Christiansburg Institute Museum and Archives

Christiansburg Institute Museum and Archives
125 Arrowhead Trail, Suite F
Christiansburg, VA 24073
Primary Collecting Areas:
African American history; Appalachia; Southwest Virginia; education; Reconstruction; Jim Crow; school segregation
Description:

Christiansburg Institute, Inc., is a grassroots African American cultural heritage and historic preservation nonprofit with a mission of community education, intergenerational empowerment, and the equitable stewardship of African American history, stories, and culture.

Christiansburg Institute Museum & Archives (CIMA) holds letters, diaries, photos, and other material (digital or paper) that communicate vital and unique information about CII's and pay witness to the history of black struggle and triumph throughout Emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and desegregation.

POC: Jenny Nehrt
Phone: (540) 808-5398

Collections in this repository

Collection ID: MS2020-02
Collection ID: MS2020-01
Collection ID: MS2020-03
Collection ID: MS2020-03