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Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Ada May Dinkleman Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.64
Abstract

Ada M. Dinkleman was born on May 22, 1881, in Madisonville (Hamilton County), Ohio.  She graduated from Denison in Ohio and taught at Berea from approximately 1908-1911.  in 1912, Dinkleman married Emil Bracker, who had served as the acting superintendent of the College gardens and forests during the same time that Dinkleman was faculty at Berea.  Dinkleman died in January, 1984 in Illinois.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1911

Anna Ernberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.19
Scope and Contents This collection contains personal items of Anna Ernberg, director of Fireside Industries at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Anna Ernberg was one of the most visible proponents of the Appalachian weaving revival in the early 20th century. Included in the collection is a Redpath Chautauqua poster, a personal photograph book, a scrapbook of weaving drafts, correspondence, a piece written about the history of Fireside Industries by Ernberg and Fireside Industries brochures, a scrapbook of...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1930

Appalachian Heritage

 Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.13
Scope and Contents Founded in 1973 and based at Berea College, the quarterly publication Appalachian Heritage considers previously unpublished fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for young adults, craft essays, book reviews, and visual art. In addition to new and emerging writers, contributors to the magazine include finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award; winners of the T. S. Eliot Award, the E.B. White Award, an O. Henry Prize, among others; and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-

Appalachian Heritage Magazine

 Collection — 6.12.3 Box 2 Oversized
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.3
Abstract

Official records of the Appalachian Heritage Magazine. (Appalachian heritage: a magazine of southern Appalachian life and culture, published by Berea College).

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972 -

Appalachian Museum

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 05-5.47
Abstract

The Appalachian Museum was created in 1969 (officially open to the public in 1971) to care for the college's growing collections of artifacts from the Appalachian area.  It was dedicated to the task of preserving the distinctive crafts and telling the story of the traditional lifestyle of the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The museum was closed in May of 1998 with most of its activities and collections being integrated into the educational programs of the College.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1998

Appalachian Oral History Collection (1973 Fall Term)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0059 SAA 059
Scope and Contents This collection consists of twenty-one audio cassette recordings of interviews, informal discussions, musical performances, and commentary recorded by Berea College students under the direction of history professor, Richard B. Drake, during the 1973 fall semester.Subject areas include Pine Mountain Settlement School, John C. Campbell Folk School, the Christian Appalachian Project, the Civilian Conservation Corps in Pike County, Kentucky, and Berea College's Christmas Country Dance...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972-1973

Appalachian Studies Program

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.2
Abstract

Official records documenting the Appalachian Studies Program at Berea College from 1959 through 1993.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1993

Appalachian Studies/Center Committee

 Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.19
Abstract The Appalachian Studies/Center Committee, also known as the Committee to Review the Appalachian Commitment, was appointed in 1987 by President John Stephenson to advise on matters relating to the activities of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian academic program at Berea. The committee, however, was also charged with the task of conducting a comprehensive review of Berea's Appalachian commitment with a view to making recommendations that would become part of the long-range planning...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1989

Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975

Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection (January Short Term)

 Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake. Listen To Interviews Interview topics include: moonshining in Perry County (KY), early medical practices and services in Clay County...
Dates: Other: 1973

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Appalachian Region. 21
Berea (Ky.) 15
Education, higher -- Administration 7
Oral history -- Appalachian region. 6
Students, college -- Berea College 6
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Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 5
Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 4
Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 4
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 4
Oral history interview. 4
Oral history. 4
African Americans -- Appalachian Region. 3
Appalachian Region -- Race relations. 3
Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 3
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching. 3
Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 3
Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
Hand weaving. 3
Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 3
African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History. 2
Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs. 2
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Periodicals. 2
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 2
Appalachian Region, Southern. 2
Folk and music festivals. 2
Folk art -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 2
Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 2
Handweaving -- Patterns. 2
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 2
Kentucky Day Law. 2
Medical care -- Kentucky. 2
Music -- Appalachian Region. 2
Women -- Appalachian Region. 2
Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
African American history. 1
African American women. 1
African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore. 1
African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions. 1
African Americans -- Segregation. 1
African Americans. 1
Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 1
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
Appalachia -- Description and travel. 1
Appalachia -- Education. 1
Appalachian Heritage. 1
Appalachian Region -- Church history. 1
Appalachian Region -- Demography. 1
Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions -- History. 1
Appalachian Region -- History 1
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs. 1
Art -- Study and teaching. 1
Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
Ballads, English -- Kentucky. 1
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region. 1
Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
Berea College -- Student Health Services 1
Berea, Kentucky -- Women's Christian Temperance Union 1
Bible in music -- History. 1
Birth control. 1
Bluegrass music. 1
Breathitt County (Ky.) 1
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Churches, Presbyterian 1
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Marriage records 1
Buffalo Creek (W. Va.) -- Flood, 1972. 1
Bunraku. 1
Carillons. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- Education. 1
China -- Missionaries. 1
China -- Politics. 1
Church music -- Appalachian Region. 1
Church music -- Protestant churches. 1
Churches, Presbyterian -- Bedford Presbyterian Church. 1
Clergy, Presbyterian -- Sermons. 1
College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
Community leadership. 1
Day Law (Kentucky). 1
Distilling, Illicit. 1
Education -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
Fiddle tunes -- Appalachian Region. 1
Fiddle tunes. 1
Folk dancing -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
Folk dancing. 1
Folk songs -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
Folk songs -- Kentucky. 1
Folklore -- Appalachian Region. 1
Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
Glossolalia. 1
Handicraft. 1
Integration -- Berea College. 1
Knott County (Ky.). 1
Literacy programs -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
Literacy programs. 1
Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
Maternal and infant welfare -- United States -- History. 1
Medical care -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
Military installations -- World War I. 1
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