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Church Hill Oral History Collection
(Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives),
Source: www.loc.gov
Source: www.loc.gov
This collection consists of transcripts of 35 oral history interviews conducted in 1982 that were part of a project to document the history of Richmond's historic Church Hill neighborhood. Sponsored by the Historic Richmond Foundation through a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the interviews...
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(Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives),
Source: www.loc.gov
Source: www.loc.gov
Description
This collection consists of transcripts of 35 oral history interviews conducted in 1982 that were part of a project to document the history of Richmond's historic Church Hill neighborhood. Sponsored by the Historic Richmond Foundation through a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the interviews were with former and current residents of Church Hill.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives
Topic / Theme
Communities, Geography, History
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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Civil Rights in US and Virginia History Collection
(Virginia: University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History),
Source: www2.vcdh.virginia.edu
Source: www2.vcdh.virginia.edu
Some of the interviews are excerpts from the film, “Massive Resistance"
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(Virginia: University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History),
Source: www2.vcdh.virginia.edu
Source: www2.vcdh.virginia.edu
Description
Some of the interviews are excerpts from the film, “Massive Resistance"
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Human rights, Politics
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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Oral History of the Public School Principalship
The Oral History of the Public School Principalship is an ongoing project designed to interview retired elementary, middle, and high school principals for their views, reminiscences, and accumulated wisdom. Most of the interviewees are from the Southeast (mainly Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, District of Colu...
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The Oral History of the Public School Principalship is an ongoing project designed to interview retired elementary, middle, and high school principals for their views, reminiscences, and accumulated wisdom. Most of the interviewees are from the Southeast (mainly Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia), with representative materials from Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA
Topic / Theme
Education
Place Discussed
Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virgi...
Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virgi...
Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virgi...
Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland (U.S.), North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, United States, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Ridge Street Oral Histories
(Virginia: University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History),
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
In 1981, the Ridge Street Historic District was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places because of its role as one of Charlottesville's architecturally significant late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century residential areas. The first residences in the Ridge Street...
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(Virginia: University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History),
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
Description
In 1981, the Ridge Street Historic District was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places because of its role as one of Charlottesville's architecturally significant late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century residential areas. The first residences in the Ridge Street Neighborhood were built around 1840, and construction continued into the twentieth century, eventually subsiding toward the end of W...
In 1981, the Ridge Street Historic District was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places because of its role as one of Charlottesville's architecturally significant late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century residential areas. The first residences in the Ridge Street Neighborhood were built around 1840, and construction continued into the twentieth century, eventually subsiding toward the end of World War I. White families occupied the street's northern blocks while African-American families owned homes toward the road's southern and unpaved end. Proliferation of the automobile in the 1930s and 1940s led a number of white families to purchase more modern residences in the suburbs and sell or rent their city houses. This migration continued for several decades and enabled African-Americans to purchase or rent some of the larger and more architecturally significant houses on Ridge Street. According to several long-time neighborhood residents, however, the decreased number of whites also led the city to ignore its responsibility to the area and services began to decline. After years of neglect by the City, municipal interest in the Ridge Street neighborhood was resurrected in the 1970s and 1980s as a result of the foundation of the Charlottesville House Improvement Program (CHIP).
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History
Topic / Theme
Communities, Ethnic groups, Race relations
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
Place Discussed:
North America, United States, Virginia
Place Discussed:
North America, United States, Virginia
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Black History Oral Histories/Black Women
(Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Virginia Tech collected oral histories from prominent black graduates. Several common topics include childhood experiences, racism, desegregation, achieving higher education and succeeding in their careers. Fifteen oral histories are available online.
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(Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Description
Virginia Tech collected oral histories from prominent black graduates. Several common topics include childhood experiences, racism, desegregation, achieving higher education and succeeding in their careers. Fifteen oral histories are available online.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA
Topic / Theme
Education, Ethnic groups
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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Alaska, Asia, Korea (Historical Place), North America, United States, Virginia
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From Porch Swings to Patios
(Virginia: University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History),
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
The complete "From Porch Swings to Patios: Oral History Project" included interviews taken from white and black residents in Charlottesville which covered changes from 1914 through 1984 in fourteen different neighborhoods. The recordings and transcripts of interviews presented here, however, are only those of Afri...
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(Virginia: University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History),
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
Source: www.vcdh.virginia.edu
Description
The complete "From Porch Swings to Patios: Oral History Project" included interviews taken from white and black residents in Charlottesville which covered changes from 1914 through 1984 in fourteen different neighborhoods. The recordings and transcripts of interviews presented here, however, are only those of African Americans. Although black residents occupied several different neighborhoods within the city limits from the mid-nineteenth century...
