RG 07, Arlington County Public Schools

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RG 07, Arlington County Public Schools

Description

Record Group 07 contains the incomplete and unofficial records of the Arlington County, Virginia, public school system. The entire collection measures 20.85 linear feet, and ranges in date between 1909 and 2004. The bulk of the material is from the period 1946-1988.

Collection Items

Leaflet: Defenders Of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, Arlington Chapter, "Dear Stratford Student", January 30, 1959.
Leaflet explaining their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling and the anti-integration stand of the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties addressed to the students at Stratford.

"Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, Anti-Filibuster Reds Pressure Congress, 50 Groups Plan Capitol Lobby On Filibuster, William Allen, November 30, 1958. Page 3.
Top half of page from "Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, Anti-Filibuster Reds Pressure Congress, 50 Groups Plan Capitol Lobby On Filibuster, William Allen.

"Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, Anti-Filibuster Reds Pressure Congress, 50 Groups Plan Capitol Lobby On Filibuster, William Allen, November 30, 1958. Page 2.
Bottom half of page from "Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, Anti-Filibuster Reds Pressure Congress, 50 Groups Plan Capitol Lobby On Filibuster, William Allen.

"Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, Anti-Filibuster Reds Pressure Congress, 50 Groups Plan Capitol Lobby On Filibuster, William Allen, November 30, 1958. Page 1.
Top half of page from "Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, Anti-Filibuster Reds Pressure Congress, 50 Groups Plan Capitol Lobby On Filibuster, William Allen.

Leaflet: Use and Distribute "Fight Communism" Stamps, no date. 2 pages.
Page 1 and 2: leaflet with explanation of stamps and price list. Also examples of front and backs of stamps. Name of creator obscured.

"Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, "Hatemongering and Defamation", November, 1, 1958, page 2.
Bottom half of front page of Common Sense newspaper with part of an article, "Hatemongering and Defamation" by Marilyn R. Allen.

"Common Sense", The Nation's Anti-communist Newspaper, "Hatemongering and Defamation", November, 1, 1958, page 1.
Top half of front page of Common Sense newspaper with part of an article, "Hatemongering and Defamation" by Marilyn R. Allen.

The American Nationalist, Court Decrees Mongrelization, NAACP Pushed Plan For Bringing Total Mongrelization To The South, no date.  2 pages.
Magazine article against the Supreme Court Decision, NAACP, integration and Jewish influence . The American National was edited by Frank L. Britton.

The American Nationalist, Court Decrees Mongrelization, NAACP Pushed Plan For Bringing Total Mongrelization To The South, no date. 2 pages.
Magazine article against the Supreme Court Decision, NAACP, integration and Jewish influence . The American National was edited by Frank L. Britton.

Article on Integration in VA
Handwritten note - "Article on integration in VA - see Newsweek 1956picture of Mr. Richmond interviewing students." 2 pages, front and back, back does not appear to be relevant

June 29, 1961 Stratford Junior High Integrated Prom
Letter to Dr. Barnard Joy of the Arlington County School Board with copies to the members of the board written by parents of the graduates of Stratford Junior High School reporting their sponsorship of an integrated prom and encouraging integrated…

Anonymous Letter from Petersburg, Virginia May 24, 1961
Anonymous letter expressing admonishment of a possible desegregated prom. 2 pages

Letter from Evelyn W. Mock to Mrs. Roger H. Hollingshead May 17, 1960
Letter to Mrs. Roger H. Hollingshead regarding guardianship of a student and his enrollment at Stratford

Letter from the Virginia Committee for Public Schools, April 21, 1951
Letter written on Virginia Committee for Public Schools stationary, appears to be signed Blair (Perhaps Dr. J. L. Blair Buck, President of the Committee). Very difficult handwriting to make out, first paragraph expresses commendation for Claude's…

Letter from L. J. Patterson (?) April 20, 1959
Letter from L. J. Patterson to Claude Richmond regarding the integration of Stratford.

Letter from Paul Harenberg April 9, 1959
Letter from Paul Harenberg, teacher in Suffolk Co, NY, requesting a student visit to Stratford to learn about the integration of southern schools
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