Resources for Research on the Desegregation of Virginia Schools – Page 5 – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

November 2, 2018

Papers of John M. Gandy

Papers of John M. Gandy

Creator	John M. Gandy
Description	In 1914 John Gandy became the third president of what is now Virginia State University. As president he oversaw the schools development which included becoming the “Land Grant College” for blacks in Virginia in 1920, the return of the college department in 1923 and the name changed from V. N. & I. I. to Virginia State college for Negroes in 1930 and the establishment of the graduate school in 1937. While president of the University, he also served as : President of the Association of Negro Land Grant College, President of the Virginia State Teachers Association, and President of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. He was also a member of several boards and a member of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. He served as President of Virginia State University until he retired in 1943 and as President Emeritus until his death in 1947.
Call number	1947-2
Date from	1914
Date to	1917
Geographic school	Petersburg, VA
Size	Unknown
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URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00002.xml
Repository	Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name	Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title	University Archivist
Repository contact email	ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 524-5749
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o Segregation in higher education o Virginia State University
Types	o Annual reports o Clippings o Correspondence o Memorabilia o Narrative o Obituaries o Organizational Records o Photographs o Proceedings o Reports

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018

Papers of Amanda E. DeHart

Papers of Amanda E. DeHart

Creator	Amanda E. DeHart
Description	Amanda DeHart, a graduate of St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, taught cosmetology at Christiansburg Institute from 1952 until 1966. In 1976, Mrs. DeHart and a number of other individuals formed the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association. Mrs. DeHart was a native of Pulaski County, attended both the Calfee Industrial School and Christiansburg. In 1988, Mrs. DeHart gave to Virginia State University her papers, many of which document the History of African American Education in Southwest Virginia. Mrs. DeHart and James W. Smith, professor of History at Virginia State University co-authored The Christiansburg Institute: A Proud Heritage in 1991.
Call number	1988-61
Date from	1920
Date to	1989
Geographic school	Christiansburg, VA
Size	Unknown
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URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00025.xml
Repository	Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name	Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title	University Archivist
Repository contact email	ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 524-5749
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Segregation o High school students o Middle school students o Public schools o Segregation in education o Christiansburg Industrial Institute
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Memorabilia o Photographs

November 2, 2018

Virginia Teachers Association papers

Virginia Teachers Association papers

Creator	Virginia Teachers Association
Description	Contains documents and items pertaining to the Virginia Teachers Association and African Americans Teachers Association. Box 60 includes, the book “A psychological study of delinquent and non-delinquent negro boys” by Robert Daniel Ph.D. (1932), correspondence in regard to the closing of the schools in Prince Edward County, receipts, other various correspondence, lists of teachers and subjects taught, lists of teachers displaced by school closings in various counties, membership lists, and clippings.
Call number	Acc. #1969-14, box 60
Date from	1932, 1959
Date to	1966
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
Size	.45 cubic ft.
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Repository	Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name	Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title	University Archivist
Repository contact email	ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 524-5749
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights 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 Tutors and tutoring o Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County o Public schools–Virginia–Northumberland County o Public schools–Virginia–Nottoway County o Public schools–Virginia –Orange County
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018

Oliver Hill Papers

Oliver Hill Papers

Creator	Oliver Hill, Sr.
Description	Oliver Hill became part of the national conscience in 1948, when he won a seat on the Richmond City Council. In 1950 he was appointed a public member of the President’s Committee on Contract Compliance. Along with other prominent lawyers, he became co-counsel for many civil-rights lawsuits including Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County(1951)which became one of five cases collected under Brown v. Board of Education (1954)resulting in the decision that “separate but equal” facilities were unconstitutional. During the 1960s, Hill worked with the Federal Housing Commission and became partner in the firm of Hill, Tucker, and Marsh. Over the years, Hill also served on many boards and received numerous awards for his invaluable contributions to society. Oliver Hill passed away on August 5, 2007 in Richmond, Virginia. Unprocessed collection includes: newspaper articles, letters of correspondence, reports for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), lecture notes, and speeches.
Call number	2005. _ (incomplete/unassigned) Box 30
Date from	1954
Date to	1998
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	unknown
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Access restrictions	Still in process, not yet available for research.
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Repository	Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name	Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title	University Archivist
Repository contact email	ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 524-5749
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 integration o Segregation in education o Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education–Trials, litigation, etc. o Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc. o Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County o Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007 o National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

November 2, 2018

Prince Edward County Free School 1963-67

Prince Edward County Free School 1963-67

Creator	Prince Edward County Free School
Description	Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edward’s schools to reopen. Because the black children in the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for hundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports, photographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.
Call number	Acc. #1969-38
Date from	1963
Date to	1967
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA
Size	CA 50,000 items
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URL	http://library.vsu.edu/collection/archivcoll.htm
Repository	Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name	Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title	University Archivist
Repository contact email	ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 524-5749
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–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Tutors and tutoring
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

