Urban Appalachian Council Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0151 SAA 160

Staff Only

"Appalachian Values" by Loyal Jones

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Scope and Contents

These are the organizational papers and records of the Urban Appalachian Council of Cincinnati, Ohio. The dates of the documents span from 1930-2012 but predominantly fall between 1967 and 1994. The papers are divided into nine series and include documents concerning Appalachian migration to urban areas and the formation of the UAC, programming and membership records, annual reports, publications and records of the Frank Foster Library and Heritage Room, UAC Board of Trustees board meeting minutes and agendas, materials of UAC directors, papers of UAC staff members, material of UAC committees, materials concerning UAC related agencies, articles, reports and news clippings, on subjects of interest to the UAC mission and programming and about the UAC as well as photographs and audio-visual materials.

Dates

created: 1930-2012
Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1994
Other: Date acquired: 06/11/2010

Creator

Urban Appalachian Council of Greater Cincinnati. (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed in the Reading Room, Special Collections & Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on use by researchers other than federal copyright restrictions and on designated personnel files due to sensitive personal information held therein.

Extent

118.00 boxes_(general)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers of the Urban Appalachian Council (UAC), Cincinnati, OH, 1974-2014

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged in series as follows:

Series 1: Early Urban Appalachian History

Series 2: Urban Appalachian Council (UAC)

Series 3: Board of Trustees Subseries

Series 4: Executive Directors

Series 5: Staff

Series 6: Committees

Series 7: Related Agencies Subseries

Series 8: Topic and Subject Files Subseries

Series 9: Newspaper Clippings, Articles, Journals, Photographs, and Notes

Series 10: Audio-Visual Materials

Method of Acquisition

The records of the Urban Appalachian Council, 1930-1994, were given to Berea College Special Collection & Archives by deed of gift and were received on June 11, 2010. Additional records were given to the Archives by deed of gift in January of 2013 and June of 2014.

Related Materials

Special Collections & Archives, Berea College:

Council of the Southern Mountains Records, 1912-1970

The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1970‐1989

Council of the Southern Mountains Oral History Project Collection

Other Institutions:

Appalachian Regional Commission Collection, 1965-1988, 90M1, AV90M1, PA90M1,Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington

Appalachian Regional Commission Collection, 1989-1997, 90M1, AV90M1, PA90M1, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington

Urban Appalachian Council Collection, 1974-1978, 500/AppMs 11, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

Other Descriptive Information

Materials in this Collection have been Digitized and can be located here:

https://berea.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb%3Acollection%7C3cd19d11-276f-4ebd-b9f0-8a39c004f21f/

Collection Number: BCA 0151 SAA 160

Processing Information

The arrangement and description of these records was accomplished June—August 2012, by Lori Myers-Steele, Graduate Intern, East Tennessee State University, under the direction of Jaime M. Bradley, College Archivist. The collection opened for research in September 2012. Additional records were included in the collection in January 2013 and July 2015; the finding aid was updated at both these time to show the addition of records.