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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research with the exception of tapes and transcripts for which there are no oral history release forms. Folder 7 in box one and tapes 5 & 8 in box two are restricted with no access because release forms are unavailable for these interviews.

Existence and Location of Copies

A copy of Dr. April Allen's dissertation: "The Social Importance of a Small-town Theater: A Case Study of the Pulaski Theatre, Pulaski, Virginia" is available online.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Pulaski Theater Oral History Project, Ms2004-007, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Pulaski Theater Oral History Project was donated to Special Collections in 2004.

Administrative History

The Pulaski Theater Oral History Project focuses on personal recollections of the Pulaski Theater, which operated from 1937 to 1991. Built in 1911, the structure initially hosted concerts and vaudevillian-style entertainment. However, the theater was closed in 1922 and remained a dry goods store until its reopening as a movie theater in 1937 under its new name--The Pulaski concerts. The interviewees are residents or former residents of Pulaski, Virginia, with the memories of the building dating back to the original Elks Theater.

Scope and Content

The Pulaski Theater Oral History Project contains materials from 2003 to 2004 with the bulk from 2003. The collection consists of interview cassette tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2003 by April Allen, a PhD. candidate in the Interior Design Program within the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Interviewees include Ann King and Delores Brown, Betty Guynn, Marva Hickman, Edna Isbill, Lloyd Mathews, Bob and Sharon McKinney, George Penn, Wilmer and Ethel White. Transcripts available for all interviewees with the exception of Lloyd Mathews. The collection also includes Dr. Allen's field notes and her doctoral dissertation based on the Pulaski Theater located in Pulaski, Virginia.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by interviewee. Box 1 contains transcripts, field notes, and Dr. Allen's dissertation. Box 2 contains cassette tapes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pulaski Theatre (Pulaski, Va.)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Pulaski Theater Oral History Project by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).