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Segregation in Austin, Texas: a Selected Bibliography Austin History Center Austin Public Library Segregation in Austin, Texas: A Selected Bibliography The collection items below were extracted from the Austin History Center’s African American, Asian American, and Latinx Resource Guides and pertain to segregation in Austin. Materials cover dates 1913- 2015. ARCHIVES AR.D.003 Austin Public Schools Records School census and attendance records, Teacher Daily Registers, and financial records spanning the years 1881 through 1954. AR.E.004 Jane Y. McCallum Papers State Equal Rights Newspaper AR.G.003 United States Work Projects Administration, Texas District No. 9 Records Photos #19 and 20 depict school age children attending West Avenue Mexican School AR.J.014 Kealing Junior High School Records Contain files related to the school life and administration of Kealing Junior High School, Austin, Texas' first junior high school for African American students. AR.K.005 Anderson High School Records Contain administrative records, school publications, and photographs related to the school life and administration of Anderson High School, Austin, Texas' high school for African American students. AR.O.011 Austin (Tex.) Mayor's Office. Jeffrey M. Friedman Records Subject files, routine correspondence, books and memorabilia from Jeff Friedman’s terms as city councilman and mayor, 1971-1977. AR.Q.009 St. David’s Episcopal Church Papers Desegregation of St. David’s Episcopal Church, 1960 - Includes newspaper articles and letters from and to church pastor expressing concerns about Black students protesting to attend church services. AR.S.005 DeCourcy Kelly Papers Series on desegregation (1971; 1974-1980). Kelly was member of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees. AR.V.003 Austin Alliance for Smooth Transition Records Court and legislative records, newspaper clippings, and reports, collected by a group tasked with determining how Austin could prevent the impending Austin Desegregation Order from being a divisive and disruptive issue that it had been in other cities. AR.Z.016 Robert Harry Akin Papers Papers address his involvement in desegregation issues. AR.1991.025 Sarah Ann Robertson Papers Papers highlight segregation in education, the Green Movement, and ethnic groups in Austin. AR.1991.057 Austin (Tex.). Boards and Commissions. Human Rights Commission Records The Human Rights Commission of the city of Austin, TX, was initially established in 1964 as the Human Relations Commission to investigate complaints regarding human relations in the City of Austin. S:\SHARED\Operational Records\Reference and Access\Bibliographies\African American Resource Guide\Segregation 1 Bibliography\Segregation bibliography Update 2015.doc 03/28/18 AR.1997.001 Camacho Family Papers, 1850-2005 (Bulk 1955-1996) Papers highlight political involvement, social issues, and promotion of equal education in Austin. AR.2002.027 Travis County Records Scholastic Census 1913-1914 through 1969-1970 All children of scholastic age (6-17) in the County; divided by school district in which child resided. Separate “white” and “colored” schedules. Gives name of child, age on Sept. 1 or birth date, name of parent. AR.2003.026 Jose G. Flores Papers Papers include newspaper clippings of events at Metz Elementary in the 1970s in the midst of desegregation. AR.2004.037 Black Citizens’ Task Force Records Records include video, newspaper clippings and reports about racism against the African American Community in Austin, 1970s to early 2000s. AR.2011.029 Chandler Davidson Theatre Stand-In Reunion Papers This collection contains reunion logistics, reunion correspondence, printed material and biographical information relating to SDA participants and their efforts to desegregate UT theaters. AR.2011.042 Pat Toth Austin Schools Collection Newspaper clippings, dedication programs, and photographs dating from 1840-2011 that document the history of Austin schools and the Austin citizens that the schools’ names commemorate. AR.2012.006 Austin Equal Citizenship Corporation Records The Austin Equal Citizenship Corporation (AECC) was chartered on July 7, 1966, and contracted with the City of Austin to investigate all sworn complaints of discrimination. AR.2012.037 Volma Overton Papers Newspaper clippings, reports, lawsuit information, and programs documenting Overton’s time as Austin NAACP president. Contains an original program of the 1963 March on Washington. AR.2013.009Austin (Tex.). Board of Commissions. Firefighters’ and Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission Records Starting in the 1970s there are discussions about the lack of African American and Mexican Americans applying to take, and passing, the entrance exams and possible solutions. AR.2015.040 Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees Records Meeting minutes span the years of school desegregation in Austin. AUSTIN FILES — SUBJECT AF - AFRICAN AMERICANS A1300 [General information] AF- ASIAN AMERICANS A7000 [General information] AF- BASEBALL B1198 [Negro Leagues] AF- CEMETERIES C2100 AF - CIVIL RIGHTS C4600 [General information on the civil rights movement in Austin, the Austin Human Relations Commission, and the ordinance establishing the Commission. Information concerning the Austin Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] S:\SHARED\Operational Records\Reference and Access\Bibliographies\African American Resource Guide\Segregation 2 Bibliography\Segregation bibliography Update 2015.doc 03/28/18 AF- HOUSING PROJECTS H4510 AF- LATINX M4600 AF- NURSERY SCHOOLS N3400 (4) All Austin: Clippings (Austin’s first integrated nursery school) AF- PUBLIC SCHOOLS P8200 Desegregation Communication Center (77) T AF- PUBLIC SCHOOLS–ELEMENTARY P8300 AFRICAN AMERICAN Blackshear (Gregorytown) (7) P T Campbell (13) P T Clarksville (72) P Oak Springs (32) P T Rosewood (42) P T St. John’s (44) P T Sims (45) P T Wheatville (62) P West Austin School (80) T AF- PUBLIC SCHOOLS–ELEMENTARY P8300 MEXICAN AMERICAN Allison (71) P T Bickler (6) P T Metz (30) T&P Ortega (34) T Palm (35) T&P Zavala (51) T&P AF- PUBLIC SCHOOLS– HIGH SCHOOLS – P8620 ANDERSON AF- PUBLIC SCHOOLS – HIGH SCHOOLS – P8680 JOHNSTON See also: P8670 AF- PUBLIC SCHOOLS– JUNIOR HIGH– P8800 KEALING AF- SEGREGATION S1700 [Clippings and other materials about desegregation in Austin] AF- EAST AUSTIN S6090 GENERAL COLLECTION A Austin. Human Relations Commission. 301.54 Annual Report Au [AHC has 1969, 1971-72, 1973, 1974, 1975-76] A McArthur, Judith N. 305.4209764 Texas Through Women's Eyes: The Twentieth-century Experience. S:\SHARED\Operational Records\Reference and Access\Bibliographies\African American Resource Guide\Segregation 3 Bibliography\Segregation bibliography Update 2015.doc 03/28/18 MC 2010 A Human Relations Commission (Austin, TX) 305.8 Annual Report, 1969 Au H882d [This report focuses on complaints of racial discrimination in housing, education, employment and public accommodations. See pages 17 and 18.] A Commitment to Racial Reconciliation. 1998 305.8 [Includes preamble, history, and key principles of the committee on Racial Reconciliation] Co A Behnken, Brian D. 305. 8009764 Fighting Their Own Battles BE Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas. 2011 A Jackson, Robena Estelle 305.8097643 A Socio-Historical View of a Segregated Community. 1979 Ja A Model City Agency 307.3 Pilot Display of Social Indicators: Model Neighborhood Area, Austin, TX So Aug. 17,1971 A Citizen’s Planning Committee 307.3362 East Austin Committee Forum, 1982 Ea A Hulfachor, Michael 309.176411 Report on the Development of Young People in East Austin, July 1973 Hu A Gronouski, John A. 317.6431 East Austin Survey: Educational Attainment, Job Skills, Employment Status and Job Opportunities. 1987 Gr A City of Austin Planning Department 317.6431 Statistical Abstract, 1978 Au D4425s (See description below) A CAPCO 317.6431 Regional Atlas & Data Book. December 1978. A Planning and Growth Management Department (Austin) 317.6431 Basic Data Au D4425b For years 1955, 1958, 1962 (revised), 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1987 [Contains statistical information concerning population, housing, economic, education and public services in Austin and Travis County. Data are recorded according to ethnicity. Also includes maps showing census tracts by ethnicity.] A Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice. 2009 313.0973 Se A Jones, Carolyn 323.0976431 Volma: My Journey. 1998 Ov 25J [Discusses the Civil Rights Movement in Austin] AA A Monsho, Anoa K. 323.0976431 Anger, Struggle, Love: The Life of Dorothy Turner, 1935-2005. 2006? T9457M S:\SHARED\Operational Records\Reference and Access\Bibliographies\African American Resource Guide\Segregation 4 Bibliography\Segregation bibliography Update 2015.doc 03/28/18 A Rice, Mitchell F., ed. 323.1196073 Contemporary Public Policy Perspectives and Black Americans. 1984 Co A Raymond, Virginia Marie 323.116872 RA Mexican Americans Write Toward Justice in Texas, 1973-1982. 2007 V2 A Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs 323.4 Equal Opportunity in the United States. 1972 Ly A Jordan, Barbara 328.73092 Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth With Eloquent Thunder. 2007 J821J A Lee, Wang Guen 330.976431 Does High Tech Growth Increase Social Inequity and Spatial Segregation? The Case of Metropolitan Le Austin. 2002 A City of Austin Personnel Department. 331.133 Equal Employment Opportunity Program. Au A Zamora, Emilio 331.6272076 Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas: Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War
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