A Guide to the Papers of Sarah Patton Boyle, 1949-1970 Boyle, Sarah Patton, Papers of, 1949-1970 8003-a,-b

A Guide to the Papers of Sarah Patton Boyle, 1949-1970

A Collection in
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Accession Number 8003-a,-b

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Accession number

8003-a,-b

Title

Papers of Sarah Patton Boyle, 1949-1970

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 12,000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Sarah Patton Boyle, Accession #8003-a,-b, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the library by Mrs. Boyle on June 30, 1971.

Alternative Form

Portions available on microfilm reel #M-2130.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains correspondence and material concerning Sarah Patton Boyle's The Desegregated Heart and her For Human Beings Only ; speeches; editorials; book reviews; and material regarding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Virginia Council on Human Relations, The Congress of Racial Equality, and the Southern Christian leadership Conference.

There are also polls, including the "Parker Poll" on desegregation at the University of Virgiia, miscellaneous clippings and articles, a scrapbook, and a cross which was burned on Mrs. Boyle's lawn.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Sam[uel Gandy]

Contents List

Correspondence

Box 1
Correspondence: "A" 1968
Box 1
Ralph D. Abernathy, President, SCLC 1968 June
Box 1
William B. Abbot. Newspaper, The Southern Patriot , February 1959 1955-1961
Box 1
Rev. Mr. F. E. Alexander 1951-1953
Box 1
AFL-CIO 1952-1960
Box 1
Associated Press, with blank legal contract 1961-1964
Box 1
Correspondence: "B" 1951-1968, n.d.
Box 1
Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Virginia State Conference, NAACP 1951-1965
Box 1
Stringfellow Barr 1962 Jun 13
Box 1
Gov. John S. Battle re clemency for Albert Jackson ca. 1952

Contains related petitions and newspaper clippings.
Box 1
Hubert Beckwith, President, VCHR 1958-1959
Box 1
Black Drama, Inc. 1968
Box 1
Daniel A. Bowers, Executive Director, VCHR 1959-1960
Box 1
W. Carroll Brooke, President, VCHR 1955 Feb 10
Box 1
Curtis Brown, Ltd. (publishers) 1954-1955
Box 1
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1968 Jun 17
Box 1
Correspondence: "C" 1951-1968
Box 1
Omer Carmichael 1955-1958
Box 1
The Catholic Digest 1963 Jun 6
Box 1
Dwight M. Chalmers 1957
Box 1
Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune 1957 Oct 20
Box 1
Charlottesville Daily Progress 1953-1955
Box 1
Marjory Cherry 1955-1958

Includes two photographs
Box 1
Chicago Sun-Times 1963
Box 1
Malcolm Christian 1964 Jan 13
Box 1
The Christian Century 1952-1968
Box 1
Winifed (Mrs. Roger) Clapp and Mrs. Samuel L. Abbott, Jr. 1957-1960
Box 1
The Kenneth Clarks 1963
Box 1
John and Peggy Collison 1962

Includes a typed manuscript of John Collison's play, Mary Douglas .
Box 1
Community 1956
Box 1
Concern 1952
Box 1
William M. Cooper, Associate Executive Director, VCHR 1955-1956
Box 1
CORE 1959-1964
Box 1
Council for Social Action 1954

Concerns the election of Boyle as president of the organization, with newspaper clippings and papers concerning the C. S. A. and "Get Out the Vote Contest."
Box 1
John Bolt Culberton, and papers about Boyle's visit to Greenville, South Carolina 1956-1963
Box 2
Correspondence: "D" 1951-1968
Box 2
Danville Register 1955 May 25
Box 2
Colgate W. Darden, Jr. 1955-1957
Box 2
Deland Sun News 1964 May
Box 2
Correspondence: "E" 1955-1968, n.d.
Box 2
P. E. East, Editor of The Petal Paper , with articles by East 1956-1965, n.d.
Box 2
Ebony 1963-1964
Box 2
The Echo , Furman University 1955 May
Box 2
Murrell Edmunds 1955-1956

