The collection is open for research, with the exception of Box 2, which contains restricted materials not available to the public.
Permission to publish material from The Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
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.
The Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project materials were donated to Special Collections in the Spring of 2019.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project was completed in September 2019.
Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.
Audio versions of most interviews can be found online at the
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.
interview transcript, field notes, tape log, question list, DVD containing interview audio, DVD containing digital copies of analog interview materials
interview transcript, field notes, DVD containing interview audio
interview transcript (November 2, 2012), field notes (November 2, 2012), tape log (November 2, 2012), CD containing interview audio (November 2, 2012), partial interview transcript (November 4, 2012), field notes (November 4, 2012), tape log (November 4, 2012), CD containing interview audio (November 4, 2012)
interview transcript, field notes, tape log, question list
interview transcript
interview transcript (November 9, 2012), field notes (November 9, 2012), tape log (November 9, 2012), field notes (October 26, 2012), tape log (October 26, 2012)
partial interview transcript (November 7, 2012), field notes (November 7, 2012), tape log (November 7, 2012), CD containing interview audio (November 7, 2012), interview transcript (November 27, 2012), CD containing interview audio and digital copies of analog materials (November 27, 2012)
interview transcript, field notes, question list, CD containing interview audio
field notes, DVD containing interview audio
field notes and tape log, DVD containing interview audio
field notes