Disputanta Oral History Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0032 SAA 030

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Interviews and transcripts of the Disputanta oral history project.

Listen to Interview Recordings and / Read Interview Transcripts / Clear Creek Chronicles

Dates

created: 1978-1979

Creator

Allebaugh, Terry. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Follow the links for each recording entry to hear interviews and read transcripts and Clear Creek Comments. Records can also be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite all information.

Extent

4.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

These are audio recorded interviews that document the history of the Disputanta community in northern Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

Also included in the collection are a series of remembrances of the Clear Creek Community by "Cleatus Tussey" (John Payne) that appeared in the Mount Vernon Signal, Spring 1952-Fall 1953.

The interviews were conducted [1978-1979] by then Berea College student, Terry Allebaugh, with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities Youth grant program.

Disputanta, located about ten miles from Berea, is commonly known as Clear Creek by its current residents. In the early 1900’s the community was known as Reedville. The name Disputanta, according to one story, was the result of a disagreement concerning the location of the local post office.

A notable outcome of the project was the book, Disputanta, A Front Porch Chronicle, in which Allebaugh weaves interview excerpts into a social history that covers such topics as tobacco farming, the Depression, schools, churches, “doctoring,” Berea College, and moonshining.

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged in series as follows:

Series 1: Original Interview Audio Recordings, Box 1 (CD Listening copies are housed in boxes 2 and 3)

Series 2: Interview Transcripts, organized alphabetically, Box 4

Series 3: “Clear Creek Comments” clippings of the newspaper column by Cleatus Tussey (Pen Name of John Payne), Box 4

Series 4: Disputanta: A Front Porch Chronicle, book by Terry Allebaugh, Box 4