Harry Flood Byrd – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

October 24, 2018

Wyatt, Landon Russell papers (1891-1971)

Wyatt, Landon Russell papers (1891-1971)

Creator	Wyatt, Landon Russell (1891-1971)
Description	State senator and business executive, of Danville, Va. Chiefly topical and election correspondence (primarily 1950-70), speeches, and printed material, relating to Virginia budget, Gray Commission on Massive Resistance, and the Virginia Tobacco Tax Commission. Includes some papers from Wyatt’s career as chairman of the board of trustees of Averett College, Danville, Va.. Correspondents include Watkins Moorman Abbitt, John Stewart Battle, Harry Flood Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Mills Edwin Godwin, Thomas Marshall Hahn, Albertis Sydney Harrison, Absolam Willis Robertson, William Belser Spong, William Munford Tuck, and George Corley Wallace.
Call number	MS 72-1822
Date from	1935
Date to	1970
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	2 ft. (1981 items)
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Repository	UNLV Department of Special Collections
Repository address	Box 457010, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7010
Repository contact name	University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Special Collections
Repository contact title	Director, Special Collections
Repository contact email
Repository contact phone	(702) 895-2234
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
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 Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o Public schools o School children o School closings o School integration o Virginia. General Assembly o Wyatt, Landon Russell, 1891-1971 o Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983 o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013 o Hahn, T. Marshall (Thomas Marshall), 1926- o Robertson, A. Willis o Spong, William B. (William Belser), 1920-1997
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

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)
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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

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

Leon Dure papers

Leon Dure papers

Creator	Dure, Leon
Description	Journalist. Correspondence, essays, articles, and clippings, relating to the development and implementation of freedom of choice plans for school desegregation. Correspondents include James Lindsay Almond, Harry Flood Byrd, Virginius Dabney, Hardy Cross Dillard, Albertis Sydney Harrison, Burr Powell Harrison, James Jackson Kilpatrick, Francis Pickens Miller, Absalom Willis Robertson, Frederick Deane Goodwin Ribble, Howard Worth Smith, and Herbert Wechsler.
Call number	MS 72-1808
Date from	1957
Date to	1970
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	2 ft. (ca. 2400 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 Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o Public schools o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o Journalism–Political aspects o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995 o Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982 o Harrison, B. P. (Burr Powell), 1904-1973 o Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-2010
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents