{"id":425,"date":"2018-10-23T18:31:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizwah.gmu.edu\/DOVE\/?p=425"},"modified":"2018-10-23T18:31:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:31:47","slug":"benjamin-muse-papers-1898","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dove.gmu.edu\/index.php\/2018\/10\/23\/benjamin-muse-papers-1898\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Muse papers (1898-)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Benjamin Muse papers (1898-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"970\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Creator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Muse, Benjamin (1898-)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>In part, microfilm of newspaper clippings which were returned to Mr. Muse. Foreign Service officer, politician, and author, of Reston, Va. Chiefly correspondence and speeches on Virginia political issues, including social security and massive resistance to desegregation in schools, and to Muse&#8217;s break with the Democratic Party in 1936, his Republican gubernatorial candidacy in 1941, and his research on Virginia for &#8220;Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952&#8221; (1954) by Paul D. Theodore; chapters of a book on Muse&#8217;s attitudes toward blacks; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence was generated by Muse&#8217;s Washington Post column entitled Virginia Affairs, editorials for the Manassas Messenger, and magazine articles. Correspondents include Frank Bane, John S. Battle, Sarah (Patton) Boyle, Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966), Harry F. Byrd (b. 1914), Lenoir Chambers, Virginius Dabney, Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Leslie W. Dunbar, and Patrick H. Drewry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Call number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>MS 77-1240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Date from<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1934<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Date to<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1966<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Geographic school<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Manassas, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Size<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>ca. 975 items<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Access restrictions yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Access restrictions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Part Of larger collection yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Larger collection title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>URL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Repository<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Repository address<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Repository contact name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Nicole Bouch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Repository contact title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Director, Special Collections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Repository contact email<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>nlb3d@virginia.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Repository contact phone<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>(434) 243-1776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>DoveRegion<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>region7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Subjects<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African American students<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Americans&#8211;Civil rights<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Americans&#8211;Segregation<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public schools<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Race relations<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School children<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School closings<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School integration<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School integration&#8211;Massive resistance movement<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chambers, Lenoir, 1891-1970<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dunbar, Leslie<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Muse, Benjamin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Types<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clippings<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Correspondence<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legal documents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Muse papers (1898-) Creator Muse, Benjamin (1898-) Description In part, microfilm of newspaper clippings which were returned to Mr. Muse. Foreign Service officer, politician, and author, of Reston, Va. 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