Contains a typed manuscript of "First Lesson."
Box 2
John M. Ellison 1953-1955
Box 2
The Episcopalia n 1963-1970
Box 2
Correspondence: "F" 1951-1958
Box 2
George R. Ferguson, President, Charlottesville Branch, NAACP 1952-1958
Box 2
Florida Times-Union 1952 Apr 18
Box 2
"Gerry" [Gerald R.] Ford 1968 Jun 18
Box 2
Forward Movement Publications 1965-1968
Box 2
Charles D. Fowler, Jr., President, Charlottesville Branch, NAACP 1954-1955
Box 2
"The Fund for the Republic" re a book grant 1956
Box 2
Mrs. Paul J. Furnas 1963-1964
Box 2
Correspondence: "G" 1952-1965, n.d.
Box 2
Dr. Sam[uel Gandy] 1952-1953
Box 2
Harry Golden, Editor of the Carolina Israelite 1958-1963
Box 2
June P. Guild 1958-1960
Box 2
Griffin Gunther 1954-1964
Box 3
Correspondence: "H" 1951-1959
Box 3
Ruth Haefner 1957-1962
Box 3
Elly Haney 1963-1965

Includes copies of two chapters of Haney's dissertation on Boyle's life and work.
Box 3
T. W. Hardy 1955 Feb-Mar
Box 3
Dr. W. Lee Harris 1951-1953
Box 3
Dennis N. Haughton 1951
Box 3
Dr. E. B. Henderson 1951 - 1953
Box 3
Dr. E. B. Henderson 1955-1971

Includes typed manuscript "New Responsibilities in Community Relations--From Segregation to Integration."
Box 3
Rev. Raymond Henderson 1957-1964
Box 3
Thomas Howard Henderson 1957

Contains the typed manuscript carbon "What the Negro Wants."
Box 3
Highlander Folk School 1954-1960
Box 3
Oliver W. Hill, Legal Staff, Virginia State Conference, NAACP 1951-1960
Box 4
Correspondence: "J" 1951-1959
Box 4
Lyndon B. Johnson re Peace Corps (copy) 1961 Oct 16
Box 4
Johnson Publishing Company 1963
Box 4
E. Theodore Jones 1955-1956
Box 4
Journal and Guide editors 1952-1958, n.d.
Box 4
Correspondence: "K" 1953-1967
Box 4
Martin Luther King 1955-1970
Box 4
Koinonia Farm 1958-1963
Box 4
Correspondence: "L" 1951-1958
Box 4
Ladies Home Journal 1955-1956
Box 4
Jim Lawson 1953-1958
Box 4
Mr. and Mrs. Heslip M. Lee, Executive Director and Secretary, VCHR 1962-1964
Box 4
Life 1956
Box 4
David Longley, Treasurer, Virginia State Conference, NAACP 1952-1953, 1967-1968
Box 4
Claude E. Love 1953
Box 4
Lynchburg News and Daily Advance 1955 Apr
Box 4
Correspondence: "M" 1951-1958, n.d.
Box 4
John H. Marion, Executive Director, VCHR 1955-1957

See also Southern Regional Council, Inc.
Box 5
McCall's 1957 May 29
Box 5
Jane (Mrs. Nelson) McClary 1964-1965
Box 5
James Meredith 1962 Oct
Box 5
Miami Herald and the University of Miami 1952-1955
Box 5
G. A. Miller, with TLS, Vincent S. Waters to Miller 1953-1962, n.d.
Box 5
Minneapolis Morning Tribune 1952 Sep 17
Box 5
Clarence Mitchell, Director, Washington Bureau, NAACP 1954, n.d.
Box 5
Henry Lee Moon, Director, Public Relations, NAACP 1955-1960
Box 5
Charles E. Moran, Jr., Acting President, Charlottesville-Ablemarle Chapter of the VCHR 1956
Box 5
Flora [Florsch] Morrison 1956-1959
Box 5
William Morrow & Company, Inc., Publishers 1960-1969, n.d.
Box 5
Motive Magazine 1954 Dec
Box 5
Pauli Murray 1963

See microfilm for more correspondence.
Box 6
Correspondence: "N" 1951-1960
Box 6
The Nation 1956-1958
Box 6
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot 1956-1958, n.d.
Box 6
Orange and White , University of Tennessee 1955 Dec 27
Box 6
Narcissa [D.] Overstreet 1958 Nov 17
Box 6
Dr. Hugo Owens re integration movement in Portsmouth 1958
Box 6
Correspondence: "P" 1952-1960
Box 6
Susie Peace, Mary Washington College 1952-1958
Box 6
Pittsburgh Courier 1953-1964
Box 6
The Presbyterian Outlook 1951-1954
Box 6
The Progressive 1952-1953
Box 6
Correspondence: "R" 1951-1958
Box 6
Ramparts Magazine 1964-1965
Box 6
Reader's Digest 1952-1964, n.d.
Box 6
Milton A. Reid, President, Virginia Christian Leadership Conference 1960
Box 6
Richmond Times Dispatch and News Leader , especially with Virginius Dabney and Ben and Janet Johnston, former editors of the Times Dispatch 1951-1963, n.d.
Box 6
Walter N. Ridley, Professor of Psychology, Virginia State College 1953-1957
Box 6
Paul Rilling, Executive Director, VCHR 1957-1959

