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WRVA Radio Collection

WRVA Radio Collection 

Creator WRVA Radio
Description The Library of Virginia’s WRVA Radio Collection covers three-quarters of a century, from the station’s founding to the end of the twentieth century. It includes a wide array of materials related to the history of WRVA, including incorporation files, memos, meeting minutes, FCC license renewal applications, and newsletters; materials about its programs and listener responses to its programs; information on specific employees and announcers such as Alden Aaroe, Bertha Hewlett, Tim Timberlake, and others; and publications promoting WRVA and the Richmond area market to advertisers. The collection also includes photographs; sound recordings; and numerous other documents and memorabilia items related to the station. The series of sound recordings included in the WRVA collection includes 637 CDs reformatted with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. These recordings document an astonishing variety of programs, personalities, and events related to the radio station and its development. Popular musical programs and performers, including the Old Dominion Barn Dance and the Corn Cob Pipe Club, figure prominently in this collection, as do the station’s live reports and commentary on news events of local, state, national, and international significance between the 1930s and 1990s. Numerous special anniversary programs broadcast by the station provide a rich body of information on the station and its history, and feature synopses of important news events covered by WRVA throughout its history.
Call number none
Date from 1925
Date to 2000
Geographic school Virginia
Size ca. 48 cubic feet and 637 compact discs
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
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    Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

o    Virginia–Politics and government

o    Radio broadcasting–Virginia
Types o    Broadcast-radio

o    Memorabilia

o    Minutes

o    Organizational Records

o    Photographs

o    Press releases
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1963 Danville (Va.) Civil Rights Case Files 

1963 Danville (Va.) Civil Rights Case Files 

Creator Danville (Va.) Circuit Court.
Description The collection spans the years 1963-1973 and consists of court papers and legal files relating to the 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Danville. These files include bills of particulars, bond records, correspondence, court dockets, court orders, dicta-belts, evidence, judgments, petitions, photographs, receipts, subpoenas, and transcripts of testimony that document the legal aspects of the demonstrations from the Danville Corporation Court to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The summer of 1963 witnessed a wave of civil rights demonstrations throughout the nation. In Danville, Virginia, the leaders of the Danville Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), inspired by events in Birmingham, Alabama, organized a series of protests of their own. Rev. Lawrence G. Campbell, Rev. Alexander I. Dunlap, Julius E. Adams, and Arthur Pinchback, believing that the Danville NAACP under the leadership of Doyle Thomas was too conservative, had founded the Danville SCLC in 1960. These men, along with Rev. Lendall W. Chase, president of the Danville SCLC, took the lead in promoting civil rights in Danville, a city deep in Virginia’s black belt and strong in segregationist sentiment. Throughout 1962, they repeatedly appeared before the Danville City Council to demand black representation on the boards of city agencies and the end of segregation. In August 1962, Campbell, Dunlap, Adams, and Chase signed the Danville Omnibus Integration Suit, filed in federal court that called for the integration of Danville’s hospitals, schools, cemeteries, public buildings, public housing projects, teaching assignments, and city employment opportunities.
Call number Accession 38099
Date from 1963
Date to 1973
Geographic school Danville, VA
Size 5 reels; Dictabelt records; 40 compact discs
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Reproduction prohibited without the authorization of The Library of Virginia. Service copy compact discs are located at barcode 1154881. Barcodes 1161798-1164499 are not for public use, but are reserved for photoduplication requests.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00037.xml
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 students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Southern Christian Leadership Conference

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Danville Omnibus Integration Suit

o    Circuit courts–Virginia
Types o    Government papers

o    Legal documents

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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MacDonald and Associates African-American films 

MacDonald and Associates African-American films 

Creator MacDonald and Associates
Description 130 hours of daily newsreel from May 1956 to September 1959 touches many subjects in the civil rights struggle and other themes of the period.
Call number
Date from 1956
Date to 1959
Geographic school Virginia
Size 130 hours of daily newsreel
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Library of Congress
Repository address 101 Independence Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20540
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Library of Congress
Repository contact email mpref@loc.gov
Repository contact phone (202) 707-9779
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American athletes

