Oral History of the Principalship Records
Scope and Content
Ongoing project designed to interview retired elementary, middle, and high school principals for their views, reminiscences, and accumulated wisdom. Most of the interviewees are from the Southeast (mainly Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia), with representative materials from Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Project Director is Dr. Patrick W. Carlton, Associate Professor of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Materials consist of cassette tapes and transcripts of over 230 interviews.
Dates
- Creation: 1987 - 1995
Full Extent
8 Cubic Feet (54 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Please note: Boxes 1-3 of this collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
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- Undetermined
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- Box: 10 (box)
- Box: 1 (box)
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- Box: 18 (box)
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- Box: 15 (box)
- Box: 2 c.2, Volume: 10-17 (box)
- Box: 1 c.2, Volume: 1-9 (box)
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- Box: 29 (box)
- Box: 3 c.2, Volume: 18-23 (box)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu