Following the Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, Attorney General Almond advised that the schools follow their current procedures regarding segregation until a final decree was made by the courts.

Mr. Howard requested that the Superintendents cooperate fully with Governor Thomas B. Stanley's order to operate the schools on the basis of segregation. Attached to his letter is census information for schools in Virginia in the 1950's.

The School Board Resolution (which is included here) states that it will maintain the public school system, take cautions with the elimination of compulsory school attendance, stay flexible, and encourage people with different views to be able to work together. There is also an article from The Daily Progress about the Resolution and a letter from Dr. Ellis.

Dr. Ellis wrote to the School Board regarding an article (that is not present) on "Segregation in the Schools" by John T. Fey, Dean of the Law School at George Washington University. James Harry Michael, Jr. recommended that each member read it.

Ellis thanked Wallenborn for sending him an article about a brief filed with the U. S. Supreme Court by the State of North Carolina and a desegregation plan. (The article is present.)

Dr. Ellis thanked Dr. Stiles for writing to R. Stanley Goodman complimenting the Charlottesville City Board of Education on their resolution regarding the problem of segregation. The letter from Lindley J. Stiles to R. Stanley Goodman is included.

Comments include [they would be] "perfectly willing to abolish the present public school system" rather than "see mixed schools in Virginia;" "The negro is a pure jungle product;" "white children attend school during one part of the day and the Negro children attend during the other part of the day;" "Isenhower [sic] is a rabid integrationist, has entirely desegrated [sic] the armed forces of this nation." There are also news clippings about the abolishment of schools in Mississippi. Superintendent Ellis responded with a simple acknowledgement of their position.

One letter is from a parent who supported integration and wanted to keep the schools open. Another is from parents who wanted their child to attend an integrated school and planned to send the child away to a more progressive school unless Charlottesville embraced integration in the schools. Dr. Ellis responded to each letter.

Ellis and Howard wrote to the School Board and Division Superintendents about the Supreme Court's opinion of May 31 which stated that "racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional" but must be dealt with on a local level.

The letters discuss the policy statement from the Governor which said that the decision of the United States Supreme Court created problems and would need appropriate legislation to support its views.

Oliver W. Hill's petition requests that the School Board voluntarily desegregate the schools for the 1956-1957 school term.

Dr. Ellis informed them of a meeting to discuss an analysis of Brown v. Board written by [James Harry] Michael. There is a list of questions from the Committee of the Whole and a copy of the analysis.

Ellis wrote to the School Board about a telegram from the placement board which ordered that the "local school boards and division superintendents are divested of all such powers" in the placement of pupils.

Hill wrote that he was waiting for a response to his petition (see 1:11) Dr. Ellis responded that "no action has been taken in this matter…" Also included is a letter from Ellis to the School Board and an excerpt from the School Board minutes.

Dr. Ellis wrote that the School Board would be meeting with Attorney General Almond concerning the law suit. Governor Stanley issued a statement announcing that he would request the Chairman of the Commission on Public Education to call the Executive Committee of the Commission into session.

Dr. Ellis wrote that he would send John Battle all of his correspondence with Oliver W. Hill. The petition has handwritten notes (possibly notes on the employment of the parents of the children in the petition.)

The study (was prepared by Booker T. Reaves when he was a student in Professor Lambert Molyneaux's class on Race Relations in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia.)

Dr. Ellis sent a copy of the Summons to the editor of The Daily Progress , and letters to the School Board about meeting with John S. Battle to prepare an answer to the case. The Summons is included (June 1, 1956).

Dr. Ellis proposed that they meet to discuss the Civil Action Case which was scheduled to go to the Federal District Court on July 12 th .

Charles "Chic" E. Moran offered the services of the Virginia Council on Human Relations to bring in consultants to help the city successfully meet the problems of integration.

Dr. Ellis gave instructions to all teachers and school personnel to refrain from commenting about the lawsuit and the "serious problem confronting us."

Dr. Ellis asked Vincent Shea if the City of Charlottesville was eligible for any federal funds for elementary and secondary education.

Dr. Ellis sent Dean Ribble a brief statement that Ellis had prepared on his interpretations of "Meaning and Implications of 'Deliberate Speed." Ellis suggested that desegregation begin with one grade a year.

Superintendent Ellis wrote in one of his letters, "Judge Paul's favorable decision is a source of great encouragement to us all." (August 26, 1960)

The article, "Order to Integrate In Virginia Upheld" from the Little Rock Arkansas Gazette , suggested that the state did not have to follow the Supreme Court ruling of May 17, 1954. There is also a letter from Fendall R. Ellis to the School Board members with the text of the Fourth Circuit Court's ruling that they must put an end to segregation in the schools.

Attorney General James Lindsay Almond Jr. requested school officials to send any information regarding petitions filed by the NAACP to Mark R. Hawes, the Chief Counsel of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, who was investigating the NAACP.

Superintendent Ellis sent Attorney General James Lindsay Almond, Jr. a resolution to retain the Honorable John S. Battle, Jr. to serve as their counsel and to also request the legal services of the Office of the Attorney General.

Dr. Ellis asked if they could postpone the meeting.

Attached are lists of Jefferson School Patrons who helped with the School Bond Election

Judge Paul ruled that no children would be denied entrance to a school because a parent failed to apply for a pupil assignment with the pupil placement board. He also ruled that the pupil placement board would act only as a guide for school officials and would not be an enforcement agency. There is also a press release statement about the decree.

Dr. Wright, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare cited the violence in Little Rock, Arkansas as an example of what could happen if there was no leadership in following the laws.

Correspondents include Senator Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Dalton and the Venable Faculty Committee.

The petition requests admittance for certain students in the public schools of the city by September 1958 without regard to their race or color.

Superintendent Ellis informed them of special meetings with John S. Battle, Jr.

Dorothy Owen sent the results of a poll from the parents of Venable School pupils to the School Board. One hundred and seventy seven parents wanted some measure of integration and one hundred and twenty eight preferred that Venable School be closed.

Mr. and Mrs James P. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dulaney, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Faulconer, and Mrs. Harold M. Burrows requested a list of the names and addresses of the parents of Venable School pupils for the use of a poll [inquiring about desegregation and the closing of Venable School.

Mr. Hill requested a copy of the resolution (which is present) that designated six geographic areas for school districts and interviews and testing.

Mr. Jarman, president of the Lane PTA wrote that it would be better if they did not send a questionnaire "at this time."

Superintendent Ellis congratulated Hill on his statement to the press regarding the school situation.

Hill requested that Carol Williams and Sylvia Delorus Morton be admitted to public schools regardless of their race or color. He also wrote Ellis that they were studying the validity of the "Battle Plan" and had advised their clients not to appear for personal interviews.

Parents requested admission of their children to public schools without regard to race or color.

Superintendent Ellis sent Superintendent Brewbaker a copy of the resolution (desegregation plan see 1:38). There are also minutes from the School Board meeting of July 8, 1958, a description of the Charlottesville School Districts, a letter thanking Gregg for maps of the school districts.

Superintendent Ellis wrote that he was afraid that if they desegregated, the schools would be closed.

Superintendent Ellis wrote to the School Board that there was no change in the status of the segregation case and informed them of the schedule for testing and interviewing the applicants.

Ellis wrote that it might be better to handwrite the notes during the interviews using shorthand as opposed to using recordings. He wrote that recordings might look like "the trappings of a Congressional investigation" and also that the Judge might "look with some skepticism on this technique."

