Norfolk – Page 2 – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

September 5, 2018

Tutoring School

Tutoring School

Creator	E. V. Peele
Description	Correspondence and notes re: “possibility of teachers for the ‘tutoring school'” for students of Old Dominion College faculty members during the Norfolk school closing crisis. Includes list of faculty members with children between ages of 13 – 18.
Call number	RG 17-1A, A77-57
Date from	1958
Date to	1958
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	1 folder, 5 pages
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	yes
Larger collection title
URL
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o High school students o School children o School closings o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Tutors and tutoring o Old Dominion College o Peele, E. V.
Types	Correspondence

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018

William Frederick Duckworth

William Frederick Duckworth

Creator	William Frederick Duckworth
Description	Mayor of Norfolk 1950-1962. Father of the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in downtown Norfolk. Founder and President of the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation. Collection consists of artifacts, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting his activities in politics and as a businessman, and civic leader. Duckworth was mayor during the school closing crisis of 1958.
Call number	MG 45
Date from	1899
Date to	1972
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	2 Hollinger Boxes and 9 Oversize Boxes
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/duckworth.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Duckworth, William Frederick
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Memorabilia o Photographs

September 5, 2018

Norfolk Women’s Oral history

Norfolk Women’s Oral history

Creator	ODU History 495/595 Students
Description	The 8 interviews included in this collection were conducted for the Old Dominion University History course 495/595: “Recapturing Women’s History: Local and National,” taught by Dr. Dorothy Johnson in the Fall of 1982. Each interview includes a brief biographical sketch of the person interviewed and a typed transcript. Related to women involved with religion (Mueller, Park ), medicine (Hill, Morris), education (James, White), and the Girl Scout Movement in Norfolk (Harris, Ogg). Some of these relate to Massive Resistance in Norfolk and the Norfolk School closings, these include Ruth James and Edith White.
Call number	none
Date from	1982
Date to	1982
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	8 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/oralhistory/womenhistory/
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o James, Ruth Pendleton o White, Edith R. o Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation
Types	Oral History

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018

WTAR-TV Historic Film Collection

WTAR-TV Historic Film Collection

Creator	WTAR-TV
Description	The collection consists of films used by WTAR, a television station in Norfolk Virginia. The entire collection is 4,600 reels of predominately acetate 16mm black and white film dated 1940s – 1980s. About 20 of the films relate to civil rights and school desegregation. These reels include a 1955 portrait of the Supreme Court for a story on Brown v. Board of Education; civil rights protests in North Carolina; and the Special Session of the Virginia Legislature in 1956 when “Massive Resistance” laws were passed to circumvent the Brown decision. Norfolk became a national beacon for resisting integration so films on local school desegregation have broad implications. In addition the collection contains films related to international relations, the military, oceanography and science. A small number of films have been digitized.
Call number	MG 112
Date from	1955
Date to	1971
Geographic school	Virginia; Norfolk, VA
Size	20 films
Access restrictions yes/no	N
Access restrictions	Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no	N
Larger collection title
URL
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement
Types	o Interviews o Manuscripts o Sound recordings o Transcripts

September 5, 2018

Schweitzer, Paul T.

Schweitzer, Paul T.

Creator	Schweitzer, Paul T.
Description	Norfolk businessman and member of the Norfolk School Board (1952-1960) and City Council (1960-1968) during the Massive Resistance crisis. Includes correspondence, legal documents, newspapers clippings, scrapbooks and photographs that primarily document his activities during Norfolk’s desegregation crisis.
Call number	MG 16
Date from	1903
Date to	1976
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	Three Hollinger Documents Cases and One Hollinger Drop-Front Print Box
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions	Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/schweitzer.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Norfolk (Va.) School Board o Norfolk (Va.) City Council o Schweitzer, Paul T., 1903-1976
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

September 4, 2018

Forrest R. (Hap) White

Forrest R. (Hap) White

Creator	Forrest R. (Hap) White
Description	Former Budget Director for the Norfolk Public Schools. Fourteen untranscribed cassette tapes contain interviews White conducted with politicians, journalists, police and other city officials from 1975 – 1991 as background for his Old Dominion University doctoral dissertation, “School desegregation and urban renewal” and 1992 book, “Pride and Prejudice: School Desegregation and Urban Renewal in Norfolk, 1950-1959”.
Call number	MG 96
Date from	1975
Date to	1992
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	14 cassette tapes
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions	Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o White, Forrest R.
Types	Oral History

