meeting minutes – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

William E. Lavery records

William E. Lavery records

Creator	William E. Lavery
Description	This collection contains correspondence and other official records of Lavery during his year as Executive Vice-President before becoming President of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Collection includes materials concerning budget matters, Board of Visitors, Computing Center, Computer Science, Community Colleges, each of the Colleges, Building Committee, Institutional Research, Task Force for Innovative Approaches to Instruction, University Council and Commissions, V.P.I. Industry Center, and Virginia Public Telecommunications Council. Box 3, folder 50 contains VPI’s 1974 affirmative action plan.
Call number	RG 4/3
Date from	1973
Date to	1974
Geographic school	Blacksburg, VA
Size	17 cubic feet
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	yes
Larger collection title
URL	http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/guide/rg04.htm
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	Region 1
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o Race relations o Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University o Affirmative action programs–Virginia–Blacksburg o Lavery, William Edward
Types	o Annual reports o Correspondence o Financial records o Minutes o Proceedings o Reports

November 2, 2018

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.
Call number
Date from	1927
Date to	1965
Geographic school	Petersburg, VA
Size	Unknown
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	yes
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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

November 2, 2018

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
Size	Unknown
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
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

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

Howell, Henry E. Jr.

Howell, Henry E. Jr.

Creator	Howell, Henry E. Jr.
Description	Served in the General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor (1971-1973). Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Virginia three times (1969, 1973,1977). Bulk of the collection deals with his career in politics, first in Norfolk and, after 1968, on the statewide level. Documents Democratic Party affairs from 1948 through 1977. Also includes promotional audio and video clips created as part of Howell’s campaigns for the Virginia governorship in 1969, 1973 and 1977. Included are radio and television advertisements, speeches and scripted television broadcasts.
Call number	MG 1
Date from	1920
Date to	1997
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	199 Hollinger Document Cases; 1 Hollinger Drop-front Print Box; total of 135.25 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions	The collection is open to researchers with no restrictions. Information on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/howell_index.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Howell, Henry E. (Henry Evans), 1920-1997 o Virginia–Politics and government o Duckworth, William Frederick o Virginia. General Assembly o Legislators–Virginia
Types	o Broadcast-radio o Memorabilia o Minutes o Organizational Records o Photographs o Press releases

August 28, 2018

Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation (1945- )

Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation (1945- )

Creator	Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation
Description	Founded in 1945 as an interracial organization designed to address concerns with education, health, and housing among the Afro-American community in Norfolk. Predecessor to the Norfolk Human Relations Council. Includes correspondence, newspapers clippings, minutes, reports, pamphlets, and membership lists. Bulk of the organization’s records are in the archives at Norfolk State University.
Call number	MG 54
Date from	1945
Date to	1960
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	One Hollinger Document Case
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/wcic.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
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–Massive resistance movement o Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation
Types	o Annual reports o Clippings o Correspondence o Minutes o Organizational Records o Pamphlets o Reports

July 27, 2018

WRVA Radio Collection

WRVA Radio Collection

Creator	WRVA Radio
Description	The Library of Virginia’s WRVA Radio Collection covers three-quarters of a century, from the station’s founding to the end of the twentieth century. It includes a wide array of materials related to the history of WRVA, including incorporation files, memos, meeting minutes, FCC license renewal applications, and newsletters; materials about its programs and listener responses to its programs; information on specific employees and announcers such as Alden Aaroe, Bertha Hewlett, Tim Timberlake, and others; and publications promoting WRVA and the Richmond area market to advertisers. The collection also includes photographs; sound recordings; and numerous other documents and memorabilia items related to the station. The series of sound recordings included in the WRVA collection includes 637 CDs reformatted with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. These recordings document an astonishing variety of programs, personalities, and events related to the radio station and its development. Popular musical programs and performers, including the Old Dominion Barn Dance and the Corn Cob Pipe Club, figure prominently in this collection, as do the station’s live reports and commentary on news events of local, state, national, and international significance between the 1930s and 1990s. Numerous special anniversary programs broadcast by the station provide a rich body of information on the station and its history, and feature synopses of important news events covered by WRVA throughout its history.
Call number	none
Date from	1925
Date to	2000
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	ca. 48 cubic feet and 637 compact discs
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00565.xml;query=;
Repository	Library of Virginia
Repository address	800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email	archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone	(804) 692-3888
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Virginia–Politics and government o Radio broadcasting–Virginia
Types	o Broadcast-radio o Memorabilia o Minutes o Organizational Records o Photographs o Press releases

July 27, 2018

Warren County (Va.) Public School Records

Warren County (Va.) Public School Records

Creator	Warren County (Va.) Public Schools
Description	Includes school records and case histories for high school student plaintiffs, including the 1958 suit of Kilby v. Warren County School Board; School board minutes, 1946-1977; teacher term reports, 1924-1976; payrolls for teachers and pupil transportation, 1931-1943; files related to World War II Production Training and National Defense Training Program; school census, 1920, 1925; Superintendent’s record of teacher certificates, 1915-1941; files concerning applicants for admission to Front Royal High School by African American students; applicants for change in school assignment and test results, 1958-1961; school board correspondence and files; teacher reports (grades and attendance), 1946-1967; choice of school forms and applications for scholarships; and Pupil Placement Board material.
Call number	Accession 44579 and 44610
Date from	1915
Date to	1976
Geographic school	Warren County, VA
Size	4.5 cu. ft. (10 boxes and 5 vol.)
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Student information in these unprocessed materials may be RESTRICTED under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Please contact Archives Research Services prior to visiting the Library of Virginia.
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository	Library of Virginia
Repository address	800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email	archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone	(804) 692-3888
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o High school students o Public schools o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Kilby, James Wilson, 1917-2003
Types	o Annual reports o Correspondence o Government papers o Legal documents o Minutes o Proceedings o Reports

July 24, 2018

WRVA Radio Collection

WRVA Radio Collection

Creator	WRVA Radio
Description	The Library of Virginia’s WRVA Radio Collection covers three-quarters of a century, from the station’s founding to the end of the twentieth century. It includes a wide array of materials related to the history of WRVA, including incorporation files, memos, meeting minutes, FCC license renewal applications, and newsletters; materials about its programs and listener responses to its programs; information on specific employees and announcers such as Alden Aaroe, Bertha Hewlett, Tim Timberlake, and others; and publications promoting WRVA and the Richmond area market to advertisers. The collection also includes photographs; sound recordings; and numerous other documents and memorabilia items related to the station. The series of sound recordings included in the WRVA collection includes 637 CDs reformatted with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. These recordings document an astonishing variety of programs, personalities, and events related to the radio station and its development. Popular musical programs and performers, including the Old Dominion Barn Dance and the Corn Cob Pipe Club, figure prominently in this collection, as do the station’s live reports and commentary on news events of local, state, national, and international significance between the 1930s and 1990s. Numerous special anniversary programs broadcast by the station provide a rich body of information on the station and its history, and feature synopses of important news events covered by WRVA throughout its history.
Call number	none
Date from	1925
Date to	2000
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	ca. 48 cubic feet and 637 compact discs
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository	Library of Virginia
Repository address	800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email	archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone	(804) 692-3888
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Virginia–Politics and government o Radio broadcasting–Virginia
Types	o Broadcast-radio o Memorabilia o Minutes o Organizational Records o Photographs o Press releases

July 24, 2018

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Schools correspondence

Elizabeth City County (Va.) Schools correspondence

Creator	Elizabeth City County (Va.) Public Schools
Description	Elizabeth City County (Va.) Schools Correspondence, 1918-1952, contains the general correspondence of Division Superintendents Robert M. Newton, Herbert M. Spain, and C. Aton Lindsay. It documents the administration of the Elizabeth City County, Hampton (City), and Phoebus (Town) school systems. The records also contain minutes of the Elizabeth City County Board of School Trustees, 1918-1921. The correspondence files include a petition from the Elizabeth City County Teachers?ó?.¼?.ó Association for equalization of teacher pay, 1940 Dec. 6; a letter, 1941 May 14, from attorney Oliver Hill regarding the petition, and a copy, with a few notes, of the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit), banning discriminatory pay scales for teachers. Elizabeth City County (Va.) Schools Division Superintendent Correspondence, 1924-1952, contains general correspondence with teachers, principals, parents, students, teacher organizations, parent-teacher organizations, school board members, state education officials, attorneys, and vendors. The letters pertain to renovation and construction of schools and strategies for increasing taxes to pay for school construction; recruitment of teachers and student-teachers, parents and teachers lobbying to increase pay for teachers and coaches, inquiries about charging tuition for the children of military personnel at Fort Eustis and Fort Langley, and legal requirements for educating the children of immigrants. The correspondence files also contain annual reports, budgets, teacher contracts, lists of teachers and their salaries, and scattered ephemera, such as programs from high school commencements, plays, and concerts. Elizabeth City County (Va.) Board of School Trustees minutes, 1918-1921, document efforts to expand school construction in the district to accommodate a rapidly growing population. The minutes include correspondence with architects, proposed budgets, annual reports, memos and reports on the estimated costs of construction of four new schools, and information on teacher salaries in Newport News and Elizabeth City County.
Call number	Barcode numbers 1048911-1048913, 1048915-1048916
Date from	1918
Date to	1952
Geographic school	Elizabeth City County, VA; Hampton, VA; Phoebus, VA; Newport News, VA
Size	5 boxes
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi04308.xml
Repository	Library of Virginia
Repository address	800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email	archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone	(804) 692-3888
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007
Types	o Annual reports o Correspondence o Financial records o Government papers o Minutes o Organizational Records o Petitions o Reports

July 24, 2018May 26, 2022

Virginia Pupil Placement Board

Virginia Pupil Placement Board

Creator	Commonwealth of Virginia
Description	The Pupil Placement Board was created by an act of the General Assembly passed on September 29, 1956 as part of a program of “massive resistance” to federally ordered school desegregation. The act that created the board divested local school boards and division superintendents of their authority to determine the school to which a child might be admitted and placed all power of enrollment or placement with the Pupil Placement Board. This body consisted of three residents of Virginia who were appointed by the governor to serve during his term in office. Among the factors that the board was to consider in assigning particular pupils to particular schools were the efficient operation of the schools and the safety and welfare of the pupils. From the beginning of the board’s existence, its efforts to control pupil assignments were frustrated by decisions of the federal courts and by local school boards, which increasingly tended to ignore the board. On April 29, 1959 the General Assembly passed an act returning responsibility for school assignments to local authorities. Despite the loss of most of its power, the Pupil Placement Board continued to exist for seven more years until it was abolished by an act passed by the General Assembly in 1966. Collections consists of the following series: Routine applications, 1961-1966. Special applications relevant to inactive files, 1959-1966. Special applications, 1959-1966, 1964-1966 (bulk). Correspondence and subject files, 1958-1966. Minutes, 1958-1966. Legal files, 1958-1964. Guide to collection is available at: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02003.xml.
Call number	Record Group 62 Accession 26517
Date from	1958
Date to	1966
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	276.8 cu feet
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Restricted access: redacted copies of the restricted materials are available.
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository	Library of Virginia
Repository address	800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email	archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone	(804) 692-3888
DoveRegion	region5
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Public schools o School children o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Virginia. Department of Education o Virginia. General Assembly o Virginia. Pupil Placement Board
Types	o Bills (Legislative records) o Correspondence o Government papers o Legal documents o Minutes o Organizational Records o Reports