Governor Almond issued a statement explaining that no child could be excluded from school on a racial basis due to the Supreme Court ruling but no one had the authority to force a child to attend an integrated school.

Dr. Ellis wrote, "I want to tell you how gratified I am that you are serving as the head of the city government during this difficult period."

The Governor wrote "Under compulsion of an order issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, both white and colored children have been enrolled effective September 22, 1958 in Lane High School and Venable Elementary School. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9.1, Title 22, of the Code of Virginia, the above-named schools are closed…"

Superintendent Ellis wrote about the resolution that parents should make private arrangements for education, and that teacher contracts would not be jeopardized by the closed schools.

The letters are to the School Board and teachers at Venable and Lane, and to R. Stanley Goodman explaining that teachers were not permitted to teach in private segregated classrooms using state funds, according to the Judge's ruling.

Mr. Battle advised Superintendent Ellis that R. Stanley Goodman and Dr. Ellis needed to sign the appeal bond before a notary public.

Superintendent Ellis wrote in confidence about the 1870 Act of Congress which stipulated that the General Assembly had to maintain public schools in the state.

Superintendent Ellis wrote about using and cleaning the Youth Building.

City Manager, James E. Bowen recommended that watchmen be placed on duty until the school crisis was over and Ellis responded that watchman were being placed at Lane, Venable and Burley at all times when the schools were closed.

Davis Y. Paschell, Superintendent of Public Instruction approved the request and wrote that the Governor had allowed permission for sports in other closed schools in Norfolk and Warren County.

Superintendent Ellis sent Mr. Battle a copy of an article which suggested that the Fourteenth Amendment was never passed.

Included is Arthur Fleming's statement about the serious disadvantages of children being without schools. Both Baxter and Fleming were officials with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Mr. Battle advised that since they had lost all of their appeals, they had to allow "Negro" students admission into Venable and Lane schools. The School Board was given the authority to open the schools and Ellis received praise for their re-opening.

Superintendent Ellis wrote that he felt that the school situation was "moving toward a reasonable solution."

The Attorney General wrote to the Commonwealth's Attorney (for Wytheville, Virginia) that there were currently no enforceable laws for compulsory attendance.

The letter describes map boundaries between Venable and Jefferson School and overcrowding of schools but the actual map is not present.

Superintendent Ellis wrote to Governor Almond congratulating him for his "outstanding leadership" in the "school crisis." Governor Almond responded that "the road ahead is most difficult." He also wrote that he felt that efforts were being made to "abolish public education in Virginia."

Battle invited Dr. Ellis to attend the National Conference of Public School Officials and the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Nashville but Dr. Ellis was not able to attend.

Dr. Ellis mentioned his gratitude for their meetings with "Negro" citizens and their work in "ameliorating the school problem and in improving race relations."

Colonel Miller wrote an essay "Rough Notes on Some Events in Charlottesville, Virginia (1957-1959)" which is included, and describes a group of local businessmen and University of Virginia leaders who made a statement of acceptance for desegregation with over twelve hundred signatures (published in The Daily Progress on January 31, 1959.) Pickens invited John S. Battle, Jr. but he responded that he "would have nothing to do with it." "…he was tired of the whole business."

Ellis asked principals to send him any information on pupils who should be transferred.

Dr. Ellis was concerned that there would be a lot of requests for transfers and he was trying to maintain peace between the racial extremists and the NAACP.

"School Assignments of Certain Negro Pupils for Session 1959-1960." Individuals that were named in the court case are listed along with the school they were attending in the next session.

Colonel Miller and Dr. Ellis wanted parents to accept school assignments because they were concerned that transfers would upset racial extremists. Colonel Miller asked Randolph White to write an editorial stating that the assignments would be made according to Judge John Paul's Order.

Sarah Patton Boyle wrote to Ellis and Battle informing them that the NAACP was a moderate law abiding organization compared to "real radicals and trouble makers among Negroes" without leadership. There is a also a copy of The Augusta Courier

The letter has instructions for submitting a bill for teachers' salaries to the Commonwealth during the period September 1958 through January 1959.

Dr. Woodson, Division Superintendent of the Fairfax County School Board thanked Dr. Ellis for his help with desegregation in the Fairfax schools.

Dr. Ellis sent enrollment figures for the first day of school compared with the last sessions and a report on pupil progress. The statistics and enrollment information are not included.

President Williams criticized Ellis for not instituting desegregation and not following the plan laid out by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ellis responded that the School Board would assign pupils according to the desegregation plan. There is also a handwritten note that Mr. Williams "might not have brought suit if a Negro had been appointed to School Board."

Superintendent Ellis sent Hill information on pupil assignments for students named in the lawsuit. He also sent names of students that the School Board had approved for transfers.

Judge John Paul requested Superintendent Ellis to send the academic data for Gloria Hamilton, a " Negro" applicant for transfer to Lane High School. Superintendent Ellis indicated that she would struggle in eighth grade at Lane.

Mrs. DeBerry wanted her son, Garwin DeBerry to transfer to Burley because he was not allowed to play athletics at Lane and it was his intention to make athletics his "life career." [Garwin DeBerry became the head football coach at Charlottesville High School for twenty eight years from 1980 to 2007 following Tommy Theodose. He led the Charlottesville Black Knights into victory, winning multiple Jefferson District titles.]

The court reporter of the United States District Court Western District of Virginia, Mary Bidle, wrote to Superintendent Ellis that the transcript was finished and that she hoped that "as the years go by your problems will vanish."

Superintendent Ellis wrote that the weather made it impossible for him to attend.

Dr. Ellis asked John S. Battle if the schools should take any action regarding the regulations issued by the State Board of Education and Battle responded that they should wait until they have heard the decision from the United States Court for the Fourth Circuit.

The Court affirmed the ruling of the District Court saying that the School Board was taking steps to end discriminatory practices.

Dr. Ellis sought Mr. Battle's advice on the wording of the application forms for pupil assignments in the elementary schools.

Dr. Ellis interviewed the parents of the forty four "Negro" children living outside of the Jefferson School District and assigned them to the schools of the parent's choice. Twelve children were assigned to Venable High School and thirty two were assigned to Jefferson School for the school year 1961-1962.

Dr. Ellis responded that he looked forward to meeting her to discuss the enrollment of her daughter. Later he wrote that she could attend Jackson P. Burley High School. (June 19, 1962)

John Battle made his arguments to Judge Paul and wrote that the Judge "has now a reasonably sympathetic attitude towards our endeavors."

Dr. Ellis responded that there were five hundred and twenty five "white" pupils and twenty "Negro" pupils at Venable and nine hundred and ninety "white" pupils and fifteen "Negro" pupils at Lane. Dr. Ellis explained that the decision from the Circuit Court of Appeals might change some of the figures. A questionnaire is mentioned but not present.

Dr. Ellis asked Dr. Thomas, Principal of Francis W. Parker School about the percentage of students that were "Negro."

Attorney John S. Battle, Jr. recommended that they hold off on implementing a compulsory school attendance resolution until after the hearings.

S. W. Tucker filed a Motion to Intervene for students that he wanted to add to the lawsuit. Judge Paul ruled that no action be taken because there was no point in transferring students during the school year.

Dr. Ellis wrote to her parents that she could attend Jackson P. Burley High School in the 1962-1963 school sessions. In November 1961 Vernetta Lewis had written to her teacher, "I don't like Lane and nothing about it. I don't feel that I belong here. Maybe I don't." She also mentioned that the boy that sat in front of her was calling her names and kicking her.

