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
Interviewees Are:
Bethel Cornette Interview re: Moonshining January 1973
Bill Woods Interview re: Moonshining January 1973
Alonso Hinton / Albert Terry / Arthur Threadford Interview (disabled miners) / Lily Forester (widow) 1-17-1973
Rev. L.A. Padgett (miner) / Rev. [Mark] Robertson 1-16-1973
Victoria Shelton Interview 1-1973
Laura and Mose Munn (wife - miner-he very hard of hearing) / James Butler / Richard Fisher (miners) / Claudia Watson (widow) / Mr and Martha Clark (wife - miner) 1-1973
Mary Farris Interview (Middletown / Farristown) 1-1973
Lonzo Ballard / Pauline Douglas / Mrs William Matthews Interviews (Middletown / Farristown) 1-1973
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