Dr. Rainville's On-going Research

Tusculum Institute at Sweet Briar College

Visit the Official website to learn more about this innovate project that combines environmentally sustainable historic preservation with the study and preservation of local history.

Rosenwald Schools in Albemarle, County (Virginia)

Work is underway to create a statewide database of Rosenwald Schools in Virginia. Once completed this website will include historical videos and oral interviews that discuss the cultural context for these historic, African-American Schools.

The pilot study is on-line at: Rosenwald Schools in Virginia.

The Enslaved Community at the Sweet Briar Plantation, Amherst County (Virginia)

For more information about the African American community at Sweet Briar, visit an external website (designed by Dr. Rainvillle).