Papers of John S. Battle, 1933-1991 (bulk 1955-1959).

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Papers of John S. Battle, 1933-1991 (bulk 1955-1959).

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The papers pertain to Battle in his capacity as Charlottesville, Va., City Attorney and attorney for the Charlottesville School Board. The collection consists chiefly of clippings regarding the closing of the Charlottesville, Va., schools, 1958-1959, a dispute over funds for a consolidated Fluvanna County elementary school for African-Americans in 1957, together with a speech by Battle before the Venable School PTA, and an Appendix on Behalf of Appellants, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of the Charlottesville School Board vs. Doris Marie Allen, et al. The collection also contains clippings, 1955-1979, concerning Piedmont Airlines, University of Virginia football star Bill Dudley, and the Westinghouse uranium contract case; a campaign brochure for state senatorial candidate William Massie Smith, and a photograph of pupils in the Charlottesville School for Boys meeting Herbert Hoover in Washington.

208 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Charlottesville School for Boys.

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Venable School (Charlottesville, Va.)

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United States. District Court (Virginia : Western District)

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Westinghouse electric corporation

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Smith, William Massie.

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Dudley, William M.

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Captain and renowned player of the University of Virginia football team. From the description of Oral history interview of William M. Dudley by R. L. Baxter [manuscript], May 29, 1980. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920081 ...

Battle, John S.

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