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Discrimination in housing

o    King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

o    Ku Klux Klan (1915- )

o    Lynching

o    School integration–Arkansas–Little Rock

o    School integration–Tennessee–Clinton

o    School integration–Virginia
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education oral history collection 

Brown v. Topeka Board of Education oral history collection 

Creator Kansas State Historical Society
Description This collection provides a look at the background surrounding the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka from those who, in one way or another, were involved with the cases before they reached the Supreme Court.
Call number Manuscript Collection No. 251; Audiotapes: 35-10-05-05 to 35-10-05-06.
Date from 1991
Date to 1996
Geographic school Virginia
Size 2 cu. ft. (3-5″ document cases and 1 cu. ft. box); 115 audiotapes.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.kshs.org/p/brown-v-topeka-board-of-education-oral-history-collection-at-the-kansas-state-historical-society-fin/13997
Repository Kansas Historical Society State Archives
Repository address 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099
Repository contact name Bob Knecht
Repository contact title
Repository contact email reference@kshs.org
Repository contact phone (785) 272-8681
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American students

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Discrimination in education

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Segregation in education

o    Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc.

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

o    Sound recordings
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Integration: The African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Integration: The African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description Includes two interviews and a monograph about integration in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Explores social, political, economic, and educational perspectives, with a review of various individuals and organizations supporting equality issues and black rights.
Call number SdArch 15
Date from 1865
Date to 1965
Geographic school Harrisonburg, VA
Size 2 audio cassettes; 2 transcripts; 1 monograph
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education–Virginia
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Lucy Simms: Oral History Interview 

Lucy Simms: Oral History Interview 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description Background paper includes a brief biography of Lucy Simms, African American educator, from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sets of oral history transcripts include the recollections of Mrs. Carlotta Harris, Mr. Edgar Johnson and wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Johnson, Louise Winston, and Mr. Elon Rhodes, former students of Lucy Simms, and Ellen Walker, current owner of the Lucy Simms house.
Call number
Date from 2000
Date to
Geographic school Harrisonburg, VA
Size 1 photograph;  4 audio cassettes; 4 transcripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American politicians

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American Perspective Oral History Project 

School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American Perspective Oral History Project 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description This collection of five oral histories explores the integration of schools in Virginia. The archive also includes the ‘African Americans in Harrisonburg’ oral history tapes.
Call number
Date from
Date to
Geographic school Waynesboro, VA
Size 7 audio cassettes; 5 transcripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

Creator Special Collections JMU History
Description Betty Kilby Fisher moved to the Warren County area as a young girl. She attended a segregated elementary school in Warren County. Upon her graduation from the seventh grade her father filed a case with the NAACP to integrate the Warren County High School.
Call number
Date from 2006
Date to
Geographic school Warren County, VA
Size 3 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    School integration

o    Shenandoah River Valley (Va. And W. Va.)
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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With profound regret [sound recording] : Remembering the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education 

With profound regret [sound recording] : Remembering the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education 

Creator Fuqua International Communications Center
Description Donald P. Baker, former Washington Post editor and author, produces an exploration of the closing of the Prince Edward County, Virginia, public schools during the era of massive resistance in the 1950s and 1960s.
Call number
Date from 1953
Date to 1969
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 1 sound disc (80 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.hsc.edu/Library.html
Repository Hampden-Sydney College
Repository address Bortz Library, 257 Via Sacra, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bortz Library
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (434) 223-6190
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    Public schools

o    Segregation in education

o    School integration

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Thornton, Saranna

o    Emmons, Caroline S.

o    Heinemann, Ronald L.

o    Baker, Donald P.

o    Hampden-Sydney College
Types Interviews
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Symposiums on the Prince Edward County schools closings 

Symposiums on the Prince Edward County schools closings 

Creator Hampden-Sydney College Library
Description This collection consists of video recordings of symposiums on the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the Prince Edward County schools closings.
Call number Call no LA380.P7 P7 Call no LA380.P74 C56 2009
Date from 1999 and 2009
Date to
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 6 videocassettes (VHS format); 6 videodiscs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libguides.hsc.edu/library
Repository Hampden-Sydney College
Repository address Bortz Library, 257 Via Sacra, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Bortz Library
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (434) 223-6190
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government
Types o    Speeches

o    Video recordings