The Virginia Council on Human Relations (VCHR) was a non-profit organization that attempted to find resolutions to the "race problem," i.e., school desegregation, fair employment practices, housing, inter-cultural relations, public facility desegregation, voting rights and registration in the state of Virginia. Stressing both constructive solutions and cooperative action, the VCHR worked with the Southern Regional Council and with Councils on Human Relations in other Southern states to realize its goal of acknowledging and accepting the "legitimate aspirations of all the people of Virginia," regardless of race, color, or national origin.

The VCHR collection represents an assortment of documents that chronicles the activities of the VCHR between 1960 and 1966. The collection contains leaflets, booklets, and pamphlets that outline the goals, objectives, and purposes of the VCHR. Another portion of the collection consists of official letters from key VCHR representatives to either members of local VCHR branches or to Southern citizens who supported the VCHR. Printed documents of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., or SCEF (i.e., The Southern Patriot, newspaper of the SCEF, letters of Fred Shuttleworth, president of SCEF) and the Southern Regional Council are a part of the collection. Official minutes, records, financial reports, newsletters, and memos of the VCHR are also a part of the collection. The records of the VCHR contain documents from the Norfolk, Fairfax, and other Virginian branches of the VCHR.