A Guide to the Oral History of the Principalship Records, 1987-1995
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms1989-040
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- Oral histories (document genres)
- University Archives
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University