See also Southern Regional Council, Inc.
Box 6
Harry W. Roberts, Department of Sociology, Virginia State College 1953-1957
Box 6
Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Legal Staff, Virginia State Conference, NAACP 1951-1957
Box 6
John C. Rogers 1951
Box 6
B. F. D. Runk, Dean of Student Affairs, University of Virginia 1957
Box 6
Correspondence: "S" 1951-1961, n.d.
Box 6
Saturday Evening Post 1954-1962, n.d.
Box 6
Seabury Press 1963-1969
Box 7
Leander T. Shaw 1952-1957, n.d.
Box 7
T. J. Sellers, the Amsterdam News 1950-1970, n.d.
Box 7
David McD. Simms 1951-1956, n.d.
Box 7
The Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc. 1950-1959

Includes related Southside Conference on Compliance with the Supreme Court Decision on Segregation in Public Schools.
Box 7
Southern Regional Council, Inc. 1951-1968
Box 7
William B. Spong, Jr. 1968 Jun 19
Box 7
Stephen Gill Spottswood, President, District of Columbia Branch, NAACP 1952
Box 7
Gregory H. Swanson, University of Virginia's first African-American student 1952-1961
Box 8
Correspondence: "T" 1952-1968
Box 8
Dr. O. B. Taylor 1950-1952

Includes typed manuscript "What Would I Do, If I Were a White Man?"
Box 8
This Week 1956
Box 8
Irma B. Thompson 1954-1955
Box 8
J. M. Tinsley, President, Virginia State Conference, NAACP, memo to co-workers 1952 Oct 10
Box 8
E. A. Tugbyele 1953
Box 8
University of North Carolina Press 1955
Box 8
Vision 1955
Box 8
Vogue 1962
Box 8
Correspondence: "W" 1952-1965
Box 8
Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, Gillfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia, and Virginia State Director, CORE 1958-1960
Box 8
Washington Post 1957-1963
Box 8
Mrs. J. Waties Waring 1950-1959
Box 8
The J. Waties Warings 1960-1965, n.d.
Box 8
John W. Whetzel 1950-1952
Box 8
A. J. Whittenburg, President, Greenville, South Carolina Branch, NAACP 1958
Box 8
Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary, NAACP 1959-1963
Box 8
Woman's Home Companion 1955-1956
Box 8
William Yardley, Rector, Chatham Hall 1964-1965
Box 8
Unidentified correspondence 1951-1968, n.d.
Box 9
Miscellaneous correspondence 1949-1955

5 folders
Box 10
Miscellaneous correspondence 1955-1958

4 folders
Box 11
Miscellaneous correspondence 1959-1970

6 folders
Correspondence between Sarah Patton Boyle and Her Supporters
- Box 12
  Alexandria, Virginia 1963-1965
- Box 12
  Charlottesville, Virginia, articles re Civil Rights Movement in Virginia 1957-1958
- Box 12
  Charlottesville, Virginia 1962-1964
- Box 12
  Danville, Virginia 1962-1964
- Box 12
  Fredericksburg, Virginia 1958-1959
- Box 12
  Lynchburg, Virginia 1962-1965
- Box 12
  Norfolk, Virginia 1963-1964
- Box 12
  Norfolk, Virginia, papers re integration progress in Norfolk 1956
- Box 12
  Portsmouth, Virginia 1963-1964
  
  Includes typed manuscript "A Parable of the Flowers: Suggested Prayer for use by 'Christian' Segregationists."
- Box 12
  Richmond, Virginia 1962-1965
- Box 12
  Richmond, Virginia n.d.
  
