<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="in_progress" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project</titleproper><titleproper>Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Collection, <date>2021-2022</date> <num>Ms.2024.072</num></titleproper><author>Kristin Nivera, COH Emergency Hire</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2024 (<emph><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" type="simple">CC0 1.0</a></emph>)</date></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-03-04 15:37:27 -0500</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc><revisiondesc><change><date>2025-03-03</date><item>Ella Winterling added Existence and Location of Copies.</item></change></revisiondesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <abstract id="aspace_50bee6a5c9e1e745e54b6d0fa7c699bc" label="Abstract">The Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project contains 16 digital interviews and transcripts documenting the stories of Black individuals who are currently or previously were invovled in STEM reserach.</abstract>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>The collection is open for research. Select interviews are only available on-site by request.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Use Restrictions</head>
<p>Permission to publish material from the Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project, Ms2024-072, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>The collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archvies in 2022 by the project managers, Carrier Kroehler and Pattie Raun.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>The processing, arrangement, and description of the Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project was completed in July 2024.</p>  </processinfo>
  <altformavail id="aspace_ba4f2a8f649f4c874611c5a435e1e70b">
    <head>Existence and Location of Copies</head>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/319">Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.</a></p>  </altformavail>
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<p>This collection consists of oral history interviews with Black professionals in STEM (Science, Technology, Enginnering, and Mathematics) who had previously, and continue to work in research. The interviews were conducted by Amber Wendler, Anza Mitchell, Daniel Smith, Korin Jones, Kregg Quarles, and Mika Pagani, under the direction of Carrier Kroehler and Pattie Raun.</p>  </scopecontent>
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