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Davis, Marva Felder Carter, 1983 - 1999

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Scope and Content

From the Collection:

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

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

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

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308