In addition to the official records of Old Dominion University, the University Archives also collects the personal papers and records of faculty, alumni, and faculty/staff organizations. If you would like to donate your papers to the University Archives, please contact the University Archivist at (757) 683-5350 or libspecialcollections@odu.edu.
Faculty Papers
- Biographical Material
- Resumes/Vitae
- Bibliographies
- Biographical Sketches
- Chronologies
- Correspondence/Subject Files
- Official: Subject files and memos while working as a professor at ODU
- Professional: Subject files and memos related to one's academic career including with colleagues, publishers, professional organizations, and students (non-course related)
- Personal: Subject files and memos to and from friends, family, and business associates
- Diaries, Notebooks, Scrapbooks
- Select classroom material such as syllabi, lecture notes, course outlines, etc.
Research Files: material related to the area of research (data, notes, reports, etc.)- Department/Committee records
- Agendas
- Minutes
- Reports
- Correspondence/subject files
- Manuscripts for articles, books, reviews, speeches, etc.
- Audiovisual material such as recordings of lectures, interviews, discussions, etc.
- Photographs
- Select memorabilia
- Mostly if dealt with an important event or occasion at ODU
Alumni Papers
- Select notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks from your time at ODU
- Audiovisual material (audio, video, photographs, etc.) of events, buildings and grounds, athletics, campus life, etc.
- Student publications and organizational records
Faculty/Staff and Student Organizations
- Administrative Records (correspondence/subject files, meeting agendas/minutes, constitution/bylaws, etc.)
- Publicity Materials (flyers, posters, photographs, audio and video recordings, etc.)
- Select Memorabilia (t-shirts, buttons, etc.)
