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Appalachian Presbyterians Survey Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0017 SAA 016
Abstract
The Appalachian Presbyterians Survey was commissioned by two denominations: the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the Presbyterian Church in the United States. It was conducted by Hart M. Nelsen of the Western Kentucky University's Department of Sociology.
The survey sample consisted of eighteen separate congregations in five Appalachian states—Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. However, data collected in North Carolina is not...
Dates:
Created: 1966-1968; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
Appalachian Religion Survey Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0036 SAA 034
Abstract
The 1931-1933 Appalachian regional religion survey was conducted in connection with a broader economic and social study of the region undertaken by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Survey results were published in the books, Religion in the Highlands: Native Churches and Missionary Enterprises in the Southern Appalachians (1933) by Elizabeth R. Hooker, and Economic and Social Problems and Conditions of the...
Dates:
Created: 1931-1933
Appalachian South Folklife Festival Recordings 1979
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0269
Abstract
Musical performances recorded on audio cassettes at the Appalachian South Folklife Festival (Pipestem, West Virginia, July 20, 1979) by Don Wade and Steve Green.
Performers include George Tucker; Ebb and Zeb Collins; Edward Mashburn; Elvie Johnson; Ira Mullins; John Morris; Wilson Douglas; Clarence Stover; Daria Marmaluk; Staggs Sloan; Hosia Hudson, Cork Lickers; Alhaji Bai and Dembo Konte; Charlie Profitt; Jimmy Costa; Hotmud Family; the Cranberry Lake Jugband, and various oldtime...
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Created: 1979 - 1979
Appalachian Studies Association Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0029 SAA 028
Abstract
The Appalachian Studies Association was formed in 1977 by a group of scholars, teachers, and regional activists who believed that shared community has been and will continue to be important to those writing, researching, and teaching about Appalachia. First known as the Appalachian Studies Conference, the official name became Appalachian Studies Association in 1984. The Association began to publish The Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association in 1989,...
Dates:
Created: 1977-
Appalachian Studies Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.2
Abstract
Official records documenting the Appalachian Studies Program at Berea College from 1959 through 1993.
Dates:
Created: 1959-1993
Appalachian Studies/Center Committee
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.19
Abstract
The Appalachian Studies/Center Committee, also known as the Committee to Review the Appalachian Commitment, was appointed in 1987 by President John Stephenson to advise on matters relating to the activities of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian academic program at Berea. The committee, however, was also charged with the task of conducting a comprehensive review of Berea's Appalachian commitment with a view to making recommendations that would become part of the long-range planning...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1989
Appalachian Vertical Files
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0252
Abstract
This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials on a number of subjects and documents the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1968-2000
Appalachian Volunteers Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0040 SAA 039
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of sixteen audio recordings and unedited transcripts (of six of the interviews) with former Appalachian Volunteer workers who were assigned to West Virginia, between 1964 and 1967, and then settled in the area after their service ended.These interviews were recorded by Marie Tyler McGraw during the summer of 1982 with the support of an Appalachian Studies Fellowship from the Berea College Appalachian Center. McGraw's article based on this research...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Appalachian Volunteers Records, Parts I and II
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0003 SAA 002
Abstract
The Appalachian Volunteers (AV) was one of the most visible and, initially, successful of the War on Poverty projects of the 1960s. At its peak—in the summers of 1966 and 1967—the organization was receiving large amounts of federal funding and had over 500 volunteer workers in the field. Its prominent involvement in social and political reform, the geographic area it served, and the factors contributing to its demise make the records of the Appalachian Volunteers a rich source for the study...
Dates:
Created: 1963-1970; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1969
Arnold Krochmal Photography Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0171 HC 67
Abstract
Arnold Krochmal was born January 30, 1919, in New York to Morris and Leah Krochmal. The son of immigrant parents, he was raised in the Bronx. He earned a B.S. in Pomology from North Carolina State College in 1942, and served in the Army from 1942 to 1946. After serving in the European theatre during WWII, he went on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University.
Dr. Krochmal spent his life traveling the globe writing books, teaching and documenting his trips in photographs. Asa...
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