Eastern Kentucky Folk Dancing Oral History Collection
Scope and Contents
Thirty-one audio cassette recordings and transcripts of interviews that document the development of traditional square and related dance activity in southeastern Kentucky. The interviews were with mostly elderly residents of Harlan, Letcher, and Leslie Counties and were recorded by Peter Rogers in 1975. (See Peter Rogers' report of his work in Box 4.)
Listen To interview recordings and / or read transcripts
Dates
- created: 1975
Conditions Governing Access
Listen to interviews and read transcripts by following the links for each recording as listed in Collection Box 1. There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations. Interviews can also be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Extent
5.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged by:
(1) Original Audio Cassette Interview Recordings – Box 1
(2) Original Audio Cassette Interview Recordings – Box 2
(3) CD Interview Listening Copies – Box 3
(4) Interview Transcripts - Box 4
(5) Audio Cassette Listening Copies - Box 5
Other Descriptive Information
BCA 0116 SAA 116
Processing Information
The finding aid was created in July 2015; updated February 2016. Links to digital recordings added 2018.
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- 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