A. Willis Robertson – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

October 23, 2018

Virginia Council on Human Relations. Charlottesville-Albemarle Chapter

Virginia Council on Human Relations. Charlottesville-Albemarle Chapter

Creator	Virginia Council on Human Relations. Charlottesville-Albemarle Chapter
Description	Correspondence, minutes, speeches, bylaws, financial records, membership lists, surveys, newsletters, and clippings, relating chiefly to desegregation of public schools, fair housing, and equal employment opportunity, and also to Homeward Bound for returning Vietnam veterans, voter registration, school curricula reform, and prison reform. Includes correspondence, minutes, bylaws, financial statements, press releases, and publications of the State board of directors and executive committee; and material from Virginia Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, Southern Regional Council, Citizens for Superior Albemarle Schools, PTA, NAACP, Anti-Defamation League, and President’s Committee on Equal Employment. Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Lyndon B. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall, A. Willis Robertson, and Howard W. Smith.
Call number	MS 81-386
Date from	1955
Date to	1970
Geographic school	Charlottesville, Albemarle County
Size	3200 items
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Repository	University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Repository address	P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110
Repository contact name	Nicole Bouch
Repository contact title	Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email	nlb3d@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 243-1776
DoveRegion	region7
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 Equal Employment Opportunity Committee o Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 o Parents’ and teachers’ associations o National Association for the Advancement of Colored People o B’nai B’rith. Anti-defamation League o Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 23, 2018

Edward L. Breeden papers (1905-)

Edward L. Breeden papers (1905-)

Creator	Breeden, Edward L. (1905-)
Description	State legislator, of Virginia. Correspondence, committee papers, study commission reports, bills and resolutions, and other papers, from regular and special sessions of the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate; together with election campaign papers, including Breeden’s bid for Lt. Governor in 1971 and Presidential elections of 1956 and 1964. Includes material on public education in Virginia, particularly desegregation and interposition, and on commissions and committees on which Breeden served, namely Jamestown Festival Commission (1955-59), Democratic National Committee, Virginia Governor’s Commission on Education (1959), Virginia Ports Study Commission (1959), Virginia Democratic State Central Committee, Virginia Advisory Legislative Council, and Virginia Court System Study Commission (1965-71). Correspondents include John S. Battle, Harry F. Byrd, Mills Godwin, Porter Hardy, Estes Kefauver, A. Willis Robertson, and George F. Switzer.
Call number	MS 81-339
Date from	1932
Date to	1972
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	32 ft. (ca. 28,000 items)
Access restrictions yes/no
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Repository	University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Repository address	P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110
Repository contact name	Nicole Bouch
Repository contact title	Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email	nlb3d@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 243-1776
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 o Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999 o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Virginia. General Assembly o Hardy, Porter, 1903-1995 o Robertson, A. Willis (Absolam Willis), 1887-1971 o Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963 o Switzer, G. Fred (George Fred), 1903-1974 o Breeden, Edward L., 1905-
Types	o Bills (Legislative records) o Correspondence o Government papers o Organizational Records o Reports

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Charles Rogers Fenwick papers (1901-1969)

Charles Rogers Fenwick papers (1901-1969)

Creator	Fenwick, Charles Rogers (1901-1969)
Description	Lawyer and State legislator, of Arlington, Va. Correspondence, minutes, financial papers, speeches, documents, biographical material, press releases, clippings, scrapbooks, and photos, relating chiefly to Fenwick’s work as a member of State Democratic Central Committee and chairman of 10th District Executive Committee. Includes material on 1966 senatorial campaigns of Harry Byrd (b. 1914) and A. Willis Robertson, 1964 and 1968 national elections, 1965 gubernatorial election, and Fenwick’s own 1963 and 1967 State senatorial campaigns and 1945 race for lieutenant governor and the contested results and court case in Wise County, Va.; Virginia constitutional amendments (1967-68), bond issue for higher education and mental health (1968), school integration and the Perrow Commission report (1959); and his tenure as member of Board of Visitors of University of Virginia and the development and expansion of George Mason College, Fairfax, Va. Correspondents include Watkins M. Abbitt, and Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Call number	MS 81-359
Date from	1940
Date to	1969
Geographic school	Arlington, VA
Size	11 ft. (ca. 11,200 items)
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
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Repository	University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Repository address	P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110
Repository contact name	Nicole Bouch
Repository contact title	Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email	nlb3d@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 243-1776
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American students o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School integration o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Robertson, A. Willis (Absolam Willis), 1887-1971 o Virginia. General Assembly o University of Virginia o George Mason University o Legislators–Virginia–Arlington o Fenwick, Charles R. (Charles Rogers), 1901-1969
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents