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George Mason University Public Relations press releases 

George Mason University Public Relations press releases 

Creator George Mason University Office of University Relations
Description Contains information and recruitment on African-American students at George Mason University. Includes: Recruitment of black students to George Mason University By Andrew Evans(Box 4, Folder 55); George Mason University elects first black woman as S.G. President (Box 5, Folder 53); Information seminar, graduate program for blacks (Box 23, Folder 113).
Call number R0004
Date from 1966
Date to 1989
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size Unknown
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/gmuunivrelationspr.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Universities and colleges–Public relations

o    George Mason University
Types Manuscripts
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League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records

League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records

Creator League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area
Description Documents, letters, ephemera relating to “school crisis” of desegregation in Fairfax schools. Material from the 1950s and 1960s.
Call number C0031
Date from 1954
Date to 1966
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size 2 folders – School crisis 1954-1966 (box 75 folders 4 and 5)
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Manuscripts
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Armistead Boothe collection, 1920-1983

Armistead Boothe collection, 1920-1983

Creator Boothe, Armistead Leon (1907-1990)
Description Armistead Lloyd Boothe (1907-1990) was a lawyer and state legislator from Alexandria, Virginia. Boothe attended Episcopal High School, the University of Virginia, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He and his wife, Elizabeth Peele Boothe, were married in 1934.

Boothe served as a Democratic Virginia state legislator from 1948-1963. He was a prominent member of a group of legislators known as the “Young Turks” who opposed the entrenched establishment politicians of Virginia government. As noted in a 1970 news release, “he became perhaps best known for his consistent political fight, from 1954 on, to keep the public schools of the State open” after Virginia threatened to eliminate the mandate for public schools in order to oppose the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision requiring school integration.

Boothe also served as a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg. A lifelong Episcopalian, he left politics and the law in 1970 to serve as the Director of Development at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Boothe died in 1990.

The collection documents the life and political career of Armistead L. Boothe from his school days in Alexandria, Virginia, in the early 1920s to his role as Director of Development at Virginia Theological Seminary in the 1970s and his retirement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Included are certificates, a few photos, and a letter from Boothe’s time as a student at Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia, travel and bank documents from his time in England in the 1920s and 1930s, and newspaper articles, speeches and writings, press releases, campaign materials, and correspondence from his days as a lawyer, politician, and director of development at Virginia Theological Seminary. Of particular interest is a 1969 letter to the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who was killed in the accident at Chappaquiddick in Ted Kennedy’s car. Also included in the collection are Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia briefs dating from the 1940s to the 1960s, as well as correspondence, agendas, news articles, etc, from Boothe’s role as a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg.
Call number C0268
Date from 1920
Date to 1983
Geographic school Virginia (commonweath-wide)
Size
1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions  —–
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/boothe.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion Region 6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

o    Virginia, Northern

o    Public Schools of the District of Columbia
Types manuscripts
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Meetings Re: Black recruitment: George Mason University 

Meetings Re: Black recruitment 

Creator George Mason University Office of the President
Description Contains information on meetings regarding black student recruitment at George Mason University (located in box 14, folder 13).
Call number R0019
Date from 1971
Date to 1971
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size Unknown
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/gmupresident.html#series3
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    George Mason University

o    Universities and colleges–Administration

o    Universities and colleges–Public relations
Types o    Minutes

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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Dean of Students Papers 

Dean of Students Papers 

Creator Dean of Students, Emory and Henry College
Description The Dean of Students Papers reflect a wide range of academic and other matters affecting the lives of Emory and Henry students. This collection contains substantive information about aspects of the process of desegregating Emory and Henry College in the 1960s and 1970s.
Call number
Date from 1950s
Date to
Geographic school Emory, VA
Size 10 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Collection is unprocessed. Permission of the archivist is required for access.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Emory and Henry College, Archives and Special Collections
Repository address P.O. Box 947 Emory, VA 24327
Repository contact name Robert J. Vejnar, II
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email rvejnar@ehc.edu
Repository contact phone (276) 944-6668
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Correspondence

o    Organizational Records
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Minutes of Meetings of the Emory and Henry College Board of Trustees

