Guantanamo Bay Off-Campus Credit Program Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Guantanamo Bay Off-Campus Credit Program Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.40 Linear Feet and 1 Hollinger document case boxes
Creator:
Old Dominion College. Evening College and Old Dominion University. School of Continuing Education
Abstract:
The collection includes administrative records and publications related to the Guantanamo Bay off-campus credit program offered by Old Dominion University.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Guantanamo Bay Off-Campus Credit Program Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes administrative records and publications related to the Guantanamo Bay off-campus credit program offered by Old Dominion University. Of note are news articles from the Guantanamo Gazette, a publication produced on the base.

Biographical / historical:

Begun in 1964, the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (GTMO) Extension was part of Old Dominion College's Evening College Off-campus Credit Program and later became part of the School of Continuing Studies. Continuing Studies was a far-reaching network extending from Suffolk to Vietnam. By 1980, these programs included more than 28,000 enrollments at area locations and local and foreign military bases such as Guantanamo Bay, Dam Neck, and ships at sea. The GTMO Extension offered undergraduate courses ranging from collegiate-level trigonometry to Spanish and graduate courses in education. However the course offerings fluctuated greatly between semesters and were dependent on enrollment and instructor availability. By 1976 an average of eleven or twelve classes were taught in ten-week cycles. Some instructors came from the Norfolk campus of ODU, while others were Navy personnel stationed at Guantanamo Bay.

Note written by Sonia Yaco

Acquisition information:

Albert I. Godden

Donation.

Processing information:

The collection was processed and finding aid created by Sonia Yaco, Special Collections Librarian, in 2009.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into four series: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Publications; Series III: Administrative; and Series IV: Miscellaneous.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard