A Guide to the Pulaski Theater Oral Hisory Project 2003-2004 Pulaski Theater Oral Hisory Project Ms2004-007

A Guide to the Pulaski Theater Oral History Project 2003-04

A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms2004-007

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Contact Information:
University Libraries
P.O. Box 90001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-9001
USA
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Email: specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/
Processed by: Sam Walters Special Collections Staff
2004 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.

Repository

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Accession number

Ms2004-007

Title

Pulaski Theater Oral History Project 2003-04

Physical Characteristics

2 containers, 0.75 cu. ft.

Language

English

Abstract

Collection contains 13 interview cassette tapes and 12 interview transcripts compiled by Dr. April Alen. In addition, the collection also includes the field notes and dissertation completed by Dr. Allen.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research with the exception of tapes and transcripts for which there are no oral history release forms. Folder 7 in box one and tapes 5 & 8 in box two are restricted with no access because release forms are unavailable for these interviews.

Use Restrictionss

Permission to publish material from the Pulaski Theater Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Pulaski Theater Oral History Project, Ms2004-007, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Pulaski Theater Oral History Project was donated to Special Collections in 2004.

Biographical/Historical Information

The collection focuses on personal recollections of the Pulaski Theater, which operated from 1937 to 1991. Built in 1911, the structure initially hosted concerts and vaudevillian-style entertainment. However, the theater was closed in 1922 and remained a dry goods store until its reopening as a movie theater in 1937 under its new name--The Pulaski concerts. The interviewees are residents or former residents of Pulaski, VA with the memories of the building dating back to the original Elks Theater.

Scope and Content

The collection contains materials from 2003 to 2004 with the bulk from 2003. Collection consists of interview cassette tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2003 by April Allen, a PhD. candidate in the Interior Design Program within the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Interviewees include Ann King and Delores Brown, Betty Guynn, Marva Hickman, Edna Isbill, Lloyd Mathews, Bob and Sharon McKinney, George Penn, Wilmer and Ethel White. Transcripts available for all interviewees with the exception of Lloyd Mathews. The collection also includes Dr. Allen's field notes and her doctoral dissertation based on the Pulaski Theater located in Pulaski, VA.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by interviewee. Box 1 contains transcripts, field notes, and Dr. Allen's dissertation. Box 2 contains cassette tapes.

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