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A.E.S. Stephens Papers 2.40 Linear Feet 6 Hollinger document cases boxes

Stephens, Allie Edward Stokes (1900-1973)
Served in both the House of Delegates (1929-1941) and the State Senate (1941-1952), and as Lieutenant Governor (1952-1961). Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1961 against Albertis Harrison. Centers around this unsuccessful campaign and contains papers focusing on the issue of Massive Resistance to integration, dating to the early 1950s.
  1. Old Dominion University

Allan G. Donn Papers 0.40 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger document case boxes

Donn, Allan G. (1939-)
Contains court documents and a research paper related to school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia and North Carolina. The court documents relate to Cocheyse J. Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County and Swan v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
  1. Old Dominion University

Archie L. Boswell Papers 0.8 Linear Feet 2 Hollinger document cases boxes

Boswell, Archie L.
Norfolk attorney. Represented the plaintiffs in the two cases initiated to reopen the Norfolk public schools closed to avoid integration, James v. Duckworth and James v. Almond. Includes correspondence, legal materials, notes, and background material.
  1. Old Dominion University

Carl Abbott Papers 0.60 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger document case boxes

Abbott, Carl (1944-)
Small collection focusing on materials used by Carl Abbott who taught history at Old Dominion University from 1972 to 1978.
  1. Old Dominion University

Charles H. Ford Papers 0.80 Linear Feet 2 Hollinger document cases boxes

Ford, Charles H. (1964-)
Dr. Charles Ford is a history professor at Norfolk State University. His collection includes material on Ford's research on African American history and gay cultural and activist groups, primarily the Tidewater AIDS Community Task Force. These materials include correspondence, brochures, convention booklets, financial records, minutes, reports, promotional materials, a corporation agreement, invitations, cards, DVDs featuring lectures given by Dr. Ford, documents created by organizations, and articles from newspapers and magazines.
  1. Old Dominion University

David P. Neff Papers 1.80 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger document case, 1 oversized box boxes

Neff, David P.
The collection contains documents used by Dr. Neff during the development of his master's thesis, "The Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, 1954-1967."
  1. Old Dominion University

Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Collection 0.40 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger size box boxes

Yaco, Sonia (1957-)
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.
  1. Old Dominion University

Forrest P. White Papers 0.80 Linear Feet 2 Hollinger document cases boxes

White, Forrest P. (1920-1995)
Pediatrician in Norfolk. Played central role in formation of Norfolk Committee for Public Schools, which opposed the closing of the city's public schools during the desegregation crisis. Bulk of the material concerns the desegregation of Norfolk's public schools.
  1. Old Dominion University

Forrest R. "Hap" White Papers 0.40 Linear Feet One multimedia box boxes

White, Forest R. (1947-)
Former Budget Director for the Norfolk Public Schools. Fourteen untranscribed cassette tapes containing interviews White conducted with politicians, journalists, police and other city officials from 1975-1991 as background for his ODU doctoral dissertation, School Desegregation and Urban Renewal and the 1992 book Pride and Prejudice: School Desegregation and Urban Renewal in Norfolk, 1950-1959.
  1. Old Dominion University

Henry E. Howell, Jr. Papers 208.10 Linear Feet 295 Hollinger document cases; 16 record cartons; 9 oversize boxes; 3 media boxes boxes

Howell, Henry E. (Henry Evans) (1920-1997)
Henry Evans Howell, Jr. served in the General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor (1971-1973). Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Virginia three times (1969, 1973,1977). Bulk of the collection deals with his career in politics, first in Norfolk and, after 1968, on the statewide level. Documents Democratic Party affairs from 1948 through 1977. Also includes promotional audio and video clips created as part of Howell's campaigns for the Virginia governorship in 1969, 1973 and 1977. Included are radio and television advertisements, speeches and scripted television broadcasts.
  1. Old Dominion University

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