Ted Dalton – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

October 23, 2018

Virginia Judicial papers, 1930-1964

Virginia Judicial papers, 1930-1964

Creator	John Paul
Description	Case files, ca. 1930-1960, comprise the bulk of the collection. General civil and criminal case files are grouped separately from bankruptcy and land condemnation cases. Case files include two Virginia school desegregation cases which he heard in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Administrative files for the federal district court contain extensive documentation regarding case loads, rules of court, probation, and jury call decisions. Also included are professional correspondence, speeches and articles. Correspondents include Alfred D. Barksdale, Albert V. Bryan, Armistead M. Dobie, Ted Dalton, Sterling Hutcheson, John J. Parker, Floyd H. Roberts, Simon E. Sobeloff, Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., and Roby C. Thompson.
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Date from	1930
Date to	1960
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	94 boxes (36 linear ft.)
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Repository	University of Virginia Law Library
Repository address	Arthur J. Morris Law Library, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Repository contact name	Cecilia Brown
Repository contact title	Special Collections and Archives Assistant
Repository contact email	lawlibref@virginia.edu
Repository contact phone	(434) 924-3023
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o School children o School integration o School integration–Massive resistance movement o Segregation in education o Paul, John, 1883-1964. United States. District Court (Virginia : Western District) o Segregation in education–Law and legislation–Virginia.
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

September 7, 2018

Charles Knox Martin Jr. Official Papers

Charles Knox Martin Jr. Official Papers

Creator	Charles Martin
Description	Dr. Martin was President of Radford during much of the period of desegregation. His official papers, however, contain only one folder related to desegregation. Titled “Integration” the folder contains requests from African-American women for admission to Radford; statistical information on the number of segregated or desegregated institutions of higher learning in Virginia in 1963; an advance copy of remarks on desegregation prepared by Ted Dalton for delivery at the March 1957 Republican State Central Committee Meeting; an issuance from the president of Lynchburg College regarding the participation of Lynchburg students in a sit-in; an inquiry from the principal of a Warren County high school about the eligibility of seniors unable to complete high school because of school closing for consideration for admission to Radford: and other matters related to integration between 1950 and 1964.
Call number	RU 2.3
Date from	1952
Date to	1972
Geographic school	Radford, VA
Size	3 linear feet
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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URL	http://lib.radford.edu/archives/findingaids/MartinPapers.html
Repository	Radford University, University Archives and Special Collections
Repository address	P.O. Box 6881, Radford, VA 24142
Repository contact name	Gene Hyde
Repository contact title	Archivist
Repository contact email	wehyde@radford.edu
Repository contact phone	(540) 831-5692
DoveRegion	region1
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 Dalton, Ted o Martin, Charles K. (Charles Knox), 1909- o Radford University o women students o Public schools–Virginia–Warren County o Lynchburg College
Types	o Correspondence o Legal documents

June 5, 2018September 5, 2018

Inventory of the Ted Dalton Papers

Inventory of the Ted Dalton Papers

Creator	Theodore Roosevelt Dalton
Description	Papers, 1933-1978, of Ted Dalton, Virginia state senator, 1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia in 1953 and 1957; and U.S. District judge for the Western District of Virginia. Includes correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film and legal opinions. Subjects covered include Republican Party politics, the Virginia General Assembly, highways, compulsory automobile insurance, segregation, the Gray Commission Report (Commission on Public Education), the College of William and Mary, and Dalton’s appointment as a federal judge. Prominent correspondents include J. Lindsay Almond, Howard Baker, Ezra T. Benson, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald R. Ford, Mills E. Godwin, Albertis S. Harrison, A. Linwood Holton, J. Edgar Hoover, A. E. Dick Howard, Richard Nixon, Davis Y. Paschall, Richard H. Poff, Lewis F. Powell, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens, William M. Tuck, and Edward E. Willey.
Call number	Mss. 81 D17
Date from	1933
Date to	1978
Geographic school	Virginia
Size	16 boxes
Access restrictions yes/no	no
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URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00037.frame
Repository	College of William and Mary, Special Collections Research Center
Repository address	Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary, PO Box 8794, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
Repository contact name
Repository contact title	College of William and Mary. Special Collections Research Center
Repository contact email	spcoll@wm.edu
Repository contact phone	(757) 221-3090
DoveRegion	region4
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African American–Segregation o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999 o Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o High school students o District courts–Virginia o Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923-
Types	o Broadcast-radio o Memorabilia o Minutes o Organizational Records o Photographs o Press releases