The complete "From Porch Swings to Patios: Oral History Project" included interviews taken from white and black residents in Charlottesville which covered changes from 1914 through 1984 in fourteen different neighborhoods. The recordings and transcripts of interviews presented here, however, are only those of African Americans. Although black residents occupied several different neighborhoods within the city limits from the mid-nineteenth century on, the people interviewed for "Porch Swings" and represented on this site came from the Vinegar Hill area. Vinegar Hill encompassed a section of West Main street that began at downtown Charlottesville and extended west toward the campus of the University of Virginia. The area was composed mostly of businesses owned by Charlottesville's black citizens, and though the stores catered to the black population, they served both black and white clientele. In the early 1960s, Charlottesville's city officials designated Vinegar Hill as a blighted area in need of an overhaul. Following a national trend, a sweeping "urban renewal" project was carried out that ostensibly removed decrepit buildings and cleared unsightly landscape for improved sanitation and overall appearance. In these interviews, former Vinegar Hill residents share their thoughts on the extent to which those promises for improvement were fulfilled or not.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of Virginia. Carter G. Woodson Institute. Virginia Center for Digital History
Topic / Theme
Communities, Ethnic groups, Race relations
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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Norfolk Women's History
The 8 interviews included in this collection were conducted for the Old Dominion University History course 495/595: "Recapturing Women's History: Local and National," taught by Dr. Dorothy Johnson in the Fall of 1982. Each interview includes a brief biographical sketch of the person interviewed and a typed transcr...
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The 8 interviews included in this collection were conducted for the Old Dominion University History course 495/595: "Recapturing Women's History: Local and National," taught by Dr. Dorothy Johnson in the Fall of 1982. Each interview includes a brief biographical sketch of the person interviewed and a typed transcript. Related to women involved with religion, medicine, education, and the Girl Scout Movement in Norfolk.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Old Dominion University. Perry Library. Special Collections
Topic / Theme
Communities
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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University History
The following is an alphabetical listing of oral histories in the Perry Library collection pertaining to the history of Old Dominion University. To listen to the audio, the RealPlayer must be available as a plug-in.
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The following is an alphabetical listing of oral histories in the Perry Library collection pertaining to the history of Old Dominion University. To listen to the audio, the RealPlayer must be available as a plug-in.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Old Dominion University. Perry Library. Special Collections
Topic / Theme
Education
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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African American Richmond: Educational Segregation and Desegregation
(Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives),
Source: www.loc.gov
Source: www.loc.gov
This portion of the VBHA is comprised of fourteen oral history interviews conducted in 1992 by Virginia Commonwealth University students with African-Americans residing in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. While the interviews focused on the educational experiences of these individuals, other subjects and...
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(Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives),
Source: www.loc.gov
Source: www.loc.gov
Description
This portion of the VBHA is comprised of fourteen oral history interviews conducted in 1992 by Virginia Commonwealth University students with African-Americans residing in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. While the interviews focused on the educational experiences of these individuals, other subjects and issues affecting the lives of African-Americans were also discussed by the participants. The typed transcripts of the oral histories we...
This portion of the VBHA is comprised of fourteen oral history interviews conducted in 1992 by Virginia Commonwealth University students with African-Americans residing in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. While the interviews focused on the educational experiences of these individuals, other subjects and issues affecting the lives of African-Americans were also discussed by the participants. The typed transcripts of the oral histories were scanned in 1994 to be included in the Virginia Black History Archives database and are accessible from this site. A listing of the transcripts, with a brief index of topics discussed, can be found below.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Race relations
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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Department of Biochemistry Oral History Collection, 2001-02
Oral history interviews conducted with faculty and staff of the Department of Biochemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the department, which was founded in 1952. Interviews were conducted in the period from October 2001 to June 2002 with cur...
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Oral history interviews conducted with faculty and staff of the Department of Biochemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the department, which was founded in 1952. Interviews were conducted in the period from October 2001 to June 2002 with current and former department heads, faculty, and staff who played an important role in the founding and development of the department....
Oral history interviews conducted with faculty and staff of the Department of Biochemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the department, which was founded in 1952. Interviews were conducted in the period from October 2001 to June 2002 with current and former department heads, faculty, and staff who played an important role in the founding and development of the department. Oral history interviewees included: Juel Albert by Robert R. Schmidt, Bruce M. Anderson by Thomas O. Sitz, Ruben W. Engel by George Edwin Bunce, Robert Smibert by John L. Hess, Everett L. Wisman by Lewis Barnett, and Roderick Young by Robert R. Schmidt. Full text of most of the interview transcripts as well as sound clips and other documentation are available at the "50-Year Celebration of the Department of Biochemistry 1952-2003."
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA
Topic / Theme
Education, Sciences
Place Discussed
North America, United States, Virginia
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