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","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.","This folder contains a variety of items relating to Marva Felder, such as copies of interview transcripts, pages from the  Bugle yearbook , two 3.5\" floppy disks (\"Marva Felder Interview\" and \"Marva2.txt\"), and permission form.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . 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The project involved the identification of the first Black women students, staff, and faculty at Virginia Tech and the collection of their oral history narratives.","The guide to the Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Equipment is required and available to listen to available audio recordings. Equipment is required to access computer disks, which may not be available.","The processing, arrangement, and description of the collection was completed in 2001. Additional materials were integrated and description updated in June 2023.","Researchers may also be interested in the  Timelines of Black History at Virginia Tech,  which includes references to many of the individuals included in this collection.","There are also interviews with additional individuals whose personal experiences at Virginia Tech helped shape the history of the university and of the New River Valley in the following oral history collections:","The  Virginia Tech Black History Oral History Collection, Ms2003-011,  has been digitized and is  available online.","The Multicultural Diversity Oral History Project, Ms2002-001, has been digitized and is  available online.","The VT Stories Oral History Collection, Ms2016-015, has been digitized and is  available online.","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.","This folder contains a variety of items relating to Marva Felder, such as copies of interview transcripts, pages from the  Bugle yearbook , two 3.5\" floppy disks (\"Marva Felder Interview\" and \"Marva2.txt\"), and permission form.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . 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In 1965, Strother was named Director of the Division of Information Services at Virginia Tech.  Before his retirement in 1974, Strother also served as the faculty advisor for WUVT, a student radio station at Virginia Tech. He died in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1964, Warren H. Strother was hired as Virginia Tech's Director of Public Relations, which included supervising  The Techgram , a student newspaper.  Before this, Mr. Strother worked at the  Richmond Times-Dispatch , a newspaper in Richmond, Virginia.  In 1965, Strother was named Director of the Division of Information Services at Virginia Tech.  Before his retirement in 1974, Strother also served as the faculty advisor for WUVT, a student radio station at Virginia Tech. 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Marshall Hahn, Peggy Hahn, Dana Hamel, Martha Harder, Albertis Harrison, Jr., William Harrison, Bob Heterick, David Hill, George Litton, Leslie Malpass, Mac McEver, Bill Mitchell, Ed and Peggy Moore, Bob Pamplin, Bill Parkerson, Bob Paterson, Bob Pusey, Randall Robertson, Bill Skelton, Roy Smith, Paul Torgersen, Jim Tucker, Wendell Wisend, Coyt Wilson, and Charlie Yates.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe third series also covers 1988-1994 and consists of recorded interviews on cassette tapes with Carl Allen, Willis Anderson, Lee Arp, Charlie Aull, Ken Baker, Bush Bannister, Jack Bates, Harold Baumes, Jimmy Beck, Wilson Bell, Fitzgerald Bemiss, Joseph Blackburn, Neil Boyd, Warren Brandt, J. Gordon Brown, Charles Burchard, Mel Carico, Ron Carrier, Catherine Cassell, Bill Cato, Frank Clement, Tom Cook, Weldon  Cooper, Al Crawford, Cliff Cutchins, Gordon Davies, James Dean, Charlie Engel, Edward Evans, Bill Flowers, Dick Gillis, Tom Gilmer, Governor Goodwin, Charlie Gordon, George Gray, Jim Grayson, T. Marshall Hahn, Peggy Hahn, Dana Hamel, Guy Hammond, Jack Hancock, Martha Harder, Laura Jane Harper, Albertis Harrison, Jr., William Harrison, Boyd Harshbarger, William Havard, Sandy Hawthorne, David Henderson, Karl Hereford, Bob Heterick, David Hill, Dick Holmquiest, Guy Hommono, Bill Hopkins, John Hosner, J. Jones, Chuck Kennedy, Stan Kingma, Lyle Kinnear, Wybe Kroontje, L. Kuhn, W. Lavery, George Long, Carter Lowance, Wally Lowry, Leslie Malpass, Esther Martin, Jim Martin, Howard Massey, Bill Matthews, Mac McEver, Bill McFarlane, Dan Michelson, Wayne Michie, Bill Mitchell, Les Molfron, Jim Montgomery, Ed and Peggy Moore, Mark Musick, Jim Nichols, Mark Oliver, Phil Oliver, Bob Pamplin, William Parkerson, Pat Paschall, Bob Paterson, Dan Pletta, Howard Price, Bob Pusey, Sol Rawles, Tom Rice, Bud Robertson, Randall Robertson, Andy Robeson, John Rocovich, David Ross, Buddy Russell, Rusty Ryland, Lon Savage, Charles Schiffert, Edger Shannon, Bill Skelton, Roy Smith, ray Smoot, Wilson Snipes, Bill Sterrett, Dick Talbot, Paul Torgersen, Jim Tucker, Wendell Weisend, Bill White, Jim Wiggert, Jane Wilhelm, Erwin Will, BobWilley, Coyt Wilson, Wyatt Wilson, and Charlie Yates.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Warren Strother Collection contains materials generated from 1964 to 1994 and is organized into three series. 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