
Repository contact title
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (757) 727-1154
DoveRegion region3
Subjects o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Government papers

o    Minutes

o    Proceedings
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With profound regret [sound recording] : Remembering the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education 

With profound regret [sound recording] : Remembering the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education 

Creator Fuqua International Communications Center
Description Donald P. Baker, former Washington Post editor and author, produces an exploration of the closing of the Prince Edward County, Virginia, public schools during the era of massive resistance in the 1950s and 1960s.
Call number
Date from 1953
Date to 1969
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 1 sound disc (80 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.hsc.edu/Library.html
Repository Hampden-Sydney College
Repository address Bortz Library, 257 Via Sacra, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bortz Library
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (434) 223-6190
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    Public schools

o    Segregation in education

o    School integration

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Thornton, Saranna

o    Emmons, Caroline S.

o    Heinemann, Ronald L.

o    Baker, Donald P.

o    Hampden-Sydney College
Types Interviews
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Symposiums on the Prince Edward County schools closings 

Symposiums on the Prince Edward County schools closings 

Creator Hampden-Sydney College Library
Description This collection consists of video recordings of symposiums on the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the Prince Edward County schools closings.
Call number Call no LA380.P7 P7 Call no LA380.P74 C56 2009
Date from 1999 and 2009
Date to
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 6 videocassettes (VHS format); 6 videodiscs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libguides.hsc.edu/library
Repository Hampden-Sydney College
Repository address Bortz Library, 257 Via Sacra, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bortz Library
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (434) 223-6190
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Speeches

o    Video recordings