Oral History with Andrew Alvarez, February 24, 2019 (Ms2019-001)

Title

Oral History with Andrew Alvarez, February 24, 2019 (Ms2019-001)

Description

Andrew Alvarez was a founding member of the Gay Student Alliance in the late 1970s. In his interview, he talks about living on campus at Virginia Tech, being a guest speaker for the Social Deviance class in the sociology department, planning and promoting Denim Day in 1979, and his experience of being a gay man in America.

Abstract

An interview with Andrew Alvarez about his time at Virginia Tech, Denim Day in 1979, and his experiences as a gay man in America.

Date

Date Created

2019-02-24

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Denim Day 40th Anniversary Oral History Collection must adhere to the CC BY-NC 4.0 license and credit Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Language

English

Identifier

Ms2019-001_AndrewAlvarez

Bibliographic Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Oral History with Andrew Alvarez, February 24, 2019 (Ms2019-001), Denim Day 40th Anniversary Oral History Collection, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Interviewer

Danya Hakeem

Narrator

Andrew Alvarez

Location

Maui, HI

Duration

1:16:31

Compression

MPEG-4

Frame Rate

23.976

Display Resolution

1920x1080

Citation

Special Collections, Virginia Tech, “Oral History with Andrew Alvarez, February 24, 2019 (Ms2019-001),” VT Special Collections and University Archives Online, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/items/show/10115.