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VT Stories Oral History with Ida Powell, May 17, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
Ida Powell graduated from Virginia Tech in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in home economics. In this hour-long interview, Powell discusses her experience as a female student attending Virginia Tech's campus in the 1950s as well as her humanitarian…
VT Stories Oral History with Nikki Giovanni, March 14, 2017 (Ms2016-015)
Renowned poet, eight time NAACP award winner, University Distinguished Professor, and the list of achievements goes on, but much to Virginia Tech’s credit–Nikki Giovanni is a Hokie.
Although she didn’t attend Virginia Tech for her degree, she is…
VT Stories Oral History with Linda Plaut, February 23, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
You don’t have to graduate from Virginia Tech to be a Hokie. After moving to Blacksburg as a faculty spouse, Linda Plaut joined the university’s staff as a part-time teacher. What started as a temporary position blossomed into a permanent career of…
VT Stories Oral History with Clara Cox, March 23, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
In this VT Stories interview from 2018, Manisha Sharma interviews the former Director of University Publications Clara Cox in the Holtzman Alumni Center. In this oral history Cox talks about her rise through the ranks of university relations, her…
VT Stories Oral History with Pat Hyer, March 5, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
Oral history with Pat Hyer, completed as part of the VT Stories project: Pat Hyer, VT Stories
Oral History with Marguerite Laurette Harper Scott, March 2, 1996 (Ms1995-026)
This is a 1996 interview with Marguerite Laurette Harper Scott covering her childhood and her experiences at Virginia Tech as one of the first six black women at admitted in 1966. It includes the audio file and a transcript.