Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Collection is open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], DOVE: Desegregation of Virginia Education Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.40 Linear Feet and 1 Hollinger size box boxes
Creator:
Yaco, Sonia (1957-)
Abstract:
The collection contains materials dated mainly from the early 1950s through the 1960s and 70s but also houses materials from the 21st Century related to the 50th Anniversary of the End of Massive Resistance. The collection also focuses on events, legal cases, media coverage, and photographs of desegregation in Virginia. Specific regions represented in the collection are the City of Norfolk, Prince Edward County, Farmville, Charlottesville and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], DOVE: Desegregation of Virginia Education Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:
DOVE website

Oral histories conducted as part of DOVE are available in the Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections.

Biographical / historical:

The Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project was created in 2008 by Old Dominion University Libraries and includes (other librarians/archivists/historians from around Virginia). DOVE's main aim was to identify, locate and preserve records that document Virginia's school desegregation process. This process allowed DOVE to create a catalog to serve as a central access point for materials held by various institutions across Virginia. DOVE joined with AARP Virginia, Virginia Conference NAACP and Urban League of Hampton Roads to create the "School Desegregation: Learn, Preserve and Empower" project.

Note written by Heather Hammond

Acquisition information:

Emily McMullen Harris

Gift. Accession #A2009-21

Items were donated to the DOVE project from various donors and collected by DOVE project. Content, such as oral histories, photographs and text documents were also collected from participants during DOVE "Learn, Preserve and Empower" tour.

Custodial history:

Prior to September 2020, the collection was known as DOVE: Desegregation of Virginia Education Papers.

Processing information:

The finding aid was created by Heather Hammond in June 2012.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into three series: Series I: Subject Files; Series II: Material Relating to 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance; and Series III: "School Desegregation: Learn, Preserve and Empower" Tour.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard