Council of the Southern Mountains Oral History Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0110 SAA 110

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of recorded interviews with transcripts relating to the work of the Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM) during the period 1970-1989. Interviewees include the former CSM executive director, other staff, board members, and elected officers.

Listen To interview recordings and / or read transcripts

The interviews provide documentation of the complete turnover in CSM leadership that began in 1970. Program initiatives that followed were mainly in the areas of community organization, economic development, and coal mine safety and health. Interviews were conducted by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist in Hutchins Library's Department of Special Collections and Archives.

Dates

created: 2004-2005

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations. Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Extent

4.00 boxes_(general)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged by (1) interview recordings by carrier number in Box 1. (2) interview transcripts alphabetically in Box 2. A select number of CD interview listening copies are available Box 3. Follow the links in the Box 1 list to hear recordings and read transcripts.

Other Descriptive Information

BCA 0110 SAA 110

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist. The finding aid was created by Harry Rice and Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist, in July 2015. The finding aid was updated in January 2016 to reflect the addition of reference copies of sound recordings (see box list). Links to digital recordings added 2019.