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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (VAEOPP) Records, 1970-2015, Ms1989-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The original material in the collection was donated to Special Collections in January 1989. Additional materials were received in 1990, 1991, 2012, 2013, and 2015.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Association of Education Opportunity Program Personnel (VAEOPP) Records was completed in August 2012. Donations from 2013 and 2015 were processed in July 2017.

Administrative History

The Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (VAEOPP) was established in 1975 as an organization to bring together those who are professionally involved in broadening accessibility to and success in the formal post-secondary education of economically or socially disadvantaged Virginians.

Scope and Content

The collection is organized into seven series: Board and Administrative Records, Conference Material, Membership Material, Correspondence, Newsletters and Other Publications, Miscellaneous Material, and Media. The collection includes, but is not limited to, meeting minute and agendas, committee reports, conference planning documents and programs, forms, organizational correspondence, membership lists, publications, and memorabilia.

Series I: Board and Administrative Records includes by-laws and constitutions, governmental and legislative material, strategic plans, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, board members, election material, committees, board reports, committee reports, scholarship recipients, scholarship applications, guidelines, and qualifications, surveys, proposals and recommendations, awards and recognition, student special services material, budget information, financial information, bank statements, receipts, fiscal management manuals, and miscellaneous forms.

Series II: Conference Material consists of conference programs, evaluations and proposals, registration and attendance, pamphlets and fliers, schedules, a speech, and a planning manual.

Series III: Membership Material contains personnel directories, membership information, membership applications, program manuals, resumes, and activities.

Series IV: Correspondence is composed of program personnel mailing, letters, notes, and memos.

Series V: Newsletters and Other Publications includes newspaper clippings, bulletins, updates, expository essays, as well as association newsletters and journals.

Series VI: Notes and Handouts consists of transportation information, notes, reference manuals, fliers, and a poem.

Series VII: Media includes unrestricted electronic files from a flash drive donated with the 2012 accrual. Files date from approximately 2003 to 2011.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into seven series:

Series I: Board and Administrative Records is arranged by type of material.

Series II: Conference Material is arranged by type of material.

Series III: Membership Material is arranged by type of material.

Series IV: Correspondence is arranged chronologically by date.

Series V: Newsletters and Other Publications is arranged chronologically by date.

Series VI: Notes and Handouts is arranged by type of material.

Series VII: Media files were left in their original order.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• University History
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (VAEOPP) Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).