A Guide to the Black Appalachians Oral History Project, 1991
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms91-019
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Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
© 2001 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Black Appalachians Oral History Project, 1991, Ms91-019, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Scope and Content Information
The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of approximately twenty-five taped interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. The interviewees represented communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest. Transcripts are currently available for six of the interviews.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into two separate parts: documents and taped interviews. Both sections are arranged in alphabetical order.
Contents List
See entry for Burns, Leola
See entry for Scott, Valiere
See entry for Lester, Thompson V., Sr.
See entry for Pack W. Waymon (A)
See entry for Scott, Valerie