2019-09-04 Preliminary Inventory of the Norma Walker Oral History Interview Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, 2003 September 17 RG.41.79 Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210

2019 September

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-09-04T13:39-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Norma Walker Oral History Interview Transcript and Compact Disc Recording RG.41.79 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.025 Cubic feet 2003 September 17 (1) compact disc; (2) letter file folders English Walker, Norma Arrangement of Materials

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Acquisitions Information

Accession Number UA.2019.0130: Norma Walker, 2003 September

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Norma Walker Oral History Interview Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, RG 41.79, Ohio State University Archivws, Ohio State University

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains an oral history interview transcript and recording on compact disc with Norma Walker. Walker describes her role as the first woman hired as a police officer by the Ohio State Department of Public Safety. She was hired in 1962 after serving as a Columbus police officer for several years. However, even though she was hired as a police officer, she was assigned a number of clerical duties, including payroll, that other male officers did not have to handle. Walker soon developed a niche in promoting safety on campus for staff and students, including presentations on theft and rape prevention. She shares her perspective on the student demonstrations the late 1960s and 1970, she discusses police training trends in the 1970s that negatively affected the careers of older police officers, including her, and she recounts her experiences in competitive shooting tournaments throughout her career.

Walker, Norma Accession Number UA.2019.0130 0.025 Cubic feet 2003 September 17 (1) compact disc; (2) letter file folders Scope and Contents

Oral history interview of Norma Walker, the first-ever woman hired as a police offer in Ohio State's Department of Public Safety.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains a compact disc.

Oral history interview transcript Oral Histories 13 2003 September 17 Oral history interview audio recording Audio Recordings 7 2003 September 17 Hi-8