  Contains preliminary data on canvassing effort of Richmond.
- Box 12
  Roanoke, Virginia 1957-1958
  
  Concerns Boyle's civil rights work in Roanoke.
- Box 12
  Staunton, Virginia 1956-1957
  
  These papers concern Boyle's integration efforts in Staunton.
- Box 12
  Suffolk, Virginia 1956-1957
  
  These papers concern Boyle's integration efforts in Suffolk.
- Box 13
  California 1957
- Box 13
  Delaware 1963-1964
- Box 13
  Illinois 1963-1964
- Box 13
  Massachusetts 1961-1964
- Box 13
  New Jersey 1963-1964
- Box 13
  New York [Buffalo] 1963-1965
- Box 13
  New York [City] 1962-1965
- Box 14
  New York 1962-1965
- Box 14
  North Carolina 1963-1964
- Box 14
  Ohio 1963-1965
- Box 14
  Pennsylvania 1963-1964
- Box 14
  Tennessee 1957
  
  Concerns Boyle's speech at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
- Box 14
  Virginia 1962-1964
- Box 14
  Washington, D. C. 1962-1964
- Box 15
  "Deep South" 1963-1965
- Box 15
  New England states [Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island] 1962-1964
- Box 15
  Western states 1963-1964
- Box 15
  Middle Western states 1963-1964
- Box 15
  Canada 1963-1964
- Box 15
  Foreign re Boyle's integration campaign 1963-1968
Miscellaneous Correspondence
- Box 16
  Awards for Boyle, with newspaper and magazine articles 1956-1965, n.d.
- Box 16
  Baptists 1952-1965
- Box 16
  Catholics 1952-1965, n.d.
- Box 16
  Church of the Brethen 1968
- Box 16
  Congregational Church 1965-1966
- Box 16
  Episcopalians 1952-1963, n.d.
- Box 16
  Lutheran Church 1952-1953
- Box 16
  Methodists 1952-1957
- Box 16
  Presbyterian Church 1951-1958
- Box 16
  Unitarian Church 1953
- Box 16
  Miscellaneous churchmen and church organizations 1952-1968, n.d.
- Box 16
  Miscellaneous papers and printed material re churches, including three copies of New South 1951-1968, n.d.
- Box 17
  Invitations to speak 1954-1970, n.d.
  
  5 folders

Articles and Review by and About Sarah Patton Boyle

Box 18
"And Yet They Will Win," Interracial Review 1958 Jul

6 p.
Box 18
"Are Rights Demonstrations Right," The Petal Paper , 3 p. and "'Rightness' of Demonstrations," Newsletter, 1 p. 1965 Apr
Box 18
"Breaking an Illusion," Concern 1952 Mar 7

3 p.
Box 18
"Brotherhood," Community 1956 Feb

1 p.
Box 18
"Charlottesville Holds Danger--and Hope," The Southern Patriot 1958 Jun

4 p., with TMs carbon
Box 18
"Convention Guest Writes Impressions of Meeting," SCLC Newsletter 1963 Oct

1 p.
Box 18
"Dear Mr. Chamberlin:," Social Questions Bulletin 1957 Mar

1 p.
Box 18
"Dying Dream and Living Truth," Christian Century 1968 Oct 23

9 p., TMs carbon
Box 18
"The Evil Illusion," Episcopal Churchnews 1952 Mar 2

Includes attached article re James Dabb.
Box 18
"Facts and Figures of Good Will, by A White Southern [S. P. B.]," n.d.

5 p.,TMs carbon
Box 18
"Faith Can Move Mountains," n.d.

4 p.,TMs carbon
Box 18
"Fear of Integration," Interraccial Review 1958 Feb

3 p.
Box 18
"A First-Hand Account of a Southern Sit-in," 1963 Jul

3 p.,printed
Box 18
"The Flight to Los Angeles," Parts I- III 1957 Nov

9 p., with postcards
Box 18
"From Behind the Segregation Curtain," re polling. n.d.

6 p.,TMs carbon
Box 18
"Fulfillment of Three Dreams," SCLS Newsletter 1964 Jan

1 p.
Box 18
"God in the Spare Room," The Episcopalian 1964 Sep

3 p.
Box 18
"The Guilty Premise," n.d.

18 p. Speech,TMs
Box 18
"How Long Halt Ye?," n.d.

4 p., TMs
Box 18
"I Confront Tradition in the South," n.d.

9 p., TMs carbon
Box 18
"I Defend Integration in the South," n.d.

15 p., TMs
Box 18
"I Wonder if Preachers Know...," n.d.

4 p., TMs
Box 18
"Inside a Segregationist," Ebony 1963 Jun

Includes TMs carbon and photographs.
Box 18
"A Letter to be Remembered...," 1960 Apr 6

1 p., printed
Box 18
"Let's Order our Faith to March," 1951 May 13

TMs carbon and AMs with revisions.

Includes attached polling slips.
Box 18
"Mistaken Identity," 1964 Sep-Dec

11 p., TMs

Includes related correspondence between Boyle and Maxwell S. Stewart.
Box 18
"My Own Conversion," The Interracial Review , 1957 Dec

3 p.
Box 18
"On Earth--A New Minority," SCLC Newsletter, 1963 Nov-Dec

1 p.
Box 18
"An Open Letter to Negroes of the South," n.d.

5 p., TMs carbon
Box 18
"The Price of Brotherhood," Ebony , 1963 Apr 23

7 p., with two TMs carbons

One carbon has captions for pictures with mentioned picture of burning cross and Hallmark cards.
Box 18
"The Racial Crisis: An Exchange of Letters," The Christian Century , 1968 May 22

5 p., with TMs carbon, 17 p.
Box 18
"Rocket to Freedom," 1958 Jan 15

1 p., TMs memo
Box 18
"The Root of the Race Problem." n.d.

TMs and TMs carbon, with autograph revisions by Boyle
Box 18
"Segregation is a Shell in the South" 1952

Two varied TMs: one with autograph revisions by Boyle, one TMs carbon
Box 18
"The Song of a Jailbird," 1963-1969

ca. 30 items, AMs statements, TMs carbon

Includes related correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, and legal papers re Boyle's imprisonment in St. Augustine, Florida.
Box 18
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Newsletter : articles by Boyle and related correspondence 1963-1964

8 TMs carbons, printed articles, and newsletters
Box 18
"Southern Racism is a Bogey Man," n.d.

16 p., TMs
Box 18
"The Southern Tragedy of Errors," 1951 Dec

12 p.

Includes letter, Blake Clark to Boyle.
Box 18
"A Southerner Looks at Integration," Religion and Labor , 1959 Feb

3 p.
Box 18
"Southerners Will Like Integration," Saturday Evening Post , 1955 Feb 19

Reprint and TMs carbon

Includes royalty slips and notecards re public opinion, preview from Saturday Evening Post and broadside, with attached leaflet of opposition to the article.
Box 18
"Spit in the Devil's Eye: A Southern Heretic Speaks...," The Nation , 1956 Oct 20

Reprint, TMs carbon, newspaper clipping.

Includes reprint and TMs carbon with original name Segregation, Surprises and Theology," and November 17 issue of The Nation with article re Boyle, with attached newspaper clipping.
Box 18
"The Story of an Article...," The Nation 1957 Apr 17

Includes TMs carbon
Box 18
"We Say to Our Brothers, 'Thou Fool'!" 1952

6 p., TMs carbon
Box 18
"A Voice from the South," Christian Century , 1952 Dec 17

6 p.
Box 18
"What Does Brotherhood Mean?" Telefact , with related letter, Dorothy C. Guinn, National Council of Negro Women, Inc. to Boyle, with enclosure 1957 Feb
Box 18
"What Southern Negroes Offer," n.d.

3 p., TMs
Box 18
"Where Are the Decent Southerners?" n.d.

23 p., TMs carbon
Box 18
"Why I Believe in Integration," The Virginia Spectator , 1957 May

2 p., with two TMs carbons with revisions, 10 p.
Box 18
"The Witness of a Lone Layman," n.d.

6 p., Tms carbon
Box 18
"1. The Years of Destruction" and "3. Afterword," both from The Back Together Heart , n.d.

TMs portions: 1: four copies, two rough drafts with autograph revisions by Boyle and three carbons. 3: three copies, one with autograph revisions by Boyle and two carbons. ca. 40 p.
Box 18
Miscellaneous and unidentified writings of Boyle 1951-1960, n.d.

TMs carbons and AMs papers
Box 19
Reviews of The Desegregated Heart --correspondence and TMs review 1962
Box 19
Reviews of The Desegregated Heart 1962
Box 19
Review (newspaper) of The Desegregated Heart 1962
Box 19
"Moderate Southerners" supporter mail re The Desegregated Heart , including two letters from Andrew Lytle 1962-1965
Box 19
Notes for articles and letters re book prospect 1955
Box 19
"Notes for a Book" dated "Late 1950's" 1950s
Box 19
Pre-Publication reactions to The Desegregated Heart . 1962

Blurbs by Bishop Pike, Martin Luther King, Kenneth B. Clark, and Harry Golden.
Box 19
Publication of The Desegregated Heart 1962
Box 19
Correspondence from black readers of The Desegregated Heart 1962-1963
Box 19
Mailing lists and miscellaneous papers re The Desegregated Heart n.d.
Box 20
Orders for Boyle's books 1962-1969
Box 20
"For Human Beings Only," n.d.

110 p., TMs carbon
Box 20
Mailing lists and miscellaneous papers re "For Human Beings Only" n.d.
Box 20
Reviews of "For Human Beings Only" 1964-1965
Box 20
Readers opinions and reviews of "For Human Beings Only" 1963-1965
Box 21
Speeches and drafts 1954

9 TMs carbons
Box 21
Transcription of interview held with Boyle by the Institute for Religious and Social Studies--"How to Effect Change? How Should Change Come?" 1966 Oct 18
Box 21
Broadcasts of "Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties" 1957
Box 21
Correspondence preparatory to and in response to Boyle's radio interviews and television appearances 1955-1968
Box 21
Notes for speeches and plans 1947-1952
Box 21
Speeches and drafts 1952
Box 21
Drafts of speeches written by Boyle for a course in Speech Writing taken at the University of Virginia 1952-1954
Box 21
Speeches and drafts 1953
Box 21
Speeches and drafts 1955
Box 21
Newspaper clippings re Boyle's speeches of 1955 1955 Feb-Dec
Box 21
Speeches and drafts, including two letters re speeches 1956
Box 21
Speeches and drafts 1957
Box 22
Speeches and drafts, including related correspondence 1958
Box 22
Speeches and drafts 1959
Box 22
Speeches and drafts 1960
Box 22
Speeches delivered to young people [1962]
Box 22
Speeches and drafts 1963
Box 22
Speeches and drafts 1965-1966
Box 22
Newspaper clippings and bulletins re Boyle's speeches 1968
Box 22
Speeches and drafts by Boyle on integration [1964]
Box 22
Speeches and drafts n.d.
Box 23
Newspaper editorial re integration 1947 Aug 14
Box 23
Newspaper clippings, Boyle's first "Letter to the Editor" 1950
Box 23
Drafts of letters to the editor of various Virginia newspapers 1950-1954

Includes correspondence re editorials in black notebook.
Box 23
Manuscript material preparatory to "Letters to the Editor" 1951
Box 23
"Letters to the Editor" re desegregation 1951-1952
Box 23
Articles written and ghostwritten by Boyle on integration and equality 1951
Box 23
"Letters to the Editor" with related material 1951-1953
Box 23
"Letters to the Editor" by Boyle and others, with related correspondence 1951-1960
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" 1952
Box 24
Articles written by Boyle for the Roanoke Tribune 1952-1963
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" 1954
Box 24
Articles written on the evils of segregation 1953
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" by and about Boyle 1954-1955
Box 24
Editorials on integration 1955
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" 1956
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor," 1957

Includes one quote from Jess Ogden.
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" and editorials on segregation 1958
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" re segregation 1959
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" 1960
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" and related correspondence 1961-1964
Box 24
"Letters to the Editor" 1965
Box 24
Letters to "Dear White-So" n.d.
Box 25
Book review drafts and clippings; Correspondence re: Boyle's tenure as reviewer for racially oriented books for the Richmond Times-Dispatch 1951-1955

In blue notebook.
Box 25
Editorials written to the Charlottesville Tribune , The Journal and Guide , and other Negro publications. 1951-1953

Includes carbon typescripts of "From Behind the Curtain" series and "Facts and Figures of Good Will" series, in blue notebook.
Box 25
Correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings re reviews by Boyle 1963
Box 26
Pamphlets re the NAACP 1914-1915, 1951-1960
Box 26
Newspaper clippings re the NAACP 1951-1960

Includes a copy of Afro magazine section.
Box 26
Miscellaneous papers re the NAACP 1951-1964

Includes 1954 membership card of Boyle; and letter from Boyle to "Charlottesville Branch of the NAACP."
Box 26
Newspaper clippings re integration success 1953
Box 26
Advertisement carbons with attached newspaper clippings, paid by the Charlottesville branch of the NAACP, including planning sheet, and correspondence; letter, April 1, 1960, from J. Edgar Hoover to Boyle; letter, April 14, 1947, from Hoover to Walter White, Secretary, NAACP. 1947, 1960-1961
Box 26
Miscellaneous material re local desegregation campaign 1951-1960
Box 26
Miscellaneous material on interracial problems 1955
Box 26
Magazine articles re South's reaction to desegregation 1955-1959
Box 26
Commemoration and Christmas stamp for NAACP "50 Year Fight for Freedom" 1959
Box 26
Material on progress of integration in the South 1960-1961
Box 26
Articles concerning recent achievements of integration movement 1960-1968
Box 26
Articles on success of integration 1961
Box 26
Articles relating to progress of integration movement 1962
Box 26
Articles on progress of integration 1963
Box 26
Material on race relations improvement 1965-1966
Box 26
Articles on Boyle and integration success 1966
Box 27
Newspaper clippings re Virginia Council on Human Relations and incidents relating to Blacks in Virginia 1954-1960
Box 27
Miscellaneous papers re VCHR 1954-1955
Box 27
Papers and pamphlets re Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Florida, and Valparaiso University Councils on Human Relations 1964-1965, n.d.
Box 27
Material relating to the formation of Waynesboro Committee on Human Relations 1956
Box 27
News releases relating to Charlottesville/Albemarle Chapter of VCHR, and TMs carbons of speeches delivered by various people 1956-1957
Box 27
Material re expenses and accounts for work in VCHR 1956-1957, n.d.
Box 27
Newsletter from VCHR 1956-1965
Box 27
Pamphlets re VCHR 1958-1960, n.d.

Includes eleven TMs carbons and two papers re pamphlets.
Box 27
Miscellaneous papers re VCHR n.d.

Miscellaneous Items

Box 28
Material re polls on attitudes of whites toward blacks 1946-1956
Box 28
Printed poll sheets. Individual returns of the "Parker Poll" on desegregation run by the School of Sociology, University of Virginia [1957]
Box 28
Material re polls on attitudes of whites toward blacks 1957-1963, n.d.
Box 28
Articles on Boyle and her views on desegregation 1953 Sep-Dec
Box 28
Articles relating to Boyle's civil rights endeavors 1954 Jan-Dec
Box 28
Articles in the Cavalier Daily related to segregation at the University of Virginia 1952 Mar-May
Box 28
Articles on Virginia segregation practices 1951-1952
Box 28
Articles concerning the desegregation of schools 1947-1954
Box 28
Materials re Equal Opportunity Employment 1948, n.d.
Box 28
Articles on racism in the North and the South 1949-1952
Box 28
Materials relating to Florida bombings 1951-1952
Box 28
Newspaper clippings re desegregation efforts 1951-1964
Box 28
Material relating to the medical profession attempts at segregation and integration 1952
Box 28
Articles re Jackson P. Burley School, including one re the death chair sentence for a black rapist 1952
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Miscellaneous newspaper articles on discrimination in the North and the South 1952 Jan-Aug
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Articles on NAACP and desegregation of colleges 1952 Jul 5 & 19
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Material relating to Paine College drive for books and pamphlet on the Bethlehem Center; letter, E. C. Peters to Boyle; letter, W. L. Buffington to "Dear Friends" 1952-1953
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Anti-Communist and anti-integration newspapers 1954-1960
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Articles on Boyle's civil rights endeavors 1955 Feb-Nov
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Newspaper clippings re Zora Neale Hurston's anti-integration statement 1955 Aug
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Miscellaneous pamphlets, newspapers, and leaflets of anti-integration nature 1955-1960
Box 29
Newspaper clippings re Boyle's fight for integration, including several articles on cross-burning 1956 Apr-Nov
Partially burned wooden cross [1956]
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Photograph of cross burning [1956]
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Material re the League of Women Voters 1956
Box 29
Printed material and newspaper clippings re John Kasper, anti- integrationist 1956-1958
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Articles about Boyle 1957 Jan-Nov
Box 29
Newspaper clippings re Boyle's civil rights opinions and activities 1958 Jan-Nov
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Articles re desegregation maneuvers in Charlottesville 1958 Jun-Jul
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Articles re integration movement 1959 Jan-Nov
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News items and editorials on desegregation 1960
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Material re Negro policemen 1960-1961
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Articles on Boyle's continued efforts for integration 1963
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Articles on Virginia writer's (Boyle's) fight for integration 1964
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Articles about Boyle 1965
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Newspaper clippings and articles re integration 1965, n.d.
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Biographical material on Sarah Patton Boyle, with photograph n.d.
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"The Challenge to the Church," by Aubrey Brown, n.d.