November 2, 2018

Integration–25th anniversary of first black cadets at VMI

Integration–25th anniversary of first black cadets at VMI

Creator	Public Broadcasting Service
Description	This local PBS feature, titled “Integration–25th Anniversary of First Black Cadets at VMI” (1989), deals with the first five black students to enter the Virginia Military Institute and includes interviews of the three that graduated.
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Date from	1989
Date to
Geographic school	Lexington, VA
Size	1 video recording
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URL	http://www.vmi.edu/archives/home/
Repository	Virginia Military Institute
Repository address	Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute, 345 Letcher Avenue, Lexington, VA 24450
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Virginia Military Institute. Archives
Repository contact email	archives@vmi.edu
Repository contact phone	(540) 464-7516
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American college students–Virginia o Civil rights movements–Virginia o College integration o School integration–Virginia o Virginia Military Institute o Race relations
Types	o Interviews o Video recordings

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018

Doherty, James Louis papers (1932-)

Doherty, James Louis papers (1932-)

Creator	Doherty, James Louis (1932-)
Description	Author, of Richmond, Va. Correspondence while serving as chairman of the West End Concerned Parents and Friends, pertaining to desegregation of schools and the publication of Doherty’s book, Race and Education in Richmond (1972), ms. of the book, and essays and reports. Correspondents include Mary Ellen Anderson, Ryland V. Bailey, Myron Berman, John A. Blackburn, Thomas J. Bliley, Callendine Boushall, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Wilson Walker Cowen, Virginia A. Crockford, William V. Daniel, Earle Dunford, William O. Edwards, Harry Elmore, James D. Farrar, James A. Forbes, William J. Frable, William S. Griffith, Ruth Alice N. Halsband, Clement F. Haynsworth, Robert P. Hildrup, Robert G. Holland, Linwood Holton, Robert Pendleton Hunt, Laurence H. Levy, Nancy G. Levy, Albert Ray Merchent, Walter Frederick Mondale, Herbert C. Mudie, Edwin P. Munson, Richard D. Obenshain, Jacob M. Orndorff, Delano Page, Thomas Fraser Pettigrew, William Edward Poe, Thomas N. Pollard, Wayland W. Rennie,and Joseph M. Salmon.
Call number	MS 77-630
Date from	1969
Date to	1972
Geographic school	Richmond, VA
Size	155 items
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Repository	Virginia Historical Society
Repository address	428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220
Repository contact name	L. Eileen Parris
Repository contact title	Archivist
Repository contact email	eparris@vahistorical.org
Repository contact phone	(804) 358-4901
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Busing for school integration o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o Authors, American–Virginia o Anderson, Mary Ellen o Bailey, Ryland V. o Berman, Myron, 1928- o Blackburn, John A. o Bliley, Thomas J. (Thomas Jerome), 1932- o Boushall, Thomas Callendine, 1894- o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Cowen, Wilson Walker, 1934-1987 o Dunford, Earle
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 25, 2018

Not Our Children

Not Our Children

Creator	Phoenix Productions, Inc.
Description	Oral histories collected in 1992 by Ken Hoen and Laurie Hoen as research for a documentary film on the closing of the Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., public schools, 1959-1963, in response to federally-ordered desegregation.
Call number	Mss15 N8437 a
Date from	1959
Date to	1963
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA
Size	15 items (printed booklet and 14 audio cassettes)
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Repository	Virginia Historical Society
Repository address	428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220
Repository contact name	L. Eileen Parris
Repository contact title	Archivist
Repository contact email	eparris@vahistorical.org
Repository contact phone	(804) 358-4901
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students–Virginia o African Americans–Civil rights–Virginia o Civil rights movements–Virginia o Prince Edward County (Va.) o Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education
Types	o Interviews o Manuscripts o Sound recordings o Transcripts

October 25, 2018

Voices of Freedom collection

Voices of Freedom collection

Creator	Virginia Commonwealth University. Special Collections and Archives
Description	This collection contains oral histories involving various subjects with the Civil Rights Movement.
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Date from	2002
Date to	2003
Geographic school	Virgina
Size	11 videocassettes; 11 RealMedia files; 11 transcripts; 11 photographs
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URL	http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_voices.php?CISOROOT=/voices
Repository	Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name	Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email	libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 828-1108
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American churches o African Americans–Civil rights o Civil rights movements o King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc. o Southern Christian Leadership Conference o Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education–Trials, litigation, etc. o Voter registration
Types	o Interviews o Transcripts o Video recordings

October 25, 2018

African-American Richmond: Educational Segregation and Desegregation

African-American Richmond: Educational Segregation and Desegregation

Creator	Virginia Commonwealth University
Description	This portion of the VBHA is comprised of fourteen oral history interviews conducted in 1992 by Virginia Commonwealth University students with African-Americans residing in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. While the interviews focused on the educational experiences of these individuals, other subjects and issues affecting the lives of African-Americans were also discussed by the participants. The typed transcripts of the oral histories were scanned in 1994 to be included in the Virginia Black History Archives database and are accessible from this site.
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Date from	1992
Date to	1992
Geographic school	Richmond, VA
Size	14 interviews
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Repository	Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name	Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email	libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 828-1108
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 Black History Archives Database
Types	Oral History