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Urban Appalachian Council Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0151 SAA 160
Abstract

Papers of the Urban Appalachian Council (UAC), Cincinnati, OH, 1974-2014

Dates: created: 1930-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1994; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/2010
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Vice President for Labor and Student Life (Student Life)

 Collection — Folder: 1:Oversized
Identifier: RG 05-5.15
Abstract

Records of the office of Vice President for Labor and Student Life (Student Life) and its departments.

Dates: created: Majority of material found within 1868 - 2020
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Virginia Americana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0099 SAA 099
Scope and Contents This collection consists of documents pertaining to the state of Virginia, primarily focused on Henry and Patrick Counties. The papers span the years from 1792 to 1889 and include court documents, a small amount of correspondence, voting records, and bills of sale. The collection does not focus on a specific aspect of Virginia, but provides information on political, commercial, and to some extent, personal experiences in Virginia during the 19th century. There are many...
Dates: created: 1792-1889
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Vocational Schools

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.08
Abstract

These are the official records of the Berea College Vocational School.  The Vocational School was abolished in 1924 with vocational courses being offered through other departments.

Dates: created: 1913-1927
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Voices From the Sixties Oral History Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0087 SAA 087
Scope and Contents Thirty-three interviews of Kentucky and West Virginia community organizers, politicians, journalists, and scholars related to federal government funded anti-poverty programs in the 1960s and 1970s. The interviews were recorded by Gibbs Kinderman in connection with the production of four public radio documentaries: The "Appalachian Volunteers," "Maximum Feasible Participation," "Strip Mining," and "Fair Elections.”  ...
Dates: created: 1985 - 1987
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

W. W. Wheeler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 01-1.13
Abstract

These are the papers of W.W. Wheeler who is associated with the founding and early history of the College.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Thomas Wagner - Phillip Obermiller Appalachian Migrant Research Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0240
Abstract

This collection contain records of Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner related to their joint scholarly work that focused on the areas of Appalachian migration generally and city based Appalachian migrant groups and organizations in particular.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1972-2000
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Walter McNew Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0136 SAA 136
Abstract Walter McNew (1912 - 1998) inherited his knowledge of, and love for, shape note singing from his father, John G. McNew who was a fiddler, singing school teacher, and telegraph operator for the L&N Railroad in Rockcastle and Madison counties of Kentucky. The earliest of his recordings were made by Walter and his siblings on reel-to-reel tape. These recordings document both Walter alone and as part of a family gospel quartet with siblings, Astor, Homer, and Bernice (Branaman). The solo...
Dates: created: 1930-1993
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Wanda Dodson papers

 Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 08.38
Content Description

This collection comprises three folders of newspaper articles authored by Dr. Wanda L. Dodson. Between 2011 and 2018, Dodson contributed articles to the Commonwealth Journal (Somerset, Kentucky). Her columns focused on food wisdom, gardening, health, spirituality, and life in south central Kentucky.

Dates: 2011 - 2018
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Ware Brothers Collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0153 SAA 157
Abstract William Chester (1920-2012), known as “Chet,” and Donald (1921-    ), or “Don,” Ware were born in Argyle, Casey County, Kentucky.  They grew up in an atmosphere of country gospel music and singing and were taught to sing and play guitar by their father Virgil Ware who was a shape-note gospel singer and teacher.  The two brothers performed together since the late 1920s and, after hearing Delmore Brothers for the first time in 1933, began covering Delmore Brothers songs. The duo’s career...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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