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Community History Harvest with Christiansburg Institute
Venue: Blacksburg Library, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2022
Time: 1:30 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous
Cost: Free

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Description:
Blacksburg Library presents a Community History Harvest with Christiansburg Institute on Saturday, February 12, 2022.

The history of the New River Valley might be hiding in your closet. Or under your bed. Maybe tucked away on your bookshelf. Most of history isn’t found in museums and archives but rather in the stories people tell their friends and family and in the things people keep to tell the story of their own lives and experiences.

Christiansburg Institute's Community Harvest is an invitation for local community members to share their historical artifacts and stories, for inclusion in the Christiansburg Institute Digital Archive. A History Harvest collects digital reproductions of an item and returns the original to the owner and assures community members that their documents and artifacts will be stewarded with care, respect, and professionalism.

Bring your family photographs, paper documents, newspaper clippings, and stories. We’ll be set-up with all the tools and equipment (scanners and audio/visual recorders) needed to preserve your memories.

Questions? Contact the Christiansburg Institute Curator at cima@christiansburginstitute.com.

The Christiansburg Industrial Institute (CII) educated African American students in the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia for 100 years (1866-1966). In 1896, Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, became adviser to CI. In 1909, Washington addressed almost 5,000 Christiansburg residents, both white and black. The Christiansburg Institute implemented a curriculum similar to those at Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes, continuing to grow throughout the early 20th century. The Institute expanded to property at 140 Scattergood Drive, where the 1927 Edgar A. Long Building, named for the principal of the Institute from 1906-1924, still stands. During the years of segregation in Southwest Virginia, Christiansburg Institute served the educational needs of African American students from up to fifteen counties at a time. Christiansburg Institute closed in 1966 when local public schools integrated.

For more information about the Christiansburg Institute, visit: https://www.facebook.com/christiansburginstitute/ or https://www.christiansburginstitute.com.

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For more information on Blacksburg Library, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacksburg-Library/152248358735 or call 540-552-8246.