Virginia Teacher’s Registers for African American schools in New Kent County
| Creator | New Kent County (Va.) Schools. New Kent High School |
| Description | The booklets were records of achievement and attendance and listed names of students; sex, age, grade, names of parents or guardians, their address and occupation, along with student grades and the teacher’s term report (listing days taught, enrollment, attendance, and other statistical information). Restricted, for 75 years, because of privacy concerns. For 1944-1945, New Kent Training School (5 vols.); for 1950-1951, Cooks Mills School (1 vol.), Cumberland School (1 vol.), Lanexa School (1 vol.), Plum Point School (1 vol.), George W. Watkins School (6 vols.), and 1 unmarked; for 1952-1953, Cumberland School (1 vol.) and George W. Watkins School (8 vols.); for 1953-1954, Cumberland School (1 vol.), Lanexa School (1 vol.), George W. Watkins School (6 vols.), and 1 unmarked; for 1954-1955, Cumberland School (1 vol.) and George W. Watkins School (5 vols.); for 1955-1956, Cumberland School (1 vol.) and George W. Watkins School (9 vols.); for 1956-1957, George W. Watkins School (8 vols.); for 1957-1958, Cumberland School (3 vols.), Mountcastle School (1 vol.), Tunstall School (1 vol.), and Quinton School (1 vol.) George W. Watkins School was involved in a landmark civil rights case, Green v. County School Board of New Kent County 391 U.S. 430 (1968). |
| Call number | Accession 43459 |
| Date from | 1944 |
| Date to | 1961 |
| Geographic school | New Kent County, VA |
| Size | 2 boxes |
| Access restrictions yes/no | yes |
| Access restrictions | Student information in these unprocessed materials may be RESTRICTED under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Please contact Archives Research Services prior to visiting the Library of Virginia. |
| Part Of larger collection yes/no | no |
| Larger collection title | |
| URL | http://www.lva.virginia.gov/agencies/records/sched_local/GS-21.pdf |
| 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 African American students
o Public schools o School integration o Segregation in education o United States. Supreme Court o Public schools — Virginia — New Kent County |
| Types | o Annual reports
o Government papers o Reports |