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Interviewee
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Darden, Colgate Whitehead, Jr. |
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Interview
Date |
April 7, 1975 (2nd interview on August 23, 1978) |
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Collection
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Oral History Collection |
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Number
of Tapes |
1 |
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Tape
# |
OH 49 |
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Play
length |
37 min: 29 sec |
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Tape
condition/# sides? |
Good / 2 sides |
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Transcript?
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Yes |
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No.
typed pages |
11 pages |
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Other
attachments |
Interview questions; VP article 11/6/80; biography; correspondence; "Remarks of the Honorable Colgate Darden, Jr. Commencent of ODU May 10, 1980"; photocopies of various newspaper articles |
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Transcript
Location |
Special Collections |
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Subject
1 |
Old Dominion University History -- 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s |
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Subject
2 |
Community and General Assembly response to ODU |
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Subject
3 |
Former Administrators: Dean William T. Hodges, President Webb |
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Subject
4 |
Transition from College to University |
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Subject
a |
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Subject
b |
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Subject
c |
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Subject
d |
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ODU
Service |
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Interviewee
Birth/Death |
b. February 11, 1897; d. June 9, 1981 |
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Other
Interviewee Info |
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. began his law practice in Norfolk in 1922, was governor of Virginia from 1942-1946, president of University of Virginia, Charlottesville from 1947-1959, chairman of the Commission on Goals for Higher Education in the South in 1961. |
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Interview
Summary |
The interview discusses the early history of ODU -- the involvement of Darden and other individuals, community and state response to the college, financial support, former administrators, and transition from college to university status. |
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Interviewer
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Dr. James R. Sweeney |
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Interviewer
Info |
University Archivist, 1974-1984 |
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Physical
Location (audio cassette) |
Special Collections |
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CDROM
Location |
Special Collections |
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Number
of CDRoms |
1 |
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Web
location |
http://www.lib.odu.edu/special/oralhistory/oduhistory/dardentranscript.html |
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.wav
size |
97 mb |
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.rm
size |
13.5 mb |
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Copyright
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The audio and transcripts in this collection are copyright of the Old Dominion University. |
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Permitted
Use |
They may be used for educational and research purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way. |