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Found in 709 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History with Jeff Mann, October 30, 2014, 2014-10-30

 Item
Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_MannJeff
Scope and Content The inverview was conducted on October 30, 2014 in Jeff Mann's office, 210 Shanks Hall, on the campus of Virginia Tech. The interview chronicles the story of Mann's life from growing up in a small town in West Virginia to his college experience and his arrival in Blacksburg. It includes stories of his first experience with his sexuality, coming out as gay, his first sexual experience, relationships, the nature of his publications, and the meaning of his tattoos. Ren Harman was the...
Dates: 2014-10-30

Oral History with Jo Ann Underwood, November 4, 2014

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_UnderwoodJoAnn

Oral History with Jo Ann Underwood, November 4, 2014 , 2014-11-04

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Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_UnderwoodJoAnn
Scope and Content

The interview explores Jo Ann Underwood’s work as health educator at Virginia Tech and her involvement with the gay students’ group, Lambda Horizon. Underwood’s family background and her husband Richard’s civil rights work in the Together magazine are also discussed. The interview was conducted at Jo Ann Underwood’s residence in Blacksburg, VA. Damon Kinmond was the interviewer and Whitney Wright was the technical assistant.

Dates: 2014-11-04

Oral History with John Gray Williams, October 28, 2014

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Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_WilliamsJohnGray

Oral History with John Gray Williams, October 28, 2014, 2014-10-28

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Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_WilliamsJohnGray
Scope and Content The interview was conducted on October 28, 2014 at John Gray Williams’s home in Blacksburg, VA. The interviewer was Whitney Wright and she was assisted by Damon Kinmond. There was limited time for the interview and there are moments within the interview where discussion of the time and Williams’s evening plans can be heard. The interview lasts almost two hours. It begins with a description of Williams’s family and their social dynamics and proceeds into his early experience and understanding...
Dates: 2014-10-28

Oral History with Katherine Allen, October 23, 2014

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_AllenKatherine

Oral History with Katherine Allen, October 23, 2014 , 2014-10-23

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Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_AllenKatherine
Scope and Content

In her oral history, Katherine Allen discusses her activism, her relationships and personal identity, her experiences as part of a ‘lesbian poster family’ and as an ‘out’ faculty member at Virginia Tech. The interview was conducted on October 23, 2014 in Wallace Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. Laura Keith was the interviewer and Sara Evenson was the technical assistant.

Dates: 2014-10-23

Oral History with Luther Brice, Interview 1, October 24, 2014

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Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_BriceLuther_OralHistory1

Oral History with Luther Brice, Interview 1, October 24, 2014, 2014-10-24

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Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_BriceLuther_OralHistory1
Scope and Content

In this first oral history, Brice discusses how one had to be underground about being gay during his student years and through much of his time as a professor at Virginia Tech. Until the 1970s being homosexual was not discussed. He comments on the difficulties faced by gay faculty and students. The interview was conducted by Tamara Kennelly on October 24, 2014 at Innovation Space on the Virginia Tech campus.

Dates: 2014-10-24

Oral History with Luther Brice, Interview 2, March 26, 2015

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-007_VTLGBTQ_BriceLuther_OralHistory2