Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Railroad]]> Post office buildings]]> Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)]]>
Mason Franklin Scott was born in 1928 and grew up in Elliston, Virginia. Scott attended Christiansburg Industrial Institute before completing his education in the Youth’s Army Program. He worked on the railroad before serving in the Army during the Korean War. As a veteran, Scott worked as a Postal Service employee in Blacksburg and Elliston, Virginia. In this interview, Mason Scott is accompanied by his mother, Valerie Scott, and he discusses his experience with the railroad, his service in the Army, race relations in Montgomery County, and work opportunities for Black Appalachians.

James E. Dow was born in Pennsylvania in 1928. He grew up in Elliston, Virginia, and he was raised by his grandparents. Dow graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute before serving in the Army during the Korean War. Upon his return from service, he worked for the railroad, briefly, before working in the Civil Service department at the Veteran’s Hospital. In this interview, Dow shares his experience of attending Christiansburg Institute, describes working for the railroad and the Army, and discusses race relations in the Montgomery County area.]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Click here for synced audio and transcript]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Iron foundries--Virginia]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]>
His wife, Ethel Dobbins of Bedford, Virginia, briefly discusses grocery stores in the Montgomery County area and relations between Black and White residents.]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Click here for synced audio and transcript]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Sharecropping--Virginia.]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection]]> 1920/1930]]> Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Photographs]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Sharecropping--Virginia.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection]]> 1920/1930]]> Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Photographs]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Sharecropping--Virginia.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection]]> 1920/1930]]> Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Photographs]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Sharecropping--Virginia.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection]]> 1920/1930]]> Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Photographs]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Sharecropping--Virginia.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection]]> 1920/1930]]> Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Photographs]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Farm tenancy--Virginia.]]> Sharecropping--Virginia.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection]]> 1920/1930]]> Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Photographs]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]>