Scott R. Sechrist Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Folder [number and title], Scott R. Sechrist Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

[Identification of item and date], Folder 1, Personal Papers, circa 1970-1974, Scott R. Sechrist Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.05 Linear Feet and 1 folder folders
Creator:
Sechrist, Scott R.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Folder [number and title], Scott R. Sechrist Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

[Identification of item and date], Folder 1, Personal Papers, circa 1970-1974, Scott R. Sechrist Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains flyers, publications, and newspapers related to social justice in Norfolk collected by Scott Sechrist while a student at Old Dominion University in the early 1970s. The collection consists of four issues of the underground Newspaper, The Norfolk Gorilla, bumper stickers for radio station K-94 and the 1972 Presidential Campaign of George McGovern and Sargent Shriver, as well as other anti-Vietnam publications.

Biographical / historical:

Scott Sechrist began his journey at Old Dominion University as a student in 1975, earning a B.S. in physical science and a M.S. in community health education in 1989. In 1987, Sechrist was hired as an Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine Technology at ODU. He was then appointed as the associate chair of Medical Diagnostics and Translational Sciences in 2012. Sechrist is known for his work as a beloved professor at ODU and multiple publications between 1990 and 2011.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Scott Sechrist

Acc. 2016.010 was hand-delivered to Special Collections and University Archives by the donor on 6/7/2016.

Processing information:

Processed by Steven Bookman, University Archivist, in October 2016.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard