Category: manuscript collections

Posted on

Danville (VA) civil rights movement collection

Danville (VA) civil rights movement collection 

Creator Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Description This collection includes oral Histories corresponding with the Danville Civil Rights Movement.
Call number
Date from 1960
Date to 1964
Geographic school Danville, VA
Size
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.danvillemuseum.org/exhibitions/2012-exhibits.html
Repository Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
Repository address 975 Main Street, Danville, VA 24541
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Repository contact email cara@danvillemuseum.org
Repository contact phone (434) 793-5644
DoveRegion region2
Subjects o    African American political activists

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights demonstrations

o    Civil rights movements

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
Posted on

Williamsburg documentary project

  Williamsburg documentary project 

Creator Special Collections Research Center
Description The Williamsburg Documentary Project collects materials on a wide variety of topics, but a few particularly rich clusters of materials have accrued around the following topics: African American life, with particular attention to desegregation.
Call number
Date from
Date to
Geographic school Williamsburg, VA
Size approximately 400 oral histories
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/453
Repository College of William and Mary, Special Collections Research Center
Repository address Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary, PO Box 8794, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
Repository contact name
Repository contact title College of William and Mary. Special Collections Research Center
Repository contact email spcoll@wm.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 221-3090
DoveRegion region4
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    College of William and Mary

o    School integration

o    Williamsburg (Va.)
Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
Posted on

Inventory of the Ted Dalton Papers

Inventory of the Ted Dalton Papers

Creator Theodore Roosevelt Dalton
Description Papers, 1933-1978, of Ted Dalton, Virginia state senator, 1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia in 1953 and 1957; and U.S. District judge for the Western District of Virginia. Includes correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film and legal opinions. Subjects covered include Republican Party politics, the Virginia General Assembly, highways, compulsory automobile insurance, segregation, the Gray Commission Report (Commission on Public Education), the College of William and Mary, and Dalton’s appointment as a federal judge. Prominent correspondents include J. Lindsay Almond, Howard Baker, Ezra T. Benson, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald R. Ford, Mills E. Godwin, Albertis S. Harrison, A. Linwood Holton, J. Edgar Hoover, A. E. Dick Howard, Richard Nixon, Davis Y. Paschall, Richard H. Poff, Lewis F. Powell, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens, William M. Tuck, and Edward E. Willey.
Call number Mss. 81 D17
Date from 1933
Date to 1978
Geographic school Virginia
Size 16 boxes
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/wm/viw00037.frame
Repository College of William and Mary, Special Collections Research Center
Repository address Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary, PO Box 8794, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
Repository contact name
Repository contact title College of William and Mary. Special Collections Research Center
Repository contact email spcoll@wm.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 221-3090
DoveRegion region4
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African American–Segregation

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

o    Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999

o    Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995

o    High school students

o    District courts–Virginia

o    Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923-
Types o    Broadcast-radio

o    Memorabilia

o    Minutes

o    Organizational Records

o    Photographs

o    Press releases
Posted on

Chesapeake School Board Minutes

Chesapeake School Board Minutes 

Creator City of Chesapeake
Description Contains minutes and organizational records in regard to the Norfolk County and later City of Chesapeake public schools.
Call number none
Date from pre-Civil War
Date to
Geographic school Norfolk County, Chesapeake
Size unknown
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Researchers must apply for access
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.cpschools.com/school_board/minutes.php
Repository City of Chesapeake School Board
Repository address School Administration Building, 312 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA 23322
Repository contact name
Repository contact title
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone
DoveRegion region3
Subjects o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration
Types o    Government papers

o    Minutes

o    Organizational Records

خرید vpn
خرید vpn

Posted on

Arlington County Public Schools 

Arlington County Public Schools 

Creator Arlington County Virginia School System
Description Contains the incomplete and unofficial records of the Arlington County Virginia School System. Materials include information on School Board candidates, architectural reports and site studies for school buildings, school personnel handbooks, salary and retirement information from the 1950s, reports of citizen advisory councils and task forces on instructional issues, 1950s through the 1970s, and many school publications including newsletters and clippings about Arlington schools, chiefly the 1950s through the 1970s.
Call number Record Group 7
Date from 1946
Date to 1988
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 21 linear ft.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    Public schools

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Clippings

o    Organizational Records

o    Reports
Posted on

Arlington County Public Schools: Desegregation Material 

Arlington County Public Schools: Desegregation Material (link)

Creator Arlington County Virginia School System
Description Information related to the integration of Arlington County public schools, including history, redistricting, pupil distribution, and boundary maps.
Call number Record Group 69
Date from 1954
Date to 1976
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 5.9 linear ft.
Access restrictions yes/no yes
Access restrictions Patron is responsible for obtaining any necessary copyright interests and/or literary rights from the owners/donors/heirs pursuant to publishing any work which cites, reproduces, or interprets non-published materials. Library will not assume responsibility
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration
Types o    Government papers

o    Organizational Records

o    Reports
Posted on

Personal Papers of Henry Gardner, 1951-1984

Personal Papers of Henry Gardner, 1951-1984 

Creator Gardner, Henry
Description This collection has one subgroup: Arlington County Public Schools. All the material relates to this topic. All the material in this collection was either produced by the school system or received by the school system. This is a small collection, offering a snapshot of the type of issues Henry Gardner dealt with during his career with the school system.
Call number RG 66
Date from 1951
Date to 1984
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size .8 linear ft
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libcat.arlingtonva.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1165049__SHenry+Gardner__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    Arlington County (Va.). School Board

o    Segregation in education

o    School integration–Virginia–Arlington County
Types Manuscripts
Posted on

Papers of Barbara Marx (collector), 1950-1965

Papers of Barbara Marx (collector), 1950-1965 

Creator Marx, Barbara Spackman
Description RG 18 houses the collected papers of Barbara Marx, a local civil rights advocate who worked for the desegregation of Arlington schools during the 1950s.The papers reflect Marx’s involvement with many organizations including the NAACP, Arlington Community Action Committee, and Arlingtonians for a Better County.
Call number RG 18
Date from 1950
Date to 1965
Geographic school Arlington County, VA
Size 8.4 linear ft. Photographs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://libcat.arlingtonva.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1104272__SPapers+of+Barbara+Marx+%28collector%29%2C+1950-1965__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
Repository Arlington County Public Library
Repository address Virginia Room, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington County Public Library. Virginia Room.
Repository contact email http://lib.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/ref/AskVaRoom.htm
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5966
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    Arlington County (Va.)

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Race relations

o    School integration–Virginia–Arlington County
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Photographs
Posted on

It’s just me…the integration of the Arlington Public Schools

It’s just me…the integration of the Arlington Public Schools 

Creator Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Description This collection includes the raw interview footage for the documentary film “It’s Just Me…The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools.” Whites and blacks on both sides of the aisle were interviewed.
Call number
Date from 1950s
Date to
Geographic school Arlington, VA
Size 12 videotapes; digital video recordings; photographs; manuscripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://library.arlingtonva.us/2011/08/18/when-arlington-did-the-right-thing/
Repository Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Repository address 816 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA 22204
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Arlington (VA) Educational Television
Repository contact email jstuhldr@arlington.k12.va.us
Repository contact phone (703) 228-5757
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
Posted on

Malcolm H. Stern Papers

Malcolm H. Stern Papers 

Creator Malcolm H. Stern
Description In 1947 Malcolm H. Stern was elected Rabbi of Congregation Ohef Shalom in Norfolk, Virginia, serving there for 17 years. While in Norfolk, Stern spoke out strongly against segregation. His papers regarding this subject is located in Series B. Correspondence, 1950-1993 Norfolk Integration, 1956-1959, of the Malcolm H. Stern papers.
Call number Manuscript Collection No. 626
Date from 1956
Date to 1959
Geographic school Norfolk, VA
Size 1 folder
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository American Jewish Archives
Repository address 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Repository contact name Kevin Proffitt
Repository contact title
Repository contact email http://americanjewisharchives.org/collections/ask/
Repository contact phone (513) 221-1875
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    Ohef Sholom Temple (Norfolk, Va.)

o    Rabbis –United States –Correspondence

o    Stern, Malcolm H.
Types Correspondence