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Randall Griffin was born and raised in 1967 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and spent time as a young child in Lanett, Alabama, where his mother’s family worked as sharecroppers. Griffin discusses his Cherokee roots in Standing Rock, Alabama, and his early memories of growing up in public housing in Tennessee. His father was a musician in Tennessee with a band called the Fabulous Battalions. Griffin joined the Navy and was stationed in Norfolk in 1986. Following his time in service, Griffin worked as a manager at a Fertilizer plant in Chesapeake when he lost his left hand in a workplace accident, which disabled him permanently. He later went on to work for the Parks and Recreation Departments in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses his experience often being the first Black person in these departments and his experience with workplace discrimination. He discusses the importance of rec centers in young people’s lives. This interview was conducted in the Cavalier Manor Recreation Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, where Griffin serves as the Recreation Program Specialist.
Ray Smith was born in Douglas Park, Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1954. His father worked in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and when the city of Portsmouth built the interstate in Douglas Park, his family and other residents were forced to relocate to the Mount Hermon neighborhood. When the city of Portsmouth announced the closure of I.C. Norcom, a historically Black high school in 1972, Smith and others organized a walkout in protest. I.C. Norcom was saved and eventually rebuilt in 1999, when Smith served on the school board. Smith became involved in city politics working for governor and presidential campaigns and served as the President of the Civic League, a community organization dedicated to improving conditions for the Portsmouth community of Cavalier Manor, of which he was a resident for 45 years. In this interview, Smith discusses the ways that recent tolls in Portsmouth have impacted Portsmouth residents and how the city dealt with Hurricane Isabel.
Animation of the barn at River View Farm, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville, VA; data collected with FARO Focus 3D laser scanners by students of ARH5600:3D Cultural Heritage Informatics during the Fall semester of 2022; Data was processed with FARO Scene v.2022; Animation was rendered with Autodesk ReCap v.2023;
This is an animation from the 3D data collected by University of Virginia ARH5600 during Fall semester 2023; data was collected using FARO Focus 3D laser scanners, processed with FARO Scene v. 2022 and edited and optimized with Autodesk ReCap v. 2023; the animation shows sections through the barn at River View Farm, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville, Va;
This is an animation from the 3D data collected by University of Virginia ARH5600 during Fall semester 2023; data was collected using FARO Focus 3D laser scanners, processed with FARO Scene v. 2022 and edited and optimized with Autodesk ReCap v. 2023; the animation is a flythrough of the Carr-Greer farmhouse at River View Farm, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville, Va;
In this 2023 testimony, Tiara Lassiter speaks about her experiences going to the Community Center in Lambert’s Point and the impact coal dust has on the drinking water supply for residents in Lambert’s Point. The testimony includes her recollections about her childhood friend’s grandmother in Lambert’s Point who developed lung cancer and lived with foul-smelling water in her home pipes. She urges the federal government to exert pressure on Norfolk Southern to remedy their violation of the Clean Water Act.
Vernon Crump was born in 1929 in Portsmouth, Virginia, and has been a leader in civil rights work in the city since he was 25 years old. Crump’s roots in the area extend for generations. Crump’s great-grandfather, George Crump, was one of the founding members of the Zion Baptist Church, created by Black residents in 1865 just after the Civil War. In this oral history interview, Crump reflects on the city as it was transformed by WWII, recalling his mother’s experience serving white WWII sailors breakfast at the Portsmouth Shipyard, and his own memory delivering news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As a young child, Crump worked as a shoe shiner in a white barber shop. Crump reflects on his time playing football and going to school dances in segregated schools in the 1940s and 50s, and his long and successful battles fighting workplace discrimination throughout his career with the Department of Disposal. In the 1950s and 60s, Crump led major voter registration campaigns with the Civic League in Portsmouth, which registered Black voters and later helped to elect the first Black man and woman to the City Council, the first Black judge, and the first Black Clerk of Court in Portsmouth. This interview, conducted with Crump’s son, Vernon Crump III also present, also includes Crump’s reflections on police violence and rising sea levels in the city of Portsmouth.
Will Rourk, Megan Page, Charity Revutin, Amelia Hughes, Adriana Giorgis
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This is a flythrough animation of the 3D data captured at the Villa Almerico Capra Valmaran, aka Villa la Rotonda, in March 2019. Data was captured by University of Virginia Architectural History students under the direction of Andy Johnston and Will Rourk in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Technologies in the Humanities at the University of Virginia and the de Valmarana family. The animation was created in Autodesk ReCap v.2023 by Will Rourk.
This is a video of aerial footage of the Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, aka Villa la Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy. This video was created by Shayne Brandon, Institute for Advanced Technologies in the Humanities, University of Virginia Library. It was produced from aerial footage captured by a DJI Inspire 1 quadcopter with X1 HD camera. The footage was captured during field work by UVA Architectural History students performed in March 2019 under direction of Andrew Johnston, Worthy Martin and Will Rourk for their 3 Cavaliers granted project to 3D scan the Villa la Rotonda in Vicenza, Italy.
