Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection, 1987
Scope and Contents
This collection contains video recordings documenting the Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling held at Berea College, November 12-14, 1987. Features of the event included concurrent storytelling sessions for various ages, the Second National Liars Contest, an informal "Swapping Ground" for storytellers, and scholarly lectures on the status of blacks in Appalachia.
Among the fifteen master storytellers participating in the festival were Mary Carter Smith and Linda Goss, co-founders of the National Festival of Black Storytelling. Berea College faculty making presentations at the festival included Cleophus Charles, Loyal Jones, William H. Tallmadge, and William H. Turner. Other scholars presenting at the festival included Edward J. Cabbell, William Hayden, and Robert P. Stuckert.
Dates
- Other: Majority of material found in 1987
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Conditions Governing Use
Federal copyright regulations apply. Please cite materials.
Extent
1.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Original VHS video recordings of the festival events are in Boxes 1 and 2. DVD reference copies of the original recordings are in Box 3.
Subject
- Cabbell, Edward J. -- 1946- (Person)
- Charles, Cleophus -- 1943- (Person)
- Goss, Linda. (Person)
- Jones, Loyal, 1928-2023 (Person)
- Smith, Mary Carter. (Person)
- Tallmadge, William H. (Person)
- Turner, William H. -- (William Henry) -- 1935- (Person)
- Berea College (Organization)
- 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