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)
Access restrictions yes/no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no
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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