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1987 Appalachian Humor Festival
Twenty reel-to-reel audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1987 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College in 1987. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachia that they published.
1990 Appalachian Humor Festival at Berea College
Twenty-Four reel-to-reel audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1990 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College in 1990. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachia that they published.
1993 Appalachian Humor Festival
Fifteen reel-to-reel audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1993 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College July 16 and 17, 1993. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachian that they published.
"A Bluegrass Hornbook" (history of Bluegrass music) 1976 Public Radio Program Series.
Programs trace Bluegrass Music history up to 1976 with comentary, interiews, and performances including early string bands, brother duettes, Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Don Reno, Osborne Brothers, Country Gentlemen, and McReynold Brothers.
Listen To Programs
A Map of the Appalachian Region
A pictorial map of the Appalachian Region "showing localities of historic interest, places of natural beauty and wonder, and public highroads thereto" by Clarence Kearfott. The map covers parts of Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina and has a detailed border depicting historical scenes and events from the early settlements of the region during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Abraham Lincoln Historical Collection
This collection of documents, images, ephemera and memorabilia is a resource for studying President Abraham Lincoln and his legacy in American popular culture.
A.C. Bailey Singing and Commentary
Academic Program Council (APC)
Meeting agenda, meeting minutes, and other documents of the Academic Program Council (APC).
Academy School
Created as an affiliated school of Berea College, the Academy served as a Senior High School. In 1938, reorganization abolishes the Academy by adding the ninth and tenth grades to the Foundation School, thus creating the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, College Freshman and Sophomore years) and Upper Division (College Junior and Senior years) to the College.
Accreditation Reports and Studies
Self-studies and reports undertaken by Berea College and its various academic and administrative departments in accordance with accreditating associations.