Library of Virginia
Descriptive Summary
Library of Virginia
Carroll Kem Shackelford Papers,
1954-1985
32577
5.85 cubic feet
English
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Carroll Kem Shackelford Papers, 1954-1985. Accession 32577, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Carroll Kem Shackelford, 6 August 1985.
Biographical/Historical Information
Carroll Kem Shackelford, Orange County attorney and counselor of law, was born in Newcastle, Wyoming on 22 December 1920, the daughter of James Preston Kem and Mary Elizabeth Carroll Kem. Her father served as a United
States Senator from Missouri from 1947 to 1953. After obtaining an A.B. degree from Vassar College in 1940, Shackelford was employed in the field of journalism, working as an editorial assistant for
Look Magazine during World War II and writing a column titled "Votes and Views" that was published in several Virginia and North Carolina newspapers. She married Virginius R. Shackelford,
Jr., in 1943. In 1947, she helped establish and served for ten years on the board of the Grymes Memorial School, a non-profit private school in Orange, Virginia for children in grades 1-8. She received her law
degree from the University of Virginia in 1964 and opened a law office in Culpeper, Virginia. She later became a Substitute Judge of the General District Court.
Involved in issues of interest to women, her membership on Virginia legislative committees has included the Task Force on the Equal Rights Amendment on the Law of Virginia, 1973-1974; the Subcommittee to Study
Rights and Responsibilities of Spouses, 1975-1976; and the Subcommittee on Inheritance and Gift Tax Laws, 1977-1978. From 1976 to 1985, she served as counsel for the women delegates to the Virginia Legislature.
Shackelford served on the board of the Library of Virginia, serving as board chairman from 1970 to 1973.
Carroll Kem Shackelford died on 22 December 2000.
Scope and Content
Papers, 1954-1985, of Carroll Kem Shackelford, Orange County attorney and counselor of law, concerning her legislative activities on the Equal Rights Amendment and other women's rights legislation. Includes
speeches made concering the Equal Rights Amendment, and materials generated during her service on the Equal Rights Task Force and as counsel to the women legislators of the Virginia General Assembly. Her area of
research on the Equal Rights Task Force was family law, examining how the amendment would affect the roles of mother and homemaker. The material from her role as counsel to the women legislators show the evolution
of legislation on issues of concern to women, excluding the Equal Rights Amendment.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: I. Speeches, 1954-1980; II. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Task Force; III. Women's Rights Legislation, 1976-1985.
Series III. Women's Rights Legislation, 1976-1985, is further broken down into subseries arranged chronologically by General Assembly session. The folders under each subseries are arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Folders are numbered consecutively, regardless of box, from 1-165.
Contents List
Speeches,
1954-1980
1
Re. ERA,
1954-1969
1
1
Re. ERA,
1972-1974
1
2
Re. ERA,
1975
1
3
Re. ERA,
1977-1978
1
4
Re. ERA,
1979-1980
1
5
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Task Force
1-3
General
1
6
Joint Privileges and Election Hearings,
2 February 1973
1
7
Reference Material
1
8
Research
2
9-10
Hearings - Statements of Witnesses
2
11
Hearings - Reprints, etc. filed by witnesses
2
12
Task Force Reports
2
13
Task Force Reports - Extra Copies
2
14
Task Force Report and Addenda
3
15
Miscellaneous clippings and letters,
1972-1975
3
16
Women's Rights Legislation,
1976-1985
3-13
Virginia General Assembly 1976-1977 Session
3-5
Bibliography and sources #1
3
17
Bibliography and sources #2
3
18
Correspondence - Miscellaneous
3
19
Courts of Justice Committee - House
3
20
Courts of Justice Committee - Senate
3
21
Divorce #1
4
22
Divorce #2
4
23
Divorce #3 - Senate and House Actions on Amendments to 20-107
4
24
Divorce - Action on 20-107 - House
4
25
Divorce - Action on 20-107 - Senate
4
26
Dower and Curtesy
4
27
Equitable Separate Estate
4
28
Final Versions: Dower and Curtesy - Equitable separate estates
4
29
Final Version: 4 Family Law Bills
4
30
Final Versions and Copies
4
31
General
4
32
Marital Estate - Community Property
4
33
Meetings
5
34
Newspaper Clippings - CKS (Carroll Kem Shackelford)
5
35
Newspaper Clippings - General
5
36
Newspapers Clippings re. Session
5
37
Notes for CKS (Carroll Kem Shackelford)
5
38
Other Bills
5
39
Press and Television
5
40
Status of Women
5
41
Tax Laws
5
42
Vote and Final Bills
5
43
Virginia Bar Association Domestic Relations Committee
5
44
Hoover, Eliza
5
45
Virginia General Assembly 1977-1978 Session
5-7
Digest of Acts of Assembly, 1978 Regular Session
5
46
Battered Spouses
5
47
Correspondence
5
48
Employment and Job Discrimination
6
49
Commission to Study the Containment of Health Care Costs
6
50
Divorce - Letters re. Lump Sum Amendment
6
51
Divorce
6
52
Maryland Legislation
6
53
Dower and Curtesy
6
54
Equitable Separate Estates
6
55
Finance Committee - Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee - Expenses
6
56
Finance Committee - General
7
57
Finance Committee - Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee Final Report
7
58
Finance Committee - Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee Forms
7
59
Finance Committee: Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee - Prior Tax Bills
7
60
Finance Committee: Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee - Meetings and Minutes
7
61
Finance Committee: Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee Research
7
62
Finance Committee: Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee Staff Reports
7
63
Inheritance Tax Law 58-152
7
64
Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts - Appeal in Support Proceedings
7
65
Meetings - Senate and House Committee Assignments
7
66
Newspaper Articles
7
67
Paternity Actions
7
68
Politics
7
69
Press and Television
7
70
Suggestions for Study
7
71
Equal Rights Amendment
7
72
Virginia General Assembly 1978-1979 Session
8-9
Digest of Acts of Assembly, 1979 Regular Session
8
73
Abused Spouses
8
74
Agreements
8
75
Community Property
8
76
Correspondence and Expenses
8
77
Divorce #1
8
78
Divorce #2 - Drafts
8
79
Divorce #3 (Working Papers)
8
80
Divorce #4 (Research)
8
81
Divorce #5 - House Courts of Justice Committee
8
82
Divorce #6 - Personal Jurisdiction - Miscellaneous
9
83
Dower and Curtesy
9
84
Equitable Separate Estates
9
85
Finance Committee - Inheritance and Gift Tax Subcommittee - Tax Lien
9
86
Inheritance by Children
9
87
Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts
9
88
Medical Insurance
9
89
Meetings
9
90
S. B. 645 - Multiple Party Accounts
9
91
Other Bills
9
92
Politics
9
93
Press
9
94
Support
9
95
Women Delegates - Other Bills
9
96
Virginia General Assembly 1979-1980 Session
9-10
Virginia General Assembly,
1979 and 1980
9
97
Correspondence
9
98
Descents and Distributions
10
99
Divorce
10
100
Divorce #2
10
101
Dower and Curtesy
10
102
Equal Rights Amendment
10
103
General Bills
10
104
Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts
10
105
Marital Property
10
106
Politics
10
107
Multiple Party Accounts
10
108
Property Rights - VALC Study
10
109
Sexual Assault
10
110
Women's Rights - General
10
111
Virginia General Assembly 1980-1981 Session
10
Correspondence
10
112
Divorce and Marital Property
10
113
Equitable Separate Estates
10
114
General Bills
10
115
Inheritance
10
116
Multiple Party Accounts
10
117
Sexual Assault
10
118
Summary of Legislation for Session
10
119
Virginia General Assembly 1981-1982 Session
11
Digest of Acts of General Assembly, 1981 and 1982 Special Sessions and 1982 Session
11
120
Divorce - Support, Custody, Equitable Distribution Bill
11
121
Divorce - Support, Spousal and Child
11
122
Inheritance
11
123
Multiple Party Accounts
11
124
Proposals; Miscellaneous
11
125
Support Laws, Study of Joint Custody
11
126
Legislators
11
127
Virginia General Assembly 1982-1983 Session
11
Child Custody
11
128
Divorce - Support, Spousal and Child
11
129
General
11
130
General - Proposals - Other Bills
11
131
Inheritance
11
132
Multiple Party Accounts
11
133
Women's Bills - Children
11
134
Virginia General Assembly 1983-1984 Session
11-13
Digest of Acts, 1984 Session
11
135
Abuse - Child/Spouse
11
136
Children - Miscellaneous
11
137
Court of Appeals
12
138
Divorce
12
139
General
12
140
Inheritance and Estates
12
141
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
12
142
Other Bills
12
143
Paternity
12
144
Property Joint Subcommittee - Dower and Curtesy
12
145
Property Joint Subcommittee - Fall Meetings
12
146
Property Joint Subcommittee - General
12
147
Property Joint Subcommittee - Ideas Committee
12
148
Pay Equity
13
149
Summary - Women's Bills
13
150
Support - Child and Spouse
13
151
Virginia General Assembly 1984-1985 Session
13
Digest of Acts of Assembly, 1985 Session
13
152
Abortion
13
153
Abuse - Child and Spouse
13
154
Comparable Pay
13
155
Divorce
13
156
Equitable Distribution
13
157
Equitable Separate Estates
13
158
General
13
159
Pensions
13
160
Property and Inheritance
13
161
Pre-Marital Agreement
13
162
Status of Women
13
163
Summary of Women's Bills
13
164
Support - Child/Spouse
13
165