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Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Interview with Michele Manceaux '20, 2020 September 24
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Identifier: OHI-0312
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Michele Manceaux, Davidson College class of 2020. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. During the interview, Manceaux discusses her experiences on the soccer team, the nuances of Black diasporic experiences at Davidson, differences in finding community in Dallas, TX and at Davidson College, the impact of academic experiences on understanding racial identity, white allyship, her work advocating for...
Dates:
2020 September 24
Interview with Minne Iwamoto '91 and Bob Hornsby '91, 2021 March 23
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Identifier: OHI-0281
Scope and Contents
Minne Iwamoto graduated from Davidson College in 1991. She was an Economics major and has a career in public health. Bob Hornsby graduated from Davidson College in 1991. He was an Economics major and has a career in development economics. The interview was conducted by Elena Propst. Interviewer was in Davidson, NC, and Alums were in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Minne Iwamoto and Bob Hornsby discussed their experiences at Davidson College, dating life, hookup culture, contraception, and...
Dates:
2021 March 23
Interview with Narayanan Ramachandran '71, 2021 June 09
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Identifier: OHI-0347
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Narayanan Ramachandran, Davidson College class of 1971. Narayanan Ramachandra shares his experience attending Davidson College as one of the few Indian students in the late-60s. He describes working in Washington D.C., socializing on and off campus, and dining at Davidson College, while pursuing a degree in mathematics. This interview was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told Grant.
Dates:
2021 June 09
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
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
Interview with Robert Spach '84, 2019 April 01
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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 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 Ruth Ault, 2019 February 22
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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 Samuel R. Spencer: "Women at Davidson", 1987
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0060
Scope and Contents
Dr. Spencer served as president of Davidson College from 1968-1983. The interview with Dr. Sam Spencer on history of coeducation at Davidson during his presidency.
Dates:
1987
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