West Virginia Human Rights Commission Archives, 1961/1966

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Human Rights Commission Archives, A&M 1887, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.9 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 11 in. (7 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator:
West Virginia. Human Rights Commission
Abstract:
Papers of Thomas W. Gavett, Chairman of the Commission. Subjects covered include: surveys of equal employment opportunities, newspaper clippings, material from the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, correspondence regarding non-discriminatory college applications for West Virginia institutions of higher learning, memoranda from the executive director to commission members, minutes of meetings, hearings, West Virginia Interracial Commission created by Governor M.M. Neely, West Virginia Advisory Commission to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, statement to the West Virginia Board of Education from a committee of the West Virginia State NAACP on 2 September 1964, First Governors Conference on Human Rights in Charleston on 16 December 1965, special report on the New Year's Eve incident in Huntington on 14 January 1966, the special hearing at Lakin State Hospital on 21 April 1966, and the resignation of Howard McKinney. Correspondents include Governor W.W. Barron, Rabbi Samuel Cooper, Paul Crabtree, Rev. C. Anderson Davis, Thomas W. Gavett, Ken Hechler, Senator Paul Kaufman, Paul A. Miller, Julius W. Singleton, and Governor H.C. Smith.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Human Rights Commission Archives, A&M 1887, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard