"The New Virginia Law to Preserve Racial Integrity"
In the Virginia Law to Preserve Racial Integrity, "white" persons were defined as those with "no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian" or "one-sixteenth or less of the blood of the American Indian." The second part of the definition was included to appease a group of prominent Virginians who claimed to be descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
<em>Virginia Health Bulletin</em>, vol. XVI, March 1924. Pamphlet. Rockbridge County Clerk's Correspondence, 1912-1943. Local Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia.12-1245-005/006/007.
March 1924
Pamphlet
"The Old Mountain Home"
John T. Nicholson.
1 June 1934
Microfilm of newspaper
<em>“Segregation declared unconstitutional” headline from <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Tribune</span> (Roanoke)</em>
The Tribune, advertised as "the only negro newspaper published in Southwest Virginia," made the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education their top story. They reported that the Court would hear arguments later in the year on "how and when to end the practice" of segregation in schools. Because of the South's adoption of massive resistance, it would take decades for schools to desegregate.
<em>Tribune</em> (Roanoke). The Library of Virginia. 04-0315-04.
22 May 1954
Newspaper
<em>Letter, Robert Leon Bacon, Richmond, to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond</em>
Robert Leon Bacon described the restrictions that segregation placed on his life and wrote that “Virginia is the mother of presidents but it is not the home of democracy.”
Virginia. Governor (1954–1958: Stanley), Executive Papers, 1954–1958, Acc. 25184. State Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia. 04-1036-13/14/15.
2 December 1955
Typescript
<em>Virginia State Law Requires All Colored Passengers to Ride in Rear of Bus</em>
Library of Virginia, Special Collections (Broadside. 19– .C58FF). 06-1202-02.
After 1945
Broadside
<p>Jane v. Lanier final decree</p>
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0035/0037.
14 November 1840
Manuscript
1937 Guide Map of Shenandoah National Park
The Library of Virginia, Map Collection. 12-1226.
1937
Map
Aberdeen (Prince George County, Va.)
WPA Federal Art Project in Virginia
Dwellings. -- Virginia -- Prince George County.
Pen and ink drawing of a brick house showing two large trees in front. Artist's signature, "Edward A. Darby," appears in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing.
<a href="http://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/darby">Darby, Edward Allen, 1877-1966</a>
WPA Historic Houses Drawings Collection
Library of Virginia Special Collections, Prints & Photographs, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA. Contact 804-692-3703.
1932-1937
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Finding aid to Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950, Accession 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571: <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml" target="_blank">http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml</a>
WPA Photograph and Negative Collection
Pen and ink drawing
English
Lab# 12_0676_38_16686
Prince George County, Va.
Airwell (Hanover County, Va.)
WPA Federal Art Project in Virginia
Dwellings. -- Virginia -- Hanover County.
Pen and ink drawing of a brick house surrounded by trees and landscaping. Artist's signature, "Edward A. Darby," appears in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing.
<a href="http://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/darby">Darby, Edward Allen, 1877-1966</a>
WPA Historic Houses Drawings Collection
Library of Virginia Special Collections, Prints & Photographs, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA. Contact 804-692-3703.
1932-1937
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Finding aid to Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950, Accession 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571: <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml" target="_blank">http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml</a>
WPA Photograph and Negative Collection
Pen and ink drawing
English
Lab# 12_0676_38_16549
Hanover County, Va.
Albert S. Priddy, Superintendent of the State Colony for Epileptics and the Feebleminded
Dr. A.S. Priddy, the superintendent of the Virginia Colony, assigned Irving Whitehead, a former member of the colony's board, to be Carrie Buck's defense lawyer. Priddy died before the appeals in the case were heard, and John Bell succeeded him.
The Library of Virginia. 05-0905-01.
1908
Photograph