Battle described the plaintiff's motion (which was overruled) as a "back door effort" to have "Negro" children placed in Lane for the 1962-1963 session." Battle recommended that the School Board stay firm on using academic criteria but transfer the Woodfolk twins into Lane to appease the Court.

Mrs. Morrison, a client of S. W. Tucker wrote, "I want my child to attend a desegregated school as she is entitle [sic] to do under the Constitution." Dr. Ellis denied the request because the Court had ruled that pupils must attend the elementary school that was in their district. The ruling was under appeal and on October 22, Dr. Ellis wrote that since the Court did change its ruling, her daughter could attend Venable School.

After denying the request, Dr. Ellis wrote that since the Court did change its ruling, their daughter, Rosalind could attend Johnson School.

After first denying the request, Dr. Ellis gave permission for his son to attend Venable since the Court decision was made to allow transfers.

There is a list of nine children who expressed a desire to attend Lane High School.

Dr. Ellis wrote to Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner that their daughter, Diane Gardner, could attend Jackson P. Burley in the 1962-1963 school sessions.

After denying his request, Ellis wrote on October 22, since the Court made its ruling to allow transfers in the elementary schools, his daughter, Vernita M. Taylor could attend Venable School.

After denying their request, Dr. Ellis wrote on October 22 that since the Court had made its ruling to allow transfers; his son could attend Johnson School.

After denying his request, Dr. Ellis gave her permission to transfer to Venable since the Court made its decision to allow transfers.

After denying her request, Ellis informed her that her children could attend Venable after the Court decision of September 17, 1962.

Mrs. Williams requested permission for Clyde Melvin Green to attend Lane and Dr. Ellis gave his approval although he wrote her that he did not think that it was in his "best educational interest" to transfer since he was in the eleventh grade. There are notations on the letter in pencil of his grades and test scores.

There was a phone message from the principal's office that Carolyn Brooks was at the wrong school. Dr. Ellis made a scribble on the note that "nothing be done said to child [sic] and wait to see what happened."

Battle expressed his pessimism over the direction of the case. The Court (Judge Sobelof, Judge Soper, and Judge Boreman) felt that since the School Board accepted all of the applications for "white" children, they could not deny any applications from a "Negro" child, even if he was deficient academically.

Dr. Ellis outlined the policies for requesting transfers as well as reporting on the number of requests.

Superintendent Ellis denied her request since the ruling was under appeal and no decision had been made yet to change it.

Paul G. Hook, Superintendent of Fredericksburg Public Schools asked Dr. Ellis about admitting "Negro" students into "white" schools saying, "Obviously, we want to admit as few as possible."

Battle wrote to Judge John Paul asking him to await the final decisions of the U. S. Court of appeals and ignore the motion filed by S. W. Tucker.

Battle wrote to Judge Sobeloff expressing his resistance to the motions filed by S. W. Tucker.

Gloria Hamilton was described in a letter from Fendall R. Ellis as having a low academic record. See 1:91 1960 August 10 and 2:58 court cases test scores.

Battle wrote that he was preparing a motion for a continuation of a stay so that they could get more time to apply for a writ of certiorari from the U. S. Court of Appeals. Ruling included.

There is a list of the "Negro" pupils in the first through seventh grades for each teacher at Venable and Johnson Schools for November 15, 1962, and a total number of "Negro" pupils at Johnson, Venable, and Lane for November 20, 1962, and a list for Johnson School for September 12, 1963.

Marvin E. Garrette wrote to Acting Superintendent Tramontin about the importance of publishing pupil assignments. He argued that other communities needed this information to help them with their desegregation plans as well as the people in Charlottesville.

Mr. Johnson complained to Superintendent Tramontin that the bond issue was being represented in a negative manner and that the School Administration was trying to preserve segregation.

Reprinted from The Richmond News Leader

List of forty four plaintiffs represented by Oliver Hill and a statement about the delaying of desegregation in the Charlottesville City Schools. See another copy of the petition in 1:11

The transcription of the trial is one hundred and thirty eight pages and includes litigation by Attorney General James Lindsay Almond. The Court ruled that as long as the School Board was acting in good faith and trying to take steps toward integration, there would not be any punitive action taken against them.

Judge John Paul explained that unless the School Board admitted some of the forty "Negro" applicants into "white" schools for the next term, he would have to hold the School Board in contempt of court. Mr. Battle explained that if they took that action, the state would close the schools.

There are figures on current enrollment and lists of applicants for admission into "white schools." Also included are pupil assignments, and student applications for admission.

Enclosed are materials such as test scores, enrollment information, teachers' comments, and residences of the plaintiffs to be used in the court cases. The materials included test scores from the Iowa Silent Reading Test, and California Test of Mental Maturity.

John S. Battle, Jr. made a request to the Court that they accept the Desegregation Plan ["Battle Plan"] which they did.

Complainants Weir E. Wharton and Lynwood G. Preddy were granted an injunction to temporarily stop the desegregation plan from being used in pupil placements in the public elementary schools.

The case sought to have enrollments deferred until September 1959.

Battle asserted that School Board denied the transfers for these students based upon lawful grounds using the desegregation plan. He also pointed out that they had admitted some of the "Negro" students to "white" schools.

The motion was filed on behalf of ten "Negro" students whose applications for enrollment at Lane, Venable and Johnson Schools were denied by the Superintendent. Judge John Paul ruled in favor of the School Board.

Oliver W. Hill filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for his clients (ten "Negro" pupils) and a review of the desegregation plan. The Court recognized that the plan had some discrimination but ruled that the School Board was acting in good faith, and had made some progress in assigning some "Negro" students to previously "white" schools.

S. W. Tucker filed a motion asking the Court to order the School Board to admit the "Negro" students into the schools that they had requested for the 1961-1962 term.

Fendall R. Ellis gave a list of students with their address, enrollment dates, other enrollment figures, and information about the members of the School Board to the Court.

Fendall R. Ellis was subpoenaed to appear in the United States District Court to testify and bring records showing the present student enrollment and number of teachers in each of the Charlottesville public schools.

The District Judge issued his opinion that the School Board was falling short of practicing desegregation. He advised that criteria (tests) that were being applied to "Negro" children must also be applied to white children. [Needs flattening]

Mr. Battle wrote an outline and summary of his case to the Judge after The United States Court of Appeals ruled that the practices of the School Board in pupil assignments were "forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States." Of note, Battle wrote, "In a relatively short period of time natural shifts in the population of Charlottesville will undoubtedly result in a greater number of "Negro" families living in the "white school" districts."

The Court ruled that the School Board was not administering the desegregation plan as it was intended and the case was remanded to the Court to allow the transfer of "Negro" students into white schools (without testing). Battle wrote Ellis that they would file a motion for a stay of all proceedings regarding the elementary school situation until they could apply to Chief Justice Warren and the U. S. Supreme Court to review the decision made by the lower court (writ of certiorari). [Needs flattening]

Marvin C. Sutphin, Assistant Superintendent of Charlottesville Schools, signed an affidavit confirming the enrollment figures for the 1964-1965 school sessions; the school policy that race was not designated on the school enrollment records; and all requests for school transfers by June 19, 1964 were honored.

Correspondents include Harris Hart, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Superintendent James G. Johnson; Major John Graves, City Attorney; and Walter F. George. Topics mentioned are a bond issue; County Unit Law and the abolishment of District School Boards; outline of the history of the city and county; and the United States Senate Committee on Finance and tax legislation.

The city and county reached a compromise in a motion filed by the city to annex land in the county.

Correspondents include James Harry Michael, Jr. and Superintendent Dr. Edward W. Rushton. Topics include James Harry Michael's speech to the Senate; kindergarten enrollment; pupil transportation; hearing and speech programs; twenty year old pupils; sick leave policies; Barksdale felony case; names for Charlottesville High School; bus monitors; and merging county and city school districts. There is also a "vote for Michael for Lt. Governor" autographed card.

Correspondents include Dr. William J. Ellena, Paul M. Peatross, Jr., and Senator James Harry Michael, Jr. Topics mentioned are a legal case about the naming of Charlottesville High School; salaries of School Board members; relocation of VEPCO lines; maternity leave, budget crisis including a comment from Senator James Harry Michael, Jr. that this was "the roughest [session] I have yet served in; House Bill 373 on employee retirement benefits; Southern States payment; injections for students in an emergency situation; hospital bill for a student who was burned at Lane High School; altercation after a basketball game; a deed granting ownership of the McGuffey School to the City; suit against Pastor Frederick Patrick; and the widening of Preston Avenue.

Correspondents include Senator James Harry Michael, Jr. and Superintendent Dr. William J. Ellena. Topics mentioned are successful negotiations with VEPCO; suspension of students at Buford; permission to name truant students in the newspaper; search and seizure of student property; salary of a principal after a sabbatical; dismissal of a teacher; instructional television, Virginia High School League and the North Western District from the Commonwealth, lease of Lane High School; and a Superintendent's right to his own legal counsel.

Correspondents mentioned are Paul M. Peatross, Senator James Harry Michael, Jr. the Reverend Henry B. Mitchell; J. Page Williams; Michael & Dent, LTD.; Dr. Marvin C. Sutphin, and Dr. William J. Ellena. Topics are the Virginia High School League and the Northwest Region of the Commonwealth; personnel issues; sabbatical leave; federally funded teachers; nepotism; probation of wrestling coach; by-laws for the student School Board; conflict of interest of a School Board member (Family Services); bidding for school pictures; loaning money to students in emergency situations; collective bargaining and the Charlottesville Education Foundation, and a bidding process for the Yellow Transit Company.

Correspondents include Senator James Harry Michael, Jr., and Attorney General Anthony F. Troy. Topics mentioned are a legal case, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States, et al.; Federal judgeship for James Harry Michael, Jr.; unused funds; sale of land from the Technical Education Center; advertising on the athletic field score board; deed for the sale of Lane High School; conflict of interest for a School B oard member; contract for Yellow Transit Company; unemployment and insurance matters; and a lawsuit involving a professor with sabbatical leave.

Correspondents mentioned are Leroy Bruton, Dr. John S. Wright, Rayner V. Snead, Jr., John L. Snook, Raymond Bell, and Attorney General Marshall Coleman. Topics mentioned are new statutes in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; the Virginia Code and conflict of interests; open School Board meetings; the length of School Board terms; right of access to a students' files; the retirement age changed to 70; federally funded research; by-laws for the Piedmont Regional Education Program; an easement to drain water from Johnson School; a lawsuit involving a professor with sabbatical leave; the rent for the Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.; the Charlottesville High School football stadium; updates on personnel policies; (Reprove case;) bids for a roofing project; and a contract with the Bayly Museum for educational instruction.

Correspondents mentioned are R. Lynwood Coffman; Judge James Harry Michael, Jr.; Aaron Mathew Farley and his parents; Office of the Attorney General; Edward L. Hogshire; and Dr. William J. Ellena. Topics of interest are legal cases, namely the case involving a hearing impaired student, Aaron Mathew Farley v. The Honorable S. John Davis; the Charlottesville Learning Exchange v. Richard A. Bergerson; and the Virginia Electric and Power Company agreement. Other topics mentioned are the "Bishop" bill; the Virginia Code; the field and gym at Charlottesville High School; access to student's files; grade promotion requests; tax questions; Yellow Transit Company; school picture and school ring contracts; freezers at Lane High School; and bonuses to bus drivers. There is a resume of Judge James Harry Michael, Jr.

Correspondents include Dr. William J. Ellena; Stainback and Scribner; Thomas J. Michie, Jr.; Karen Barket; and Thomas McLernon. Topics mentioned are the Farley case; insurance; Dr. Ellena's contract; legal fees; payroll deductions; tax and social security; by-laws of the Board of Education; alteration of hours; supervision of a softball game; nepotism; payment disputes with architects; School Board committee meetings; the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; and policy for employment application forms.

Topics mentioned are legal cases such as Robert Danfield Gormes vs. Patrick C. Houchens, Charlottesville School Board v. Rita Wood; School Board v. Adom, Inc.; Hewitt Studios, Inc. v. Central Virginia School Portraits Ltd. and George C. Meador. Other legal issues include handicapped students and buses; spraying to remove Kudzo; city and county for sharing special educational programs, and access to student files.

Topics mentioned are access to student files by a divorced parent, pending case involving Adom, Inc.; and a grading plan and contract for Moore's Creek and Fifth Street.

There is a summary of the decisions made during the Supreme Court Term (1988-1989) and its impact on schools. Also included is a copy of the Charlottesville Public Schools Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan for Personnel Director, Robert R. Hart. There is also a statement of legal fees due Hogan & Hartson.

Topics mentioned are anti-drug regulations and the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988; and a summary of the Supreme Court decisions for 1989-1990. There is correspondence about Judge Dillin and the court case of Donny Brurell Buckley and The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis.

Topics mentioned are a Supreme Court case in Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell about busing and racial population; Freeman v. Pitts about race and demographic trends; the legalities regarding schools selling student information to the United States Armed Forces. Also included are a summary of the Supreme Court decisions for 1990-1991, a summary of President George Herbert Walker Bush's Civil Rights Act of 1991, and memos about the Hogan & Hartson law firm opening an office in Paris and Prague.

Topics mentioned are the case of Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools regarding sexual harassment; the case of Freeman v. Pitts; Lee v. Weisman about prayers during graduation ceremonies and a summary of the Supreme Court decisions for 1991-1993; memo about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas; the case, Harris v. Forklist Systems, Inc. regarding sexual harassment; Office for Civil Rights guidelines for racial harassment; rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Family and Medical Leave Act; gun laws; and students with disabilities.

Letter from W. H. Wood, Clothier, about Reverend Andrew Allen and an application for the position of teacher; Letter from Dr. Johnson to Charles G. Maphis at the University of Virginia about reading methods and vacation school work. There is a history of the Charlottesville Schools written by James G. Johnson. There is retirement information about Dr. Johnson in an issue of The McGuffey Reader vol. XIV Number 9 and The Sentinel vol. XIX Number 9 (1945)

There are many memos to staff, reports on school needs, lists of teachers, and pupil scholarship application forms.

Proposals and resolution to pave Main Street

Correspondents mentioned are Fendall R. Ellis, James E. Bowen, and L. G. Harding. Topics include repairs and additions at Venable, Lane, Jefferson, Burnley-Moran, Clark, and Johnson Schools; radiological detection instruments; bills, budget; and the widening of McIntire Road.

Correspondents include James E. Bowen, Bernard J. Haggerty Jr., Fendall R. Ellis, George C. Tramontin, John L. Hammond, Arthur E. Chapman, R. E. Lee and Son, Inc., Lindsay B. Mount, Louie L. Scribner, John R. Ponton, Jack M. Dunnavant, Jr., C. Herbert Paseur, and Robert T. Marsh. Topics include land purchases and improvements for Greenbrier, Clark, Burley, and Jefferson schools; extension of Shamrock Road; school building costs; city and county contract (1950) for a Joint Negro High School; three new junior high schools; enrollment figures and costs; number of "Negro" and "white" teachers; budget (including the statement that no one could understand the budget formula except "Mr. Blount;") student to teacher ratios; drop-outs; architectural fees; old nailed down desks; teacher salaries; and tuition grants.

Correspondents include Lindsay B. Mount, Bernard J. Haggerty Jr., Burkett A. Rennolds, James E. Bowen, Jr., George C. Tramontin, Edward W. Rushton, Edward O. McCue, Jr., W. Copley McLean, Hovey S. Dabney, and Paul Saunier, Jr., Topics include land purchases, new schools, and improvements for Burley, Jefferson, Lane, Greenbrier, Clark, Johnson; Buford, and Walker schools; county pupils in city schools, board meeting minutes including the budget; teacher salaries; list of personnel; need for kindergarten programs; busing; transportation of handicapped children; gym rental; and Westminster Study Tutorial.

Correspondents include Edward W. Rushton, William J. Ellena, Burkett A. Reynolds; G. A. Vogt, James E. Bowen, Jr., Dr. W. Copley McLean, James Harry Michael, Jr; Laurence A. Brunton, Mitchell Van Yahres, Cole Hendrix, Francis H. Fife, Booker T. Reaves, and Satyendra Huja. Topics mentioned are land purchases and construction for new schools; use of Burley, task force on roads including McIntire Road and 250 bypass; board meeting minutes about budget, appropriation of funds, and interns; enrollment figures; city sidewalks; retirement of James E. Bowen, Jr., Frankfurt International School; bus safety; and the Kimley-Horn report on pupil transportation.

Correspondents include the Reverend Henry B. Mitchell, Francis Fife, Ronnie Durhan, Richard L. Jennings, Charles L. Barbour, William J. Ellena, and Nancy O'Brien. Topics include City and School Board communication; athletic facilities at Charlottesville High School; mentally impaired children; budget; teacher to student ratios; joint city and school processes, differentiation between administrative and instructive personnel; school owned automobiles; and grants.

Correspondents include William J. Ellena, Francis H. Fife, Cole Hendrix, J. A. Kessler, the Reverend Henry B. Mitchell, Booker T. Reaves, Satyhendra Huja, Clarence McClure, and Alicia B. Lugo. Topics include land purchases; construction costs; a joint athletic stadium and new gymnasium; deed for Charlottesville High School; joint city-county council; city use of swimming pools and renovations at Buford and Walker schools; city maintenance of school athletic facilities; joint data processing; use of McGuffey, Lane and Jefferson schools; rental funds and fire safety at Lane; parking at McGuffey and map; capital projects; hiring of architects Stainback and Scribner; pupil transportation and Yellow Transit Company; board meeting minutes; unused funds; Region X; middle school program; and a conference on crime.

Correspondents mentioned are Francis H. Fife, George H. Gilliam, Cole Hendrix, Elizabeth A. Bowers, Dale R. Metcalf, William J. Ellena, Harry Porter, Richard L. Jennings, Nancy K. O'Brien, Fahy G. Mullaney,Thomas W. Branham, Cole Hendrix, W.P. Mitchell, Gerald E. Fisher, Carl Van Fossen, and T. Page Williams of Michael and Dent, LTD. Plans to allow Albemarle County Offices access to the Lane High School building in exchange for allowing the City access to the Burley School and the eventual sale of Lane. (See also Miscellaneous, Schools, Lane High School Box 66 Folder: 17))

Correspondents include Dr. Charles William Hurt; Dr. William J. Ellena; Nancy K. O'Brien; Richard L. Jennings; Roger C. Wiley; C. Robert Stripling; Cole Hendrix; Booker Reaves, and William P. Mitchell. Topics mentioned are land grading, and school construction at Charlottesville High, Greenbrier, Clark, and Jackson-Via schools. Also mentioned are economic related items such as the consolidation of school and city functions; gas shortages; reduction of water use; salaries; capital projects; joint data processing system; economic development; community education; United Way campaign; lack of funds for a hearing program (Farley case); and an urban observatory report.

Correspondents include Dr. William J. Ellena, Richard L. Jennings, Laurence A. Brunton, Barbara B. Deaver, Cole Hendrix, William P. Mitchell; Jimmie J. Dunbar, James R. Boyd, Region Ten Community Home; Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., and Francis L. Buck, Topics mentioned are a new auditorium, gym, and sports complex for Charlottesville, and repairs for Buford, and Walker schools, social security, retirement; budget; capital improvement; speech and hearing services (letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Farley case;) inappropriate song "Suffocation;" audits; hiring; pupil to teacher ratio; salaries; Region Ten Property; enrollment; and All America City Banquet.

Correspondents include Cole Hendrix, Dr. William Ellena, Region Ten Community Services, Satyendra Singh Huja, Richard L. Jennings, Francis L. Buck, C. Robert Stripling, Thomas McLernon, Mitchell Van Yahres, Alicia B.Lugo, Gary B. O'Connell, Dr. Vincent C. Cibbarelli; Roger C. Wiley; Mark Krebs; Jimmie J. Dunbar, Robert Sheets and Adom, Inc. Topics mentioned are land sale, and school repairs at Charlottesville and Buford schools; Technical Education Center; city and school repairs; city and county consolidation; bus supervision; Region Ten property; reduction of water use; budget; federal budget cuts; capital improvements; salary increase for School Board members; Lane Football Field; and a data processing system.

Correspondents include Vincent Cibbarelli, Alicia B. Lugo, Francis L. Buck, Jimmie J. Dunbar, Dr. John Morris III, Mitchell Van Yahres,Tom McLernon, Robert Black, Myron E. Cale, Gary B. O'Connell, Dr. Joseph Mooney, and Cole Hendrix. Topics mentioned are building program (from 1967;) improvements for Charlottesville High School; asbestos removal; city staff to maintain school athletic fields; city and county coordination; budget; audit; capital improvements; aid grant; joint processing data system; phonics and look-say teaching methods; increase in salary for City School Board members and teachers.

Correspondents include Francis L. Buck, Alicia B. Lugo, Vincent Cibbarelli, Thomas McLernon, Gary B. O'Connell, Herbert R. Cottrill; Helen H. Poore; Richard D. Greig, Cole Hendrix, Attorney General Gerald L. Baliles, Alson H. Smith, Jr., Mitchell Van Yahres, Donald J. Finley, and Joseph Mooney. Topics included are use of Jefferson School; repairs and renovations for Clark, Venable, Jackson-Via, and Charlottesville High School; bus drivers strike; academic achievement; education, pupil transportation; School Board members term of office; student government; summer and after school programs; salaries; federal funding cuts; capital improvements; internal accounting; lawsuit (special education student;) teacher reference; and Bicentennial of the U. S. Constitution

Correspondents mentioned are Francis L. Buck, Elizabeth B. Waters, Vincent Cibbarelli, Richard D. Greig, Joseph Mooney, John L. Pezzoli, Cole Hendrix, and Monique Cardin. Topics include the basketball team; reorganization of the middle schools to balance minorities at Buford and Walker students; task force on youth; capital projects; budget; county students; French teacher; and a new smoking ordinance.

