David P. Neff 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], David P. Neff Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.80 Linear Feet and 1 Hollinger document case, 1 oversized box boxes
Creator:
Neff, David P.
Abstract:
The collection contains documents used by Dr. Neff during the development of his master's thesis, "The Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, 1954-1967."
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains documents used by Dr. Neff during the development of his master's thesis, "The Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, 1954-1967." Included in the collection are copies of newspaper articles, group literature, group achievements, organizational charts, correspondence, information on the group's activities, organizational newsletters along with bound copies of newspaper articles from severeal newspapers. The series also contains personal correspondence generated by Neff during his research.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. David Pembroke Neff, Ph.D., is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and the grandson of Clarence Amos Neff, a prominent Norfolk architect who was instrumental in developing Norfolk's urban architecture during the first half of the twentieth century. Dr. Neff has been a professor of History at Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach Campus since 1994 as well as an adjunct professor of History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk and Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. Dr. Neff earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida in 1984 and two Master of Arts degrees; one in United States History from Old Dominion University in 1992, and another in Liberal Studies, with emphasis in Literature and History from Georgetown University in 1998. Dr. Neff earned a doctoral degree in 2004 in Higher Education (History Education) from George Mason University.

Acquisition information:

Dr. David P. Neff

Gift. Accession #A2008-23

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into two series: Series I: Defender Activities; and Series II: Neff Research Materials.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard