Records of the Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech)
| Creator | Va Tech Board of Visitors |
| Description | The BOV (Board of Visitors) files contain a few references to desegregation issues, including consideration in 1943 of establishing an integrated honorary society, Tau Sigma Delta, to establish a chapter (box 7037,, folder titled “1939-43 Board of Visitors Meetings (letters of to)”); reference to a training session for Negro workers found in the Annual Report of School of Agriculture to VPI Board of Visitors – August 1960 (box 7038, BOV 1950-59, folder titled Annual Board Reports 1960); report by President Newman on 2 matters “having to do with Negroes at VPI (box 9538 BOV 1955-59, volume XXIV); issue of allowing black members of professional groups whose meetings include a meal to eat with the group in college facilities (box 9539 BOV 1950-54, vol. XXI 1953 (addendum after p. 130 of 7-28-53 meeting)); consideration of the request of two Negro students to live on campus (box 9545, BOV 1960-65, vol. XXVIII 1960, meeting of May 10, p. 52; and another consideration of allowing Negro students to live on campus, as well as their attendance at Ring Dance (box 9545, vol. XXIX 1961, Feb 14 meeting). |
| Call number | RG 1 |
| Date from | 1943 |
| Date to | 1961 |
| Geographic school | Blacksburg, VA |
| Size | |
| Access restrictions yes/no | yes |
| Access restrictions | Permission must be sought through the University Archivist. |
| Part Of larger collection yes/no | no |
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| Repository | Virginia Tech Special Collections |
| Repository address | University Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001 |
| Repository contact name | Aaron D. Purcell |
| Repository contact title | Director, Special Collections |
| Repository contact email | specref@vt.edu |
| Repository contact phone | (540) 231-6308 |
| DoveRegion | region1 |
| Subjects | o African American students
o Segregation in higher education |
| Types | o Correspondence
o Legal documents |