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) |
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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 |