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17. College of Arts and Letters

 University Record
Identifier: 17

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Robert A. McCullough Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-2B8
Content Description

The collection contains a portfolio of logotypes created by Robert McCullough, professor of graphic arts, for Old Dominion University. Included are examples of the proposed logos on business cards and letterhead, and features the ODU racetrack logo that eventually was chosen as the official logo in 1974.

Dates: 1974

Phillip Raisor Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-3B5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains material created and collected by Phillip Raisor, a professor in the English Department at Old Dominion University. Included in the collection are material related to the Literary Festival at Old Dominion and personal essays written by Raisor.

Dates: 1977-1979, undated

Susan Kent Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-13B1
Abstract

Dr. Kent served as a professor of anthropology from 1986 until 2003. She was an expert on hunters and gatherers. Her most extensive field work was her study of the Bushmen and Bakgalagadi of Africa. Collection includes material from her time at ODU, her field notes, and other research material.

Dates: 1975-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2003

Literary Festival Collection

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-3A1
Abstract

This collection contains material from the Poetry Jam and first Literary Festival in 1978 and chronicles the annual Literary Festival onwards to the present day. Materials consist of original and digitized brochures, flyers, and promotional documents; schedules; news clippings; photos; and original and digitized video, as available.

Dates: 1977-2019, undated

Jeffrey Richards Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-3B6
Abstract

This collection documents the professional life of Jeffrey Richards and his development of the English Department at Old Dominion University.

Dates: 1972-2011, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/12/2011

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Records

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-4A
Scope and Contents

This collections contains annual reports, departmental meeting minutes, and correspondence pertaining to the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department at Old Dominion University. The department is currently known as the Department of World Languages and Cultures.

Dates: circa 1959-1979, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/04/1976

Department of History Records

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-5A
Scope and Contents

The collection contains course information, brochures, and newsletters related to the Department of History at Old Dominion University.

Dates: 1973-2008, undated

Carl Abbott Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-5B7
Abstract

Small collection focusing on materials used by Carl Abbott who taught history at Old Dominion University from 1972 to 1978.

Dates: 1958-1977, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/10/2012

Steven A. Yetiv Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-8B4
Content Description

This collection contains three scrapbooks featuring news articles, mostly from newspapers, written by Steven A. Yetiv, a professor in the Department of Political Science and Geography at Old Dominion University. Most of the articles are about United States and Middle East Relations during the Cold War and just before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Dates: circa 1983-2012

S. Eliot Breneiser Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-6B1
Abstract

Professor of Music at Old Dominion University. Collection relates to his position on the Faculty Senate, Faculty Caucus and University Senate where he served as the Chairman.

Dates: 1965-1975; Other: Date acquired: 08/16/1978

Associated Writers Program Records

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-32A
Scope and Contents

The collection contains brochures, newsletters, job listings and degree catalogs pertaining to the Associated Writers Program and their connection to Old Dominion University. The Associated Writers Program attempted to aid writers through contests based on poetry, nonfiction, novel and short fiction. The collection holds several brochures announcing the winner’s names and published work.

Dates: 1980-1993

Alice Rice Jaffe Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-2B1
Abstract

Includes assorted reports, newspaper articles and correspondence, etc. relating to Hampton Roads history and Old Dominion University's early history as Norfolk Division of William and Mary College. Contains material from Jaffe's family including her husband, journalist Louis I. Jaffe, her father, Colonel Henry Rice and ancestor, Captain Samuel Davis.

Dates: 1807-1950, undated; Other: Majority of material found within 1919-1950; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1977

Walter Herman Bell Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-4B1
Scope and Contents

The collection contains letters and photographs pertaining to Walter Herman Bell and his relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Smith.

Dates: 1962-1970, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/07/1980

Norfolk Women's Oral History Project

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-28B2
Abstract

The Norfolk Women’s Oral History Project was conducted between 1971 and 1974 as a project of the newly formed ODU Women’s Studies program.  The project was headed by Jean E. Friedman, instructor in the History Department at ODU.  The project was initiated to explore women’s sexual attitudes in the 1930s.

Dates: circa 1971-1974

Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Records

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-1A
Abstract

The College of Arts and Letters of the Dean’s Office Records, includes the College of Arts and Letters faculty and committee members, meetings, and minutes; programs and activities; and files from the Advisory Council, Academic Council and Council of Deans.

Dates: 1963-2022, undated