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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Brownsburg Museum Oral History project, 2006/2010

1.0 Linear Feet 1 box

A team of volunteers interviewed residents of Brownsburg, Virginia between 2006-2010 as part of an oral history project to capture 20th century recollections of life in this area of the rural Shenandoah Valley.

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Brownsburg Museum Oral History project, 2006/2010 1.0 Linear Feet 1 box

Brownsburg Community Association. Museum

A team of volunteers interviewed residents of Brownsburg, Virginia between 2006-2010 as part of an oral history project to capture 20th century recollections of life in this area of the rural Shenandoah Valley.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Daniel T. Balfour Alumni Correspondence, 1974/1988

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This collection ncludes correspondence with various Washington and Lee University officials (Sessoms, Hotchkiss, Parsons and Wilson); other alumni concerning Washington and Lee University Admissions, athletics, fund raising, college history, the Washington Society, the 250th observance at Washington and Lee University; the minutes of the Alumni Board of Directors; course book from 1998 alumni college titled Older than America: an oral history of Washington and Lee.

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Daniel T. Balfour Alumni Correspondence, 1974/1988 3 Linear Feet

Balfour, Daniel T.

This collection ncludes correspondence with various Washington and Lee University officials (Sessoms, Hotchkiss, Parsons and Wilson); other alumni concerning Washington and Lee University Admissions, athletics, fund raising, college history, the Washington Society, the 250th observance at Washington and Lee University; the minutes of the Alumni Board of Directors; course book from 1998 alumni college titled Older than America: an oral history of Washington and Lee.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Academic Departments - Record Group 9

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This record group contains materials created by individual academic departments.

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Department of History, Transcripts of Exit Interviews with Black students and final report, 1997 .4 Linear Feet Box 1, Folder Control, 1-6

Anonymized transcripts of recorded exit interviews with forty graduating Black students from Washington and Lee University in 1997. The interviews were organized and arranged by WLU's Institutional Effectiveness Committee to gain a range of perspectives on campus climate and the WLU student experience. The interview questions were created by WLU professors Ted Delaney (History) and David Novack (Sociology), Associate Dean of Students for Minority Affairs Anece McCloud, and students Mogana Richards and Robert Taylor. The interviews were conducted by Jennifer Ashworth, the administrative assistant in the History Deapartment. The content of the interviews was assimilated into a final report titled "The Black Student Experience" by Professor of History Robert W. McAhren in 1999. A copy of the report is included with the interviews.

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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ian Gray, Interviewer, Oral Histories with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees, 2015

18.3 Gigabytes 18 files, formats include .mts, .mp3, and .docx

This collection includes three digital oral histories and associated transcripts for interviews with Terry Donk, Lucille and Robert Grimm (mother and son), and Paul Riggs, all employees of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Donk interview is on video in six parts and features 1 hour 04 minutes 17 seconds of footage. The Grimm interview is on video in seven parts and includes 1 hour 30 minutes 55 seconds of footage and an additional 04 minutes 36 seconds of audio without video. The Riggs interview includes 1 hour 43 minutes 49 seconds of audio. All interviews were conducted by Ian Grey in 2015.

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Ian Gray, Interviewer, Oral Histories with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees, 2015 18.3 Gigabytes 18 files, formats include .mts, .mp3, and .docx

Gray, Ian

This collection includes three digital oral histories and associated transcripts for interviews with Terry Donk, Lucille and Robert Grimm (mother and son), and Paul Riggs, all employees of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Donk interview is on video in six parts and features 1 hour 04 minutes 17 seconds of footage. The Grimm interview is on video in seven parts and includes 1 hour 30 minutes 55 seconds of footage and an additional 04 minutes 36 seconds of audio without video. The Riggs interview includes 1 hour 43 minutes 49 seconds of audio. All interviews were conducted by Ian Grey in 2015.

George Mason University

Northern Virginia oral history project collection, 1958/1996

2.5 Linear Feet 24 boxes
The collection contains 201 taped interviews of Northern Virginia residents. Transcripts or abstracts accompany most of the recordings. Topics such as agriculture, development, education, health, politics, transportation, and religion, with respect to Northern Virginia in the 19th and 20th centuries, are discussed.
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Northern Virginia oral history project collection, 1958/1996 2.5 Linear Feet 24 boxes

Northern Virginia Oral History Project
The collection contains 201 taped interviews of Northern Virginia residents. Transcripts or abstracts accompany most of the recordings. Topics such as agriculture, development, education, health, politics, transportation, and religion, with respect to Northern Virginia in the 19th and 20th centuries, are discussed.
George Mason University

Reston Reflections oral history collection, 1994/2008

56.5 Linear Feet 127 boxes
The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School. The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston. The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009. Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino. The collection is divided into four series, the first contains the transcripts of the interviews, the second series is audiotapes from the interviews, the third is the interviews from 1996 that were originally separated from the majority of the collection and the fourth are the interviews from 2001, 2003 and 2009 that were also separated. The collection is large and contained within 128 boxes.
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Reston Reflections oral history collection, 1994/2008 56.5 Linear Feet 127 boxes

Langston Hughes Middle School (Reston, Va.)
The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School. The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston. The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009. Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino. The collection is divided into four series, the first contains the transcripts of the interviews, the second series is audiotapes from the interviews, the third is the interviews from 1996 that were originally separated from the majority of the collection and the fourth are the interviews from 2001, 2003 and 2009 that were also separated. The collection is large and contained within 128 boxes.
George Mason University

Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007

49.5 Linear Feet 98 boxes; 9,776 electronic files
The collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.
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Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007 49.5 Linear Feet 98 boxes; 9,776 electronic files

Rosenzweig, Roy
The collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection, 1940/2020

5 Box

The Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection is composed of materials from Dr. Ted DeLaney's personal and professional life including genealogy and personal history; historical research, correspondences, and papers as historian and professor at Washington and Lee University. The collection is arranged in three series. Of note are Dr. Delaney's research on school desegregation in Lexington, Virginia and in Southwest Virginia and a series of video interviews with Dr. DeLaney completed in 2018.

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Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection, 1940/2020 5 Box

Delaney, Theodore C., Jr., Dr.

The Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection is composed of materials from Dr. Ted DeLaney's personal and professional life including genealogy and personal history; historical research, correspondences, and papers as historian and professor at Washington and Lee University. The collection is arranged in three series. Of note are Dr. Delaney's research on school desegregation in Lexington, Virginia and in Southwest Virginia and a series of video interviews with Dr. DeLaney completed in 2018.

George Mason University

Through Women's Eyes: Southeast Asian American Women's Stories records, 1980/2016

6.25 Linear Feet 12 boxes
Through Women's Eyes: Southeast Asian American Women's Stories contains materials that tell the stories of Southeast Asian American women who were born in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam and migrated to the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area in their young adult years during the 1970s-1990s. This oral history project, conducted in the early 1990s, aims to describe what caused these women to move and their transition into American culture and life while keeping their native customs alive in their homes. The project was made into an temportary independent exhibit for the Smithsonian in 2016.
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Through Women's Eyes: Southeast Asian American Women's Stories records, 1980/2016 6.25 Linear Feet 12 boxes

Robinson, Uaporn Ang
Through Women's Eyes: Southeast Asian American Women's Stories contains materials that tell the stories of Southeast Asian American women who were born in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam and migrated to the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area in their young adult years during the 1970s-1990s. This oral history project, conducted in the early 1990s, aims to describe what caused these women to move and their transition into American culture and life while keeping their native customs alive in their homes. The project was made into an temportary independent exhibit for the Smithsonian in 2016.

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