Davis, Marva Felder Carter, 1983 - 1999
Scope and Content
The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records include interviews focused 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 collection includes audiocassette tapes, DAT tapes, floppy disks, 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 Dowe Carter, catalyst of the project and doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech. Interviews were conducted by Carter and Tamara Kennelly, University Archivist.
Some materials include copies of items from interviewees' times at Virginia Tech, originally dating to the 1960s through 1980s.
Transcripts of interviews with students and with two staff members (Cora McDaniel Pack and Rhonda Miller Rogers) are also available in the collection.
Dates
- 1983 - 1999
Creator
- From the Collection: Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Carter, Elaine D. (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Carter, Elaine D. (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Davis, Marva Lajeune Felder Carter (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Fulcher, Victoria (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Gowens, Cynthia (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Higgins, LaVerna (Fredi) Hairston (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Holmes, Michele (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Hoyle, Linda Paulette Adams (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Kennelly, Tamara (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: King, Loretta (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: MacDonald, Cheryl Butler (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Pack, Cora McDamel (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Rogers, Rhonda Miller (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Roy, Lucinda (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Scott, Marguerite Harper (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Turner, Linda Edmonds (Interviewee, Person)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The majority of the collection is open for research. Restrictions on access to specific items are noted at the item level in the inventory.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.8 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu