Kentucky River Folklife Project
Scope and Contents
One hundred thirty three audio recorded interviews and detailed content summaries (not transcripts) documenting the economic and social conditions of people who have lived or worked on the Kentucky River. Kentucky counties documented were Anderson, Carroll, Clark, Estill, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Henry, Jessamine, Lee, Madison, Mercer, Owen, Powell, Rockcastle, and Woodford.
Narrators talk about industries and occupations associated with the river, various types of boats, floods, and accidents. Also discussed are river pollution, area geological history, social life, and recreation.
Anderson County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Carroll County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Clark County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Estill County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Franklin County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Gallatin County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Garrard County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Henry County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Jessamine County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Lee County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Madison County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Mercer County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Owen County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Powell County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Rockcastle County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Woodford County Available Interview Recordings/Interview Summaries
Dates
- created: 1989-1990
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.
Biographical / Historical
The interviews were recorded by Berea College students and others in 1989 and 1990 as part of a project administered by the Kentucky Folklife Program, then located in Berea. The Berea students were Jennifer Ramsay, Katherine Silver, Lisa Kay Brewer, and Joel Miller.
The project was conducted in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kentucky Historical Society, the Kentucky Heritage Council, the Kentucky Oral History Commission, Berea College, the Department for Libraries and Archives, and the Berea College Appalachian Museum.
These same materials along with related photographs and project administrative records, are also accessable in the Western Kentucky University Manuscripts and Folklife Archives.
Extent
2.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged as follows:
1. Interview summaries Boxes 1-2 (Range 7-L-3)
2. Interview Audio Recordings Boxes 3-7 (Range 11-E-5)
Other Descriptive Information
BCA 0125 SAA 125
Processing Information
The collection was arranged and processed by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist. The finding aid was created by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist, and Harry Rice in 2015.
- 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