Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Virgil Norris.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Norris, Virgil
• Adams, Samuel
• Stearns, Scott
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 54 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Surgeon Virgil C. Norris was born in 1929 in Tallahassee, Florida. He graduated with his B.S. degree from the Hampton Institute in 1950. Norris studied medicine at Meharry Medical College in Tennessee and received his M.D. degree in 1959. He practiced medicine in the Palm Beach area for forty years, entering into private practice from 1969, and serving on the staff of Bethesda Memorial Hospital and Delray Community Hospital. He was a member of the Palm Beach County Medical Society, the Florida Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the National Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. Norris also took an active role in his community. He served as president of the Delray Club, Masonic Lodge, Naciremas Club and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He was a member of the NAACP, ACLU, Delray Board of Realtors and St. Paul A.M.E. Church. Norris passed away on October 29, 2014 at age 85.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Dr. Virgil Norris
• Dr. Virgil Norris

Subjects

• Nonfiction films
• Internet videos
• Oral histories
• Interviews
• Community Activist > Surgeon
• African Americans > Interviews
• Norris, Virgil > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Scott Stearns.

OCLC

1000518563

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Virgil Norris.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

015458

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Samuel Adams, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Event

Recorded Boca Raton, Florida 2002 April 17.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Community Activist Surgeon.

Added Author

Norris, Virgil, interviewee.

Adams, Samuel, interviewer.

Stearns, Scott, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.