Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, 1960-1966.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia Council on Human Relations, Southern Conference Educational Fund.
Abstract:
Records of the Virginia Council on Human Relations and the Southern Education Fund, 1960-1966. Pamphlets, booklets, reports, newsletters, correspondence, clippings relating to school desegregation, fair employment practices, housing, etc.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

The Virginia Council on Human Relations (VCHR) was a non-profit organization that attempted to find resolutions to the "race problem," i.e., school desegregation, fair employment practices, housing, inter- cultural relations, public facility desegregation, voting rights and registration) in the state of Virginia. Stressing both constructive solutions and cooperative action, the VCHR worked with the Southern Regional Council and with Councils on Human Relations in other Southern states to realize its goal of acknowledging and accepting the "Legitimate aspirations of all the people of Virginia," regardless of race, color, or national origin.

The VCHR Papers represent an assortment of documents that chronicles the activities of the Council between 1960 and 1966. Part of the VCHR Papers contain leaflets, booklets, and pamphlets that outlines the goals, objectives, and purposes of the VCHR. Another portion of the Paper consists of official letters from key Council representatives to either members of local VCHR branches or to Southern citizens who support the VCHR. Printed documents of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., or SCEF (i.e., The Southern Patriot, newspaper of the SCEF, letters of Fred Shuttleworth, president of SCEF) and the Southern Regional Council are a part of the VCHR Papers. Official "Minutes" records, financial reports, newsletters, and memos of the VCHR are also a part of the assorted collection that is the VCHR Papers. Finally, the VCHR Papers contain documents from the Norfolk, Fairfax, and other Virginian branches of the VCHR.

Biographical / historical:

The Virginia Council on Human Relations was a private organization formed to encourage better race relations. There were chapters in various localities and its headquarters was in Richmond.

Acquisition information:
Gift: ca. 150 items, 1966.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into folders by subject.

Physical description:
ca. 150 items, 1 box.