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Blanche Coldiron Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0133 SAA 133
Abstract
Born in Wolfe County, KY, in 1922, Blanche (Hurt) Coldiron moved with her family to Powell County when she was 6 years old. At nine years old, after listening to Uncle Dave Macon play banjo on the Grand Old Opry radio show, Blanche taught herself to play the banjo. She played the banjo using five different picking styles including, her customary style, the “claw hammer.” In addition to the banjo, Coldiron played the bass, guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. Beginning her music career during...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1996-2007
Blount County Black History Project -Then and Now as Told by Those Who Lived It
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0157
Abstract
Charles Pride, Dorothy Kincaid, and Jo Davenport formed CDJ Media Productions to conduct and record interviews with black Blount County residents who helped shape the community during and after the integration of the schools in 1969. Their idea for collecting interviews was formed in 2007 when they identified an urgency to preserve, in an accurate and positive way, Blount County’s rich black history. Their work resulted in “Blount County’s Black History — As Told by Those Who Lived It — Then...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959 - 2015; Other: Majority of material found in 2007-2015
Bob Rodriguez maps and rare book leaves
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0288
Abstract
This collection comprises 83 printed items: 81 historic maps and 2 rare book leaves from the private collection of Bob Rodriguez.
Dates:
1493-1497; 1560-1928
S. Whittemore Boggs collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.04
Abstract
This collection is comprised of publications of geologist and Berea College graduate Samuel Whittemore Boggs.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1951
Boone Tavern Hotel
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.04
Abstract
Historic Boone Tavern was built in 1909 at the suggestion of Nellie Frost, wife of Berea College president, William G. Frost. Named for Appalachian hero Daniel Boone has hosted visitors of Berea, Kentucky including the Dalai Lama, Henry Ford, President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost.
Construction of Boone Tavern began in 1909 based on designs by the New York architectural firm of Cady & See at a cost of $20,000. The building, made of bricks...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1912-2014
Maud Bowman papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.05
Abstract
Papers of Maud Bowman, 1918 graduate of Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1915-1948
Bruce Greene Kentucky Fiddle Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0090 SAA 090
Abstract
One hundred seventy-four (174) audio field recordings (1970s-1990s) of interviews and performances that document the repertoire and playing styles of several dozen Kentucky fiddlers, mainly from the state's southern and southeastern regions.Bruce Greene Talks About Coming To Kentucky...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1990
Warren Brunner photography collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0167 SAA 169
Abstract
This collection contains over 45,500 images/photographs (dated from 1953) of Warren Brunner’s work.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953 - 2003
Brushy Fork Leadership Institute
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.4
Abstract
These are the official records of the Brushy Fork Institute.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1988-
Buckhorn Children's Center Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0045-SAA 045
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs and microfilmed records documenting the establishment and operation of Buckhorn Children's Center and its predecessor institutions, Witherspoon College and Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency, located in Perry County, Ky. Selected Records 1874-1979; Selected Photographs 1900-1980.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-1980