Sarah Patton Boyle papers 

Sarah Patton Boyle papers 

Creator Boyle, Sarah Patton
Description The collection contains correspondence and material concerning Sarah Patton Boyle’s “The Desegregated Heart” and her “For Human Beings Only”; speeches; editorials; book reviews; and material regarding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Virginia Council on Human Relations, The Congress of Racial Equality, and the Southern Christian leadership Conference. There are also polls, including the “Parker Poll” on desegregation at the University of Virginia, miscellaneous clippings and articles, a scrapbook, and a cross which was burned on Mrs. Boyle’s lawn.
Call number Accession Number 8003-a,-b
Date from 1949
Date to 1970
Geographic school Charlottesville, Prince Edward County, VA, VA
Size ca. 12,000 items
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu02095.xml.frame
Repository University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Repository address P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110
Repository contact name Nicole Bouch
Repository contact title Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email nlb3d@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone (434) 243-1776
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Segregation in higher education

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Virginia Council on Human Relations

o    Congress of Racial Equality

o    Southern Christian leadership Conference

o    University of Virginia

o    Women civil rights workers

o    Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-

Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents