Appalachian Photographic Archives
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographic prints of various sizes, some with dates and/or notations, preserved for their relevance to Appalachia.
Note: A small number of the images are dated. Otherwise dates are approximate or no date is given.
Dates
- created: 1898-1965
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Conditions Governing Use
Unless otherwise noted, there are no restrictions other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite collection.
Extent
4.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Accruals and Additions
Berea College Library staff originally filed these photographs in mixed vertical files on Appalachian subjects. The photographs were later gathered into a separate collection. The original sources for most of the photographs are unknown, though Berea College professor James Watt Raine initials appear on a number of the items. Some of the photographs were originally part of a survey of rural schools or photographs from the Bureau of Mines, US Department of the Interior.
Other Descriptive Information
Collection Number: BCA 0070 SAA 070
Processing Information
Finding guide updated July 2019 to reflect reordering and addition of folders not priviously added to finding guide. Descriptions of photographs updated July 2019.
Geographic
Topical
- Architecture -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works.
- Industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works
- Landscape -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works.
- Mountain people -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works.
- Photograph collections.
- Schools -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works.
- 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