Resources for Research on the Desegregation of Virginia Schools

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Affirmative Action/EEO Division (Virginia Tech) Information 

Affirmative Action/EEO Division (Virginia Tech) Information 

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Collection of news clippings, flyers, brochures and reports related to Virginia Tech’s affirmative action and equal opportunity efforts, events, and activities between the early 1980’s and 2010. Collection contains mention of Tech staff responsible for affirmative action, EEO guidelines for recruiting faculty in 1984, and a 1987 statistical report on Ethnic Minority Enrollment.
Call number RG 6/4/5
Date from 1981
Date to 2010
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 2 folders
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Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    Race relations

o    Affirmative action programs — Virginia — Blacksburg

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types o    Clippings

o    Organizational Records

o    Pamphlets

o    Reports
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Dean of Women, 1967-68 (Virginia Tech)

Dean of Women, 1967-68 (Virginia Tech)

Creator Office of the Vice President, Warren W. Brandt
Description Letter form Martha Harder, Dean of Women at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute to T. Marshall Hahn, President of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Letter discusses the interracial relationships of two couples and the policies of the college regarding the situation. Letter describes a meeting that Dean Harder had with the two female students and the advice that she gave them.
Call number RG 3/4
Date from 1964
Date to 1968
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 document
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00744.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    Segregation in education

o    College students

o    Interracial dating

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types o    Annual reports

o    Correspondence

o    Reports
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National Society of Black Engineers (Virginia Tech)

National Society of Black Engineers (Virginia Tech)

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Consists of a news clipping, a flyer, and a copy of “Innovations”, a newsletter produced by the Virginia Tech Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Spring 1991. The newsletter contains an article about the Society’s founding members (chartered in 1982), describing where they are and what they are doing in 1991.
Call number RG 31/2/41
Date from 1991
Date to 1995
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
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Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    National Society of Black Engineers (U.S.). Virginia Tech Chapter
Types Clippings
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Records of T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.

Records of T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.

Creator T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.
Description This collection contains primarily correspondence concerning University matters, including letters to and from alumni, faculty, parents, and students. Correspondence with the Board of Visitors and government officials is also included in the collection. There is material concerning the Alumni Association, budget information, Higher Education Study Commission (1965), University Council, Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities, State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, Task Force for Innovative Approaches to Instruction (1973), Consortium for Continuing Higher Education in Northern Virginia (1973), civil rights, proposal for College of Veterinary Medicine (1974, Box 95, folders 3211-3215), and various University committees and commissions. The collection is arranged in annual alphabetical files. Materials relating to segregation, integration, and civil rights are located in folders labeled “Civil Rights”
Call number RG 2/11
Date from 1962
Date to 1974
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 101 cu. ft.
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00015.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    Hahn, T. Marshall (Thomas Marshall), 1926-
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Office of Academic Affairs records (Virginia Tech)

Office of Academic Affairs records (Virginia Tech)

Creator Leslie F. Malpass; Alfred H. Krebs
Description This collection consists primarily of records from the Office of Academic Affairs at Virginia Tech. The bulk is from Leslie Malpass’ tenure as Vice-President for Academic Affairs (1968-1974) but there are also materials from others, in particular Alfred H. Krebs who served as director of Summer School and as Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs under Malpass. The collection covers a wide range of topics related to the academic programs offered or considered by Virginia Tech, including desegregation issues or activities. Of particular interest are folders containing discussions, drafts, or correspondence related to Tech’s repeated attempts to meet Federal requirements and gain approval for affirmative action/equal opportunity programs as mandated by the Office of Civil Rights. Tech’s efforts were part of a larger “Virginia Plan” titled The Plan for Equal Opportunity in Virginia’s Institution’s of Higher Education(see box/folders 37-23, 37-24, 40-2, 44-8, 44-9, 44-20, 45-17, 51-11 and 60-28). There is also material reflecting activities and concerns related to increasing black faculty, staff, and enriching the black student experience at Tech (see box/folders 9-4, 10-33, 15-2, 15-3, 16-14, 18-1, 18-4, 18-6, 18-7, 34-26 and 44-19. A program for disadvantaged southwest youth called Upward Bound and its corollary, Talent Search, operated at Virginia Tech for several years and the collection includes reports and correspondence related to this effort to improve the academic prospects of low socio-economic youths of which blacks appear to have been up to 50% of the program. Particularly revealing materials regarding Upward Bound can be found in box/folders 40-14/15 and 48-13. Information about concerns or activities related to blacks in higher education but not specifically at Virginia Tech can be found ins box/folders 16-15, 25-22, and 25-31/32.
Call number RG 5/1/2
Date from 1961
Date to 1977
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 84 cu. ft. 60 boxes
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Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Tamara Kennelly
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    High school students

o    Race relations

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia. Department of Education
Types o    Reports

o    Speeches
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Records of the President, Walter S. Newman (Virginia Tech)

