Scope and Contents Valdosta State quietly and peacefully integrated in 1963, and 2013 marked 50 Years of Integration. This collection contains materials recognizing the anniversary including a collection of photographs of the early days of integration, several newspaper articles detailing the history of VSC's integration, and event items like t-shirts and cups.Harmful Content Policy: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the...

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The Pinevale High School 50th Year Reunion Yearbook (2012) is a commemorative volume celebrating the Golden Year 50th Class Reunion of the Class of 1962 from Pinevale High School, a historically significant institution for African American students in Valdosta, Georgia. This yearbook captures the essence of the school's history, the accomplishments of its alumni, and the events of the reunion weekend held on May 25-27, 2012.

Scope and Contents 6/20- Investigation set to begin: Independent observer sought for probe into school system; troubles- Pamala J. Williams; Article states that an internal investigation will take plass after Valdosta High Principal, William Aldrich, addressed the Valdosta City School Board and delivered critical remarks concerning School Superintendent Dr. Gary Walker. Aldrich cited complaints and concerns expressed by parents and teachers over the course of a year. School board claimed that Aldrich violated...

Scope and Contents Included Articles: 7/2- Public transportation worthy of study- no author; Opinion piece that discusses the positive impacts of public transportaton on the community. Article states that public transportation assists with welfare reform, unemployment, access to schools, healthcare, and shopping.7/2- City schools group sets priorities- Pamala J. Williams; School Superintendent Dr. Gary Walker met with a strategic planning group composed of parents, business people, and...

Scope and Contents 8/2- Veteran local teacher offers prescription for education woes- Martha H. Shad; Rubye Pompey, a woman that served as a teacher for 31 1/2 years, suggess that children seem to have less respect for authority. Pompey suggests that teaching children to follow rules and respect adults prepares them for the school enviornment. She also notes that parents seem to have less interest in their children's progress at school.8/7- Whether they like it or not, race does matter- Bill...

Scope and Contents This collection of papers was donated to the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections by Professor of History Dr. Catherine Oglesby. They mostly date from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Containing newspapers, magazines, legal papers, and newsletters most of these materials were produced in the Civil Rights Era which gives a special insight into that topic. Subjects that appear throughout the collection include: Integration, desegregation, gender bias, cooperatives...

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials relating to civil rights, dating from 1893 to 1962. The subjects covered include: civil rights, segregation, integration, the NAACP, the League of Women Voters, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party. These materials are also available as scanned images through v-text: Harmful Content Policy: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users...

Scope and Contents In 1989, Roy Copeland informed his wife, Cheryl, that he did not wish to select a gift for Christmas. Rather than doing this she decided to surprise him! For Christmas that year, she presented him with a seasonally wrapped box. Inside the box, to his surprise, was a set of autographed Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. This expression of love for her husband, led to a labor of love from that Christmas forward. Each year, Cheryl selected a unique piece of memorabilia for Roy. He then parlayed those...

Scope and Contents 1.Resolution to end restricted membership policy on 01/15/65 2.Report of Special Membership Policy Committee 1963. Concludes that as no cities in Georgia allowed integrated meetings, no Negro librarians would be invited to join the GLA. (3 copies) 3.Letter from Essae Martha Culver to Miss Sarah Jones on 03/29/51, asking if Negros were permitted to join the GLA 4.Letter from Mrs. J. Henley Crosland to Miss Essae M. Culver on 04/07/51, replying that Negros are not prohibited from joining,...

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Newspaper put out by Ernest Vandivier while campaigning for governor. Quote across the top of the page reads: "No mixing of the races while I am your governor -- Vandiver."

Vandiver was the Governor of Georgia from 1959. until 1963.

Other Information Untitled, unsigned essay critisizing white involvement in the Civil Rights movement, especially the NAACP and SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). The essay is written from the perspective of a Black person, (most likely written by Stokely Carmichael).Letter to the Editor (the Gazette): Complaining about Carl T. Rowen's critique of SNCC.A press release from SNCC News Service, concerning Alabama's primary election, May 3rd, (probably 1966). The press...

Scope and Contents Three letters to President Reade from the Board of Regents:January 14, 1935 - A letter from Philip Weltner, informing the recipients that a doctoral student was planning to distribute a questionnaire to the students to elicit their opinions on interracial cooperation. Weltner refused to endorse the plan.February 14, 1935 - A letter from Philip Weltner urging the recipients to investigate an upcoming student conference in Atlanta on inter-racial relations. Weltman felt...

Other Information Newspaper clippings.From the Macon Telegraph:01/19/1933, Article titled, "Negroes to get freedom today." 10/24/1937, "Pigs of the undersea," by Howard Leonard. 10/01/1950, Article about Margaret Long Leonard's new book, Louisville Saturday. 1950, Leonard honored at writer's breakfast.New York Civil Liberties Union, 01/1961, article titled, "Atlanta...

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Report from Lillian Smith on her book, Killers of the Dream in which Smith answers criticisms she has recieved concerning the book.

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Chattanooga Times newspaper, August 14, 1971. An article written by Leonard states that the Chatanooga School Board requested an appeal to desegregation.

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Look Magazine article by Margaret Long.

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Interview with Shirley Hodge Hardin, April 1, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Recorded in Valdosta, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Scope and Contents These boxes contain papers and correspondence from VSU President J. Ralph Thaxton, the fourth President of the VSC following Dr. Reade in 1949. The dates range from 1918, before his time at VSC, until his retirement in 1966. The college underwent a lot of changes and growth during his years as President. Some topic highlights include desegregation, the establishment of intercollegiate sports and Greeks, adding a graduate program, the addition of men to the school (and therefore a name change...

Scope and Contents Margaret (Sissy) Leonard and her family have a strong legacy in journalism and activism throughout the 20th century. The tradition started with her grandfather, George Long, who courageously criticized the Ku Klux Klan in his editorials for the Macon Telegraph in the early 1900s. Margaret's mother, Margaret Long, was a progressive journalist who worked at several newspapers in the southern United States. She managed to raise two children mostly on her own while also writing two published...

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The scanned images are dated in 1968. They display students modeling outfits make in Mrs. Artie Marshall's Home Economics class at Pinevale High School. The photos were given to Dr. Houseal by Ms. Renae Marshall daughter of Mrs. Artie Marshall.