Oral History with Steve Critchfield, March 1, 2019 (Ms2019-001)

Title

Oral History with Steve Critchfield, March 1, 2019 (Ms2019-001)

Description

In this interview, Steve talks about his and his grandmother's experiences with the gay community in Blacksburg in the 1970s and 1980s, his first company Tele-Works, and being fired from a job for being gay. He also describes what Denim Day was like in the College of Agriculture.

Abstract

In this interview, Steve talks about his experiences as a gay man in Blacksburg beginning in the 1970s.

Date

Date Created

2019-03-01

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_SteveCritchfield

Bibliographic Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Oral History with Steve Critchfield, March 1, 2019 (Ms2019-001), Denim Day 40th Anniversary Oral History Collection, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Interviewer

Joe Forte

Narrator

Steve Critchfield

Production Team

Slade Lellock, Videographer

Location

Newman Library, Blacksburg, VA

Duration

57:04

Compression

MPEG-4

Frame Rate

23.976

Display Resolution

3840x2160

Citation

Special Collections, Virginia Tech, “Oral History with Steve Critchfield, March 1, 2019 (Ms2019-001),” VT Special Collections and University Archives Online, accessed September 28, 2023, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/items/show/10134.