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Carter-Mason, Vivian 

Carter-Mason, Vivian 

Creator Old Dominion University Archives
Description Interviews of the founder and active member of the Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation. Includes audio cassettes and transcripts that document her family history, civil rights in Norfolk, establishment of the Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation, the desegregation crisis in Norfolk, and the experiences of Afro-Americans in Norfolk.
Call number MG 53
Date from 1978
Date to 1978
Geographic school Norfolk, VA
Size 1 interview
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/oralhistory/womenhistory/vcmason1.html
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    Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation

o    Carter-Mason, Vivian
Types Oral History
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Norfolk Women’s Oral history 

Norfolk Women’s Oral history 

Creator ODU History 495/595 Students
Description The 8 interviews included in this collection were conducted for the Old Dominion University History course 495/595: “Recapturing Women’s History: Local and National,” taught by Dr. Dorothy Johnson in the Fall of 1982. Each interview includes a brief biographical sketch of the person interviewed and a typed transcript. Related to women involved with religion (Mueller, Park ), medicine (Hill, Morris), education (James, White), and the Girl Scout Movement in Norfolk (Harris, Ogg). Some of these relate to Massive Resistance in Norfolk and the Norfolk School closings, these include Ruth James and Edith White.
Call number none
Date from 1982
Date to 1982
Geographic school Norfolk, VA
Size 8 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/oralhistory/womenhistory/
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–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education

o    James, Ruth Pendleton

o    White, Edith R.

o    Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation
Types Oral History
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WTAR-TV Historic Film Collection 

WTAR-TV Historic Film Collection 

Creator WTAR-TV
Description The collection consists of films used by WTAR, a television station in Norfolk Virginia. The entire collection is 4,600 reels of predominately acetate 16mm black and white film dated 1940s – 1980s. About 20 of the films relate to civil rights and school desegregation. These reels include a 1955 portrait of the Supreme Court for a story on Brown v. Board of Education; civil rights protests in North Carolina; and the Special Session of the Virginia Legislature in 1956 when “Massive Resistance” laws were passed to circumvent the Brown decision. Norfolk became a national beacon for resisting integration so films on local school desegregation have broad implications. In addition the collection contains films related to international relations, the military, oceanography and science. A small number of films have been digitized.
Call number MG 112
Date from 1955
Date to 1971
Geographic school Virginia; Norfolk, VA
Size 20 films
Access restrictions yes/no N
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 N
Larger collection title
URL
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    Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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DOVE Digital Collection 

DOVE Digital Collection 

Creator Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project
Description The DOVE Collection contains materials dated mainly from the early 1950s through the 1960s and 70s. Specific regions represented in the collection are the City of Norfolk, Prince Edward County, Southside Virginia, Charlottesville and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. During a series of tours conducted throughout the state in 2012 and 2013 entitled ‘School Desegregation: Learn, Preserve and Empower,’ nearly 100 oral histories were conducted to allow citizens to talk about their experiences with school desegregation. Photographs, documents, newspaper clippings and other items were also collected at this time and at other times during the DOVE project. Additional material will be added in the future.
Call number MG 104
Date from 1950
Date to 2013
Geographic school Virginia
Size about 200 digital objects – oral histories, transcripts, videos, documents
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://dc.lib.odu.edu/cdm/about/collection/dove
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    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education
Types Oral histories
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Records of the Madeira School 

Records of the Madeira School 

Creator Madeira School
Description The Madeira School, a boarding school for girls in McLean, Virginia, includes an interview with Kumea Shorter-Gooden ’70. This oral history interview touches on Shorter-Gooden’s experience as one of the first two African-American students integrated in the school.
Call number
Date from 1891
Date to Present
Geographic school McLean, VA
Size manuscripts; 1 audio cassette; 1 transcript
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.madeira.org/academics/library/archives/
Repository Madeira School
Repository address Huffington Library, 8328 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22102
Repository contact name Madeira School. Huffington Library
Repository contact title Head Librarian, Archivist
Repository contact email rbrooks@madeira.org
Repository contact phone (703) 556-8348
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    Boarding schools

o    School integration

o    Single-sex schools
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Moton oral history collection

Moton oral history collection 

Creator Longwood University Special Collections
Description Consists of interviews given by students, parents, teachers, school administrators, and other local citizens of Prince Edward County whose lives were impacted by the closing of the public schools in Prince Edward from 1951 to 1965.
Call number
Date from 1951
Date to 1965
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 14 sound discs (CD); 14 transcripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://readpac.longwood.edu/search/X?SEARCH=moton+oral+history&SORT=DX&l=&Da=&b=&Db=
Repository Longwood University Special Collections
Repository address The Janet D. Greenwood Library, Longwood University, Redford and Race Streets, Farmville, VA 23909
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Special Collections
Repository contact email williamslc@longwood.edu
Repository contact phone (434) 395-2432
DoveRegion region2
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education
Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education oral history collection 

Brown v. Topeka Board of Education oral history collection 

Creator Kansas State Historical Society
Description This collection provides a look at the background surrounding the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka from those who, in one way or another, were involved with the cases before they reached the Supreme Court.
Call number Manuscript Collection No. 251; Audiotapes: 35-10-05-05 to 35-10-05-06.
Date from 1991
Date to 1996
Geographic school Virginia
Size 2 cu. ft. (3-5″ document cases and 1 cu. ft. box); 115 audiotapes.
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.kshs.org/p/brown-v-topeka-board-of-education-oral-history-collection-at-the-kansas-state-historical-society-fin/13997
Repository Kansas Historical Society State Archives
Repository address 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099
Repository contact name Bob Knecht
Repository contact title
Repository contact email reference@kshs.org
Repository contact phone (785) 272-8681
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    African American students

o    Civil rights–Cases

o    Discrimination in education

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Segregation in education

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

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

o    Sound recordings
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J. Lindsay Almond: Oral History

J. Lindsay Almond: Oral History 

Creator Larry J. Hackman
Description Oral History 1968
Call number
Date from 1968
Date to 1969
Geographic school Virginia
Size 25 pages
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKOH-JLA-01.aspx
Repository John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Repository address Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
Repository contact name Karen Adler Abramson
Repository contact title Chief Archivist
Repository contact email JFK.AVarchives@nara.gov
Repository contact phone (866) JFK-1960
DoveRegion (outside of Virginia)
Subjects o    Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986
Types Oral History
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Integration: The African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Integration: The African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description Includes two interviews and a monograph about integration in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Explores social, political, economic, and educational perspectives, with a review of various individuals and organizations supporting equality issues and black rights.
Call number SdArch 15
Date from 1865
Date to 1965
Geographic school Harrisonburg, VA
Size 2 audio cassettes; 2 transcripts; 1 monograph
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Segregation in education–Virginia
Types o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts
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Lucy Simms: Oral History Interview 

Lucy Simms: Oral History Interview 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description Background paper includes a brief biography of Lucy Simms, African American educator, from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sets of oral history transcripts include the recollections of Mrs. Carlotta Harris, Mr. Edgar Johnson and wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Johnson, Louise Winston, and Mr. Elon Rhodes, former students of Lucy Simms, and Ellen Walker, current owner of the Lucy Simms house.
Call number
Date from 2000
Date to
Geographic school Harrisonburg, VA
Size 1 photograph;  4 audio cassettes; 4 transcripts
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American politicians

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations
Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts