A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 68 V82
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and
Mary
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Repository
Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library,
College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 68 V82
Title
Virginia Council on Human Relations
Papers,
1960-1966.
Extent
ca. 150 items, 1 box.
Creators
Virginia Council on Human Relations,
Southern Conference Educational Fund.
Language
English
Abstract
Records of the Virginia Council on
Human Relations and the Southern Education Fund, 1960-1966.
Pamphlets, booklets, reports, newsletters, correspondence,
clippings relating to school desegregation, fair employment
practices, housing, etc.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any
materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of
Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the
copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, Manuscripts
and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William
and Mary.
The Virginia Council on Human Relations was a private
organization formed to encourage better race relations. There
were chapters in various localities and its headquarters was
in Richmond.
The Virginia Council on Human Relations (VCHR) was a
non-profit organization that attempted to find resolutions to
the "race problem," i.e., school desegregation, fair
employment practices, housing, inter- cultural relations,
public facility desegregation, voting rights and registration)
in the state of Virginia. Stressing both constructive
solutions and cooperative action, the VCHR worked with the
Southern Regional Council and with Councils on Human Relations
in other Southern states to realize its goal of acknowledging
and accepting the "Legitimate aspirations of all the people of
Virginia," regardless of race, color, or national origin.
The VCHR Papers represent an assortment of documents that
chronicles the activities of the Council between 1960 and
1966. Part of the VCHR Papers contain leaflets, booklets, and
pamphlets that outlines the goals, objectives, and purposes of
the VCHR. Another portion of the Paper consists of official
letters from key Council representatives to either members of
local VCHR branches or to Southern citizens who support the
VCHR. Printed documents of the Southern Conference Educational
Fund, Inc., or SCEF (i.e.,
The Southern Patriot , newspaper
of the SCEF, letters of Fred Shuttleworth, president of SCEF)
and the Southern Regional Council are a part of the VCHR
Papers. Official "Minutes" records, financial reports,
newsletters, and memos of the VCHR are also a part of the
assorted collection that is the VCHR Papers. Finally, the VCHR
Papers contain documents from the Norfolk, Fairfax, and other
Virginian branches of the VCHR.