Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Coal mines and mining]]> Radford Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.)]]> World War II]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Blacksburg (Va.)]]> World War II]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Coal mines and mining]]> Railroad]]> World War II]]>
Elizabeth (Betty) R. Lester was born in New Jersey before marrying Thompson Lester and moving to Christiansburg, Virginia. In this interview, Elizabeth Lester joins her husband in talking about the Christiansburg community. She specifically describes health care access to Black community members, unequal access to public goods and services, church life in the community, and social life in the community, such as the Household of Ruth organization.]]>
Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]>
‘Voices’ for The Things They Carried video]]> Civil War]]> World War I]]> World War II]]> The Things They Carried, among other works. This video, “‘Voices’ for The Things They Carried” was presented at the conference and was on display in Newman Library. It features images and readings of letters from Special Collections, written by soldiers across many conflicts. ]]> https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en.]]> Films]]> ‘Voices’ for The Things They Carried video, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> World War II]]> Correspondence]]> Werthan Bag Corporation]]> See the Finding Aid for the Fries Textile Plant Records ]]> 1942-01-10]]> Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Correspondence]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> World War II]]> African American history]]> Blacksburg (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]>