Benjamin Muse papers (1898-)

Benjamin Muse papers (1898-)

Creator Muse, Benjamin (1898-)
Description In part, microfilm of newspaper clippings which were returned to Mr. Muse. Foreign Service officer, politician, and author, of Reston, Va. Chiefly correspondence and speeches on Virginia political issues, including social security and massive resistance to desegregation in schools, and to Muse’s break with the Democratic Party in 1936, his Republican gubernatorial candidacy in 1941, and his research on Virginia for “Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952” (1954) by Paul D. Theodore; chapters of a book on Muse’s attitudes toward blacks; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence was generated by Muse’s Washington Post column entitled Virginia Affairs, editorials for the Manassas Messenger, and magazine articles. Correspondents include Frank Bane, John S. Battle, Sarah (Patton) Boyle, Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966), Harry F. Byrd (b. 1914), Lenoir Chambers, Virginius Dabney, Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Leslie W. Dunbar, and Patrick H. Drewry.
Call number MS 77-1240
Date from 1934
Date to 1966
Geographic school Manassas, VA
Size ca. 975 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    Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

o    Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013

o    Chambers, Lenoir, 1891-1970

o    Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-

o    Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981

o    Dunbar, Leslie

o    Muse, Benjamin

Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents

Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics with Jim Latimer, Colgate W. Darden, William M. Tuck 

Living history makers: an inquiry into Virginia politics with Jim Latimer, Colgate W. Darden, William M. Tuck 

Creator Library of Virginia
Description An eight-part series of interviews between Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter James Latimer (1913-2000), former Virginia Democratic governors Colgate W. Darden (1897-1981), and William M. Tuck (1896-1983).
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Date from 1975
Date to
Geographic school Virginia
Size 8 videocassettes (ca. 30 min. each)
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URL http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/05/11/history-in-motion/
Repository Library of Virginia
Repository address 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Repository contact name
Repository contact title Archives Reference Services
Repository contact email archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Repository contact phone (804) 692-3888
DoveRegion region5
Subjects o    Civil rights movements

o    Journalists

o    Politicians

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    School integration

o    Virginia–Politics and government

o    Civil Rights Act of 1964

Types o    Interviews

o    Video recordings