Elizabeth B. Waters; Joseph R. McGeehan; Alvin Edwards; Rauzelle J. Smith; Thomas J. Vandever; David J. Toscano; Linda S. Seaman; Dorothea M. Shannon; and John T. Casteen, III. Topics mentioned are Madison House; Piedmont Virginia Community College and the University of Virginia; salaries; the Performing Arts Center; Italian-American Educational Exchange Program; phonics; asbestos; gain sharing; achievement of African-American pupils; board meeting minutes; 7-Eleven stores commitment to literacy; Walker students; Albemarle County High School Feasibility Study; Tonsler Park; and the West Main Street revitalization project. There is also a letter from Alvin Edwards asking First Lady Barbara Bush to listen to a story written by a fifth grade student.

Other correspondents mentioned are Charles M. Robinson, J. A. Burgess, Harmon & Walsh, C. W. Allen, Charlottesville Lumber Company, Ferguson, Calrow & Taylor, and Mayor Olivier. Topics include a purchase of The Rectory of the Episcopal Church; plans and bids for work on existing and new school buildings; overcrowding and repairs at [Midway School;] a conflict of interest with Charlottesville Lumber Company; a street car switch; and tension between Mayor Olivier and the School Board.

Correspondents mentioned are J. H. Lindsay, James G. Johnson, Eugene Bradbury, J. E. Harrison, H. B. Lee, J. E. Early, and Thomas Carr. Topics include a resolution for a new high school; use of the Episcopal Rectory as a primary school; alterations to H. B. Lee's house; purchases of McKee Row and Patterson property; and minutes of the School Board.

Some of the correspondence reveals that Dr. Johnson was very concerned about the subcontractor following his instructions on plastering and Mr. Calrow mediated between Dr. Johnson and the Charlottesville Lumber Company.

American Blower Company detail of a fan

Tensions continued between Dr. Johnson and the Charlottesville Lumber Company and caused delays in construction. There was also a discrepancy with quotes given by N. A. Murphy of the American Heating and Ventilation Company.

Correspondents include W. R. Barksdale, Charlottesville Lumber Company, The Slatington Banger Slate Syndicate, American Blower Company, Mr. R. Smith, and Johnson Service Company. Dr. Johnson wrote to Mr. Calrow about the delays with the Charlottesville Lumber Company and his dissatisfaction with the stone work. (Papers are very fragile and torn).

There is a proposal from Dr. Johnson to locate the new school (Venable) on Fourteenth Street, hire Calrow as the architect and name the school Davis Primary School after Noah K. Davis, a highly respected teacher and follower of McGuffey. He also proposed to use Major Eugene Bradbury as the architect for the expansion of the "colored school." There is also a list of streets in Charlottesville.

Correspondents mentioned James G. Johnson, Charles J. Calrow, Dr. Edwin Alderman, Major Eugene Bradbury, Miss Carrie Burnley, Miss Septima Moran, Mrs. Fred M. Alexander, Mrs. Huffman, and Linthicum & Linthicum Architects. Topics include land purchases, a bond issue and building Venable School; exhaustion for Dr. Johnson; a comment from Dr. Alderman that McGuffey was "one of the most beautiful buildings that he has ever seen;" recommendation of Major [Eugene] Bradbury as architect for the "colored school;" quote by Johnson that, "… wherever they may breathe the air; she [Miss Burnley]and Miss Moran both of whom have more instinct about what is right than any two women you can find..;" comment from Johnson, "Please do not say grammar school any more. Never use any other term than Primary School

Correspondents include James G. Johnson, Major John S. Graves, Charles J. Calrow, and the United States Radiator Corporation. Topics include the Charlottesville Charter; date of bidding process; allocation of funds; the building boycott; illness of Dr. Johnson's son; and Mr. McIntire's knowledge about architecture.

There are letters about finalizing specifications and plans; waiting to hear from courts about the Charlottesville Charter; and delays due to a gasoline ordinance in which Richard E. Byrd [Admiral?] is mentioned.

Correspondents include W. P. Thurston Company, Miller Engineering Corporation, Charlottesville Lumber Company; King Lumber Company, Graham Construction Company, W. L. Ragland Company, Burroughs & Mankin, Salem Brick Company, National Radiator Company, and Glasgow Clay Products Company. Topics include the Charlottesville Charter; the bond issue; references for Gooch-Williams Company who won the bid; copy of bid from McGuffey School; minutes of the School Board and city council; and specifications for heating and ventilation from Calrow.

Correspondents also include Raymond V. Long, and Major John Graves. Topics included are architect fees; construction details such as racking lumber, bricks, and latrine fixtures; state recommendations; bond form with job specifications; and an agreement between Gooch-Williams & Company and the School Board.

Correspondents mentioned are William H. Wood; Major John Graves; and John Newcomb. Topics included are building details such as the foundation, defects in concrete walls, latrine fixtures, panic bolts, ditches, sand, cost of dirt, chipped stones, and removal of trees and stumps; the strike; "Negroes" and Jefferson Day excitement;" a quote from Johnson, "… no one could depend upon its being done right unless some expert like you [Calrow] or Professor Newcomb stood right over it every minute.

Correspondents included are Gooch-Williams & Co., Mr. Cabaniss; Salem Brick Company, Reading Iron Company, L. T. Hanckel & Sons, Lacy & Barnett, American Blower Co., and Linthicum & Linthicum. Topics include repair for a concrete wall, and a refund from a land purchase.

Correspondents mentioned are Mr. Cabiniss , Mr. Milner, Raymond V. Long, Lacy & Barnett, Mr. Warrick, Mr. Dyer, Economy Concrete Co. of Virginia, Williams Slate Co., Gooch-Williams, W. T. Martin Hardware Company, and L. T. Hanckel & Sons. Topics include Johnson's complaints about the "slipshod" construction work being done and efforts by Calrow to reassure Johnson; insurance on the building; hiring a watchman; and "Negro" gambling.

Correspondents mentioned are Lacy & Barnett, Thom Plastering, Gooch & Williams, W. T. Martin Hardware Company, Dr. Watson, [Harris Hank,] J. Y. Gooch & Company, W. H. Wood, [Milner,] Lacy & Barnett, Toch Brothers, James F. Minor, W. T. Martin Hardware Company, The Corbin Company, Salem Brick Company and R. L. Alexander Co. Topics included are the death of School Board member Dr. Watson; new school for "colored" children; hedging and plantings at Midway School; complaints about Lacy & Barnett; dissatisfaction with the plastering; payments; insurance; and minutes of the School Board.

Correspondents mentioned are United States Gypsum Company, Gooch-Williams & Company, Lacy & Barnett, Eugene Bradbury, H. A. Yancey, [Mitchell,] Flavin & Watson Co., Inc., G. M. Pierce, A. C. Dyer & Company, Hall & Mitchell, R. L. Alexander, Co., Raymond V. Long, and The H. B. Smith Co., Topics included the mounting frustration of Johnson, and further attempts of Calrow to reassure him about the complaints (serious cracking in the plaster; drinking problem of Mr. Barnett, who had to be fired. Calrow wrote, "Barnett has been drinking so much that he hardly knows what he has been doing for two months.") Other topics include payment for drawings of changes to Jefferson School and grading of the Venable Athletic Field.

Correspondents mentioned are Dr. Edwin Alderman, Gooch-Williams & Company, Hall & Mitchell, Raymond Long, and Mottley Construction Company. Topics include a comment by Dr. Alderman that Venable was "the handsomest one in or about Charlottesville;" exhaustion of Johnson; alterations of the "Negro School;" payments; unsatisfactory night watchman; poor stone work, plastering, and leaks at Venable.

