School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American Perspective Oral History Project 

School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American Perspective Oral History Project 

Creator James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Description This collection of five oral histories explores the integration of schools in Virginia. The archive also includes the ‘African Americans in Harrisonburg’ oral history tapes.
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Geographic school Waynesboro, VA
Size 7 audio cassettes; 5 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 students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

Types o    Interviews

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

Creator Special Collections JMU History
Description Betty Kilby Fisher moved to the Warren County area as a young girl. She attended a segregated elementary school in Warren County. Upon her graduation from the seventh grade her father filed a case with the NAACP to integrate the Warren County High School.
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Date from 2006
Date to
Geographic school Warren County, VA
Size 3 interviews
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    School integration

o    Shenandoah River Valley (Va. And W. Va.)

Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

Danville (VA) civil rights movement collection

Danville (VA) civil rights movement collection 

Creator Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Description This collection includes oral Histories corresponding with the Danville Civil Rights Movement.
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Date from 1960
Date to 1964
Geographic school Danville, VA
Size
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.danvillemuseum.org/exhibitions/2012-exhibits.html
Repository Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
Repository address 975 Main Street, Danville, VA 24541
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Repository contact email cara@danvillemuseum.org
Repository contact phone (434) 793-5644
DoveRegion region2
Subjects o    African American political activists

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights demonstrations

o    Civil rights movements

o    Race relations

Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

Williamsburg documentary project

  Williamsburg documentary project 

Creator Special Collections Research Center
Description The Williamsburg Documentary Project collects materials on a wide variety of topics, but a few particularly rich clusters of materials have accrued around the following topics: African American life, with particular attention to desegregation.
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Geographic school Williamsburg, VA
Size approximately 400 oral histories
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/453
Repository College of William and Mary, Special Collections Research Center
Repository address Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary, PO Box 8794, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
Repository contact name
Repository contact title College of William and Mary. Special Collections Research Center
Repository contact email spcoll@wm.edu
Repository contact phone (757) 221-3090
DoveRegion region4
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Civil rights movements–Virginia

o    College of William and Mary

o    School integration

o    Williamsburg (Va.)

Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

Carver-Price oral history project 

Carver-Price oral history project

Creator Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Description Twenty-one oral histories examine Carver-Price High School, a former black high school in Appomattox County, Virginia.
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Date from 2004
Date to 2007
Geographic school Appomatox County, VA
Size 4 video discs (DVDs); 21 transcripts; 1 timeline
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://carver-price.com.p8.hostingprod.com/home
Repository Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Repository address 102 Carver Lane, Appomattox, VA 24522
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Carver-Price Legacy Museum
Repository contact email carverprice@verizon.net
Repository contact phone (434) 352-7880
DoveRegion region2
Subjects o    African American educators

o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    Segregation in education

o    Race relations

Types o    Manuscripts

o    Transcripts

o    Video recordings

Booker T. Washington School oral history

Booker T. Washington School oral history 

Creator Booker T. Washington National Monument. National Park Service
Description Monument staff conducted six oral history interviews in 2008 to explore the history of the Booker T. Washington School in Hardy, Virginia, a black school that now serves as the park headquarters.
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Date from 2008
Date to
Geographic school Hardy, VA
Size photographs; 6 digital audio recordings (Windows Media Player files)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.nps.gov/bowa/index.htm
Repository Booker T. Washington National Monument
Repository address 12130 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy, VA 24101
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Booker T. Washington National Monument. National Park Service
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone (540) 721-2094
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Education

o    Civil rights movements

o    School integration

o    Segregation in education

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

Types o    Interviews

o    Photographs

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts