In this project, Shannon Micielli interviewed various people who attend or attended a school in Christiansburg, Virginia that is associated with an infamous trio of teachers known as The Black Sisters. Stories and mysteries surround the Black Sisters that include tales of murder, midnight burials, large insurance policies, suicide, oddly padlocked doors and more. These tales mostly are concerned with the time they ran Montgomery Female College in Christiansburg, Virginia in the late 1800s. This is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.