Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection (January Short Term)
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
Listen To Interviews
Interview topics include: moonshining in Perry County (KY), early medical practices and services in Clay County (KY), the Buffalo Creek, West Virginia flood, Black coal miners, Blacks in Middletown and Farristown (Madison County, KY), and a racial disturbance that occured at Berea College in December 1971. The collection also includes students' tape logs and written reflections regarding the interviews.
Dates
- Other: 1973
Creator
- Berea College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Extent
0.60 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Original audio cassette interview recordings are found in Box 1. Interview tape logs, students' written reflections, student biographical information, and Drake's course description are found in Box 2. The collection was organized by Harry Rice, Berea College Sound Archivist.
Finding aid information
The finding aid was created in November 2015 by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist. Links to recordings were added in 2018. Finding guide updated April 2019.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs.
- Appalachian Region.
- Berea (Ky.)
- Buffalo Creek (W. Va.) -- Flood, 1972.
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection
- 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