Kentucky River Folklife Project

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0125 SAA 125

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

One hundred fifty-one 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.

Listen To Available Interview Recordings / Read Interview Summaries

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. Berea students included Jennifer Ramsay, Katherine Silver, Lisa Kay Brewer, and Joel Miller.

The memory time span of these interviews in some instances goes back as far as the late 1800s. 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. Communities along the river that are discussed in the interviews include Valley View, High Bridge, Shakertown, Boonesborough, and Oregon.

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.

Extent

2.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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.