Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from The Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research, with the exception of Box 2, which contains restricted materials not available to the public.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project, Ms2019-037], Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project materials were donated to Special Collections in the Spring of 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project was completed in September 2019.

Scope and Content

The Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project consists of oral history interviews, transcripts, field notes, and other assorted documents produced by the students of Professor David Cline in the the Fall of 2012 in association with interviews conducted with former students of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute about their childhoods, the African-American community in Southwest Virginia, the student experience at Christiansburg Industrial Institute, the quality of the curriculum and how it prepared students for further education and the workforce, the closing of the school, and subsequent preservation efforts via the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association and Christiansburg Institute, Inc.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Blacksburg (Va.)
• Christiansburg (Va.)
• Christiansburg Industrial Institute
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County (Va.)
• Montgomery County (Va.)
• Oral histories (literary works)