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Norma Becker papers

Norma Becker papers

Creator Becker, Norma
Description Papers, mainly 1963-1968, relating to the social and political concerns of a New York City school teacher. Included are correspondence, form letters, clippings, flyers, newsletters, and other printed matter relating to the United Federation of Teachers’ “Adopt-a-School” program in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1963; its volunteer teaching during the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964; and its support of full integration of New York City schools.
Call number Micro 817
Date from 1961
Date to 1975
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Wisconsin Historical Society; Film
Repository address 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
Repository contact name Eli Brunett
Repository contact title Microfilm Technician
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (608) 264-6460
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
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    Becker, Norma

o    Public schools–Virginia — Prince Edward County

o    Mississippi Freedom Project

o    Public schools–New York (State)–New York
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents

 

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General Files: Washington and Lee University

General Files: Washington and Lee University

Creator Whitehurst, George William
Description Correspondence, maps, proposed legislation on busing.
Call number
Date from 1970
Date to 1979
Geographic school Norfolk and elsewhere in Virginia
Size 8 folders
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Washington and Lee University, Department of Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Washington and Lee University. Special Collections and Archives
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (540) 458-8663
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    Busing for school integration

o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Whitehurst, G. William
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Civil Suits 1957

Civil Suits 1957

Creator Hoffman, Walter E.
Description Includes 1)Decrees, decisions and memoranda from Beckett, Jerome A. Atkins et al v. The School Board of the City of Newport News. 2)Pupil Placement Board orders for Hampton 3)Speech at Admiralty Day luncheon re: desegregation of Norfolk Public Schools.
Call number 2004M:001
Date from 1957
Date to 1957
Geographic school Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton
Size 3 folders
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wl-law/vilxwl00014.document
Repository Washington and Lee University School of Law
Repository address Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Law Library, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-0303
Repository contact name John N. Jacob
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email powell@wlu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 458-8969
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Public schools — Virginia — Newport News

o    Public schools — Virginia — Hampton

o    Hoffman, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1907-1996
Types o    Government papers

o    Legal documents

o    Speeches
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William E. Lavery papers

William E. Lavery papers

Creator William E. Lavery
Description Covering a range of issues and activities occurring during his presidency of Virginia Tech, the collection includes multiple references to Tech’s efforts to meet the U.S. Office of Civil Rights’ requirements for an acceptable Affirmative Action Compliance Plan (e.g. Box 1, Folders 8-10; Box 15, Folder 44), concerns about lack of progress in meeting plan objectives (e.g. Box 4, Folder 16; Box 12, Folder 20; Box 18, Folder 23), statistical data and reports regarding Tech’s progress in increasing minority and female students and faculty (e.g. Box 8, Folders 24-25; Box 9, Folders 23 and 25; Box 12, Folder 20; Box 15, Folder 26; Box 20, Folders 19-20), and other related matters. Folders titled “Civil Rights” and “Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action” are primary sources of desegregation material but other sources of occasional information in this area are in folders titled “Board of Visitors, Report to 1978” containing a speech by Old Dominion University’s president that mentions issues of “duplication” with Norfolk State; “Vice President for Administration 1977” that contains articles quoting Tech professors and students about insufficient progress toward integration; and “State Council of Higher Education 1979” regarding Tech’s hosting of the 1979 Summer Program for Undergraduate Minority Students. Box 15, Folder 43 (titled EO/AA Advisory Committee 1985) includes James Dean’s narrative describing early resistance to and Tech’s efforts toward desegregation at Virginia Tech and in the town Blacksburg.
Call number RG 2/12
Date from 1975
Date to 1987
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 22 cu. ft.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL
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
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Records of the Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech)

Records of the Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech)

Creator Va Tech Board of Visitors
Description The BOV (Board of Visitors) files contain a few references to desegregation issues, including consideration in 1943 of establishing an integrated honorary society, Tau Sigma Delta, to establish a chapter (box 7037,, folder titled “1939-43 Board of Visitors Meetings (letters of to)”); reference to a training session for Negro workers found in the Annual Report of School of Agriculture to VPI Board of Visitors – August 1960 (box 7038, BOV 1950-59, folder titled Annual Board Reports 1960); report by President Newman on 2 matters “having to do with Negroes at VPI (box 9538 BOV 1955-59, volume XXIV); issue of allowing black members of professional groups whose meetings include a meal to eat with the group in college facilities (box 9539 BOV 1950-54, vol. XXI 1953 (addendum after p. 130 of 7-28-53 meeting)); consideration of the request of two Negro students to live on campus (box 9545, BOV 1960-65, vol. XXVIII 1960, meeting of May 10, p. 52; and another consideration of allowing Negro students to live on campus, as well as their attendance at Ring Dance (box 9545, vol. XXIX 1961, Feb 14 meeting).
Call number RG 1
Date from 1943
Date to 1961
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Permission must be sought through the University Archivist.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
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    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Black Alumni Reunion 1999 (Virginia Tech)

Black Alumni 1999 (Virginia Tech)

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Contains materials related to the 1999 Virginia Tech Black Alumni Reunion, including a questionnaire, schedule of events, list of participants (giving current address and year of graduation), two printed articles on Tech’s early black history, “Breaking the Double Barrier The First Black Women at Tech” and “The First Black Students at Virginia Tech,” and a Fall 1998 issue of Diversity News (a publication of Tech’s EOAA Office).
Call number RG 29/8
Date from 1998
Date to 1999
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL
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    Segregation in education
Types o    Maps

o    Memorabilia
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Christiansburg [Virginia] Industrial Institute, Historical Documents

Christiansburg [Virginia] Industrial Institute, Historical Documents

Creator Christiansburg Institute Alumni
Description The Christiansburg Industrial Institute (CII) was founded in 1866 in Cambria (now Christiansburg), Virginia, by Civil War Union Captain Charles S. Shaeffer as a private primary school for black children. Through the support of the Friends Freedmen’s Association in Philadelphia (a Quaker organization), Shaeffer received financial backing for the school. In 1896 Booker T. Washington molded the program to one that would emphasize technical training for blacks. A 185-acre farm was purchased as the school’s campus in 1905. In 1934 the Montgomery County Christiansburg Industrial Institute School Board began its management of the school. CII was converted in 1947 to a regional high school for blacks, and closed in 1966 when the local schools were integrated. The collection consists primarily of writings and reminisces by CII alumni.
Call number MS 91-033
Date from 1866
Date to 1991
Geographic school Montgomery County, VA
Size .4 cu. ft.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00028.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    Private schools

o    Public schools

o    School closings

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Memorabilia

o    Narrative
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Linda Edmonds Scrap Book

Linda Edmonds Scrap Book

Creator Linda Edmonds (Turner)
Description Color photocopy of scrapbook made by Linda Edmonds (Turner), one of the six first six black women students at Virginia Tech that came to the university in 1966. The scrapbook includes materials from her time at Virginia Tech as well as images of her family, her three-room elementary school, and materials related to Dean College where she was assistant vice president.
Call number LD5655 A7942 1997 VPI
Date from 1966
Date to 1996
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 volume
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackwomen/edmondhp.htm
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
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    Dean College (Franklin, Mass.)

o    Turner, Linda Edmonds, 1948-
Types o    Memorabilia

o    Photographs
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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
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
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    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
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
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
DoveRegion region1
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