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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record. Created by Jay Gaidmore, 17 September 2003 Description is in English Feb 14, 2004 PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00572::A Guide to the Harry F. Byrd Press Release, 18 December 1955)//EN" "vi00572.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl 2014-01-08 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Harry F. Byrd Press Release, 18 December 1955 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 40054

Library of Virginia 2003 Renee Savits Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Harry F. Byrd Press Release, 18 December 1955 40054 Personal papers collection, Acc. 40054 2 leaves, photocopies English Harry F. Byrd Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Harry F. Byrd Press Release, 18 December 1955. Accession 40054. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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Transferred from Technical services, 11 October 2002.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) served as governor of Virginia from 1926-1930 and United States Senator from Virginia from 1933-1965.

 Scope and Content Information

Press release, 18 December 1955, by Senator Harry Flood Byrd, in favor of a referendum calling for a constitutional convention to revise and amend Section 141 of the Virginia constitution. Section 141 concerned the appropriation of funds for educational purposes. The act was approved on 19 January 1956.