James McBride Dabbs Audio Reference Collection

Collection — Container: 1

Identifier: BCA 0142 SAA 142

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collected from various sources by Berea College Appalachian Center director Loyal Jones, the recordings in this collection consist of speeches and broadcast interviews of James McBride Dabbs and others dating from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Themes emphasized in many of the recordings include Appalachian and Southern life and history, race relations, integration, Southern identity, and the church in the South.

Dates

created: 1958-1964

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College. Some recordings are available online.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

James McBride Dabbs was a well-known author and prominent southern liberal during the age of segregation. He was a South Carolina plantation owner, Presbyterian Church elder, and author of The Southern Heritage and Who Speaks for the South. He also served as president of the Southern Regional Council and was a member of the Committee of Southern Churchmen and the Southern Student Organizing Committee.

Source of Acquisition

Loyal Jones.

Other Descriptive Information

BCA 0142 SAA 142

Processing Information

The collection was arranged by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist. The finding aid was created in August 2015 by Harry Rice and Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist. Links to digital recordings added 2018.