Council of the Southern Mountains Oral History Collection
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
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
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.
Topical
- Coal Miners' Strike -- Harlan County (Ky.) -- 1973.
- Coal mine accidents. -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Coal miners -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Coal miners' spouses -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Coal mines and mining -- Environmental Aspects -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Coal mines and mining -- Laws and legislation -- United States
- Coal mines and mining -- Safety measures.
- Community development -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Council of the Southern Mountains. -- Interviews
- Eastover Mining Company Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1974.
- Oral history -- Appalachian region.
- Poverty -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Rural-urban migration -- Appalachian Region.
- Strip mining -- Environmental aspects -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Welfare rights movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Uniform Title
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Harry Rice and Lori Myers-Steele
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
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