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WTAR-TV Historic Film Collection 

WTAR-TV Historic Film Collection 

Creator WTAR-TV
Description The collection consists of films used by WTAR, a television station in Norfolk Virginia. The entire collection is 4,600 reels of predominately acetate 16mm black and white film dated 1940s – 1980s. About 20 of the films relate to civil rights and school desegregation. These reels include a 1955 portrait of the Supreme Court for a story on Brown v. Board of Education; civil rights protests in North Carolina; and the Special Session of the Virginia Legislature in 1956 when “Massive Resistance” laws were passed to circumvent the Brown decision. Norfolk became a national beacon for resisting integration so films on local school desegregation have broad implications. In addition the collection contains films related to international relations, the military, oceanography and science. A small number of films have been digitized.
Call number MG 112
Date from 1955
Date to 1971
Geographic school Virginia; Norfolk, VA
Size 20 films
Access restrictions yes/no N
Access restrictions Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no N
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 683-4483
DoveRegion region3
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 children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Forrest R. (Hap) White 

Forrest R. (Hap) White 

Creator Forrest R. (Hap) White
Description Former Budget Director for the Norfolk Public Schools. Fourteen untranscribed cassette tapes contain interviews White conducted with politicians, journalists, police and other city officials from 1975 – 1991 as background for his Old Dominion University doctoral dissertation, “School desegregation and urban renewal” and 1992 book, “Pride and Prejudice: School Desegregation and Urban Renewal in Norfolk, 1950-1959”.
Call number MG 96
Date from 1975
Date to 1992
Geographic school Norfolk, VA
Size 14 cassette tapes
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 683-4483
DoveRegion region3
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    White, Forrest R.
Types Oral History
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DOVE Digital Collection 

DOVE Digital Collection 

Creator Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project
Description The DOVE Collection contains materials dated mainly from the early 1950s through the 1960s and 70s. Specific regions represented in the collection are the City of Norfolk, Prince Edward County, Southside Virginia, Charlottesville and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. During a series of tours conducted throughout the state in 2012 and 2013 entitled ‘School Desegregation: Learn, Preserve and Empower,’ nearly 100 oral histories were conducted to allow citizens to talk about their experiences with school desegregation. Photographs, documents, newspaper clippings and other items were also collected at this time and at other times during the DOVE project. Additional material will be added in the future.
Call number MG 104
Date from 1950
Date to 2013
Geographic school Virginia
Size about 200 digital objects – oral histories, transcripts, videos, documents
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://dc.lib.odu.edu/cdm/about/collection/dove
Repository Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 683-4483
DoveRegion region3
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Oral histories
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Interviews with A. Rufus Tonelson and Mark Schweitzer 

Interviews with A. Rufus Tonelson and Mark Schweitzer 

Creator ODU Libraries
Description Interviews with A. Rufus Tonelson, principal of Maury High School during the crisis, and Mark Schweitzer, the son of Paul Schweitzer, that describe the events of the school closings in 1958-1959. These interviews were conducted on December 9, 1975 (Tonelson) and November 16, 1977 (Schweitzer). Part of the Oral History Collection in that these interviews were compiled during research for the various university histories.
Call number Tapes: 66-67 (Tonelson) and 95 (Schweitzer)
Date from 1975
Date to 1977
Geographic school Norfolk, VA
Size Two interviews
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/oral-history-collection.htm
Repository Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 683-4483
DoveRegion region3
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    Maury High School (Norfolk, Va.)

o    Tonelson, A. Rufus

o    Schweitzer, Mark H.
Types Oral History
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Papers of Charles H. Ford 

Papers of Charles H. Ford 

Creator Charles H. Ford
Description Dr. Charles Ford is an interim associate dean and history professor at Norfolk State University. His collection includes material on Ford’s research on African American history and gay cultural and activist groups, primarily the Tidewater AIDS Community Task Force. These materials include correspondence, brochures, convention booklets, financial records, minutes, reports, promotional materials, a corporation agreement, invitations, cards, DVDs featuring lectures given by Dr. Ford, documents created by organizations, and articles from newspapers and magazines. Includes a history of Suburban church in Virginia Beach.
Call number MG 103
Date from 1983
Date to 2011
Geographic school Norfolk, Tidewater Virginia
Size Two document cases
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/ford.htm
Repository Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 683-4483
DoveRegion region3
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Race relations

o    Ford, Charles Howard, 1964- .

o    Norfolk State University (Va.)
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Civil rights recordings 

Civil rights recordings 

Creator Michigan State University. Vincent Voice Library
Description The Vincent Voice Library includes many recordings of speeches, events and interviews related to the civil rights movement. William van den Houvel discusses desegregation in Prince Edward County with Walter Johnson, 1964.
Call number
Date from 1964
Date to
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://vvl.lib.msu.edu
Repository Michigan State University
Repository address Vincent Voice Library, MSU Libraries, 366 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Vincent Voice Library
Repository contact email nicho147@msu.edu
Repository contact phone (517) 884-6470
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    School integration–Virginia–Prince Edward County
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings
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Records of the Madeira School 

Records of the Madeira School 

Creator Madeira School
Description The Madeira School, a boarding school for girls in McLean, Virginia, includes an interview with Kumea Shorter-Gooden ’70. This oral history interview touches on Shorter-Gooden’s experience as one of the first two African-American students integrated in the school.
Call number
Date from 1891
Date to Present
Geographic school McLean, VA
Size manuscripts; 1 audio cassette; 1 transcript
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.madeira.org/academics/library/archives/
Repository Madeira School
Repository address Huffington Library, 8328 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22102
Repository contact name Madeira School. Huffington Library
Repository contact title Head Librarian, Archivist
Repository contact email rbrooks@madeira.org
Repository contact phone (703) 556-8348
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    Boarding schools

o    School integration

o    Single-sex schools
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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J. Lindsey Almond [oral history]

J. Lindsey Almond [oral history]

Creator Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Description J. Lindsay Almond served as a state court judge in Virginia (1933-1945). He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1945-1948). Virginia Attorney General (1948-1957). As Virginia Governor (1958-1962), he opposed southern politicians such as Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, terminating massive political resistance against the desegregation of schools. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1960. Judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1962-1982).
Call number
Date from 1969
Date to 1969
Geographic school Virginia
Size 33 pages
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/oralhistories/detail/2239
Repository Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Repository address 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
Repository contact name
Repository contact title
Repository contact email johnson.library@nara.gov
Repository contact phone (512) 721-0200
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

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

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Governors–Virginia

o    United States. Congress. House

o    Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

o    Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994

o    Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Types Oral History
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Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics with Jim Latimer, Colgate W. Darden, William M. Tuck 

Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics with Jim Latimer, Colgate W. Darden, William M. Tuck 

Creator Library of Virginia
Description An eight-part series of interviews between Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000), former Virginia Democratic governors Colgate W. Darden (1897-1981), and William M. Tuck (1896-1983).
Call number
Date from 1975
Date to
Geographic school Virginia
Size 8 videocassettes (ca. 30 min. each)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements

o    Journalists

o    Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government

o    Civil Rights Act of 1964
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
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Living history makers: an Inquiry into Virginia Politics: J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Governor of Virginia, 1958-1962 

Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics: J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., governor of Virginia, 1958-1962 

Creator Library of Virginia
Description A nine-part series on the life and career of former Virginia governor J. Lindsay Almond (1898-1986), chiefly explored by means of interviews between Almond and Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000).
Call number
Date from 1979
Date to 1980
Geographic school Virginia
Size 9 videocassettes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American lawyers

o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Journalists Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
Creator Library of Virginia
Description A nine-part series on the life and career of former Virginia governor J. Lindsay Almond (1898-1986), chiefly explored by means of interviews between Almond and Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000).
Call number
Date from 1979
Date to 1980
Geographic school Virginia
Size 9 videocassettes
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American lawyers

o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Journalists Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings