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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

ACLU-VA: State Board-Local Chapters Correspondence , 1978 - 1981

 File — Container: MSS 85-2a, Box 10

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This addition to the Papers of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia came to the University of Virginia Law Library in 1986. It was sorted and processed following the guidelines established for the first accession (Mss 85-2) of the collection.

These papers fall into three divisions, administrative/topical, case, and project files, and are arranged alphabetically within each. They cover the years 1970-1985, although the predominant dates are the late 70s. In addition to general organization correspondence, the administrative files cover topics such as abortion, Legal Services Corporation, and voting rights, among many others. Among the numerous case files are those for Crockett v. Sorenson challenging the constitutionality of religious education classes in public schools; Miles v. City of Portsmouth concerning housing discrimination; and the Taxi Zum Klo cases involving obscenity. The projects documented in these papers concerned health care, nutrition, migrant workers, and prisons.

A relatively small percentage of these files are closed to research in order to protect lawyer/client confidentiality.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978 - 1981

Creator

Extent

From the Series: 20 Cubic Feet (43 archival boxes, plus 4 cartons with unprocessed files)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
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