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Davidson College -- Alumnae and alumni

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Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Olivia Ware '78, 2020 October 06

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Identifier: OHI-0270
Scope and Contents

Olivia Ware, Davidson College class of 1979, discusses her experience at Davidson College as a black female. She discusses academic life, dorm life (including a humorous experience with the bathrooms in Watts), social life (she was a member of Pax Eating House), and her experience after Davidson. She recalls overall a very fond college experience at Davidson. The interview was conducted as part of an Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) grant-funded course led by Dr. Rose Stremlau.

Dates: 2020 October 06
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history Interviews of the History of Gender and Sexuality at Davidson College project / Oral history interviews of the Davidson College Women's History project

Interview with Pablo Zevallos '16, 2019 November 02

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Identifier: OHI-0252
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview and transcript with Pablo Zevallos '16 conducted by Cassie Harding on November 2, 2019. During the interview Zevallos discusses why he chose to attend Davidson College, what he experienced while serving as Davidson’s first Latino Student Government Association (SGA) President, and the types of challenges he faced while holding office.

Dates: 2019 November 02
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of the Nuestras Historias: Archiving Latinx Identity at Davidson College project

Interview with Pablo Zevallos '16, 2019 April 16

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Identifier: OHI-0315
Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Lily Burdick.

Dates: 2019 April 16
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of the Nuestras Historias: Archiving Latinx Identity at Davidson College project

Interview with Patricia D. Cornwell '79, 1991 November 07

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 75
Identifier: OHI-0039
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains interviews with Davidson College students and alumni/ae. These interviews document various aspects of Davidson College's history and culture. Some of the alumni/ae listed in this series also worked for Davidson College in various capacities. While this series primarily focuses on student and alumni/ae interviewees, similar interviews can also be found in the other oral history series and sub-groups.

Dates: 1991 November 07
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Davidson College Collective Memory: oral history and interview collection / Davidson College Students and Alumni/ae oral histories and interviews

Interview with Rasheedah Hasan '96, 2009 November 07

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0016
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Rasheedah Hasan, class of 1996. Davidson College student Shirley Akrasih interviewed Rasheedah Hasan, class of 1996, on November 7, 2009 in the Career Services Office on the Davidson College campus. Hasan discusses her experiences as a student in the early 1990s, offering a unique perspective as she started college at the age of 16. Hasan was a member of the Black Student Coalition and worked as a volunteer at the Ada Jenkins Center and the local hospital. She...
Dates: 2009 November 07
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Davidson College Collective Memory: oral history and interview collection / Davidson College Students and Alumni/ae oral histories and interviews

Interview with Rebecca "Becky" Contreras '19, 2019 December 10

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Identifier: OHI-0259
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and transcript with Rebecca "Becky" Contreras conducted on December 10, 2019. Becky Contreras graduated from Davidson College in 2019 as a political science and Latin American Studies double major. Contreras was born in Guatemala and states she identifies as Guatemalan in the interview. Contreras discusses how it felt being labeled as a person of color as an international student, experiences with the student group OLAS, the Bonner Scholars program, differences in...
Dates: 2019 December 10
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of the Nuestras Historias: Archiving Latinx Identity at Davidson College project

Interview with Renee Denise Fanuiel Blackwell '77, 2020 October 08

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Identifier: OHI-0278
Scope and Contents The following is an interview conducted by Davidson College students, Ross Hickman, McNeill Franklin, and Madeline Chanfrau, and narrated by Renee Denise Fanuiel Blackwell. Denise Blackwell was the first Black woman to graduate from the college in 1977. She graduated with a degree in Psychology. In the transcription, Ross, McNeill and Madeline pose questions to Blackwell about her experience as a student at Davidson. Blackwell details her involvement in ROTC (she was the first female student...
Dates: 2020 October 08
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history Interviews of the History of Gender and Sexuality at Davidson College project / Oral history interviews of the Davidson College Women's History project

Interview with Richy Tovar '19, 2019 April 30

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Identifier: OHI-0257
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview and transcript with Richy Tovar, Davidson College class of 2019. In the interview, Tovar discusses the formation of Latin Greek societies at Davidson College. Tovar was Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc president, and also a founder of the organization on campus. This interview was conducted as part of Dr. Jane Mangan's HIS 259 course.

Dates: 2019 April 30
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of the Nuestras Historias: Archiving Latinx Identity at Davidson College project

Interview with Sara Gebhardt '98, 2019 March 01

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Identifier: OHI-0236
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and transcript with Sara Gebhardt '98 conducted on March 1, 2019. Sara Gebhardt recounts her experience going from a largely liberal, diverse, and pluralistic environment in the suburbs of Washington D.C. to Davidson, which felt “20 years behind.” While at Davidson, she was a member of the field hockey team, studied abroad in Spain, and wrote for Libertas. During her sophomore year at Davidson, she wrote an editorial in the Davidsonian objecting to students’ erecting...
Dates: 2019 March 01
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of the History of Jewishness at Davidson College project

Interview with Sue McAvoy '77, 2020 October 07

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Identifier: OHI-0279
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sue McAvoy. Sue McAvoy graduated from Davidson College in 1977. She was an Economics major, a hall counselor, played on the women’s tennis and field hockey teams, and worked for the school’s yearbook during all four years (eventually, as the Co-Editor her senior year). McAvoy discussed her experiences at Davidson College, as well as her experiences pre and post–Davidson. She recounted her experiences of athletics, academics, the yearbook, working as a Resident...
Dates: 2020 October 07
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history Interviews of the History of Gender and Sexuality at Davidson College project / Oral history interviews of the Davidson College Women's History project

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