Luther Porter Jackson Family papers 

Luther Porter Jackson Family Papers 

Creator Luther Porter Jackson Family
Description The Luther Porter Jackson is one of the most valuable manuscript groups from a historical point of view in the nation, for this former professor of history at Virginia State University lived and worked during an era when the concept of black inferiority was the accepted rule. In addition, this was the time of “Jim Crowism.” Segregation was not “de facto,” it was legal and challenged by few people, black and white. During the major time span of these papers, 1920-1950, a number of political and civil rights organizations developed into potent forces and others were born: the NAACP, the Negro Organizational Society, the Southern Regional Council, and the Southern School for Workers. This manuscript group is rich in correspondence with most of the leaders of these movements. Some of the correspondence includes Walter White, Lorenzo C. White, P. Bernard Young, Gordon Hancock and others. Correspondence with Virginia based political and civil rights groups is strong and gives a good picture of the tempo of the era in the State: the Virginia Voters League, the Committee for Virginia, the Petersburg Negro Business League. In addition to correspondence with major political and civil rights organizations, Jackson maintained as interesting relationship with others across the U.S. The business or office correspondence of Luther P. Jackson from 1920-1950 include correspondence with John Hope Franklin, W.E.B. DuBois, Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Ambush Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green and others. The collection also consists of ledgers, pamphlets, financial and legal documents, photographs, speeches, newspaper articles, cards, telegrams, notebooks, artifacts and Jackson’s research materials, as well as correspondence and records in regard to the Virginia Teachers Association and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
Call number 1952-l
Date from 1772
Date to 1960
Geographic school Petersburg, VA, Virginia
Size Unknown
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URL http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vsu/vipets00009.xml
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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

o    Virginia State University

o    Virginia Teachers Association

o    Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc.

o    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

o    Virginia Voters League

Types o    Annual reports

o    Correspondence

o    Diaries

o    Financial records

o    Memorabilia

o    Minutes

o    Organizational Records

o    Proceedings

o    Reports

Virginia Teachers Association papers

Virginia Teachers Association papers

Creator Virginia Teachers Association
Description Contains documents and items pertaining to the Virginia Teachers Association and African Americans Teachers Association. Box 60 includes, the book “A psychological study of delinquent and non-delinquent negro boys” by Robert Daniel Ph.D. (1932), correspondence in regard to the closing of the schools in Prince Edward County, receipts, other various correspondence, lists of teachers and subjects taught, lists of teachers displaced by school closings in various counties, membership lists, and clippings.
Call number Acc. #1969-14, box 60
Date from 1932, 1959
Date to 1966
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
Size .45 cubic ft.
Access restrictions yes/no no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no yes
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URL
Repository Virginia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Repository address Johnston Memorial Library, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806
Repository contact name Lucious Edwards
Repository contact title University Archivist
Repository contact email ledwards@vsu.edu
Repository contact phone (804) 524-5749
DoveRegion region5
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    Tutors and tutoring

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    Public schools–Virginia–Northumberland County

o    Public schools–Virginia–Nottoway County

o    Public schools–Virginia –Orange County

Types o    Clippings

o    Correspondence

o    Legal documents