Mrs. Hale recycled paper. Occasionally a small article of importance will be mounted on a larger piece of which the text is not relevant.]]> Interviewer: Grace Priddy
Date: 9 October 2019
Location: Williamson Road Branch Library
Duration: 56:05
Transcription prepared by: Garrett Channell, Grace Priddy, Rebecca Smith]]> Interviewer: Samantha Meyer
Date: 25 October 2019
Location: Salvation Army
Duration: 40:42
Transcription prepared by: Liz Lee and Megan Reynolds]]> ]]> Interviewer: Shannon Baker
Date: 7 October 2019
Location: Salvation Army
Duration: 35:19
Transcription prepared by: Shannon Baker and Paul Martin]]> ]]> Interviewer: Vanessa Dotson and Miu Iwasaki
Date: 2 October 2019
Location: Salvation Army
Duration: 45:22
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Scrapbooks include information about the sorority, including constitution and by-laws, lists of officers, and a few membership lists. Newspaper clippings about the club document its activities and officers, as well as information about members. The scrapbooks also contain correspondence received by the sorority, including numerous thank you notes from members regarding gifts and from organizations the club donated to, as well as marriage, birth, graduation, and death announcements.

Of special interest are letters in scrapbooks that document members’ lives during WWII, when several relocated with their husbands to military bases, and one member’s experience in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).

While all scrapbooks contain numerous photographs, later scrapbooks have more photographs and less ephemera. Many, but not all, of the people in photographs are identified. Photographs of the sorority’s parties also document the interiors of a variety of venues in the Roanoke region, as well as members’ homes. The 1953-56 Scrapbook includes over thirty pictures of the interior and the residents of Hobday Cottage, Virginia Baptist Children’s Home, Salem, VA, taken from 1953-55 when the sorority sponsored activities and improvements for the young women living there.
Digital versions were created of all scrapbooks. Items that could be removed from scrapbooks without damage were placed in folders, including both paper and photographic items. However, most scrapbooks included pages that could not be disassembled; these have been retained within the scrapbook covers. All items were removed from the “magnetic” photo album.
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Interviewee: Michelle Bennett
Date: 27 February 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 1:21:14
Transcription prepared by: unknown]]> Interviewer: Megan O'Neill, Brian Fersini
Interviewee: Linny Caldwell
Date: 23 February 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 66:47
Transcription prepared by: Bridget Reardon, Hannah Listopad]]> Interviewer: Madison Pinckes, Erik Weed
Interviewee: Garland Gravely
Date: 19 February 2017
Location: Home of Garland Gravely
Total Duration: 50:15
Transcription prepared by: Dacotah McGaffic, J.T. Shrader]]> Interviewer: Nicholas Dillon
Interviewee: Robin Jordan
Date: 22 February 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 1:06:29
Transcription prepared by: Yvonne Gravely, Hannah Kolcz, Nick Dillon]]> Interviewer: Avery Kirkendall, Marcus Stewart
Interviewee: Martha
Date: 22 February 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 1:03:56
Transcription prepared by: Alexa Doiron, Lorien Santos, Emma Fenton, Marcus Stewart]]> Interviewer: Sasha Roberts, Brooke Thacker, Victoria Preston
Interviewee: Don Muse
Date: 19 February 2017
Location: Home of Don Muse
Total Duration: 1:01:18
Transcription prepared by: Victoria Preston, Brooke Thacker, Sasha Roberts]]> Interviewer: Omari Chancellor, Emily Brun
Interviewee: Rissa
Date: 18 February 2017
Location: Roanoke Diversity Center
Total Duration: 56:22
Transciption prepared by: Ta’Tyana Buster, Jac Frost]]> Interviewer: Julia Greider
Interviewee: Nancy Kelly
Date: 17 January 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 1:38:45
Transciption prepared by: Malinda Britt and Erin Hannon]]> Interviewer: Julia Greider
Interviewee: Kathryn L. Beranich
Date: 17 January 2017
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Duration: 1:37:03
Transcription prepared by: Kerri Taylor
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Interviewee: Daniel Jones
Date: 20 February 2016
Location: Roanoke College History Department, 223 E. Main Street, Salem
Total Duration: 95:28
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Interviewee: Gerry Jennings
Date: February 23, 2016
Location: Gerry Jennings’s home, Roanoke, Virginia
Total Duration: 1:15:59
Transcription prepared by Erin Hannon]]> Interviewers: Caitlyn Allen (Madison Kunstman also
present)
Interviewee:James Ernest Best
Date: February 21, 2016
Location: Roanoke College, Miller Hall, 221 College Lane Salem, VA
Total Duration: 58:37
Transcription prepared by: Cara Cline]]> Interviewer: Meghan Kennedy (and Caroline Allison)
Interviewee: Larry Bly
Date: 1 March 2016
Location: System 4 Advertising, 322 Bullitt Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA
Total Duration: 34:52
Transcription prepared by: Brittany Piro and Emily Lyons]]> Interviewer: Julie Frymier
Interviewee: Whitney B. Conley
Date: 26 February 2016
Location: Roanoke College, Miller Hall, Room 219, 221
College Lane, Salem, VA
Total Duration: 55:46
Transcription prepared by: Christina Taylor and Victoria Sage]]> Interviewer: Marlee Wertz
Interviewee: Daddy Sam
Date: 24 February 2016
Location: Interviewee’s private residence, Roanoke, VA
Total Duration: 60:07
Transcription prepared by: Micheala McDonald, Rachel Barton, and Brittany Peterson]]> Interviewer: Sydney Brennert
Interviewee: Ronald “Ron” Davidson
Date: February 28, 2016
Location: Mill Mountain Coffeehouse, 117 Campbell Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA
Total Duration: 52:04
Transcription prepared by: Becca Johnson and Christian Sullivan]]> Interviewer: Alexis Rixner
Interviewee: Virginia Lindsey
Date: 25 February 2016
Location: Roanoke College Fintel Library, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA
Total Duration : 80:04
Transcription prepared by: Sabrina McIntyre]]> Interviewee: Kim O’Donnell
Date: 25 February 2016
Total Duration: 77:42
Transcription prepared by: Will Lucas]]> Interviewer: Holly Thompson
Interviewee: Rodger Saunders
Date: 25 February 2016
Location: Roanoke Diversity Center
Total Duration : 59:02
Transcription prepared by: Laura Groves and Craig Walker]]> Interviewer: Gregory Rosenthal
Interviewee: Peter Thornhill
Date: 22 February 2016
Location: Peter Thornhill’s home in Roanoke, Virginia
Total Duration: 56:57
Transcription prepared by: Martha Sadler and Shannon Mace]]> Interviewer: Kerri Dalton (and Teddy Melnik)
Interviewee: Trish Valentine
Date: 25 February 2016
Location: Roanoke College, Fintel Library, 220 High Street, Salem, VA
Total Duration: 47:57
Transcription prepared by: Becca Brown

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Interviewee: Edna Whittier
Date: 2 March 2016
Location: Floyd Public Library, Floyd,VA
Total Duration: 1:37:59
Transcription prepared by: Mahmoud El-­‐Hazzouri and Jessica Hopkins]]> Interviewee: Rosemary Wyman
Interviewer: Rachel Barton
Date: 27 February 2016
Location: Floyd, Virginia
Total Duration: 50:13
Transcription prepared by: Rachel Barton]]> Interviewee: Mary Boenke
Date: 6 October 2016
Duration: 1:01:49
Transcription prepared by: Erin McWethy, Chelsea Hutton, and Mariana Araujo]]> Interviewee: Barbara Maberry
Date: 5 October 2016
Duration: 58:59
Transcription prepared by: Amelia Woodworth and Joshua Bailey]]> Interviewee: Peggy Shifflett
Date: 14 October 2016
Duration: 56:15
Transcription prepared by: Julia Greider]]> Interviewee: Sally Seagraves
Date: 7 October 2016
Duration: 46:08
Transcription prepared by: David Franczak, James Stoneking, and Jackie Landon]]> Interviewee: Erika Joyner
Date: 29 September 2016
Duration: 57:17
Transcription prepared by: Kalyn Fowler and Sarah Groft]]> ]]> Interviewers: Roanoke College students
Date: 24 February 2017
Location: Downtown Roanoke
Duration: 52:17]]> Interviewee: Larry Forrest
Date: 15 March 2018
Duration: 50:08
Transcription prepared by: Princess Carter]]> Interviewee: Anton Black
Date: 22 February 2018
Duration: 66:22
Transcription prepared by: Caitlyn Lewis]]> Interviewee: Miss Grace Kelly
Date: 24 February 2018
Duration: 1:41:40
Transcription prepared by: Ashleigh Griffin]]> Interviewee: Carolyn Sue Wilson
Date: 25 February 2018
Duration: 1:22:48
Transcription prepared by: Kitty Bridgewater]]> Interviewers: Michelle Eimen
Interviewee: Gail Burruss
Date: February 18, 2019
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 59:20
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Interviewee: Yoedie Cleveland Swain
Date: February 25, 2019
Location: Diva’s House of Hair
Total Duration: 1:02:17
Transcription prepared by: Cameron Sammons and Nikki Phelps]]> Interviewer: Jillian Barnard
Interviewee: Riley Chattin
Date: February 22, 2019
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 57:35
Transcription prepared by: Becca Horton, Alanna Higdon, Catherine Cone, Aeryn McMurtry, and
Jillian Barnard]]> Interviewer: Joel Bowers
Interviewee: Rev. Catherine Houchins
Date: March 11, 2019
Location: Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge
Total Duration: 56:00
Transcription prepared by: Joel Bowers, Claudia Dodd, Shamira James, Dalton Rogers, Khira Smith]]> Interviewer: G.S. Rosenthal
Date: 21 October 2019
Location: Roanoke Public Library
Duration: 1:13:49
Transcription prepared by: Megan Reynolds and Kierra Burda]]> Interviewer: Sebastian Harlow
Interviewee: Nathaniel Preston
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Date: 22 February 2020
Total Duration: 64:59
Transcription prepared by: Cody Doherty, Cara Totten, Sebastian Harlow, and Kerensa McElrath]]> ]]> Interviewer: Eve Allen
Interviewee: Joe Cobb
Date: 21 February 2020
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Total Duration: 82:58 (in four parts)
Transcription prepared by: Miranda Lawhorn, Buck Parrott, and Eve Allen.]]> Interviewer: Julian Edwards
Interviewee: Ashley Rhame
Date: 23 February 2020
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Total Duration: 66:45
Transcription prepared by: Julian Edwards, Saja Alexander, and Sophia Morales]]> Interviewer: Monica Taft
Interviewee: Michael Blankenship
Date: 21 February 2020
Location: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 301 Patton Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia
Total Duration: 75:38
Transcription prepared by: Monica Taft, Kayla Coursey, and Thomas Ziegenmeyer.
Note: Transcription and audio must be accessed on site in the Virginia Room.]]> var options = { attributes: { rel: 'nofollow', title: 'click to open', }, className: '', format: { url: function (value) { return value.length > 15 ? value.slice(0, 15) + '…' : value } }, ignoreTags: ['a'], validate: { url: function (value) { return value; } } }; var str = 'The transcription and audio of this oral history is restricted to use in the Virginia Room only. Material cannot be accessed online.'; document.write(linkifyHtml(str, options)); ]]> Interviewer: Alexis Ebbrecht
Interviewee: Toya Jones
Date: 21 March 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 55:30
Transcription prepared by: Tatiana Cherry-Santos, Caitlin Sharkey, Dylan Sheck, and Mary Rose Stark]]> Interviewee: Catina Lowery
Interviewer: Alexis Mattson
Date: 24 March 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 59:49
Transcription prepared by: Lucy Perry]]> Interviewer: Steph Zemba
Interviewee: Price
Date: 18 March 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 94:18
Transcription prepared by: Erica Gudino, Hannah Brotton, Charlie, Steph Zemba, and Alexus Smith]]> Interviewer: Michelle Ogutu
Interviewee: Shamaill Ross
Date: 23 March 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 1:19:43
Transcription prepared by: Liz Ragsdale, Avery Monahan, and Alejandra Carino]]> Interviewer: Catherine Jessee
Interviewer: Dr. Gregory Samantha Rosenthal
Date: 6 April 2021
Location: Online via Zencastr
Duration: 1:29:39
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Interviewee: Liza
Date: February 25, 2022
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 1:09:25
Transcription prepared by: Baillee Heatwole, Da’Vaun Lee, Isabella Moritz, Ashley Werner, and Reagan Westphal]]> Interviewer: Ellasen Spangler
Interviewee: Tommy Feazell
Date: February 26, 2022
Location: Private residence
Total Duration: 1:35:33
Transcription prepared by: Amanda Fox, Abbie Lewis, Samantha Meyer, and Adam Reedy]]> Interviewee: Lisa Lamphier
Date: 17 July 2023
Duration: 34:09
Transcription prepared by: Katie Stueckle]]> Interviewer: Madelyne Culkin
Interviewee: L Saunders
Date: February 27, 2022
Location: Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Total Duration: 59:14 (in two parts: 45:57 and 13:17)
Transcription prepared by: Andrew Austin, Mel Staton, Madelyne Culkin, and Barney]]> Pedigree charts were contributed by society members as a way to share genealogical information with the public. Charts arranged alphabetically by surname in each volume. Indexes for each volume are included. Items in the collection range from July 1975 through December 2009.

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