TMs carbon, 4 p.
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Speech by Harry Flood Byrd, "Relative to the Motion to Take Up the So-Called Civil Rights Bill," 1957 Jul 16

TMs, 6 p.
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"White Virginian Thinks Negroes are Carrying the Banner of Democracy," by Victor Calverton, n.d.

TMs carbon, 2 p.
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Civil Actions Nos. 2435 and 2436, NAACP vs. State of Virginia, Cities of Richmond, Newport News, and Norfolk [1956]
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Civil Action No. 2657--Briggs et al. vs. R. W. Elliot, et al. Dissenting opinion. Autographed, "To John W. Whetzel with best wishes from J. Waties Waring" [1951]
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"The County that Closed its Schools: The Story of Prince Edward County, Virginia," Virginia State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1959-1964

68 p.
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Articles on Dr. Tom Dooley--Non-Ugly American ca. 1960
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"A Letter to the North," by William Faulkner, Life , with newspaper clipping, February 13, 1957, re Faulkner's arrival at the University of Virginia 1956 Mar 5
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"Martin Luther King Memorial Arts Festival" buttons 1970 May 3-9
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"Summary of Local Developments [Racial-Legal], Charlottesville, Virginia, September-October, 1968" 1958

TMs
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Articles on Thurgood Marshall, "A Meeting in Atlanta," New Yorker and "Inside the NAACP" 1956, n.d.
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"I Sold a House to a Negro," Ebony , by Elizabeth Moore, 1963 Oct

10 p.
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Newspaper clippings and flyer advertisements re Rev. Claude J. Murphy, reformed racketeer 1963-1965
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"The Law as it Affects Desegregation" by Pauli Murray 1963 Jun 14

TMs
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"Virginia and the Supreme Court Decision of May 17" by Benjamin Muse 1955 Jan 23

TMs
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"The Story Nobody Tells You...," McCall's , by William Peters 1958 Sep
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Miscellaneous pamphlets re blacks and integration 1944-1968
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Printed poetry in protest and in affirmation of Civil Rights movement n.d.
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Material re Poor People's Campaign and voter registration 1959-1968
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Miscellaneous reports: "Population Characteristics of Augusta, Georgia, 1950" and "Negro Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Learning in the South" 1950, 1952
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Factual notes on racial statistics [1947-1952]
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"The South Reacts to Segregation," The New Leader , by Lillian Smith, n.d.

Reprint, 4 p.
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Papers re Supreme Court Decisions on segregation 1953-1954
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"The Threat of War and the Physician's Responsibility" by Souren H. Tashian, M. D., with note, Tashian to Boyle 1957 Jun
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Booklet, "The University of Virginia Graduation Exercises" 1964 Jun 7
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Material re Andrew Young's bid for congressman 1970
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"The Vanguard" newspaper 1965 Jan-Feb
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"Black Boy" by Richard Wright, n.d.

AMs, 2 p.
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"Mississippi's Child" by Gayle Graham Yates, n.d.

TMs photostat, 7 p.
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Miscellaneous papers relating to civil rights 1950-1964, n.d.
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Note cards, envelopes, etc. for organizing Boyle's papers n.d.

Awards and Citations

Citation presented by National Council of Negro Women 1956
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Citation awarded by Virginia Voters League 1956
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"Illigitimus Non Carborundum" award presented by local chapter of V. C. H. R. 1956
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"Russwurn Award" presented by National Newspaper Publishers Association 1958
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"Citizen's Award" presented by N. A. A. C. P. 1959
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Citation presented by Local 6, AFL-CIO of New York Hotel and CLub Employees Union 1960
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Complimentary poem written by Frances Christian Brand 1962
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"Scroll of Honor" Citation presented by N. A. A. C. P. 1963
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Certificate of Life Membership in the N. A. A. C. P. 1963
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"Good American Award" presented by Chicago Committee of One Hundred 1963
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"Honorary Award" presented by American Friendship Club 1963
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"Citizenship Award" presented by the Astoria Beneficial Club 1963
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Citation presented by the Utility Club, Inc. 1963
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"Social Action Achivement Award" presented by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, IOTA SIGMA Chapter 1963
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"Bishop Ireton Award" presented by Catholic Interracial Council of Richmond 1963
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Testimonial Citation presented by Quill and Scroll, Jackson P. Burley Chapter 1964
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"Honor Circle" Citation presented by Mortar Board n.d.