The HistoryMakers video oral history with Charlene Drew Jarvis.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 22 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.131
Subjects

Other author/creatorJarvis, Charlene Drew, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Charlene Drew Jarvis
Portion of title Charlene Drew Jarvis
Abstract University president and politician Charlene Drew Jarvis was born in on July 31, 1941 in Washington, D.C. After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1971, Jarvis continued her work at the National Institute of Mental Health as a researcher until 1978. The following year, she was elected to the City Council of the District of Columbia where she served for twenty-one years. While there, she pushed for legislation that would boost the local economy and helped build the MCI Center. In 1996, Jarvis was named president of Southeastern University. Her career garnered her numerous awards, including several honorary degrees. Washingtonian named her one of the Ninety-Nine Washingtonians of the Year in 2000. She was featured in several editions of Who's Who. She was also active on a number of boards, including the Executive Committee of the Federal City Council. She was recipient of the 2002 Brotherhood-Sisterhood Award.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 June 13.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2003.131 HistoryMakers

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