2019-03-07 Preliminary Inventory of the Paula H. Smith Oral History Audio Recording and Transcript, 2014 August 12 RG.41.54 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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 Related Materials Paula H. Smith Biographical Note

Paula H. Smith is a Grant Writer for Ohio State University. Before this role, Smith served as the Director of the Young Scholars Program from 1994 until 2004. Smith developed a program for single parents wanting to attend Ohio State, called the ACCESS Collaborative Program. Smith is active in finding adolescents to recruit for Ohio State, especially in underrepresented prospective students, like rural women, minorities, and low income students.

 Scope and Contents

The Paula H. Smith Oral History Audio Recording and Transcript contains an audio recording of an oral history of Paula H. Smith on compact disc, as well as a transcript of that interview. It dates from August 12, 2014.

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains a compact disc.

 Ohio State University--History. Accession Number UA.2019.0033 0.025 Cubic feet (1) Compact disc; (2) file folders 2014 August 12 In an interview Paula H. Smith describes her career at Ohio State, which started in 1994 as Associate Director of the Young Scholars Program, under the umbrella of the then-Office of Minority Affairs. She left Young Scholars in 2004 to focus on her Ph.D. and to work at the ACCESS Collaborative Program, also under the umbrella of the then-Office of Minority Affairs, which is now the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Smith discusses various aspects of the Young Scholars program and the Office of Minority Affairs, including perceptions of the program, women’s roles in the unit, personnel changes and conflicts, and changes related to the types of students served. Smith also discusses her involvement in the Black Faculty and Staff Coalition and other university-wide efforts to recruit African-American students. (1) Compact disc; (2) file folders Scope and Contents

Oral history interview of Paula H. Smith, former associate director of the Young Scholars Program, and program manager of ACCESS Collaborative.

 General Note

The oral history interview was conducted as part of the Voices of Women Project, in conjunction with OSU's The Women's Place.

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains a compact disc

 Oral history interview transcript Oral Histories 12 2014 August 12 Oral history interview audio recording Oral Histories 12 2014 August 12 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc; approximate run time: unknown