Resources for Research on the Desegregation of Virginia Schools

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George Mason University Public Relations press releases 

George Mason University Public Relations press releases 

Creator George Mason University Office of University Relations
Description Contains information and recruitment on African-American students at George Mason University. Includes: Recruitment of black students to George Mason University By Andrew Evans(Box 4, Folder 55); George Mason University elects first black woman as S.G. President (Box 5, Folder 53); Information seminar, graduate program for blacks (Box 23, Folder 113).
Call number R0004
Date from 1966
Date to 1989
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size Unknown
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/gmuunivrelationspr.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Universities and colleges–Public relations

o    George Mason University
Types Manuscripts
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Edwin B. Henderson: Oral History Interview

Edwin B. Henderson 

Creator Northern Virginia Oral History Project
Description Henderson describes, community life in the Falls Church and Tysons areas of Northern Virginia (ca. 1910-1960) with particular focus on black churches, schools, and organizations.
Call number C0030
Date from 1962
Date to 1962
Geographic school Falls Church, VA; Tysons Corner, VA
Size 2 sound cassette (120 min) mono.; 48 page transcript
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/novaoralhist.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Oral History
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League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records

League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records

Creator League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area
Description Documents, letters, ephemera relating to “school crisis” of desegregation in Fairfax schools. Material from the 1950s and 1960s.
Call number C0031
Date from 1954
Date to 1966
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size 2 folders – School crisis 1954-1966 (box 75 folders 4 and 5)
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Manuscripts
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William West: Oral History Interview

William West 

Creator Northern Virginia Oral History Project
Description West discusses both a student’s and teacher’s reminiscences of the black school of Fairfax County, VA (ca. 1875-1955) January 22,1970
Call number C0030
Date from 1970
Date to 1970
Geographic school Fairfax County, VA
Size 2 sound cassette (90 min.) mono.; 2 sound tape reel (master); 14 page transcript.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/novaoralhist.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Oral History
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Armistead Boothe collection, 1920-1983

Armistead Boothe collection, 1920-1983

Creator Boothe, Armistead Leon (1907-1990)
Description Armistead Lloyd Boothe (1907-1990) was a lawyer and state legislator from Alexandria, Virginia. Boothe attended Episcopal High School, the University of Virginia, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He and his wife, Elizabeth Peele Boothe, were married in 1934.

Boothe served as a Democratic Virginia state legislator from 1948-1963. He was a prominent member of a group of legislators known as the “Young Turks” who opposed the entrenched establishment politicians of Virginia government. As noted in a 1970 news release, “he became perhaps best known for his consistent political fight, from 1954 on, to keep the public schools of the State open” after Virginia threatened to eliminate the mandate for public schools in order to oppose the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision requiring school integration.

Boothe also served as a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg. A lifelong Episcopalian, he left politics and the law in 1970 to serve as the Director of Development at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Boothe died in 1990.

The collection documents the life and political career of Armistead L. Boothe from his school days in Alexandria, Virginia, in the early 1920s to his role as Director of Development at Virginia Theological Seminary in the 1970s and his retirement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Included are certificates, a few photos, and a letter from Boothe’s time as a student at Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia, travel and bank documents from his time in England in the 1920s and 1930s, and newspaper articles, speeches and writings, press releases, campaign materials, and correspondence from his days as a lawyer, politician, and director of development at Virginia Theological Seminary. Of particular interest is a 1969 letter to the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who was killed in the accident at Chappaquiddick in Ted Kennedy’s car. Also included in the collection are Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia briefs dating from the 1940s to the 1960s, as well as correspondence, agendas, news articles, etc, from Boothe’s role as a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg.
Call number C0268
Date from 1920
Date to 1983
Geographic school Virginia (commonweath-wide)
Size
1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions  —–
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/boothe.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion Region 6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

o    Virginia, Northern

o    Public Schools of the District of Columbia
Types manuscripts
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Edwin B. Henderson: Oral History Interview

Edwin B. Henderson: Oral History Interview

Creator Northern Virginia Oral History Project
Description Henderson discusses race relations, education, and social life in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Call number C0030
Date from 1965
Date to 1965
Geographic school Northern Virginia, Washington D.C.
Size 1 sound cassette (60 min) mono.; 21 page transcript.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/novaoralhist.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

o    Virginia, Northern

o    Public Schools of the District of Columbia
Types Oral History
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Meetings Re: Black recruitment: George Mason University 

Meetings Re: Black recruitment 

Creator George Mason University Office of the President
Description Contains information on meetings regarding black student recruitment at George Mason University (located in box 14, folder 13).
Call number R0019
Date from 1971
Date to 1971
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size Unknown
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/gmupresident.html#series3
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    George Mason University

o    Universities and colleges–Administration

o    Universities and colleges–Public relations
Types o    Minutes

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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Caroline Sherman: Oral History Interview 

Caroline Sherman 

Creator Northern Virginia Oral History Project
Description Ms. Sherman reminiscences about her life as a student at the Freedom Hill School, Great Falls, VA. (ca. 1925-1940) with emphasis on one-room schools, transportation, and school board membership.
Call number C0030
Date from 1970
Date to 1970
Geographic school Great Falls, VA
Size 1 sound cassette (30 min) mono.; 1 sound tape reel (master).; 1 abstract (2p.).
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/novaoralhist.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collections Research Center,  Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collections Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion Region 6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Oral History
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James C. Davis papers, 1919-1966

James C. Davis papers, 1919-1966

Creator Davis, James C. (James Curran), 1895-1981.
Description James Curran Erskine Davis, attorney, judge, and legislator, was born 17 May 1895, in Franklin, Georgia, and died 28 December 1981, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a state legislator from DeKalb County, Georgia (1924-1928), an attorney for the Georgia Department of Industrial Relations (1928-1831) and for DeKalb County (1931-1934), a Georgia Superior Court judge (1934-1946), and a Georgia representative to the United States Congress (1947-1963). Davis married Mary Lou Martin (1905-1969) in 1932, and was publisher (1964-1965) of the Atlanta Times, a conservative newspaper. The collection consists of correspondence, audio-visual materials, and speeches. Additionally, Series 7: Fact Files, 1937-1966, contains material related to school desegregation, including: Box Folder Content 149 39 Virginia Legislature (Gray Column) 149 40 Virginia Plan (Gray Report) 152 18 Virginia Race Inquiry 156 21 Negro Transfer – Schools (Virginia) 157 16 Virginia – Schools
Call number Manuscript Collection No. 507
Date from 1937
Date to 1966
Geographic school Virginia
Size 5 folders
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact MARBL in advance to access this collection. All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8z6cb
Repository Emory University, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL)
Repository address Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322-2870
Repository contact name
Repository contact title
Repository contact email marbl@emory.edu
Repository contact phone (404) 727-6887
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Race relations

o    Segregation in education

o    Davis, James C. (James Curran), 1895-1981
Types Clippings
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Dean of Students Papers 

Dean of Students Papers 

Creator Dean of Students, Emory and Henry College
Description The Dean of Students Papers reflect a wide range of academic and other matters affecting the lives of Emory and Henry students. This collection contains substantive information about aspects of the process of desegregating Emory and Henry College in the 1960s and 1970s.
Call number
Date from 1950s
Date to
Geographic school Emory, VA
Size 10 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Collection is unprocessed. Permission of the archivist is required for access.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Emory and Henry College, Archives and Special Collections
Repository address P.O. Box 947 Emory, VA 24327
Repository contact name Robert J. Vejnar, II
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email rvejnar@ehc.edu
Repository contact phone (276) 944-6668
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Correspondence

o    Organizational Records