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John Lair Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0066 SAA 066
Abstract

The John Lair papers document the life of country music broadcaster, music collector, and community historian John Lee Lair (1894-1985).

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1999
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John Lair - Renfro Valley Barn Dance Oral History Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0095 SAA 095
Scope and Contents This collection consists of thirty audio recorded interviews with performers and others who were associated with the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and other radio programs produced by John Lair, first in Cincinnati, Ohio and later in Renfro Valley, Kentucky, 1937 through much of the 1950s. Listen To Interview...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1994 - 1999
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John M. Ramsay papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.38
Abstract

These are the personal papers of John M. Ramsay, in particular his papers regarding attempts to be classified as a conscientious objector with the Selective Service Board. Included in the papers are copies of his memoirs, personal correpsondence and correspondence with the US government (draft board), lawyers, and others involoved in working for his conscientious objector status, pamphlets, and official government papers.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-2002
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John Miles Gospel Music Radio Program

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0126 SAA 126
Abstract The Prichard Quartet and the Melody Five gospel singing groups from Whitley County were jointly organized by Chester Prichard and John Miles who both worked as barbers in Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky. The Prichard Quartet at various times was comprised of Chester Prichard, John Miles, Clifford Miller, Anna Prichard, and Ruby Parton. The Melody Five included Chester, Anna, and Jaola Prichard, and Chester and Roberta Bryant. Both were accompanied on piano by Janice Lundy. The groups...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c.1950s-1964
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John Morgan Salyer Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0122 SAA 122
Scope and Contents This collection consists of forty eight acetate disc recordings made in the early 1940s that document Magoffin County, Kentucky fiddler and banjo player, John Morgan Salyer.Listen To RecordingsSalyer was born in 1882 and was master of an older eastern Kentucky style that is...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1942
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John Russell Burch family papers and photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BCA 0311
Abstract

The John Russell Burch family papers and photographs is a small collection of materials about William Burch (1814-1887), Malinda ("Millie") Mays Burch (1815- circa 1899) and their descendants. The collection includes copies of family group records forms, a tax receipt, military records, and family photographs.

Dates: 1864 - 1995
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John S. Phillips Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0058 SAA 058
Abstract John Shem Phillips was born around 1900 at Hawk Run, PA, to Elizabeth Edwards and David Rocer Phillips, both of Welsh background. His father, David Phillips, and his maternal grandfather worked in the coal industry. After studying music and drama, Phillips joined a Charleston, WV, radio station in 1929 as a singer, but soon started writing, announcing, and producing shows.  He married Flora Poe of Elkton, WV. Following service in WWII, Phillips chaired a local committee dedicated to...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1966
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John W. Hevener Collection

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Identifier: BCA 0072 SAA 072
Abstract John W. Hevener was a native of Dunmore, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Hevener received his Bachelors (1956) and Masters (1960) from Marshall University and his Ph.D. (1971) from Ohio State University. He taught and served as principal at the high school level in McArthur, Ohio, from 1956 to 1961.  College level teaching included stints at Wisconsin State University at Whitewater 1966-1970, Mankato State University in Minnesota 1970-1974, and Ohio State University at Lima 1974-1989. ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-1939; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1993
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Harold H. Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.14
Abstract

The Harold H. Johnston papers document the young adult life experiences of a Berea College student from Brooklyn, New York, who studied business at Berea at the close of the nineteenth century.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1954
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Josiah Combs Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0071 SAA 071
Abstract Born in Hazard, Kentucky, Josiah H. Combs (1886-1960) grew up in Hindman where he learned many folksongs from family members, especially his mother. In 1902 he entered the newly established Hindman Settlement School, where his songs came to the attention of school director, Katherine Pettit (who sent the words of several of these songs to folk music scholar George Lyman Kittredge who arranged for their publication in the Journal of American Folklore.) ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1960
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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