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

The Papers of Allan G. Donn

The Papers of Allan G. Donn

Creator	Donn, Allan G.
Description	Allan Gerald Donn was born in 1939 in Norfolk to Milton Donn and Freda Fleder. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1964, he received a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Harvard University Law School and became engaged to Susan L. Berman who he later married. A year later Donn was admitted to the Virginia State Bar. In 1967, he received a Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation from Georgetown Law Center. As of 2010, Donn is a member of Willcox and Savage, specializing in partnerships, limited liability companies, taxation and estate planning. While a student at Harvard, Donn was present when the United States Supreme Court heard the school desegregation case, Cocheyse J. Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County. Allan G. Donn In this pivotal case, the court ruled that closing public schools to avoid desegregation was unconstitutional and ordered that they be reopened. Later, as a member of Norfolk legal firm of Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, Donn represented the School Board of City of Norfolk in desegregation cases in the late 1960s and 1970s. The collection contains court documents and a research paper related to school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia and North Carolina. The first four folders relate to Prince Edward County, Virginia. The last folder contains court documents for a case filed in North Carolina – Swan v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg. It includes an amicus curiae brief filed by the Virginia Attorney General that discusses school desegregation in Norfolk and Richmond Virginia.
Call number	MG 106
Date from	1961
Date to	1970
Geographic school	Prince Edward County, VA; Norfolk, VA; Richmond, VA; Charlotte, NC
Size	One Hollinger document case
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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Part Of larger collection yes/no	no
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URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/donn.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Prince Edward County (Va.). County School Board–Trials, litigation, etc. o Public schools–Virginia–Richmond o Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County o Public schools–North Carolina–Charlotte
Types	Legal documents

August 30, 2018September 5, 2018

Forrest P. White Papers

Forrest P. White Papers

Creator	White, Forrest P.
Description	Dr. Forrest P. White was born in Norfolk in 1920. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College and the Medical College of Virginia. He served his internship in the United States Navy (1945-1946) and then served in the Medical Corps of the United States Naval Reserve (1946-1947). He served his residency at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals from 1948 to 1950 and became a practicing pediatrician in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. White was active in local politics in Norfolk and played a central role in the formation and running of the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools, an organization which opposed the closing of that city’s public schools during the desegregation crisis of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. The papers of Dr. White date from 1952 to 1963, the bulk of which primarily concerns the desegregation of Norfolk, Virginia’s public schools. There is some material on the Gray Commission Report (1955-1956), much more on the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools, an organization in which Dr. White was active from 1958 to 1963. The latter material includes correspondence, publicity releases, financial records, and newspaper clippings. There are small amounts of material on the 1952 Byrd-Miller Democratic Senatorial primary and on the 1961 Citizens for Democratic Government campaign in Norfolk’s Democratic primary.
Call number	MG 5
Date from	1952
Date to	1963
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	Two hollinger documents cases
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no	yes
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/whiteforrest.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Norfolk Committee for Public Schools o Virginia. Commission on Public Education o White, Forrest P.
Types	o Clippings o Correspondence o Legal documents

August 30, 2018

DOVE Digital Collection

DOVE Digital Collection

Creator	Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project
Description	The DOVE Collection contains materials dated mainly from the early 1950s through the 1960s and 70s. Specific regions represented in the collection are the City of Norfolk, Prince Edward County, Southside Virginia, Charlottesville and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. During a series of tours conducted throughout the state in 2012 and 2013 entitled ‘School Desegregation: Learn, Preserve and Empower,’ nearly 100 oral histories were conducted to allow citizens to talk about their experiences with school desegregation. Photographs, documents, newspaper clippings and other items were also collected at this time and at other times during the DOVE project. Additional material will be added in the future.
Call number	MG 104
Date from	1950
Date to	2013
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	about 200 digital objects – oral histories, transcripts, videos, documents
Access restrictions yes/no	no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://dc.lib.odu.edu/cdm/about/collection/dove
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o High school students o Middle school students o Public schools o Race relations o School children o Segregation in education
Types	Oral histories

August 28, 2018

Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation (1945- )

Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation (1945- )

Creator	Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation
Description	Founded in 1945 as an interracial organization designed to address concerns with education, health, and housing among the Afro-American community in Norfolk. Predecessor to the Norfolk Human Relations Council. Includes correspondence, newspapers clippings, minutes, reports, pamphlets, and membership lists. Bulk of the organization’s records are in the archives at Norfolk State University.
Call number	MG 54
Date from	1945
Date to	1960
Geographic school	Norfolk, VA
Size	One Hollinger Document Case
Access restrictions yes/no	yes
Access restrictions	Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL	http://www.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/wcic.htm
Repository	Old Dominion University, Special Collections and University Archives
Repository address	Patricia W. & J. Douglas Perry Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
Repository contact email	libspecialcollections@odu.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 683-4483
DoveRegion	region3
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation
Types	o Annual reports o Clippings o Correspondence o Minutes o Organizational Records o Pamphlets o Reports