Home of Mountaineers

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1

Identifier: 1

Staff Only

Appalachian Mountain Family Photograph Collection (SAA 150) Box 2/Folder 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection is comprised of images (bulk: c.1890-1930) by several area photographs including E. W. Todd and Edna Lynn Simms. Photographs are primarily of families in the Appalachian Mountains surrounding Berea College. Many of these images were used for public relations purposes during the Frost administration and include images of the Berea College campus, staff, faculty, and students. Images may have titles, place names, and notes written on them by the photographers and others.

Dates

Other: Majority of material found in 1890-1939

Creator

From the Series: Simms, Edna Lynn, c1880-1961 (Person)
From the Series: Todd, Ernest W. (Person)
From the Series: Ogg, Coleman Isaac (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College. Digitized copies of materials may be available online.

Extent

From the Collection: 4.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Photograph

Content and Other

Clippings: image of rustic log cabin. Caption: "Home of Mountaineers. This cabin in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee is a story and a half high and is considered one of the better type houses. It has been occupied by one family for more than a century. - Tennessee Conservation Dep't." Original Size: 7.5 x 5.5 in.