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Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project

 Series
Identifier: Series 53

Scope and Contents

This series consists of correspondence, contracts, and reports. During 2003 the Klines? recorded interviews of twenty residents of the Virginia Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula for whom steamboating was a daily reality, those who worked on the boats and wharves, those who rode them as passengers and crew, and those who shipped produce and manufactured items or ordered goods for delivery.

Dates

  • Other: Majority of material found within 1994-2014
  • Other: Date acquired: 04/28/2015

Conditions Governing Access

The collection can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College. Some portions of the collection are restricted from research use. Those materials are marked in the inventory.

Extent

From the Collection: 129.00 boxes_(general)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262