John F. Banks Collection, 1910-1979

Access and use

Location of collection:
Christiansburg Institute Museum and Archives
Christiansburg Institute Museum and Archives
125 Arrowhead Trail, Suite F
Christiansburg, VA 24073
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jenny Nehrt
Phone: (540) 808-5398

Summary

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. 2 Boxes
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

The John F. Banks Collection contains correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and school publications of Principal Joseph F. Banks. Principal Banks was principal from 1954-1966. The news clippings are about Christiansburg Institute and school desegregation. The correspondence is between Principal Banks and the Friends Freedmen's Association members, Board of Control members, and other educators. The programs were created for school activities, most notably the dedication of the Scattergood Gym in 1953.

Biographical / historical:

John F. Banks served as principal of Christiansburg Industrial Institute from 1949 to 1966. He was the school's last principal before it closed in 1966 following desegregation. Banks was a graduate of Wilberforce University in Ohio and Hampton Institute in Virginia.