Series I: Subject Files

Scope and content:

This series includes material relating to the desegregation of Virginia's schools. Included are the papers of Judge Walter E. Hoffman, legal papers, newspaper clippings from Norfolk, Charlottesville, Farmville photographs of the R.R. Moton High School/Museum and Barbara Johns' memoirs. Esther Bell Coleman biography entitled "A Conspiracy Theory" which details her experiences as a student in South Boston, Virginia in the mid-1970s.

Access and use

Location of collection:
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
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to researchers without restrictions.
Parent 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.

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