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G.R. Combs Ballad Collection, 1907-1930
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0105 SAA 105
Abstract
Gilbert R. Combs (1886-1966) compiled his collection of songs and ballads in part from those he heard growing up in Eastern Kentucky, and also from his acquaintance with gospel music and spirituals from several southern states. The collection includes some biographical notes covering Combs' early life, and his own recollections of his early childhood and description of traditional songs in mountain settings.
The Rev. Gilbert Reynolds Combs, according to his own account, was born in a cabin...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907 - 1930; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989
Graney-Windle Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0069 SAA 069
Abstract
These are the letters of Catharine Graney, of Flemington and Rowlesburg, West Virginia and Goyne Windle, who worked as a clerk for the Blaine and Potomac Coal Mining Company. While many of the letters concern the courtship and eventual marriage of Graney and Windle, there are many other interesting details.
Catharine Graney's letters concern family and social life in Flemington as well as her teaching duties at a local school. Goyne Windle's correspondence describes work and social life in...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1902-1906
John F. Gregg papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.10
Abstract
Papers of John F. Gregg, Berea College graduate and trustee.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1931
Paul Hager papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.08
Abstract
Papers of Paul Hager, primarily from his time while serving in various roles, including Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, at Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1958-1988
Halbert H. Thornberry Kentucky Farm-Home String Band Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0120 SAA 120
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of the Thornberry family string band from Henderson County, Kentucky over a period extending from the late 1800s to the mid-1970s. The original members consisted of Thomas and Gertrude Thornberry and their six children including son, Halbert, who compiled this collection. The collection consists of six audiocassettes of recordings made from 1962-1976, mostly of the Thornberry-Kentucky Farm-Home String Band at family gatherings in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1962-1976
Ralph Charles Hammond papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.08
Abstract
Papers of Ralph Hammond, Berea College student and Poet Laureate of Alabama from 1991-1995.
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Other: Majority of material found within 1990-2004
Mildred Hudson Hannaford papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.09
Abstract
Collection of materials of Mildred Hudson Hannaford.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1923; Other: 2012-01-01
Harlan County Struggle collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0060 SAA 060
Abstract
Materials regarding Harlan County, Kentucky, and the ongoing struggle that occurred for over forty years following the big coal boom of the early 1900s.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-1983
Harry M. Caudill Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0074 SAA 074
Abstract
Born in 1922, Harry M. Caudill grew up with a zest for history and reading in the coal fields of Letcher County, Kentucky. After being seriously wounded in Italy during World War II, Caudill went to the University of Kentucky Law School. While at UK, he met Anne Frye, whom he married in 1946. After law school, Caudill practiced law in Whitesburg, in Letcher County, and held some local political offices, in addition to a seat on the Kentucky House of Representatives.
However, it was...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1956-1990
Hazel Green Academy Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0249 SAA 038
Abstract
W. O. Mize, J. T. Day, and Green Berry Swango founded Hazel Green Academy in 1880. Eventually, administration and financial support were shifted to agencies of the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, first under the Christian Women's Board of Missions in 1886, and then under the United Christian Missionary Society in 1919. Formal support from the national church ended in 1971. The Academy was a boarding school throughout its ninety-six years and the curriculum included both college...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1982