Archival Adventures - Episode 13: Denim Day at Virginia Tech 40th Anniversary Oral History Project
Channel: VTLibraries
Date: 2021-06-04

In this episode of Archival Adventures, we visit the Denim Day at Virginia Tech 40th Anniversary Oral History Project. The idea for a 40th Anniversary Commemoration of Denim Day at Virginia Tech came from one of the organizers of the first Denim Day in 1979. Alumna Nancy Kelly returned to Virginia Tech after learning about the opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center in Squires at Virginia Tech and after being inspired and encouraged by LGBTQ+ students at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University where she works. She returned with a vision. She wanted the university to recognize the struggle that LGBTQ+ students faced here even after the first LGBTQ+ student organizations were recognized by the university and she wanted to raise awareness of the struggles still faced by LGBTQ+ students today. The oral history collection can be found here: http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/denimday/denimday