{"id":549,"date":"2018-11-06T17:32:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizwah.gmu.edu\/DOVE\/?p=549"},"modified":"2018-11-06T17:32:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:32:42","slug":"black-women-at-virginia-tech-oral-history-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dove.gmu.edu\/index.php\/2018\/11\/06\/black-women-at-virginia-tech-oral-history-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Creator<\/strong><\/td>\nElaine Dowe Carter, Tamara Kennelly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/strong><\/td>\nThese interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees’ perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community, particularly as pertains to race and gender. The materials in this collection includes cassette tapes, DAT tapes, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first black women students at Virginia Tech (Jacquelyn Butler Blackwell, Marguerite Harper Scott, and Linda Edmunds Turner); Marva Felder Davis, first black homecoming queen; Cheryl Butler McDonald, first black woman in the Corps of Cadets; and Elaine Carter, catalyst of the project and doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech. Interviews were conducted by Elaine Dowe Carter and University Archivist Tamara Kennelly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call number<\/strong><\/td>\nMs95-026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date from<\/strong><\/td>\n1995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date to<\/strong><\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographic school<\/strong><\/td>\nBlacksburg, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size<\/strong><\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access restrictions yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\nno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access restrictions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part Of larger collection yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\nno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larger collection title<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
URL<\/strong><\/td>\nhttp:\/\/spec.lib.vt.edu\/archives\/blackwomen\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository<\/strong><\/td>\nVirginia Tech Special Collections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository address<\/strong><\/td>\nUniversity Libraries, P.O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact name<\/strong><\/td>\nAaron D. Purcell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact title<\/strong><\/td>\nDirector, Special Collections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact email<\/strong><\/td>\nspecref@vt.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact phone<\/strong><\/td>\n(540) 231-6308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DoveRegion<\/strong><\/td>\nregion1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subjects<\/strong><\/td>\no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African American students<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Americans–Civil rights<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Americans–Segregation<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public schools<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Race relations<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School integration<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Segregation in higher education<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Types<\/strong><\/td>\nOral History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Creator Elaine Dowe Carter, Tamara Kennelly Description These interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees’ perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community, particularly as pertains to race and gender. The materials in this collection … <\/p>\n

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