Title:
Oral History Interview with Frank, Willard
Creator:
Frank, Willard
Contributor:
Gaidmore, Jay (University Archivist)
Date:
1998-05-07
Description:
Dr. Willard Chabot Frank, Jr. served as Professor of History from 1963 and beyond his retirement in 2004. Frank was born September 30, 1935 and died September 2, 2011. His interview primarily focuses on the 1960's at Old Dominion College and University. He discusses student protests, censorship controversies, civil rights, Vietnam, JFK assassination, integration and desegregation in Norfolk and Virginia, free speech issues on campus, reactions to the administrations of Drs. Webb, Bugg, and Rollins.
Subject:
Frank, Willard C.
Subject:
Old Dominion University--History
Subject:
Old Dominion University--Faculty
Subject:
College of William and Mary--Norfolk Division--History
Subject:
Old Dominion University--Dept. of History
Subject:
Bugg, James L.
Subject:
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century
Subject:
College integration
Subject:
Race relations--United States
Subject:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Subject:
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination
Subject:
Student movements
Subject:
Freedom of speech--United States
Subject:
Students--Attitudes
Subject:
University cooperation--Virginia
Subject:
Norfolk State University (Va.)
Subject:
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Subject:
Rockwell, George Lincoln, 1918-1967
Subject:
Peterson, Leland D.
Subject:
Whitehurst, G. William
Subject:
Universities and Colleges--Freedom of debate
Subject:
Underground press publications--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject:
Rollins, Alfred B. (Alfred Brooks), 1921-
Subject:
Universities and colleges--Faculty--Salaries, etc.
Subject:
School budgets--Virginia
Subject:
Webb, Lewis W., Jr.
Subject:
Emerson Forum
Subject:
Intercollegiate Forum
Subject:
Old Dominion University--Gadfly literary magazine
Subject:
Brown shoes (underground newspaper)
Subject:
Irresponsible Sensationalist (underground newspaper)
Subject:
Teach-ins
Coverage:
Norfolk, Virginia
Source:
OH 149
Collection:
Oral History Collection
Publisher:
Old Dominion University Libraries
Rights Statement:
IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rightsholder:
Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries
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Identifier:
frankw
