A Guide to the Virginia Crockford Papers, 1958-1980 Crockford, Virginia, Papers of, 1958-1980 M 283

A Guide to the Virginia Crockford Papers, 1958-1980

A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
Collection Number M 283

James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Repository

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Collection number

M 283

Title

Virginia Crockford Papers, 1958-1980

Physical Characteristics

3.9 Linear Feet

Creator

Virginia Crockford

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for use without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

none

Preferred Citation

Box/folder, Virginia Crockford Papers, M 283, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Acquisition Information

The initial deposit was given To the SCA by Mrs. Crockford in November 1990. A second deposit from Mrs. Crockford was made in July 1995.

Processing Information

Collection processed in August 1990 and revised in July 1995.

Biographical/Historical Information

Virginia Alden Crockford (1918-2001) served as head of the City of Richmond's School Board during the late 1960s and early 1970s when integration and busing were fiercely debated topics in the city. Her support in favor of keeping Richmond's schools open through the use of busing to integrate was met with extreme controversy in the city. In their obituary of Crockford, published March 26, 2001, the Richmond Times- Dispatch wrote:

"Despite death threats, public rallies denouncing her personally and one attempt by the Richmond City Council to remove her from office, Mrs. Crockford looked beyond the issues of the day, calling public schools 'our answer'.

Born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1918, Crockford and her husband, W. Hamilton Crockford III, who became a Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter, moved to Richmond in 1947. She was appointed to the Richmond School Board in 1962, becoming the board's only woman and only the second woman in its history. After a 1970 attempt by City Councilman Howard H. Carwile to remove her from her post as School Board chair was defeated by a 7-1 vote, Councilman James G. Carpenter said of Mrs. Crockford: "She is a person who fights for what she believes is right and who is prepared to take the consequences." [See Times-Dispatch obituary]. She left the board after her term limit expired in 1972. She died March 24, 2001.

Scope and Content Information

The collection consists primarily of correspondence and reports concerning Mrs. Crockford's activities as chair of the Richmond School Board. There is a great deal of information on the desegregation of Richmond schools, busing for integration, consolidation of Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield school districts, and sex education in the public schools. The bulk of the materials cover the years 1969 through 1972.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in several series and alphabetically by subject therein. Clippings have been removed and those for which Cabell Library does not have microfilm have been duplicated and placed in Series VI. An index to the clippings is attached. One photograph has been removed to the University Photograph Collection.

Organization

Series I--Personal Information (n.d.)

Series II--Desegregation (n.d., 1961-1975)

Series III--Committees (n.d., 1955-1972)

Series IV--Richmond School Board (n.d., 1958-1980)

Series V--Richmond School Board Minutes (1961-1972)

Series VI--Publications and Clippings (n.d., 1948-1982)

Contents List

Personal Information, n.d.

Box-folder 1.1

Personal Information, n.d.

Desegregation, n.d. 1961-1975

Box-folder 1.2

Annexation, n.d. 1969-1976
Box-folder 1.3

Bradley v. Board Defendant's Exhibit #1 , n.d. 1970
Box-folder 1.4

Bradley v. Board Legal Files I, n.d. 1969-1972
Box-folder 1.5

Bradley v. Board Legal Files II, n.d.
Box-folder 1.6

Busing, n.d. 1970-1972
Box-folder 1.7

Consolidation, n.d. 1961-1972
Box-folder 1.8

Desegregation, n.d. 1966-1971
Box-folder 1.9

McDorman, Jane E., n.d.
Box-folder 1.10

Opening of Schools 1971-1972
Box-folder 1.11

Parent Advisory Committee on Busing 1975
Box-folder 1.12

Plan III Revised, n.d. 1970

Committees, n.d. 1955-1972

Box-folder 1.13

Central Virginia Educational Television, n.d. 1963-1972
Box-folder 1.14

Committee for Youth, n.d. 1962-1966
Box-folder 1.15

Richmond Council of Women's Organizations, n.d. 1965-1968
Box-folder 1.16

Richmond Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations, n.d. 1955-1972
Box-folder 1.17

Summer Job Survey, n.d. 1956-1969

Richmond School Board, n.d. 1958-1980

Box-folder 1.18

Attrition, n.d. 1970-1971
Box-folder 1.19

Brown v. Board 1972
Box-folder 1.20

Citizens for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS), n.d. 1970-1972
Box-folder 1.21

Compulsory Attendance 1963, 1972
Box-folder 1.22

Correspondence-Miscellaneous, n.d. 1958, 1964, 1966-1972, 1979
Box-folder 1.23

Graves Junior High School Evaluation Report 1967
Box-folder 2.1

Identifying Our Community Problems Survey 1970s
Box-folder 2.2

Kindergarten 1965, 1976
Box-folder 2.3

Murphy v. Board 1970-1971
Box-folder 2.4

Northside School Study Committee 1957, 1969
Box-folder 2.5

Paxman v. Wilkerson 1975
Box-folder 2.6

Richmond Education Association 1970-1972
Box-folder 2.7

Richmond School Board, n.d. 1959, 1969-1970
Box-folder 2.8

Richmond School Board 1971-1972
Box-folder 2.9

Rules and Regulations of the School Board 1967
Box-folder 2.10

Safety 1970-1972
Box-folder 2.11

School Budgets, n.d. 1958, 1960, 1964, 1970-1972, 1980
Box-folder 2.12

Sex Education in the Public Schools, n.d. 1968-1970, 1973
Box-folder 2.13

Sidney School Program (for pregnant teens) 1971-1972
Box-folder 2.14

Speeches, n.d. 1970
Box-folder 2.15

Suspension, n.d. 1971-1972
Box-folder 2.16

Tax Study Commission, n.d. 1971-1972
Box-folder 2.17

Teacher's Salary, n.d. 1958, 1971-1972
Box-folder 2.18

Technical Training Center, n.d. 1968, 1970-1971
Box-folder 2.19

Willett, Henry I. 1958, 1968

Richmond School Board Minutes 1961-1972

Box 2

Minute Book 1961-1964
Box 2

Minute Book 1964-1966
Box 2

Minute Book 1966-1969
Box 3

Minute Book 1969-1971
Box 3

Minute Book 1971-1972

Publications, n.d. 1948-1982

Box-folder 3.1

Publications, Bulletins, Flyers 1967-1972
Box-folder 3.2

St. Luke's Hospital 1982
Box 3

Annexation Area Street Name Index and Maps 1970
Box 3

Annexation Information
Box 3

Annual Report of the Richmond Public Schools 1962-1963
Box 3

Can We Afford to Close Our Public Schools?
Box 3

A Decade of Decision 1954-1964
Box 3

Education an Investment in People
Box 3

Education in Richmond
Box 3

Essay on Quality in Public Education
Box 3

Facts About your Schools
Box 3

Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations of Richmond Yearbook 1955-1956
Box 3

Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations of Richmond Yearbook 1956-1957
Box 3

Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations of Richmond Yearbook 1960-1961
Box 3

Financing Virginia's Future
Box 3

Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn
Box 3

Governing of School Districts
Box 3

Governing the Virginia Metropolitan Areas: An Assessment
Box 3

Guidelines for Professional Negotiation
Box 3

Handbook for Junior Primary Teachers
Box 3

How Classroom Desegregation Will Work
Box 3

Incentives for Quality Teaching
Box 3

Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Annual Report 1961
Box 3

Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Annual Report 1966
Box 3

Let's Vacation at Home!
Box 3

New Day for Urban Child
Box 3

Our Children Their Growth in Citizenship
Box 3

Partners in Education
Box 3

Policies of the Virginia School Boards Association
Box 3

Public Interest in How Teachers Organize
Box 3

Report of Advisory Committees for the Consolidation of the City of Richmond and Henrico County
Box 3

Richmond and the James
Box 3

Richmond Public Schools Report of the Survey Commission
Box 3

Richmond's Classroom
Box 3

Roles, Responsibilities, Relationships of the School Board, Superintendent and Staff
Box 3

School Boards Look Ahead
Box 3

Schools at a Glance
Box 3

So You're a Richmond Area Teenager and You're Pregnant
Box 3

Standards of Student Conduct
Box 3

Statistical Report of the Richmond Public Schools 1961-1962
Box 3

Story of Our City 1782-1965
Box 3

Swann, et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, et al.
Box 3

This Year with the Parent-Teacher Association of J.E.B. Stuart School 1956-1957
Box 3

