manuscript collections – Page 6 – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

October 23, 2018

Commonwealth of Virginia Desegregation records

Commonwealth of Virginia Desegregation records

Creator	Commonwealth of Virginia
Description	Defunct Series – documents the desegregation of public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia between 1952 and 1978. Files documenting desegregation may also be found in Series 008111, “School System Studies and Reports: Final Record Copy – Historically Significant”, Series 008117, “Superintendent’s Administrative Records: Policy and Program Development”, and Series 008118, “Superintendent’s Legal Opinions File”.
Call number	none
Date from	1952
Date to	1978
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	unknown
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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URL
Repository	University of Richmond Libraries
Repository address	Boatwright Memorial Library, 28 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond, VA 23173
Repository contact name	Jim Gwin
Repository contact title
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(804) 289-8876
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 o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Virginia. Department of Education
Types	o Government papers o Reports

October 23, 2018

Southern Regional Council records

Southern Regional Council Records

Creator	Southern Regional Council
Description	The Southern Regional Council was formed as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation in 1919, with the goals of improving relations between blacks and whites and achieving an unsegregated society. In 1944, the Commission was succeeded by the Southern Regional Council, a non-profit and non-denominational organization which was founded to continue to strive for racial equality and harmony in the South. The Southern Regional Council is organized into State Divisions and local groups, with its main headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. A basic function of the Southern Regional Council is to provide factual information on race relations and related matters to individuals and public, private, and official agencies. To this end, a library and research facility are maintained, original studies are undertaken and published, and special projects and services are supported. In addition, such Southern Regional Council publications as New South help to advance the objectives of the organization. This collection consists of annual reports of the executive director, brochures, memoranda, news releases, published and mimeographed reports, research projects, special reports, speeches, and studies. Three items are of particular interest: “A Report on School Desegregation for 1960-1961, 1960″, ” Sanctuaries for Tradition: Virginia’s New Private Schools by Mary Ellen Goodman, 1961″ and ” School Desegregation: Old Problems Under a New Law, 1965″
Call number	SRC
Date from	1944
Date to	1966
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	1 linear ft.
Access restrictions yes/no	n
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URL
Repository	University of Illinois at Chicago
Repository address	801 S. Morgan Street, Room 3-330 Chicago IL
Repository contact name	Sonia Yaco
Repository contact title	Asst. Professor & Special Collections Librarian
Repository contact email	http://library.uic.edu/home/services/ask-a-librarian
Repository contact phone	(312) 996-2742
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	Southern Regional Council
Types	o Reports o Speeches o Brochures

October 23, 2018

The faculty papers of Ernest Trice Thompson

The faculty papers of Ernest Trice Thompson

Creator	Ernest Trice Thompson
Description	Union Presbyterian Seminary houses the faculty papers of Ernest Trice Thompson (1894-1985). He was Professor of Church History at Union for many years, and editor of The Presbyterian Outlook; he also wrote the definitive history Presbyterians in the South (1963). Ernest Trice Thompson was a strong advocate for a Social Gospel interpretation of Christian life, and therefore an early and persistent voice for desegregation, at a time when this position was a costly one within the white Southern Presbyterian Church.
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Date from	1922
Date to	1964
Geographic school	Richmond, VA
Size	unknown
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Repository	Union Presbyterian Seminary Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 3401 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227
Repository contact name	Dr. Paula Skreslet
Repository contact title	Reference and Archives Librarian
Repository contact email	pskreslet@upsem.edu
Repository contact phone
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Race relations o Thompson, Ernest Trice, 1894-1985 o Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) o Union Presbyterian Seminary o Theologians–United States
Types	o Correspondence o Reports

October 23, 2018

Mapping local knowledge, Danville, Va., 1945-75

Mapping local knowledge, Danville, Va., 1945-75

Creator	The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Description	Approximately thirty oral histories explore the civil rights movement in Danville, Virginia. Particular emphasis is placed on the sit-in at the Danville Public Library and subsequent court case that eventually led to the desegregation of the library
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Date from	1998
Date to	2005
Geographic school	Danville, VA
Size	30 oral histories
Access restrictions yes/no
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URL	http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/cslk/danville/index.html
Repository	The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Repository address	Alderman Library, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400115, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4115
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(434) 924-4527
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American political activists o African American politicians o African Americans–Civil rights o Civil rights movements–Virginia School integration
Types	o Manuscripts o Photographs o Sound recordings o Transcripts

October 23, 2018

Reed Sarratt papers

Reed Sarratt papers

Creator	Sarratt, Reed
Description	Correspondence, writings, notes, and other items of North Carolina journalist Reed Sarratt, whose career took him from editorial posts at the Charlotte News and the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel to directorships of the Southern Education Reporting Service and the Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association. Sarratt’s chief editorial interest was civil rights, and he was particularly involved in monitoring the desegregation of public schools.
Call number	#4549
Date from	1930s
Date to
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	22.5 ft. (ca. 11,200 items)
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	To be used only with special assistance from Technical Services staff.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
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URL	http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Sarratt,Reed.html
Repository	Southern Historical Collection
Repository address	4th Floor, Wilson Library, CB# 3926, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Repository contact name	Tim West
Repository contact title	Director of the Southern Historical Collection
Repository contact email	wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Repository contact phone	(919) 962-1345
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 integration o Segregation in education o Sarratt, Reed o Journalists o Newspapers–North Carolina–Charlotte o Newspapers–North Carolina–Winston-Salem o Southern Education Reporting Service o Southern Newspaper Publishers Association o Public schools–North Carolina
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 23, 2018

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament papers

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament papers

Creator	Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Description	Collection documents the missions and missionary work of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, formally known as Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. Of note are documents related to two African American high schools operated by the order. St. Francis de Sales at Mt. Pleasant, a high school for young black women opened in 1893 and St. Emma Military Academy, in Belmead, a school for young black men, opened in 1895. The schools closed in 1970, largely because of the desegregation of public schools in Virginia. The collection also includes the papers of the Francis A. Drexel Family 1858-1945; the writings of St. Katherine Drexel; photographs and glass lantern slides of both schools and Saint Katherine. Saint Katharine Drexel papers include documentation about the only African American Roman Catholic college in the country, Xavier University of Louisiana, which she founded.
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Date from	1858
Date to	current
Geographic school	Powhatan County
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Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Repository	Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Repository address	St. Catherine Building, 1663 Bristol Pike, Bensaelm, PA 19020
Repository contact name	Stephanie Morris
Repository contact title	Director, Archives
Repository contact email	sbsarchives@aol.com
Repository contact phone	(215) 244-9900 ext. 352
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	o African American students o Private schools
Types	o Diaries o Financial records o Oral History o Organizational Records o Photographs o Speeches

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Randolph-Macon College/Boydton Institute heritage project

Randolph-Macon College/Boydton Institute heritage project

Creator	Randolph-Macon College
Description	This collection consists of five interviews relating to the Boydton Institute, including one of Wyatt Tee Walker, a member of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership circle. He discusses his memories of Vernon Johns in particular.
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Date from	2010
Date to
Geographic school	Mecklenburg County, VA
Size	5 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
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URL	http://library.rmc.edu/specialcollections/specialcollections.html
Repository	Randolph-Macon College, Flavia Reed Owen Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	McGraw-Page Library, Randolph-Macon College, P.O. Box 5005, Ashland, VA 23005-5505
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Randolph-Macon College. Special Collections
Repository contact email	archives@rmc.edu
Repository contact phone	(804) 752-3203
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American schools o African American students o African Americans–Education (Higher) o Boydton (Va.) o Civil rights–Religious aspects–Christianity o Johns, Vernon, 1892-1965 o King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 o Segregation in education
Types	o Interviews o Manuscripts o Sound recordings o Transcripts

September 7, 2018

Charles Knox Martin Jr. Official Papers

Charles Knox Martin Jr. Official Papers

Creator	Charles Martin
Description	Dr. Martin was President of Radford during much of the period of desegregation. His official papers, however, contain only one folder related to desegregation. Titled “Integration” the folder contains requests from African-American women for admission to Radford; statistical information on the number of segregated or desegregated institutions of higher learning in Virginia in 1963; an advance copy of remarks on desegregation prepared by Ted Dalton for delivery at the March 1957 Republican State Central Committee Meeting; an issuance from the president of Lynchburg College regarding the participation of Lynchburg students in a sit-in; an inquiry from the principal of a Warren County high school about the eligibility of seniors unable to complete high school because of school closing for consideration for admission to Radford: and other matters related to integration between 1950 and 1964.
Call number	RU 2.3
Date from	1952
Date to	1972
Geographic school	Radford, VA
Size	3 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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URL	http://lib.radford.edu/archives/findingaids/MartinPapers.html
Repository	Radford University, University Archives and Special Collections
Repository address	P.O. Box 6881, Radford, VA 24142
Repository contact name	Gene Hyde
Repository contact title	Archivist
Repository contact email	wehyde@radford.edu
Repository contact phone	(540) 831-5692
DoveRegion	region1
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 Dalton, Ted o Martin, Charles K. (Charles Knox), 1909- o Radford University o women students o Public schools–Virginia–Warren County o Lynchburg College
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

September 7, 2018

Michael Wenger Collection

Michael Wenger Collection

Creator	Michael Wenger
Description	The Michael Wenger Collection documents the Student Help Project and other activist activities on the Queens College campus in the 1960s. The Student Help Project was initiated by Queens College Students, including Michael Wenger, and Queens College Education Department professors, Dr. Rachel Weddington and Dr. Sidney Simon. This project brought tutoring services to underserved children in South Jamaica, Queens and Prince Edward County, Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, reports, press releases and other miscellanea documenting the Jamaica-Virginia Student Help Project, and Queens College student activism in the 1960s.
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Date from	1963
Date to	1965
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA
Size	2 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Repository	Queens College (CUNY) Department of Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	CUNY Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367-1597
Repository contact name	Dr. Benjamin Alexander
Repository contact title
Repository contact email	QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
Repository contact phone	(718) 997-3650
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	o African American students o School children o School closings o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Tutors and tutoring o Student Help Project o Queens College (New York, N.Y.) o Wenger, Michael, 1942-
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

September 7, 2018

Stan Shaw Collection

Stan Shaw Collection

Creator	Stan Shaw
Description	Stan Shaw was Chairman of the Student Help Project at Queens College from January 1963 through January 1964. The Student Help Project organized Queens College students to provide free tutoring services to schoolchildren in South Jamaica, Queens (circa 1962-1968) and in Prince Edward County, Virginia (summer of 1963). In South Jamaica the volunteers assisted children who were below grade level. In Prince Edward County they tutored African American children who had been denied formal schooling since 1959, when the County shut down their public schools rather than enforce court ordered desegregation. Queens College Education professors Dr. Rachel Weddington and Dr. Sidney Simon coordinated these initiatives with Shaw and other students. As a result of this collaboration, by the fall of 1963 over 220 students had participated in the South Jamaica project and 16 students had spent 6 weeks tutoring in Prince Edward County. The collection contains newspaper and magazine articles, reports, photographs, press releases, and a diary documenting the Student Help Project in New York and Virginia.
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Date from	1963
Date to	1976
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA
Size	1 linear foot
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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URL
Repository	Queens College (CUNY) Department of Special Collections and Archives
Repository address	CUNY Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367-1597
Repository contact name	Dr. Benjamin Alexander
Repository contact title
Repository contact email	QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
Repository contact phone	(718) 997-3650
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	o African American students o School children o School closings o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Tutors and tutoring o Student Help Project o Shaw, Stan, 1943- o Queens College (New York, N.Y.)
Types	o Clippings o Diaries o Photographs o Press releases o Reports