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Harry F. Byrd Press Release, 18 December 1955. Accession 40054. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Transferred from Technical services, 11 October 2002.
Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) served as governor of Virginia from 1926-1930 and United States Senator from Virginia from 1933-1965.
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.