Minutes of Meetings of the Emory and Henry College Board of Trustees

Creator Emory and Henry Board of Trustees
Description Minute books of the Emory and Henry Board of Trustees for the period 1945 to 1965 contain entries reflecting the steps considered, rejected, and taken in the desegregation process for the college. The minute books for in the custody of the archives are open to the public.
Call number
Date from 1837
Date to 2011
Geographic school Emory, VA
Size 6 volumes
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Minutes for the last 75 years are restricted. Contact the archivist for instructions on how to request permission for access from the Board of Trustees.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Emory and Henry College, Archives and Special Collections
Repository address P.O. Box 947 Emory, VA 24327
Repository contact name Robert J. Vejnar, II
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email rvejnar@ehc.edu
Repository contact phone (276) 944-6668
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types Manuscripts
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Emory and Henry Alumni Records

Emory and Henry Alumni Records

Creator Alumni Office
Description Records were used by Scott David Arnold in the preparation of his Master’s thesis (The Integration of Emory and Henry College) for the University of Richmond, 1996. Mr. Arnold was granted permission by the Alumni Office to review the records, and permission will be needed for any future access by researchers.-.
Call number n/a
Date from
Date to
Geographic school Emory, VA
Size unknown
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Material in the possession of the Alumni Office. Contact Emory and Henry archivist for instructions regarding access.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Emory and Henry College, Archives and Special Collections
Repository address P.O. Box 947 Emory, VA 24327
Repository contact name Robert J. Vejnar, II
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email rvejnar@ehc.edu
Repository contact phone (276) 944-6668
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Organizational Records

o    Pamphlets
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Papers of President Earl Hunt, Jr.

Papers of President Earl Hunt, Jr.

Creator Earl Hunt, Jr.
Description President Earl Hunt encouraged and oversaw the integration of Emory and Henry College. His papers while president reflect these efforts. The collection is unprocessed and requires permission from the archivist to access.
Call number
Date from 1956
Date to 1964
Geographic school Emory, VA
Size 9 l.f.. (22 boxes)
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Collection is unprocessed. Permission of the archivist is required for access.
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Emory and Henry College, Archives and Special Collections
Repository address P.O. Box 947 Emory, VA 24327
Repository contact name Robert J. Vejnar, II
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email rvejnar@ehc.edu
Repository contact phone (276) 944-6668
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Correspondence

o    Organizational Records
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Scott David Arnold Thesis Research Collection

Scott David Arnold Thesis Research Collection 

Creator Scott David Arnold
Description Collection consists of research material gathered or created by Mr. Arnold in pursuit of his Master’s thesis: The Integration of Emory and Henry College. Materials include questionnaires; correspondence; oral interviews; legal documents; college catalogs; and books and readings related to segregation, civil rights, and the southern integration process.
Call number Accession # 2005-03
Date from 2005
Date to 2005
Geographic school Emory, VA
Size 1 document box
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Emory and Henry College, Archives and Special Collections
Repository address P.O. Box 947 Emory, VA 24327
Repository contact name Robert J. Vejnar, II
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email rvejnar@ehc.edu
Repository contact phone (276) 944-6668
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Benjamin Muse Papers 

Benjamin Muse Papers 

Creator Benjamin Muse
Description Papers of Benjamin Muse, politician, journalist, experimental farmer, and civil rights activist. In 1959 Muse was given a post on the Southern Regional Council (formerly the Committee on Interracial Cooperation) and was director of their leadership project from 1959-1964. Included in the collection are fifteen speeches on the race question delivered in various places in the South. Also are drafts and notes on three of his books dealing with race relations: Virginia’s Massive Resistance, Ten Years of Prelude, and The American Negro Revolution. Of particular interest is the “Memoranda,” reports issued to the SRC on his conversations with Southern leaders and observations on race relations made during the five years he spent traveling through the South, when integration and the Civil Rights Movement were having their biggest impact. While predominantly conversations with white men, these reports provided detailed accounts of school desegregation, lunch counter sit-ins, and student activism throughout the south. As such they provide context for the lives of southern African-American women in the early 1960s.
Call number
Date from 1919
Date to 1973
Geographic school Reston, VA
Size 747 Items
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Duke Special Collection Library, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture
Repository address David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Box 90185, Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0185
Repository contact name Kelly Wooten
Repository contact title
Repository contact email http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/ask/index.html
Repository contact phone (919) 660-5967
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    Muse, Benjamin

o    Southern Regional Council
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents