Original VHS Video Recordings
Scope and Contents
This collection contains video recordings documenting the Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling held at Berea College, November 12-14, 1987. Features of the event included concurrent storytelling sessions for various ages, the Second National Liars Contest, an informal "Swapping Ground" for storytellers, and scholarly lectures on the status of blacks in Appalachia.
Among the fifteen master storytellers participating in the festival were Mary Carter Smith and Linda Goss, co-founders of the National Festival of Black Storytelling. Berea College faculty making presentations at the festival included Cleophus Charles, Loyal Jones, William H. Tallmadge, and William H. Turner. Other scholars presenting at the festival included Edward J. Cabbell, William Hayden, and Robert P. Stuckert.
Dates
- Other: Majority of material found in 1987
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu