photographs – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

November 13, 2018

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

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

Linda Edmonds Scrap Book

Linda Edmonds Scrap Book

Creator	Linda Edmonds (Turner)
Description	Color photocopy of scrapbook made by Linda Edmonds (Turner), one of the six first six black women students at Virginia Tech that came to the university in 1966. The scrapbook includes materials from her time at Virginia Tech as well as images of her family, her three-room elementary school, and materials related to Dean College where she was assistant vice president.
Call number	LD5655 A7942 1997 VPI
Date from	1966
Date to	1996
Geographic school	Blacksburg, VA
Size	1 volume
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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URL	http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackwomen/edmondhp.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 students o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School integration o Segregation in education o Segregation in higher education o Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University o Dean College (Franklin, Mass.) o Turner, Linda Edmonds, 1948-
Types	o Memorabilia o Photographs

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

Records of the President, Walter S. Newman (Virginia Tech)

Records of the President, Walter S. Newman

Creator	Walter S. Newman
Description	The Records of the Office of the President, Walter S. Newman (1895 to 1978) span the years 1947 to 1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1947 to 1961. The collection consists primarily of Newman’s General Correspondence. Also included, and interfiled with general correspondence, are budget requests and statements, financial reports, enrollment statistics, architects’ contracts, audits, commencement and inaugural ephemera, statements to the Federal Power Commission, a few photographs, and reports on Virginia’s public school system submitted to the Moses Commission. These records include Correspondence with Virginia Attorney General Lindsay Almond and Director of Admissions Paul Farrier in the early 1950s documents the University’s strategy in response to efforts to challenge segregation in Virginia’s public schools and universities and the decision to admit Irving L. Peddrew III, the first black student enrolled at Virginia Tech. Files labeled “Racial Relations” from 1951 and 1952 document Newman’s attempts, which proved unsuccessful, to help the defense in Dorothy Davis v. County School Board, Prince Edward County by providing historical evidence of equality of resources within segregation. A file of correspondence from 1961 with Mary Fessler, President of the Blacksburg Branch of the American Association of University Women, records Newman’s decision to bar the organization from meeting on campus due after a black woman joined.
Call number	RG 2/10
Date from	1947
Date to	1962
Geographic school	Blacksburg, VA
Size	23.25 cu. ft. ; 24 boxes, 1 folder
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00086.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 Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Public schools o Race relations o School integration o Segregation in higher education o Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University o American Association of University Women o Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

November 2, 2018

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
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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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

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018

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
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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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

October 25, 2018

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
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Part Of larger collection yes/no
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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

October 24, 2018

Oral History of the Public School Principalship

Oral History of the Public School Principalship

Creator	Patrick W. Carlton
Description	This project contains 467 interviews, including 81 of African American principals, 56 of which are male and 25 of which are female. Most of the interviewees refer to the impact of integration on their professional careers.
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Date from	1986
Date to	present
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	approximately 20 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no
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URL	http://www.library.unlv.edu/faculty/research/principalship/index.php
Repository	UNLV Department of Special Collections
Repository address	Box 457010, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7010
Repository contact name	University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Special Collections
Repository contact title	Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(702) 895-2234
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	o African American educators o African American students o Public schools o School integration o School integration–Virginia–Norfolk o School principals o Segregation in education
Types	o Interviews o Photographs o Sound recordings o Transcripts o Video recordings

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

Black History Committee Oral History Project

Black history committee Oral History Project

Creator	Archives and Manuscripts, Thomas Balch Library
Description	These interviews deal with segregation and integration as well as black community life, including schools and churches.They deal with the civil rights movement, including Irene Bobich and Gladys Jackson Lewis, who discusses Leesburg Integration in the 1950s
Call number	M012
Date from	1950s
Date to
Geographic school	Leesburg, VA
Size
Access restrictions yes/no
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URL	http://www.leesburgva.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2451
Repository	Thomas Balch Library
Repository address	208 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Archives and Manuscripts
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(703) 737-7195
DoveRegion	region6
Subjects	o African American churches o African Americans–Civil rights o Carmichael, Stokely o Civil rights movements o Leesburg (Va.) o School integration o Segregation in education
Types	o Interviews o Photographs o Sound recordings o Transcripts

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.
Call number
Date from	1858
Date to	current
Geographic school	Powhatan County
Size
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions	Y
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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URL
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

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018

William Frederick Duckworth

William Frederick Duckworth

Creator	William Frederick Duckworth
Description	Mayor of Norfolk 1950-1962. Father of the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in downtown Norfolk. Founder and President of the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation. Collection consists of artifacts, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting his activities in politics and as a businessman, and civic leader. Duckworth was mayor during the school closing crisis of 1958.
Call number	MG 45
Date from	1899
Date to	1972
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	2 Hollinger Boxes and 9 Oversize Boxes
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no
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URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/duckworth.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 closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Duckworth, William Frederick
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Memorabilia o Photographs