Clippings: Discipline

NL 11/21/71; TD 2/23/71; TD 3/16/72; NL 6/14/72; NL 4/5/72; NL 3/17/72
Box 3

Clippings: Opening Schools

NL 4/28/71; NL 2/20/70; NL 2/3/72
Box 3

Clippings: REA

NL 2/3/71; NL 3/27/71; TD 2/3/71; TD 1/22/71; NL 1/25/71; TD 2/3/71
Box 3

Clippings: Discipline

NL 3/17/72; NL 3/3/71; NL 9/30/70; NL 9/16/70; NL 12/22/70; NL 12/22/70; NL 9/21/70; TD 3/16/72
Box 3

Clippings: Child Study

TD 11/26/66; TD 11/14/66; NL 12/29/67; NL 6/3/66; TD 6/3/66; TD 7/15/66; TD 6/3/66; WP 4/23/68; WSJ 3/11/72; NL 12/17/71; NL 1/31/72; TD 2/12/63
Box 3

Clippings: Sex Education

TD 2/16/68; NL 3/13/70; NL 12/7/69; TD 1/15/66; TD 2/12/53; NL 2/11/63; NL 3/13/70; TD 3/16/70; NL 3/5/70; TD 2/16/71; Lynch News 12/17/69; NL 5/26/71
Box 3

Clippings: Disturbed Youths

NL 10/25/65; TD 3/15/74; NL 12/10/62; TD 6/7/67; NL 12/6/62; TD 10/9/54; NL 9/17/63; TD 6/7/67; TD 3/4/71; NL 4/14/72; NL 5/17/74
Box 3

Clippings: MCV-RPI Merger

TD 3/2/68
Box 3

Clippings: Richmond Tech Opens

TD 3/24/68
Box 3

Clippings: Vocational Center

TD 5/21/64; NL 3/13/62; NL 8/24/71; NL 4/23/63; TD 4/23/63; NL 4/22/63; NL 4/22/63; NL 4/22/63
Box 3

Clippings: Administration

TD 2/11/70; TD 4/29/71; TD 4/2/71; NL 3/8/71; TD 3/26/72; TD 3/26/72; TD 5/18/71; TD 4/24/71; TD 5/3/60; NL 7/26/62; NL 5/18/71; NL 4/21/71; TD 6/20/62; NL 4/24/62; TD 4/24/62; TD 5/13/62; NL 9/29/61; TD 7/6/61; TD 3/11/68; NL 9/15/63; TD 1/12/60; NL 4/16/65; NL 7/31/59
Box 3

Clippings: PTA

NL 2/12/62; TD 2/13/62; NL 3/27/61; NL 3/19/59; TD 2/3/71; NL 4/14/58; TD 11/13/68; NL 4/16/65; NL 2/25/72; NL 3/13/62; NL 5/4/64; TD 1/19/64; TD 4/3/64; TD 4/14/58; TD 3/9/59; NL 12/11/61; NL 3/10/58; NL 2/25/72; NL 3/13/62
Box 3

Clippings: Obscenity Laws

NL 12/19/59; NL 12/3/59; TD 12/1/59; TD 12/2/59; NL 12/2/59
Box 3

Clippings: Tuition

NL 2/3/71; NL 5/16/73; NL 3/4/71; NL 9/6/62; TD 4/26/69; TD 2/12/71; TD 12/11/62; NL 4/30/71; NL 4/24/71; AP 5/4/71
Box 3

Clippings: PTA

NL 10/26/59; TD 11/25/64; TD 11/29/59; TD 10/27/62; TD 11/7/65
Box 3

Clippings: Private School Tuition

TD 8/26/71; TD 4/5/62; TD 3/9/71; TD 2/16/72; TD 2/10/72; NL 8/6/70; WP 1/12/72; WP 1/17/72; NL 3/6/72; NL 3/11/72; NL 6/2/72; TD 3/1/72; WP 2/11/72; TD 4/10/71; NL 4/10/71; TD 5/30/71; NL 10/19/70
Box 3

Clippings: Censorship

TD 2/3/59; TD 3/12/60; NL 3/10/60; TD 2/10/60; NL 2/10/60; TD 6/22/71; NL 2/10/60; NL 1/26/60; TD 6/5/60; TD 2/18/68; NL 11/30/59; NL 12/3/59; NL 5/18/59; TD 1/5/60; NL 10/24/59; TD 7/14/71
Box 3

Clippings: Board Control

NL 3/18/71; TD 7/31/59; TD 10/2/59; NL 9/29/59; TD 12/8/59; NL 12/15/59; NL 2/16/60
Box 3

Clippings: School Prayer Reports

NL 10/15/62; NL 7/13/62
Box 3

Clippings: Surveys of Area Schools

TD 9/11/71; TD 4/24/71; NL 7/22/71; NL 5/14/70; TD 5/23/71; TD 5/18/72; TD 3/8/71; NL 5/18/74; NL 4/19/72; NL 6/16/72; TD 5/9/72; TD 11/28/71; NL 3/30/72; NL 10/19/72; NL 9/11/70; TD 4/12/70; NL 9/19/70
Box 3

Clippings: Budget

NL 5/6/71; TD 6/4/71; NL 5/1/71; TD 4/23/71; TD 9/4/71; TD 5/7/72; NL 3/5/63; NL 5/9/72; NL 5/30/72; NL 5/10/72; TD 11/18/71; NL 8/10/71; TD 2/18/62; NL 2/8/71; NL 2/8/71; NL 4/8/71; TD 4/8/71; TD 2/2/71; TD 4/8/71; TD 3/30/71; TD 1/26/72; NL 2/16/72; TD 3/30/72; TD 12/16/72; NL 5/11/72; WP 8/4/71; WP 8/4/71; NL 9/25/59; TD 4/10/62; TD 2/20/70; NL 2/20/70
Box 3

Clippings: Summer Jobs

NL 6/30/66; TD 6/29/66; TD 5/21/57; TD 5/21/57; TD 5/7/57; NL 5/7/57; TD 5/14/57; TD 11/12/56; NL 11/12/56; NL 5/14/57; NL 7/7/56; NL 10/18/56; TD 11/13/53; NL 3/18/57
Box 3

Clippings: Ed. TV

TD 11/6/63; TD 4/30/64; NL 10/5/62; TD 10/15/63; NL 3/20/64; NL 4/30/64; TD 9/15/63; NL 6/3/64; TD 11/18/64; NL 1/7/64; TD 11/17/64; TD 8/21/64; NL 9/7/66; NL 3/4/71; NL 9/8/71; NL 3/29/71; NL 5/23/72; NL 4/29/71; NL 12/26/64; NL 10/1/70; TD 9/25/70; TD 10/19/70; TD 10/7/70; NL 10/29/70; TD 4/15/69
Box 3

Clippings: School Board

TD 11/3/71; WP 4/14/72; NL 8/16/71; NL 6/13/72; TD 6/7/72; WP 6/17/72; WP 6/9/72; TD 1/12-19/72; NL 1/12/72; NL 6/15/72; TD 6/15/72; NL 3/30/71; NL 9/7/62; TD 3/25/71; TD 4/14/72; NL 6/6/72; WP 2/10/72; TD 4/7/71; TD 4/7/71; TD 1/3/72; TD 12/16/61; TD 5/7/59; TD 4/22/71; NL 6/18/71; TD 5/27/71; TD 1/1/71; NL 1/1/71; TD 12/18/70; TD 9/18/70; TD 9/18/70; NL 11/9/70; NL 11/27/70; TD 11/10/70; NL 11/16/70; NL 11/16/70; NL 11/9/70; NL 9/30/70; TD 9/16/59
Box 3

Clippings: Schools Consolidation/deseg.

NL 3/26/71; TD 5/2/71; WP 9/17/72; NL 4/13/72; TD 1/11/72; WP 1/11/72; NL 4/5/72; VP 4/10/72; TD 2/6/72; WP 1/17/72; WP 1/16/72; WP 1/16/72; NL 1/11/72; TD 1/23/72; WP 8/22/71; WP 1/16/72; NL 8/4/71; NL 8/1/61; NL 8/1/61; TD 12/10/61; NL 12/9/61; NL 8/1/61; NL 5/18/61; NL 5/24/61; NL 7/3/70; TD 7/24/70; TD 6/21/70; NL 7/22/90; TD 8/18/70; TD 8/21/70; NL 8/24/70; NL 7/23/70; NL 7/23/70; NL 4/30/69; TD 2/19/60; AP 12/3/70; TD 6/13/61; TD 11/16/61; TD 12/10/61; TD 12/10/61; TD 8/1/61; NL 9/7/61; TD 12/5/70; NL 4/26/69; TD 9/13/70; TD 9/13/70; TD 9/13/70; TD 9/17/70; TD 9/22/70; TD 9/11/70; NL 10/5/70; TD 11/16/70; TD 12/8/70; NL 10/13/70; TD 9/19/78; NL 10/14/70; NL 10/14/70; NL 10/15/70; TD 9/7/70; NL 7/27/62; NL 2/5/70; TD 7/24/70; TD 8/30/70
Box 3

Clippings: General/Merger

TD 2/27/61 Chesterfield Pop.; NL 6/28/61 Chesterfield Pop.; TD 11/10/58 Cities Future; TD 5/12/61 Jaycees Examine City; NL 6/30/61 Annexation Suits; NL 6/27/61 Annexation Suits; NL 6/22/61 Merger Area; TD 6/24/61 Woodward Views DuPont; NL 12/28/59 Merger; NL 6/27/61 Clearing 17th St.; TD 3/31/60 Redistricting; TD 6/13/60 Redistrict Committee; TD 5/21/61 Redistrict Committee; TD 11/7/61 Merger; TD 6/29/61 Merger; TD 10/21/61 Merger; NL 9/25/61 Merger; TD 10/24/61 Motorcade Scheduled Here Today; TD 4/25/61 Richmond Housing; NL 10/14/61 Voters Plan Talks on Merger; TD 12/1/61 Women Take Merger Appeal; NL 10/20/61 Women Take Merger Appeal; NL 9/23/61 Merger; NL 12/5/63 Discrimination Against Women; NL 11/10/63 Sales Tax Plan Not Expected; TD 11/17/61 Richmond-Henrico Merger Proposal; TD 8/1/61 Plan to Merge City; TD 11/18/61 Caution on Merger; NL 11/6/61 Merger Foes Are Reproved; NL 10/23/61 Nod Given to Merger; NL 8/24/61 What's In It for Him?; TD 12/12/61 If you don't know; TD 12/15/61 Chesterfield, too; TD 12/13/61 City-County Merger Defeated by Henrico; TD 12/13/61 The Real Losers; NL 8/18/61 Five-Borough Merger Set-Up; NL 9/6/61 New Merger Proposal; TD 8/4/61 RCA May Disband If Merger Plan; TD 8/22/61 No Merger Plan Can Be Perfect; NL 8/18/61 Long View; TD 10/10/61 Council, Board Agree on Terms for Merger; NL 11/9/61 Women Believed Key Factor In Area Voting on Merger; TD 11/22/61 Merger Vote to Bring Many Changes in Area; TD 8/27/61 What You Should Know About Merger; NL 8/18/61 Composition of GMC Approving Merger; TD 11/21/61 Area Consolidation Would Accelerate Economic Growth; TD 11/5/61 Here Are Key Points in Merger Debate; TD 12/17/61 Merger Defeat Margin Was Surprise; NL 11/29/61 Why Merge; NL 11/2/61 Joint Agreement for Consolidation; NL 8/1/61 Heading Toward Merger; TD 8/22/61 No Merger Plan Can Be Perfect; NL 10/6/61 Merger; Happy, Merger Mad; NL 8/3/61 Merger and the Courts; NL 8/1/61 Favorable to Merger Plan; TD 11/14/61 Financial Burdens of County to Grow; TD 11/19/61 Eyes of Nation on City-County Merger Voting; NL 3/11/68 Richmond Fared on Assembly; TD 11/14/68 Registration; TD 12/29/61 Voice of the People; TD 11/12/61 City Center of Urban Galaxy; TD 11/18/61 Triple-A Club; TD 12/16/61 Assessment; NL 11/11/68 Willett's Monument; TD 11/18/70 Merhige Add 3 Defendants; TD 11/10/70 Book Preserve Rights; NL 11/1/65 Books for Human Development; TD 9/26/59 Committee Named to Study Salaries of City Teachers; TD 4/15/58 Proposal to Drop Kindergarten Held; TD 8/19/60 Teacher's Pay Plan; NL 6/16/71 Old Schoold Said Hampering New Methods; TD 8/10/75 St. Lukes Hospital; TD 10/17/82 St. Lukes Hospital; TD 10/7/70 Largely Black Schools Berated
Box 3

Clippings: Voters

NL 4/12/61; NL 3/28/60; TD 10/13/63; TD 11/5/70
Box 3

Clippings: Annexation

TD 5/5/61; NL 7/6/61; TD 11/16/61; NL 12/13/61; NL 12/19/61; TD 12/19/61; NL 12/19/61
Box 3

Clippings: Merger

TD 12/10/61; NL 7/25/61; NL 12/23/61; TD 12/10/61; NL 11/24/61; TD 11/14/61; NL 9/17/70; TD 11/9/70; NL 12/14/70; TD 7/24/70; TD 11/17/70