Records of the President, Walter S. Newman

Creator Walter S. Newman
Description The Records of the Office of the President, Walter S. Newman (1895 to 1978) span the years 1947 to 1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1947 to 1961. The collection consists primarily of Newman’s General Correspondence. Also included, and interfiled with general correspondence, are budget requests and statements, financial reports, enrollment statistics, architects’ contracts, audits, commencement and inaugural ephemera, statements to the Federal Power Commission, a few photographs, and reports on Virginia’s public school system submitted to the Moses Commission. These records include Correspondence with Virginia Attorney General Lindsay Almond and Director of Admissions Paul Farrier in the early 1950s documents the University’s strategy in response to efforts to challenge segregation in Virginia’s public schools and universities and the decision to admit Irving L. Peddrew III, the first black student enrolled at Virginia Tech. Files labeled “Racial Relations” from 1951 and 1952 document Newman’s attempts, which proved unsuccessful, to help the defense in Dorothy Davis v. County School Board, Prince Edward County by providing historical evidence of equality of resources within segregation. A file of correspondence from 1961 with Mary Fessler, President of the Blacksburg Branch of the American Association of University Women, records Newman’s decision to bar the organization from meeting on campus due after a black woman joined.
Call number RG 2/10
Date from 1947
Date to 1962
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 23.25 cu. ft. ; 24 boxes, 1 folder
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00086.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    American Association of University Women

o    Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Black Student Alliance (Virginia Tech)

Black Student Alliance

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Folder contains clippings and flyers noting speakers invited by the Alliance; an example of Black Student Alliance stationery; and a typewritten account by Peter Wallenstein (Va. Tech. history professor) of “The First Black Students at Virginia Tech, 1953-1963.”
Call number RG 8/2/6f
Date from 1978
Date to 2005
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
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Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    Virginia Tech Black Student Alliance
Types o    Clippings

o    Narrative
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project

Black Appalachians Oral History Project

Creator Michael A. Cooke
Description The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of approximately twenty-five taped interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. Collected during the early 1990s, many of the interviews include information and history of segregation and integration of schools in and around Montgomery County. The interviewees represented communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest. Transcripts are currently available for six of the interviews.
Call number Ms91-109
Date from 1991
Date to 1991
Geographic school Montgomery County, VA
Size 0.4 cu. ft.; 2 boxes
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00024.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
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Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Montgomery County (Va.)

o    Blacksburg (Va.)

o    Christiansburg (Va.)

o    Elliston (Va.)

o    Riner (Va.)

o    Shawsville (Va.)

o    Wake Forest (Va.)
Types o    Narrative

o    Oral History
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President Walter S. Newman records

President Walter S. Newman records

Creator Office of the Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Description A letter sent by Walter S. Newman of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute to Dr. Louis A. Pardue and Mr. Duncan L. Kinnear. Attached is a copy of a letter from Virginia Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. to T. Justin Moore and attorney from Richmond, VA. The letter gives Almond’s opinions on a court case, Davis vs. Large, et als. in Prince Edward County, VA and its relation to a case in South Carolina regarding segregation. Also attached is a typescript of an unattributed opinion on the fallacy of anti-segregationist arguments.
Call number RG 3/3
Date from 1950
Date to 1951
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 1 document
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00180.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

o    High school students

o    Public schools

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

o    Virginia. Department of Education

o    Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978
Types o    Correspondence

o    Reports
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Black Faculty Staff Caucus (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) newsclippings

Black Faculty Staff Caucus (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) newsclippings

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Set of news clippings related to the Va. Tech Black Faculty and Staff Caucus, the problems of attracting and retaining black faculty and staff, black student concerns, and a partial list of names and addresses divided by year. The list was issued in 1982 and may be the names of black faculty and/or staff between the years 1975 (partial) and 1981.
Call number RG 30/6
Date from 1981
Date to 1992
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
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Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Aaron D. Purcell
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    African American educators

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types Clippings