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Identifier: BCA 0101 SAA 101
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains was formed in 1913 by a group of social workers, pastors, academia, and other people who wished to help the region. Originally called the Conference of the Southern Mountain Workers until 1954, the members sought to improve the health conditions, advance agricultural practices, strengthen emphasis on spiritual issues, and preserve the unique culture within the region. In the earliest years these issues were addressed through annual conferences where...
Dates:
1970 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/1990
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0002-SAA 001
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains records (1912-1976) document the goals, activities, and administrative history of a non-profit organization that served the people of the Appalachian region.
Dates:
1912 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 04/24/1970
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0117 SAA 117
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of printed country music photo albums and souvenir song books - often called "song folios" - from the United States dating from 1930 to 1950. Published primarily by performers as a source of extra money, the books contain photographs and biographical information as well as lyrics to songs. Some were published by radio stations or companies sponsoring the performers' programs. Musical genres and song styles represented include comedy...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1950
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.07
Abstract
Promoted by the Berea College Extenstion Department, the County Achievement Contest for Eastern Kentucky was a county-wide contest with the aim of organizing and coordinating the work of counties for greater progress and effieciency. The contest ran from August 1, 1922 through December of 1923 and was developed and organized by Marshall E. Vaughn, Superintendent of Extension at Berea College. Counties participating in the contest include: Breathitt, Owsley, Rockcastle and Jackson.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1924
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.11
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of John Courter, organist, carillonneur, and professor of music at Berea College, 1971-2007.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1980-2010
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.12
Abstract
Collection comprised of the records and papers of Dr. Robert H. Cowley
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1904-1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/1996
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.30
Abstract
Ledger of work and writings of Carlos Cortez Coyle (1871-1962).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1942
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0146 SAA 146
Abstract
Cratis Williams was a scholar and folklorist who was an early leader in establishing the discipline of Appalachian Studies. He was an eastern Kentucky native but spent the major part of his academic career teaching literature, speech, and drama at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
The audio and video recordings in this collection document Williams' class lectures, interviews, and public performances at Berea College during the period 1971-1985. In varying combinations,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-1981
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0056 SAA 056
Abstract
Cratis Dearl Williams grew up in rural Lawrence County, Kentucky, where he began to study the speech, tales and songs of mountain folk, and taught in a one-room school. He became known for his presentations of Appalachian singing styles and dialects. His first wife (m. 1937), Sylvia Graham, came from the same area and attended both Berea Academy and Morehead State Teachers College (BA, 1937). A poet and teacher, her health was fragile. In 1942 Sylvia was diagnosed with tuberculosis and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1985
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.20
Abstract
Papers of John Crowden from his work at Berea College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-1984
