League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records

League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records

Creator League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area
Description Documents, letters, ephemera relating to “school crisis” of desegregation in Fairfax schools. Material from the 1950s and 1960s.
Call number C0031
Date from 1954
Date to 1966
Geographic school Fairfax, VA
Size 2 folders – School crisis 1954-1966 (box 75 folders 4 and 5)
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no no
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

Types Manuscripts

William West: Oral History Interview

William West 

Creator Northern Virginia Oral History Project
Description West discusses both a student’s and teacher’s reminiscences of the black school of Fairfax County, VA (ca. 1875-1955) January 22,1970
Call number C0030
Date from 1970
Date to 1970
Geographic school Fairfax County, VA
Size 2 sound cassette (90 min.) mono.; 2 sound tape reel (master); 14 page transcript.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
Larger collection title
URL http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/novaoralhist.html
Repository George Mason University Libraries
Repository address Special Collection Research Center, Fenwick Library MS 2FL, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Repository contact name Brittney Falter
Repository contact title Research Services Coordinator, Special Collection Research Center
Repository contact email speccoll@gmu.edu
Repository contact phone (703) 993-2220
DoveRegion region6
Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African Americans–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    Segregation in education

Types Oral History