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[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Reuben Cooper
Gift. Accession #A75-12
The collection was processed and finding aid created by Kathleen Smith, Special Collections Metadata Specialist, in August 2014.
An addition to the collection was received on 10/21/1977.
Dr. Reuben Cooper was the head of the speech department at Old Dominion University during its days as the Norfolk Division of William and Mary.Besides speech, he taught English, Drama and Child Studies from 1946 to the mid-1970s. Dr. Cooper is remembered for many things he accomplished during his time at the school including the creation of the speech and hearing center in 1955. Today, the center still stands as a testament to Dr. Cooper's commitment to serving the community.
This collection contains the personal papers of Reuben Cooper, who served in the Speech Department at the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary and Old Dominion University. Included in the collection are annual reports of the department, material related to the Debate Club, and material related to the formation of the Speech and Hearing Center at the division in 1959. An oral history interview with Reuben Cooper is available on the Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections website.
Oral Histories in the Perry Library: Reuben Cooper
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Annual Reports, Speech and Hearing Center (I), 1963-1967, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Annual Reports, Speech and Hearing Center (II), 1958-1962, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Annual Reports, Speech Department (I), 1967-1968, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Annual Reports, Speech Department (II), 1958-1966, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Curriculum Vitae, undated, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Debate, 1960-1961, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Speech and Hearing Center, 1959-1964, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Speech and Hearing Center, Speech Department, 1964-1965, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Three Essays on Classical Rhetoric by Reuben Cooper, 1959 March, Reuben Cooper Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.