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Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Scope Note: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tgm009874/

Found in 269 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Peggie Rivens, 2016 November 05

 Item
Identifier: OHI-0229
Scope and Contents Longtime Cornelius resident Peggy Rivens shares many details about her life, ranging from childhood memories, early school years, her connections to Gethsemane Baptist Church, as well as work experiences and Black businesses in North Mecklenburg. Rivens is the daughter of Lula Bell Houston and granddaughter of Rosa Carr Potts, both of whom she mentions worked at the Davidson College Laundry Service until their retirements. Bell Houston herself worked a total of 60 years at the college, and...
Dates: 2016 November 05

Interview with R. David Kaylor, 1989 January 23

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0112
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. R. David Kaylor by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Kaylor describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Kaylor discusses student-faculty relations, activism, civil rights, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 January 23

Interview with Randall "Randy" Kincaid, 2007 May 03

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0184
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 May 03

Interview with Randy Nelson, 1981

 Item — Audiocassette box 10: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-02, Cassette case: Audio 238
Identifier: OHI-0057
Scope and Contents

Interview concerns the publication of Nelson's book, Almanac of American Letters.

Dates: 1981

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

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

 Item
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

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

 Item
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

Interview with Reuben "Bo" Fitzgerald '99, 2007 February 23

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0122
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 February 23

Interview with Richard Snyder '66 , 2011 February 25

 Item — Cd box 1: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04; Series RG20-04-03, Optical Disc sleeve: CD 122
Identifier: OHI-0324
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: 2011 February 25

Interview with Richy Tovar '19, 2019 April 30

 Item
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

Interview with Robert C. Williams, 1986 June 09

 Item — Audiocassette box 9: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-02; Series RG20-04-03, Cassette case: Audio 202
Identifier: OHI-0051
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains interviews with Davidson College administrators, faculty, and staff. These interviews were collected over the decades to document various aspects of Davidson College history. College employees who are also considered alumni/ae are generally listed under RG19-01-01, "Davidson College Students and Alumni/ae oral histories and interviews" to ensure some degree of consistency.

Dates: 1986 June 09

Interview with Robert C. Williams, 1991 June 27

 Item — Audiocassette box 10: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-02; Series RG20-04-01, Cassette case: Audio 231
Identifier: OHI-0056
Scope and Contents

Interview took place while Williams was Dean of Faculty at Davidson. The interview covers his childhood and education as well as his experiences at Davidson.

Dates: 1991 June 27

Interview with Robert Irvin Johnston '25, 1976

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0099
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: 1976

Interview with Robert M. Withers '48, 1997 April

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0139
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the ENG 201 course in 1997.

Dates: 1997 April

Interview with Robert Spach '84, 2019 April 01

 Item
Identifier: OHI-0249
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Reverend Robert "Rob" Spach, Davidson College chaplain. The interview recording and transcript is split into two parts. In part 1, Reverend Spach speaks about his time as a student at Davidson. He talks about the Religious Studies Department in the early 1980s and the religious organizations on campus at the time including student-led groups and the college chaplain’s office. He goes on to describe coming back to Davidson as the College Chaplain in 1993 and his...
Dates: 2019 April 01

Interview with Robert W. Mark '08, 2007 March 12

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0124
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 March 12

Interview with Robert W. Reynolds '07, 2007 April 05

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0125
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 April 05

Interview with Ronald Linden, 2019 March 15

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Identifier: OHI-0240
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and transcript with Ronald Linden conducted on March 15, 2019. Ron Linden describes applying for a professorial job at Davidson College in 1976. He speaks about the interview process and the discussion he had with College President Samuel Reid Spencer about Linden’s Jewish faith and how the Davidson bylaws only permitted Christian teachers. Linden recounts his surprise when he received a job offer that was subsequently rescinded and his shock when the incident made...
Dates: 2019 March 15

Interview with Ronald Potts, 2016 September 22

 Item
Identifier: OHI-0228
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with longtime Cornelius resident Ron Potts. Potts is active in historical preservation efforts for the community of Smithville, just outside of Cornelius, NC. Potts discusses these efforts, his family history, the construction and founding of local Rosenwald Schools, the Ada Jenkins Center (then school), his career, and what it was like growing up in town. Potts mentions bringing electricity and running water to Smithville, as well as church life.

Dates: 2016 September 22

Interview with Ruby Houston, 2007 March 15

 Item — Cd box 1: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04, Optical Disc sleeve: CD 33
Identifier: OHI-0120
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 March 15

Interview with Russell Crandall, 2019 May 08

 Item
Identifier: OHI-0331
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group:

This oral history collection explores the history of Latinx students at Davidson College and includes both the work of Dr. Jane Mangan's spring 2019 HIS 259 course and student workers who collected and transcribed oral histories of Davidson alumni who identify as Hispanic, Latino or Latinx.

Dates: 2019 May 08

Interview with Ruth Ault, 2019 February 22

 Item
Identifier: OHI-0237
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and transcript with Ruth Ault conducted on February 22, 2019. Ruth Ault describes her Jewish background prior to Davidson College: raised in Conservative Judaism and being in non-Jewish communities, like Pomona College and the University of Utah. Ault recounts her interview process for Davidson College in 1979, as the first hired Jewish professor at Davidson, and the college’s Presbyterian tradition and bylaws. She recounts how her arrival to Davidson was received by...
Dates: 2019 February 22

Interview with Sally McMillan, 2016 June 21

 Item
Identifier: OHI-0226
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains interviews with Davidson College administrators, faculty, and staff. These interviews were collected over the decades to document various aspects of Davidson College history. College employees who are also considered alumni/ae are generally listed under RG19-01-01, "Davidson College Students and Alumni/ae oral histories and interviews" to ensure some degree of consistency.

Dates: 2016 June 21

Interview with Samuel B. Johnson '69, 1989 February 11

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 59
Identifier: OHI-0370
Scope and Contents

Interview of Samuel B. Johnson ‘69 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Johnson describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Johnson discusses his role as a conscientious objector, student-faculty relations, activism, fraternities, ROTC, and compulsory vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 February 11

Interview with Samuel H. Hay '45, 2008 September 15

 Item — Cd box 1: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04; Series RG20-04-03, Optical Disc sleeve: CD 69
Identifier: OHI-0027
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: 2008 September 15