Resources for Research on the Desegregation of Virginia Schools

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Carver-Price oral history project 

Carver-Price oral history project

Creator Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Description Twenty-one oral histories examine Carver-Price High School, a former black high school in Appomattox County, Virginia.
Call number
Date from 2004
Date to 2007
Geographic school Appomatox County, VA
Size 4 video discs (DVDs); 21 transcripts; 1 timeline
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://carver-price.com.p8.hostingprod.com/home
Repository Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Repository address 102 Carver Lane, Appomattox, VA 24522
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Repository contact email carverprice@verizon.net
Repository contact phone (434) 352-7880
DoveRegion region2
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Booker T. Washington School oral history

Booker T. Washington School oral history 

Creator Booker T. Washington National Monument. National Park Service
Description Monument staff conducted six oral history interviews in 2008 to explore the history of the Booker T. Washington School in Hardy, Virginia, a black school that now serves as the park headquarters.
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Date from 2008
Date to
Geographic school Hardy, VA
Size photographs; 6 digital audio recordings (Windows Media Player files)
Access restrictions yes/no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no
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URL http://www.nps.gov/bowa/index.htm
Repository Booker T. Washington National Monument
Repository address 12130 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy, VA 24101
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Booker T. Washington National Monument. National Park Service
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (540) 721-2094
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

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

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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The Bland County History Archives

The Bland County History Archives 

Creator Bland County Archives
Description Some of the approximately 700 interviews in this collection explore the African American community in Dry Fork, including race relations in the county and the South, and the school integration process at Rocky Gap.
Call number
Date from 1920
Date to 2007
Geographic school Bland County, VA
Size circa 665 transcripts; audio cassettes; video recordings (VHS); digital sound recordings; digital video recordings
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.blandcountyhistoryarchives.org/
Repository Bland County History Archives
Repository address Rocky Gap High School, P.O. Box 9, Eagles Road, Rocky Gap, VA 24366
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bland County History Archives
Repository contact email jdodson@mac.com
Repository contact phone (276) 928-1100
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African Americans–Social conditions

o    Appalachian Region

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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Arlington County Public Schools 

Arlington County Public Schools 

Creator Arlington County Virginia School System
Description Contains the incomplete and unofficial records of the Arlington County Virginia School System. Materials include information on School Board candidates, architectural reports and site studies for school buildings, school personnel handbooks, salary and retirement information from the 1950s, reports of citizen advisory councils and task forces on instructional issues, 1950s through the 1970s, and many school publications including newsletters and clippings about Arlington schools, chiefly the 1950s through the 1970s.
Call number Record Group 7
Date from 1946
Date to 1988
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 21 linear ft.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
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URL
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Clippings

o    Organizational Records

o    Reports
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Arlington County Public Schools: Desegregation Material 

Arlington County Public Schools: Desegregation Material (link)

Creator Arlington County Virginia School System
Description Information related to the integration of Arlington County public schools, including history, redistricting, pupil distribution, and boundary maps.
Call number Record Group 69
Date from 1954
Date to 1976
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 5.9 linear ft.
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Patron is responsible for obtaining any necessary copyright interests and/or literary rights from the owners/donors/heirs pursuant to publishing any work which cites, reproduces, or interprets non-published materials. Library will not assume responsibility
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration
Types o    Government papers

o    Organizational Records

o    Reports
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Personal Papers of Henry Gardner, 1951-1984

Personal Papers of Henry Gardner, 1951-1984 

Creator Gardner, Henry
Description This collection has one subgroup: Arlington County Public Schools. All the material relates to this topic. All the material in this collection was either produced by the school system or received by the school system. This is a small collection, offering a snapshot of the type of issues Henry Gardner dealt with during his career with the school system.
Call number RG 66
Date from 1951
Date to 1984
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size .8 linear ft
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libcat.arlingtonva.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1165049__SHenry+Gardner__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    Arlington County (Va.). School Board

o    Segregation in education

o    School integration–Virginia–Arlington County
Types Manuscripts
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Hall’s Hill oral history project

Hall’s Hill oral history project 

Creator Dr. Margaret Mulrooney’s Oral and Local History class at Marymount University.
Description The interviews include discussions about massive resistance and local businesses that were for and against desegregation of public schools. Interviews with educators, activists, and family members of four students are included.
Call number
Date from 2003
Date to
Geographic school Arlington, VA
Size 14 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://library.arlingtonva.us/collections/local-history/
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American neighborhoods

o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Arlington (Va.)

o    Business enterprises

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School Integration–Massive resistance movement

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Papers of Barbara Marx (collector), 1950-1965

Papers of Barbara Marx (collector), 1950-1965 

Creator Marx, Barbara Spackman
Description RG 18 houses the collected papers of Barbara Marx, a local civil rights advocate who worked for the desegregation of Arlington schools during the 1950s.The papers reflect Marx’s involvement with many organizations including the NAACP, Arlington Community Action Committee, and Arlingtonians for a Better County.
Call number RG 18
Date from 1950
Date to 1965
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 8.4 linear ft. Photographs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libcat.arlingtonva.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1104272__SPapers+of+Barbara+Marx+%28collector%29%2C+1950-1965__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    Arlington County (Va.)

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Race relations

o    School integration–Virginia–Arlington County
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Photographs
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It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools

It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools 

Creator John Stuhldreher; Arlington Public Schools (Arlington, Va.). Arlington Educational Television
Description On February 2, 1959, four seventh grade students entered through the front doors of Stratford Junior High School. School was already in session as the students negotiated a battalion of helmeted police officers protecting the perimeter of the school grounds. At first appearance, these students seemed different than the average Stratford Junior High School student in attendance until this day. These students were black, and in their steps followed the desegregation and integration of public schools in Arlington and Virginia. The documentary, “Its Just Me …” the integration of the Arlington public schools, revisits and explores the events leading up to that February day at Stratford Junior High School.”–AETV website
Call number OCLC Number: 49343756
Date from 2001
Date to 2001
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/AVN/News/page68288.aspx
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Documentary films –United States
Types Broadcast-Television-News
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It’s just me…the integration of the Arlington Public Schools

It’s just me…the integration of the Arlington Public Schools 

Creator Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Description This collection includes the raw interview footage for the documentary film “It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools.” Whites and blacks on both sides of the aisle were interviewed.
Call number
Date from 1950s
Date to
Geographic school Arlington, VA
Size 12 videotapes; digital video recordings; photographs; manuscripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://library.arlingtonva.us/2011/08/18/when-arlington-did-the-right-thing/
Repository Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Repository address 816 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA 22204
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Repository contact email jstuhldr@arlington.k12.va.us
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5757
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings