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Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Creator William James McKeefery
Description In 1968 the post of Executive Vice President was established. William James McKeefery was the second Executive Vice President, succeeding Warren Brandt. This collection contains the correspondence and other official files of McKeefery during his tenure as Executive Vice-President. The bulk of the collection relates to other university concerns but files related to desegregation include a 1972 report titled “A Study of the Black Student Enrollment at the University (box 20, folder 798); a 1970 list of affirmative action recommendations that the university should implement or consider (box 19, folder 787), and the university’s response to an Office of Civil Rights compliance review in 1973 (box 23, folder 966).
Call number RG 4/2
Date from 1969
Date to 1973
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 26 cu. ft.
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00637.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–Segregation

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Correspondence

o    Organizational Records
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School of Education/Record Group 1927-1961

School of Education/Record Group 1927-1961

Creator School of Education, Virginia State University
Description The Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute was charted on March 6, 1882. With the following mandate to provide equality for the higher education of the colored youth and to furnish competent teachers for the colored schools of the state. with this charter the first state supported school in Virginia for teachers was established. During the first twenty-three years, 1883-1906, the Normal Department offered a single three-year curriculum consisting partly of elementary and high school subjects including music, drawing, sewing, cooking, physical “culture” and partly of education courses: the science and art of teaching, moral philosophy, psychology and “general reviews”. The movement toward specialization began in 1909, when students were permitted to select teaching, domestic science or art, agriculture, mechanical drawing, or business. Graduation from high school was first required for entrance to teacher-training courses in 1915. When the four-year college curriculum was reinstated by the state in 1923, the Bachelor of Science degree in education was the first to be accredited as a “Class a teachers college. In 1925, the college was offered its first differentiated curricula for the separate training of high school and supervisors, and teachers of public school music. A major in physical education followed in 1926; the department of secondary education emerged in 1930 offering a curriculum for secondary school principals and teachers; and the department of art was offered in 1933. With the introduction of liberal arts in 1930, the department of education became the Division of Education, a separate administrative unit of the College offering the four curricula organized by the departments of elementary education, secondary education, music and physical education. With the introduction of liberal arts in 1930, the department of education became the Division of Education, a separate administrative unit of the College. The division of education became The School of Education in the 1960’s. In 1995 The School of Education was emerged with The School of Humanities and Social Science therefore becoming the School of Liberal Arts and Education.
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Date from 1927
Date to 1965
Geographic school Petersburg, VA
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00055.xml;query=;brand=default
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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 higher education

o    Virginia State University
Types o    Annual reports

o    Correspondence

o    Minutes

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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Luther Porter Jackson Family papers 

Luther Porter Jackson Family Papers 

Creator Luther Porter Jackson Family
Description The Luther Porter Jackson is one of the most valuable manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State University lived and worked during an era when the concept of black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was the time of “Jim Crowism.” Segregation was not “de facto,” it was legal and challenged by few people, black and white. During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a number of political and civil rights organizations developed into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements. Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C. White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others. Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business League. In addition to correspondence with major political and civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting relationship with others across the U.S. The business or office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950 include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois, Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others. The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets, financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches, newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and Jackson’s research materials, as well as correspondence and records in regard to the Virginia Teachers Association and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
Call number 1952-l
Date from 1772
Date to 1960
Geographic school Petersburg, VA, Virginia
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00009.xml
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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

o    Virginia State University

o    Virginia Teachers Association

o    Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc.

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Virginia Voters League
Types o    Annual reports

o    Correspondence

o    Diaries

o    Financial records

o    Memorabilia

o    Minutes

o    Organizational Records

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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Papers of John M. Gandy 

Papers of John M. Gandy 

Creator John M. Gandy
Description In 1914 John Gandy became the third president of what is now Virginia State University. As president he oversaw the schools development which included becoming the “Land Grant College” for blacks in Virginia in 1920, the return of the college department in 1923 and the name changed from V. N. & I. I. to Virginia State college for Negroes in 1930 and the establishment of the graduate school in 1937. While president of the University, he also served as : President of the Association of Negro Land Grant College, President of the Virginia State Teachers Association, and President of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. He was also a member of several boards and a member of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. He served as President of Virginia State University until he retired in 1943 and as President Emeritus until his death in 1947.
Call number 1947-2
Date from 1914
Date to 1917
Geographic school Petersburg, VA
Size Unknown
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00002.xml
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia State University
Types o    Annual reports

o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Memorabilia

o    Narrative

o    Obituaries

o    Organizational Records

o    Photographs

o    Proceedings

o    Reports
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Papers of Amanda E. DeHart

Papers of Amanda E. DeHart

Creator Amanda E. DeHart
Description Amanda DeHart, a graduate of St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, taught cosmetology at Christiansburg Institute from 1952 until 1966. In 1976, Mrs. DeHart and a number of other individuals formed the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association. Mrs. DeHart was a native of Pulaski County, attended both the Calfee Industrial School and Christiansburg. In 1988, Mrs. DeHart gave to Virginia State University her papers, many of which document the History of African American Education in Southwest Virginia. Mrs. DeHart and James W. Smith, professor of History at Virginia State University co-authored The Christiansburg Institute: A Proud Heritage in 1991.
Call number 1988-61
Date from 1920
Date to 1989
Geographic school Christiansburg, VA
Size Unknown
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00025.xml
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Segregation in education

o    Christiansburg Industrial Institute
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Memorabilia

o    Photographs
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Virginia Teachers Association papers

Virginia Teachers Association papers

Creator Virginia Teachers Association
Description Contains documents and items pertaining to the Virginia Teachers Association and African Americans Teachers Association. Box 60 includes, the book “A psychological study of delinquent and non-delinquent negro boys” by Robert Daniel Ph.D. (1932), correspondence in regard to the closing of the schools in Prince Edward County, receipts, other various correspondence, lists of teachers and subjects taught, lists of teachers displaced by school closings in various counties, membership lists, and clippings.
Call number Acc. #1969-14, box 60
Date from 1932, 1959
Date to 1966
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
Size .45 cubic ft.
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Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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    Tutors and tutoring

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Public schools–Virginia–Northumberland County

o    Public schools–Virginia–Nottoway County

o    Public schools–Virginia –Orange County
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Oliver Hill Papers

Oliver Hill Papers

Creator Oliver Hill, Sr.
Description Oliver Hill became part of the national conscience in 1948, when he won a seat on the Richmond City Council. In 1950 he was appointed a public member of the President’s Committee on Contract Compliance. Along with other prominent lawyers, he became co-counsel for many civil-rights lawsuits including Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County(1951)which became one of five cases collected under Brown v. Board of Education (1954)resulting in the decision that “separate but equal” facilities were unconstitutional. During the 1960s, Hill worked with the Federal Housing Commission and became partner in the firm of Hill, Tucker, and Marsh. Over the years, Hill also served on many boards and received numerous awards for his invaluable contributions to society. Oliver Hill passed away on August 5, 2007 in Richmond, Virginia. Unprocessed collection includes: newspaper articles, letters of correspondence, reports for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), lecture notes, and speeches.
Call number 2005. _ (incomplete/unassigned) Box 30
Date from 1954
Date to 1998
Geographic school Virginia
Size unknown
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Access restrictions Still in process, not yet available for research.
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Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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 integration

o    Segregation in education

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

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

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Prince Edward County Free School 1963-67

Prince Edward County Free School 1963-67

Creator Prince Edward County Free School
Description Between the years 1959 and 1963, there were no public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After five long years the County and State allowed Prince Edward’s schools to reopen. Because the black children in the county had no school during this period of time (the white students attended an all white academy) it was thought best to organize a free school which would pave the way for hundreds of young children to return to school after a five year absence. The Prince Edward County, Virginia (free school) papers are the records of that effort. The papers contain correspondence, reports, photographs and other items, which document this sad period in Virginia History.
Call number Acc. #1969-38
Date from 1963
Date to 1967
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size CA 50,000 items
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URL http://library.vsu.edu/collection/archivcoll.htm
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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    Tutors and tutoring
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Doherty, James Louis papers (1932-)

Doherty, James Louis papers (1932-)

Creator Doherty, James Louis (1932-)
Description Author, of Richmond, Va. Correspondence while serving as chairman of the West End Concerned Parents and Friends, pertaining to desegregation of schools and the publication of Doherty’s book, Race and Education in Richmond (1972), ms. of the book, and essays and reports. Correspondents include Mary Ellen Anderson, Ryland V. Bailey, Myron Berman, John A. Blackburn, Thomas J. Bliley, Callendine Boushall, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Wilson Walker Cowen, Virginia A. Crockford, William V. Daniel, Earle Dunford, William O. Edwards, Harry Elmore, James D. Farrar, James A. Forbes, William J. Frable, William S. Griffith, Ruth Alice N. Halsband, Clement F. Haynsworth, Robert P. Hildrup, Robert G. Holland, Linwood Holton, Robert Pendleton Hunt, Laurence H. Levy, Nancy G. Levy, Albert Ray Merchent, Walter Frederick Mondale, Herbert C. Mudie, Edwin P. Munson, Richard D. Obenshain, Jacob M. Orndorff, Delano Page, Thomas Fraser Pettigrew, William Edward Poe, Thomas N. Pollard, Wayland W. Rennie,and Joseph M. Salmon.
Call number MS 77-630
Date from 1969
Date to 1972
Geographic school Richmond, VA
Size 155 items
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Repository Virginia Historical Society
Repository address 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220
Repository contact name L. Eileen Parris
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email eparris@vahistorical.org
Repository contact phone (804) 358-4901
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    Busing for school integration

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Authors, American–Virginia

o    Anderson, Mary Ellen

o    Bailey, Ryland V.

o    Berman, Myron, 1928-

o    Blackburn, John A.

o    Bliley, Thomas J. (Thomas Jerome), 1932-

o    Boushall, Thomas Callendine, 1894-

o    Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013

o    Cowen, Wilson Walker, 1934-1987

o    Dunford, Earle
Types o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Not Our Children

Not Our Children

Creator Phoenix Productions, Inc.
Description Oral histories collected in 1992 by Ken Hoen and Laurie Hoen as research for a documentary film on the closing of the Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., public schools, 1959-1963, in response to federally-ordered desegregation.
Call number Mss15 N8437 a
Date from 1959
Date to 1963
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 15 items (printed booklet and 14 audio cassettes)
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Repository Virginia Historical Society
Repository address 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220
Repository contact name L. Eileen Parris
Repository contact title Archivist
Repository contact email eparris@vahistorical.org
Repository contact phone (804) 358-4901
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American students–Virginia

o    African Americans–Civil rights–Virginia

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts