Category: newspaper clippings

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Norma Becker papers

Norma Becker papers

Creator Becker, Norma
Description Papers, mainly 1963-1968, relating to the social and political concerns of a New York City school teacher. Included are correspondence, form letters, clippings, flyers, newsletters, and other printed matter relating to the United Federation of Teachers’ “Adopt-a-School” program in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1963; its volunteer teaching during the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964; and its support of full integration of New York City schools.
Call number Micro 817
Date from 1961
Date to 1975
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
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Repository Wisconsin Historical Society; Film
Repository address 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
Repository contact name Eli Brunett
Repository contact title Microfilm Technician
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (608) 264-6460
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    Becker, Norma

o    Public schools–Virginia — Prince Edward County

o    Mississippi Freedom Project

o    Public schools–New York (State)–New York
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents

 

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William E. Lavery papers

William E. Lavery papers

Creator William E. Lavery
Description Covering a range of issues and activities occurring during his presidency of Virginia Tech, the collection includes multiple references to Tech’s efforts to meet the U.S. Office of Civil Rights’ requirements for an acceptable Affirmative Action Compliance Plan (e.g. Box 1, Folders 8-10; Box 15, Folder 44), concerns about lack of progress in meeting plan objectives (e.g. Box 4, Folder 16; Box 12, Folder 20; Box 18, Folder 23), statistical data and reports regarding Tech’s progress in increasing minority and female students and faculty (e.g. Box 8, Folders 24-25; Box 9, Folders 23 and 25; Box 12, Folder 20; Box 15, Folder 26; Box 20, Folders 19-20), and other related matters. Folders titled “Civil Rights” and “Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action” are primary sources of desegregation material but other sources of occasional information in this area are in folders titled “Board of Visitors, Report to 1978” containing a speech by Old Dominion University’s president that mentions issues of “duplication” with Norfolk State; “Vice President for Administration 1977” that contains articles quoting Tech professors and students about insufficient progress toward integration; and “State Council of Higher Education 1979” regarding Tech’s hosting of the 1979 Summer Program for Undergraduate Minority Students. Box 15, Folder 43 (titled EO/AA Advisory Committee 1985) includes James Dean’s narrative describing early resistance to and Tech’s efforts toward desegregation at Virginia Tech and in the town Blacksburg.
Call number RG 2/12
Date from 1975
Date to 1987
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 22 cu. ft.
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Repository Virginia Tech Special Collections
Repository address University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Repository contact name Tamara Kennelly
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email specref@vt.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 231-6308
DoveRegion region1
Subjects o    African American students

o    Segregation in higher education
Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents
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Racial and Ethnic Minorities newsclippings (Virginia Tech)

Racial and Ethnic Minorities newsclippings (Virginia Tech)

Creator University Archives
Description Collection of newspaper clippings regarding racial incidents, black student activities and concerns, and the progress or lack thereof by Virginia Tech in the hiring of black faculty and recruitment of black students. First clipping is dated 1953 but the bulk of the clippings postdate 1970.
Call number RG 8/2/8c
Date from 1953
Date to 2008
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 3 folders
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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–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types Clippings
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Affirmative Action/EEO Division (Virginia Tech) Information 

Affirmative Action/EEO Division (Virginia Tech) Information 

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Collection of news clippings, flyers, brochures and reports related to Virginia Tech’s affirmative action and equal opportunity efforts, events, and activities between the early 1980’s and 2010. Collection contains mention of Tech staff responsible for affirmative action, EEO guidelines for recruiting faculty in 1984, and a 1987 statistical report on Ethnic Minority Enrollment.
Call number RG 6/4/5
Date from 1981
Date to 2010
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 2 folders
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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    Race relations

o    Affirmative action programs — Virginia — Blacksburg

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types o    Clippings

o    Organizational Records

o    Pamphlets

o    Reports
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National Society of Black Engineers (Virginia Tech)

National Society of Black Engineers (Virginia Tech)

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Consists of a news clipping, a flyer, and a copy of “Innovations”, a newsletter produced by the Virginia Tech Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Spring 1991. The newsletter contains an article about the Society’s founding members (chartered in 1982), describing where they are and what they are doing in 1991.
Call number RG 31/2/41
Date from 1991
Date to 1995
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
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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    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    National Society of Black Engineers (U.S.). Virginia Tech Chapter
Types Clippings
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Black Student Alliance (Virginia Tech)

Black Student Alliance

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Folder contains clippings and flyers noting speakers invited by the Alliance; an example of Black Student Alliance stationery; and a typewritten account by Peter Wallenstein (Va. Tech. history professor) of “The First Black Students at Virginia Tech, 1953-1963.”
Call number RG 8/2/6f
Date from 1978
Date to 2005
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
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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    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    Virginia Tech Black Student Alliance
Types o    Clippings

o    Narrative
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Black Faculty Staff Caucus (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) newsclippings

Black Faculty Staff Caucus (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) newsclippings

Creator Virginia Tech Special Collections
Description Set of news clippings related to the Va. Tech Black Faculty and Staff Caucus, the problems of attracting and retaining black faculty and staff, black student concerns, and a partial list of names and addresses divided by year. The list was issued in 1982 and may be the names of black faculty and/or staff between the years 1975 (partial) and 1981.
Call number RG 30/6
Date from 1981
Date to 1992
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 folder
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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–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    African American educators

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types Clippings
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Martha Singo collection

Martha Singo collection

Creator Martha Singo
Description Mounted newspaper clipping from the Montgomery News Messenger, dated February 16, 1956. Article notes that there are four black students at VPI with the first student arriving in 1953. This early and quiet integration is contrasted with UVA’s later acceptance of its first black student and the violence accompanying integration in other southern states. Article also contrasts VPI’s failure to allow Negro students to live or eat on campus with UVA’s more open policies, and Virginia’s refusal at that time to allow Negroes to take courses in predominately white universities that were available in predominantly African-American universities.
Call number M829 #6
Date from 20501
Date to 1956
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 1 newsclipping
Access restrictions yes/no no
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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–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

o    University of Virginia
Types Clippings
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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