University of Virginia Library

BLUE RIDGE INSTITUTE

Ferrum College
Ferrum, VA 24088
703-365-4416 Fax: 703-365-4203
The Blue Ridge Institute, "committed to the documentation, preservation, and presentation of the traditional life and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains," includes the Blue Ridge Heritage Archive and Blue Ridge Institute Records.

3. AUDIO TAPES

ca. 500 hours
Includes music (secular, blues, nonblues secular); oral history; interviews; and stories from all regions of Virginia, but the main collection is from the Blue Ridge and Southwest Virginia.

4. PHOTOGRAPHS

ca. 1,000, ca. late 1800s-present
Includes many and varied photographs of and about Afro-Americans from all areas of Virginia.

5. VIDEO

ca. 30 hours
Primarily music (secular, blues, nonblues secular) from the western Piedmont, the Blue Ridge, and Southwest Virginia.