Correspondents included are Gooch-Williams & Company, W. L. Lacy, and Glauber Brass Mf'g. Co. Topics mentioned are land purchased for additions to Jefferson School, and warrants for final payments. There is also a blue print sketch of the proposed sewer at Venable.

Correspondents mentioned are Lee H. Williamson, Allan J. Saville, C. P. Walston, L. F. Shelburne, J. H. Saunders, Henry G. Ellis, H. A. Hunt, H. C. Bowton, W. H. Kester, G.L. H. Johnson, Roy C. Bowers, T. J. Collins & Son, C. H. Hinnant, Stanislaw J. Makielski, E. W. Spence, L. O. Freeman, Jr., and Wyatt C. Wood. Topics include estimates for a new high school building [Lane;] School Board minutes, sewer survey; zoning contract; questionnaires answered from Virginia School Superintendents about their school buildings; architects interested in bids; and inspection of Midway School.

Correspondents included are Raymond V. Long, L.O. Freeman, Jr., W. J. and Lillie F. Harvey, B. G. and Kathleen Payne, Lloyd M and Annie L. Haggard, C. E. and Janie W. Crawford, D. W. and Willie M. Godwin, B. S. and Bettie J. Young, C. G. and Nannie Blake Jones, Major John Graves, J. A. Zurn Mfg. Co.; Old Virginia Brick; A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.; E. T. Mankin, Incorporated; Fulton Brick Works; U. S. Radiator Corporation; National Radiator Corporation; Covington Brick Company; Staunton Brick Company; Glasgow Brick Company; Salem Brick Company; and Locher & Co., Inc.. Topics include land purchases; inspection of Midway School; estimate on the cost of a new high school building; an extension of Market Street from Second Street Northwest to connect into Preston Avenue at the foot of Beck's Hill and right of way through McGuffey; bond issue for a new elementary school [George Rogers Clark;] blue prints and plans for Clark School; references for contractors; and minutes of the School Board regarding Clark School.

Correspondents included are mostly bidders for constructing the new school, H. M. Wilson, The Wilson Company; Charlottesville Lumber Company; Doyle & Russell; J. F. Barbour & Sons; J. C. Curtis; Davis Brothers; Failes-Burrage Construction Company; James Fox & Sons; W. T. Gregory; Frank E. Hartman Company; Harrisonburg Building and Supply Company; J. R. Jones & Conquest; Harwood Construction Company; Miller Engineering Corporation; North-Eastern Construction Company; J. T. Nuckols; Wise Granite & Construction Company; Alberene Stone Company, W. P. Thurston, The Thurston Company, Inc., Miller Engineering Corporation, P. E. W. Goodwin, J. W. Atkinson, Fuqua Construction Company, and Claiborne & Taylor Construction. Also included are Raymond V. Long, The Builders Exchange of Richmond, E. T. Mankin, Inc., Virginia Building Material, Co., Inc., Old Virginia Brick Company, J. A. Zurn Mfg. Co., A. Y. McDonald Mgr. Co., and United States Radiator Corporation. Topics include specifications and prints for Clark; and interest in the bidding process.

Correspondents mentioned are the W.P. Thurston Company, The Wilson Company, and the Harrisonburg Building and Supply Company. Topics include the award of the contract to The Wilson Company; concerns by contractors about the bidding process; minutes from a School Board meeting regarding the bids; bids of all the contractors and a contract agreement with The Wilson Company; references for the bidding contractors and subcontractors, and a list of supplies that the Wilson Company would need to begin their work.

Correspondents mentioned are The Wilson Company, Virginia Alberene Corporation, Economy Concrete Company, D. A. Ebinger, Sanitary MFG. Co., Mirabella & Sons, Standard Iron Works, and the Virginia Steel Company. Topics include schedules, costs of supplies and labor; plans and details of the construction of windows, stairs and stonework; and a requisition for payment to the Wilson Company. There is one sketch of a floor plan in the coal room.

Correspondents mentioned are W. F. Carter, Jr., The Young Men's Business Club, The Wilson Company, W. Allan Perkins, the Charlottesville Hardware Company, W. T. Martin Hardware Company, Sensibaugh-Ritchie Electric Company, Yale & Towne Mgf. Co., The Century Brass Works, S. Mirabella & Sons, Failes & Burrage, Shelby Spring Hinge Co., The Barrett Company, National Gypsum Company, Thomas Moulding Floor Company, W. L. Lacy, and Metrolite Manufacturing Co. Topics include receipts, requisitions; a report that alleged that out of town sub-contractors were always selected over local businesses; and a blue print for the Market Street expansion. Johnson and Calrow also discussed work that was being done on Dr. Johnson's house.

Correspondents include W. L. Lacy, The Wilson Company, S. Mirabella & Sons, Failes-Burrage Construction Company, Thomas Moulding Floor Company, J. A. Burgess, and C. E. Chisholm. Topics include near completion of Clark School; the beauty of Venable School; receipts and a claim against the School Board and the Mirabella & Sons for payment due to the Failes-Burrage Construction Company.

Correspondents include W. L. Lacy, The Wilson Company, Charlottesville Hardware Company, Jarman's Inc., Virginia School Supply Company, E. C. Barnett, W. L. Lacy, Wallace Johnson, C. J. Davis, W. R. Smith, and Brown & Taylor. Topics include plumbing work at McGuffey School; inspection of Clark School; settlement from Failes-Burrage; minutes of a special meeting about concerns related to the bidding process for construction of Clark School; receipts and itemized annual statements from Calrow.

Correspondents mentioned are J. A. Burgess, Failes-Burrage Construction Company, Barnes Lumber Corporation, J. L. Dettor & Son, Charlottesville Lumber Company, and W. L. Lacy, Hugh L. Sulfridge, E. V. Walker, Fred L. Watson, and board members, Robert A. Watson, John P. Sneed, Mrs. Charles A. Lambert, Mrs. Charles A. Graves, B. Lee Hawkins, F. B. Peyton, Miss Gertrude C. Mann, A. G. A. Balz and M. Kaufman. Topics included are budget; salaries; School Board minutes; repairs, cleaning and painting for Midway, Venable, McGuffey, and Jefferson School Buildings. Of note is that a "white" teacher earned twenty thousand dollars while a "colored" teacher earned four thousand dollars.

Correspondents included are W. L. Lacy, W. M. Bailey, E. C. Barnett, Hanckel-Citizens Insurance Corporation, H. B. Smith Company, Greaver and Roberts Repair Shop, and the Charlottesville Supply Company. Topics include bids for plumbing work at Midway and the contract awarded to W. L. Lacy.

Correspondents included are Pendleton S. Clark, W. L. Lacy, E. H. Sheldon and Company, Ezekiel Weilman Company, American Seating Company, Southern Desk Company, and Ritchie Electric Company. Topics mentioned are contractors; furniture and equipment contracts and specifications with the Federal Works Agency; minutes of the School Board; bidding instructions; cost estimates; and bids. (needs flattening)

Correspondents included are Pendleton S. Clark, Ezekiel & Weilman Company, Inc; James I. Barnes Construction Company; American Seating Company; Berger Manufacturing Division; E. H. Sheldon & Company; Baughman Stationery Company; Knoxville Scenic Studios; Flowers School Equipment Company; and The Southern Desk Company. Topics mentioned are blue prints for the kitchen and library and other construction for Lane High School.

There are handwritten notes about the court's decision that the School Board did not have to make payment to William Hodges.

