Marvin Lee Papers

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:

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], Marvin Lee Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
11.20 Linear Feet and 28 Hollinger cases boxes
Creator:
Lee, Marvin (1921-)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Marvin Lee Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains an assortment of documents related to Marvin Lee, a professor at Old Dominion University and Public Housing Manager in Norfolk, Virginia. The bulk of the mateial chronicles Lee's career with the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) but also contains personal material as well

Biographical / historical:

Marvin Lee was born on July 26th, 1921. He was a graduate of Randolph Macon College and shortly thereafter he joined the United States Navy, where he rose to the rank of officer. During his lifetime, Lee also received a Ph.D. in Urban Services. This went along well with his life's work spent in this type of department.

For some time in the 1980s, Marvin Lee taught at Old Dominion University in the subject of Public Affairs. It was around this time that Lee became certified by the NAHRO as a Public Housing Manager, rising in the ranks of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA), which he served as manager after Lawrence M. Cox.

Marvin Lee is the author of a number of publications and dissertations which can be found within this collection and in the thesis section at Old Dominion University.

Note written by Special Collections Staff

Acquisition information:

Marvin Lee

Gift. Accession #A2009-13

Processing information:

The finding aid was created by James Detterman in May 2014. The collection was further processed by Melissa Bateman in July 2014.

Arrangement:

The collection is broken down into the following series: I: Personal; II: Training/Studies; III: NRHA; IV: Remarks/Speeches; V: Photographs; VI: Newspaper Clippings; VII: Maps; VIII: Correspondences; IX: Publications/Notes; X: Lawrence M. Cox.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard