Papers of Leon Sebring Dure [manuscript], 1957-1970.

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Papers of Leon Sebring Dure [manuscript], 1957-1970.

The collection centers around the development and attempted implementation of freedom of choice in school desegregation. It contains clippings, articles, advertisements, essays, and correspondence with political and education figures, as well as with the general public in Virginia and other southern states. Correspondents include J. Lindsay Almond, Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Virginius Dabney, Hardy Cross Dillard, Albertis S. Harrison, B. P. Harrison, James Jackson Kilpatrick, Francis Pickens Miller, A. Willis Robertson, F.D.G. Ribble, Howard Worth Smith, and Herbert Wechsler.

2400 (ca.) items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7922864

University of Virginia. Library

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Smith, Howard Worth, 1883-1976

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Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk, Virginia. He completed public school and attended the college of William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Ric...

Robertson, A. Willis (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971

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U.S. Senator from Virginia. From the description of Letter to Dr. Harry J. Warthen, Jr., 1956 January 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959530 Robertson was a senator from Virginia (1946-1966). His son, Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson, is an alumnus of Washington and Lee University, Class of 1950 and a well-known minister and televangelist in Virginia. From the description of Family photographs, ca. 1930-1940. (Washington & Lee University). Wor...

Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978

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Government official. From the description of Papers of Francis Pickens Miller [manuscript], 1885-1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825652 ...

Wechsler, Herbert, 1909-2000

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Law professor. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Wechsler : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735556 Born in 1909, Herbert Wechsler entered the City College of New York at 16 and later attended Columbia Law School where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Wechsler graduated at the top of his class in 1931 and went on to serve as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone. After w...

Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-2010

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Editor of Richmond News Leader, television commentator, author, syndicated newspaper columnist. From the description of Papers of James J. Kilpatrick, 1972-1997. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53046447 Newspaper editor, author, political commentator. From the description of A conservative view [manuscript], 1986-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823272 From the description of A conservative view, 1966 January to Septem...

Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995

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Jay Winston Johns, Jr. was a coal industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia and became a leader in preserving homes of renowned Virginians. He married Helen Lambert (1881-1964). Johns became blind in the late 1950's. He and his wife owned "Ash Lawn," Albemarle County, Virginia which had been the home of James Monroe and designed by Thomas Jefferson. Johns was founder of the Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc., a foundation dedicated to preserving the memo...

Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013

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U.S. Senator from Virginia. From the description of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. papers, [1920?], 1960, 1966, 1982-2005. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 77129822 From the description of Photographs of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. [manuscript[], circa 1906-1968, 2005. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647991031 From the description of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., papers [manuscript, 1966-1970. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 77128978 U.S....

Dure, Leon Sebring, 1907-

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Harrison, B. P. (Burr Powell), 1904-1973

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Ribble, F. D. G. (Frederick Deane Goodwin), 1898-1970

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Born in Virginia. B.A., 1916, College of William and Mary; M.S., 1917, and LL.B., 1921, University of Virginia; S.J.D., 1937, Columbia University. Law professor at Virginia, 1921-1966; dean, 1939-1963. From the description of Papers, 1920-1965. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 704074162 Born in Virginia. B.A., 1916, College of William and Mary; M.S., 1917, and LL. B., 1921, University of Virginia; S.J.D., 1937, Columbia University. Law profe...

Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

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Lawyer, of Roanoke and Richmond, Va.; Roanoke City Hustings Court judge; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1945-1948; Attorney General of Virginia, 1948-1957; Governor of Virginia, 1959-1962; judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1963-1986. From the description of Papers, 1850-1987. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 33953204 Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Mari...

Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...

Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. In late 1943 and early 1944 Dillard served as director of training with the Civil Affairs Division of the U.S. First Army in England preparing for the aftermath of the invasion of Europe. From the description of Papers, 1943-1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 704074218 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Born in Louisiana; educated at West Point, 1920-1924, and University of Virginia School of Law, 1924-1927; law professor at Virginia, 1927-1970; U.S. ...