Certificates for payment

Correspondents include W. T. Martin Hardware, The Hall's Safe Company, M. C. Thomas Furniture Company, National Seating Company, Progressive Teacher, Steel Furniture Company, Virginia Penitentiary Industrial Department, The Elastic Tip company, and The Peabody School Furniture Company. There are estimates and brochures for desks and other school supplies (for Venable School).

Correspondents included are Virginia School Supply Company, Virginia Penitentiary Industrial Department, Southern School Supply Company, General Seating Company, The Theodor Kundtz Company, E. H. Sheldon & Company, West Virginia Seating Company, ACME Chair Company, Keystone View Company, A. H. Andrews Company, Great Northern Chair Company. There is also information and samples from other suppliers such as Cunningham Springless Shade Company, A. Flanagan Company, Jarman Book Company, E. W. A. Rowles Company, Practical Drawing Company, Beckley-Cardy Company School Furnishers, A. J. Nystrom & Company, King Lumber Company, and Funk & Wagnalls Company. There is information about ordering and receiving desks and other school supplies for Venable and Midway schools.

Correspondents E. H. Sheldon, R. L. Thomas Company, Inc.,The Johnson Service Company, Virginia School Supply Company, The Theodor Kundtz Company, Virginia Penitentiary Industrial Department, Spencer Lens Company, Cary Manufacturing Company, ACME Chair Company, American Seating Company, National School Equipment, Great Northern Chair Company, and The A. H. Andrews Company. There are orders, catalogs, and quotations for school supplies including a lavatory, and an electric heat pump for McGuffey School.

The Harding Supply Co., The Thrift Coal Company, Valentine and Hull, Wood, Vest & Company, Burnley Brothers, Margarette Coal Company, Frances Coal Company, Divisional Code Authority, J. J. Porter Coal Company, Draper Sight-Saving Window Shades, and Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc. Hall's Safe Co.

There is a deed in which the Freedmen's Bureau, [The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands], transferred the Delevan building. There is also an interpretation of the intended use of Delevan as a school (1893)

Charlottesville School Township wanted to purchase a parcel of land located on the southern suburbs of Charlottesville (property had liens on it)

Deed for parcel of land "known as Midway"

Agreement that Charlottesville City School would instruct County Students for the School Session 1910 through 1916 for a fee.

Opinion reveals the history of Charlottesville and the Courthouse and McKee property.

There is a Title investigation and approval for purchase of land between Jefferson and Market Street by the Charlottesville School Board.

Purchase of land for McGuffey School and abstracts of titles going back to 1863. There is also some correspondence from a tenant of the Patterson Property.

Deed for land sold [through the Trader's Land Company] for thirteen hundred and seventy five dollars.

Resolution was passed by the Charlottesville School Board for the City to be the trustee for certain property until the School Board could afford to pay for them.

Deed is for a plat of land situated near Preston Heights and was sold [through the Trader's Land Company] for two thousand, five hundred dollars.

Preston Heights property (eleven parcels of land) purchased [for Venable School]. There is also a deed between Helen A. Woods and Willie Love for the purchase of certain plats in the Preston Heights property by Willie Love (lien) and a deed from Willie and Elizabeth Love to the Charlottesville School Board.

Deed is for a plat of land sold [through the Traders Land Company] situated on Preston Heights property for ten thousand five hundred dollars.

Deed for a plat of land situated near the University of Virginia on Thirteenth Street sold [through the Traders Land Company] for six hundred and twenty five dollars.

Deed for a plat of land in the northwestern part of Charlottesville sold to the City for nine hundred dollars.

Deed for purchase of land in the northwestern part of the City of Charlottesville sold to the City for fourteen hundred and twenty five dollars.

Deed for plat of land sold [through the Traders Land Company] for four hundred dollars and situated on the south side of Spruce Street.

Deed for land on the north side of Page Street sold to the City for two hundred and fifty dollars.

Title of Abstracts for land owned by Lewis Barber, Willie and Elizabeth Love, John W. Fishburne and Lilie S. Dinwiddie and deed of purchase from the City of Charlottesville to the Charlottesville School Board [for Venable School]

Deed for land situated on Preston Heights for seven thousand two hundred and twelve dollars and forty five cents.

Deed for parcel of land located at the Northeast corner of the intersection of Fifth Street N. W. and Commerce Street as an addition to the Jefferson School for a price of twenty five hundred dollars.

Deed for a parcel of land on the East side of Fifth Street Northwest for a sum of fifteen hundred dollars for an addition to the Jefferson School

Land purchased by the School Board for an addition to the Jefferson School located on the East side of Fifth Street Northwest for twenty two hundred and fifty dollars

There are two agreements that the Charlottesville Schools would instruct the children from Albemarle County Schools for an agreed price.

Deed of purchases from Florence R. and Arthur M. Gable, B. G. and Kathleen Payne, F. L. and Mary W. Watson, D. W. and Willie May Godwin, B. S. and Bettie J. Young, Nannie Blake and G. G. Jones, Lloyd M. and Annie L. Haggard, C. E. and Janie W. Crawford, W. J. and Lillie F. Harvey, B. L. and Mandolin V. Payne to the Charlottesville School Board [for Clark School] Also included are title abstracts for lots which were a part of a large tract of land owned by the Belmont Land Company prior to 1890. (Need flattening)

Deed of Purchase for land on the corner of Commerce and Fourth Street N. W. sold to the School Board for five hundred dollars.

Parcel of land on Commerce Street verified to be owned by Albert Brooks, free of any liens and clear for purchase by the Charlottesville School Board

Deed of Purchase for land situated on 411 Commerce Street sold to the Charlottesville School Board for a sum of one thousand and one hundred and fifty dollars.

Deed of purchase for land described as 214 5 th Street N. W. and Brown Street from the Beck's Family to the Charlottesville School Board for a sum of two thousand dollars, and twenty five hundred dollars from the Barbour Family for additions to Jefferson School.

The City of Charlottesville acquired the property by condemnation for addition to the Jefferson School

Reports are from Buford, Burnley-Moran, George Rogers Clark, Greenbrier, Jackson-Via, Jefferson, Johnson, Lane, McGuffey,Venable and Walker. Principal's Term Reports are included. For some other years they are separate.

Includes enrollment figures for boys and girls in elementary schools

Includes enrollment figures for boys and girls in schools

Includes FICA contributions

Very bad condition; water damaged, need flattening/cleaning etc..

There are monthly attendance records.

McGuffey School applications for reimbursement of the Virginia Lunch Program and Special Milk Program; cafeteria reports and inventory; daily record of operations; state inspection reports; and memos about additional allocation of funds and other information about lunches. There is also information about personnel policies for cafeteria staff.

There is a notice from the Monticello Dairy Inc. about milk price increases due to the drought (September 27, 1958)

List of menus served each day of the week for the school year

There is a list of students who are eligible for free meals from Clark, Venable, and Johnson (and the costs per lunch) at the McGuffey Cafeteria

Class schedules contain student information such as birthdates, names of parents, home address and class schedule with teacher names.

Enrollment and teacher roster

(Notebooks of student grades for the last year of school, and any higher education and name and address of parents.)

Contains class rolls, grades and attendance records for students. In the 1920's and 1930's there were separate classes for boys and girls.

These are arranged by year and by teacher. They include the schools, Midway Grammar and High School (Lane), McGuffey Elementary, Venable Elementary, George Rogers Clark Elementary, Jackson P. Burley, Buford, and Walker schools but not all of these schools can be found in every folder.