Category: oral histories

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Telling Our Stories: School Desegregation in Western Virginia

Telling our stories: school desegregation in Western Virginia

Creator Washington and Lee University. Special Collections and Archives
Description This collection consists of transcripts of oral history interviews done in 1988 and 2004. The compiler is Dr. Theodore Delaney, chair of the history department at Washington and Lee University.
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Date from 1988
Date to 2004
Geographic school western Virginia
Size 1.2 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://annie.wlu.edu/record=b1609565~S0
Repository Washington and Lee University, Department of Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Washington and Lee University. Special Collections and Archives
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (540) 458-8663
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration
Types o    Interviews

o    Transcripts
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Timeline of Black History at Virginia Tech

Timeline of Black History at Virginia Tech

Creator University Archives
Description The Timeline of Black History at Virginia Tech chronicles important individuals, groups, events and dates, outstanding achievements, and newspaper articles pertaining to the history of African-Americans in the university and the community.
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Date from 1890
Date to 2002
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size unknown
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/timeline
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    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    School integration

o    Segregation in higher education

o    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Types o    Documentary Films

o    Narrative

o    Oral History

o    Photographs
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Interview with Rev. Philip Price 

Interview with Rev. Philip Price 

Creator Special Collections at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Description Contains an interview with Rev. Phillip Harmon Price. Price and his sister, Anna Christine Price integrated Blacksburg High School in 1961.
Call number
Date from 1996
Date to
Geographic school Blacksburg, VA
Size 2 cassette tapes; 1 transcript
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/timeline/revprice.htm
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 clergy

o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project

Black Appalachians Oral History Project

Creator Michael A. Cooke
Description The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of approximately twenty-five taped interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. Collected during the early 1990s, many of the interviews include information and history of segregation and integration of schools in and around Montgomery County. The interviewees represented communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest. Transcripts are currently available for six of the interviews.
Call number Ms91-109
Date from 1991
Date to 1991
Geographic school Montgomery County, VA
Size 0.4 cu. ft.; 2 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/vt/viblbv00024.xml.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–Civil rights

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Montgomery County (Va.)

o    Blacksburg (Va.)

o    Christiansburg (Va.)

o    Elliston (Va.)

o    Riner (Va.)

o    Shawsville (Va.)

o    Wake Forest (Va.)
Types o    Narrative

o    Oral History
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Integration–25th anniversary of first black cadets at VMI

Integration–25th anniversary of first black cadets at VMI

Creator Public Broadcasting Service
Description This local PBS feature, titled “Integration–25th Anniversary of First Black Cadets at VMI” (1989), deals with the first five black students to enter the Virginia Military Institute and includes interviews of the three that graduated.
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Date from 1989
Date to
Geographic school Lexington, VA
Size 1 video recording
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.vmi.edu/archives/home/
Repository Virginia Military Institute
Repository address Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute, 345 Letcher Avenue, Lexington, VA 24450
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Virginia Military Institute. Archives
Repository contact email archives@vmi.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 464-7516
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American college students–Virginia

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    College integration

o    School integration–Virginia

o    Virginia Military Institute

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings
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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)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
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
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Voices of Freedom collection 

Voices of Freedom collection 

Creator Virginia Commonwealth University. Special Collections and Archives
Description This collection contains oral histories involving various subjects with the Civil Rights Movement.
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Date from 2002
Date to 2003
Geographic school Virgina
Size 11 videocassettes; 11 RealMedia files; 11 transcripts; 11 photographs
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_voices.php?CISOROOT=/voices
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African American churches

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements

o    King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

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

o    Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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

o    Voter registration
Types o    Interviews

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings
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African-American Richmond: Educational Segregation and Desegregation

African-American Richmond: Educational Segregation and Desegregation

Creator Virginia Commonwealth University
Description This portion of the VBHA is comprised of fourteen oral history interviews conducted in 1992 by Virginia Commonwealth University students with African-Americans residing in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. While the interviews focused on the educational experiences of these individuals, other subjects and issues affecting the lives of African-Americans were also discussed by the participants. The typed transcripts of the oral histories were scanned in 1994 to be included in the Virginia Black History Archives database and are accessible from this site.
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Date from 1992
Date to 1992
Geographic school Richmond, VA
Size 14 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
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 Black History Archives Database
Types Oral History
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Edward H. Peeples, Jr., papers, n.d., 1915, 1920s-2005

Edward H. Peeples, Jr., papers, n.d., 1915, 1920s-2005

Creator Edward H. Peeples, Jr.
Description The papers of Dr. Edward H. Peeples, Jr., document his long career in education and public health, and in his activities as a promoter of social justice in a variety of human rights reforms in Virginia and other places across the South.
Call number Accession Number: M 342
Date from 1915, 1920
Date to 2005
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 33 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vcu-cab/vircu00124.xml.frame
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements

o    Civil rights workers

o    College teachers

o    Poverty

o    Race discrimination

o    Segregation in education–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Race relations

o    White supremacy movements
Types o    Interviews

o    Lectures

o    Manuscripts

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Speeches
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Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, 1946-1999 

Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, 1946-1999 

Creator Edward H. Peeples, Jr.
Description The collection contains three lengthy oral histories conducted by Dr. Peeples of J. Kenneth Morland.
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Date from 1946
Date to 1999
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size includes photographs (circa 100)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=941
Repository Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives
Repository address James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033
Repository contact name Wesley Chenault
Repository contact title
Repository contact email libjbcsca@vcu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 828-1108
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    African Americans–Education

o    African Americans–Social conditions

o    American Friends Service Committee

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

o    Civil rights movements–Southern States

o    Civil rights movements

o    Prince Edward County (Va.)

o    Prince William (Va.)

o    Discrimination in education

o    School integration

o    White supremacy movements
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts