Dori Broomell interview (2024-10-16)

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    Interviewees

    Broomell, Dori

    Accessibility Note

    Content is digitally accessible 2025.

    Interviewer

    DiGangi, Easter

    Description

    In this interview, a former school librarian in region 4 describes her experiences in a high school library where tactics went from requests for removal of books to personal attacks in public meetings and while engaging in typical errands.

    Topical Subject

    Censorship; Challenged books; Prohibited books; Librarians; Librarians--Virginia; High school libraries; High school librarians

    City/Location

    Virginia

    Genre

    oral histories (literary genre)

    Local Genre

    oral history; sound recording; text

    Type

    Sound; Text

    Digital Format

    audio/mp3

    Language

    eng

    Rights

    This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

    Collection

    Censorship in Virginia Libraries Oral Histories

    Contributors

    Virginia Library Association. Intellectual Freedom Committee

    Source

    Dori Broomell interview (2024-10-16), Censorship in Virginia Libraries Oral Histories, VCU Libraries.

    File Name

    vacoh_broomelldori_interview.wav

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    Education

    Dori Broomell interview (2024-10-16)

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