Abstract Benjamin Wilson recalls his early education in very segregated Jackson, Mississippi, his high school years on a partial scholarship at a prep school in Massachusetts, college at Dartmouth, and law school at Harvard. He discusses his legal career that included handling civil litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice and working at several law firms including Beveridge and Diamond, where he was a partner for 35 years and managing partner for 10. He talks about serving on the Board of the...

Abstract Benjamin Wilson recalls his early education in very segregated Jackson, Mississippi, his high school years on a partial scholarship at a prep school in Massachusetts, college at Dartmouth, and law school at Harvard. He discusses his legal career that included handling civil litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice and working at several law firms including Beveridge and Diamond, where he was a partner for 35 years and managing partner for 10. He talks about serving on the Board of the...

Abstract Benjamin Wilson recalls his early education in very segregated Jackson, Mississippi, his high school years on a partial scholarship at a prep school in Massachusetts, college at Dartmouth, and law school at Harvard. He discusses his legal career that included handling civil litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice and working at several law firms including Beveridge and Diamond, where he was a partner for 35 years and managing partner for 10. He talks about serving on the Board of the...

Abstract Delabian Rice Thurston mentions the several communities where her Air Force father was posted and where she attended public school. She describes her education at Grinnell College and George Washington University, and she talks about her work as a city planner. Rice Thurston describes her organizing activities at Parents United: presentations at parent meetings, newsletters, reading lists, and a parent recognition program. She reflects on the struggle for adequate school funding and other...

Abstract Delabian Rice Thurston mentions the several communities where her Air Force father was posted and where she attended public school. She describes her education at Grinnell College and George Washington University, and she talks about her work as a city planner. Rice Thurston describes her organizing activities at Parents United: presentations at parent meetings, newsletters, reading lists, and a parent recognition program. She reflects on the struggle for adequate school funding and other...

Abstract Delabian Rice Thurston mentions the several communities where her Air Force father was posted and where she attended public school. She describes her education at Grinnell College and George Washington University, and she talks about her work as a city planner. Rice Thurston describes her organizing activities at Parents United: presentations at parent meetings, newsletters, reading lists, and a parent recognition program. She reflects on the struggle for adequate school funding and other...

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, professional publications, clippings, genealogical and biographical information, memorabilia and family photographs. The materials are divided into four series: Professional Papers, Personal Papers, Photographs, and Ephemera.

Abstract Iris Toyer, a native Washingtonian, recalls her education in DC Public Schools and later attending and graduating from the University of the District of Columbia and Georgetown Law School. She discusses her early advocacy as president of the Stanton Elementary School PTA, being involved with the Parent Group Fund and working with the young lawyer who volunteered at Stanton. Iris recalls the 1980 school budget crises that led parents from across the city to protest and to form Parents United....

Abstract Iris Toyer, a native Washingtonian, recalls her education in DC Public Schools and later attending and graduating from the University of the District of Columbia and Georgetown Law School. She discusses her early advocacy as president of the Stanton Elementary School PTA, being involved with the Parent Group Fund and working with the young lawyer who volunteered at Stanton. Iris recalls the 1980 school budget crises that led parents from across the city to protest and to form Parents United....

Abstract Iris Toyer, a native Washingtonian, recalls her education in DC Public Schools and later attending and graduating from the University of the District of Columbia and Georgetown Law School. She discusses her early advocacy as president of the Stanton Elementary School PTA, being involved with the Parent Group Fund and working with the young lawyer who volunteered at Stanton. Iris recalls the 1980 school budget crises that led parents from across the city to protest and to form Parents United....