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Appalachian Vertical Files
Collection — Box: 01-129
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.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...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1939 - 1949
Art and Art History Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.13
Abstract
Official records and materials of the Berea College Art and Art History Department.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1923-2020
Articles and Writings about Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.40
Scope and Contents
A collection of articles and pieces written about Berea College from a variety of non-Berea based sources and publications.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1926-2007
Asa Martin Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0115 SAA 115
Abstract
Asa Martin was born 1900 in Clark County, Kentucky where he grew up hearing music at home and at various traveling shows. He tried his hand as an entertainer, first singing on small vaudeville shows and eventually on commercial recordings and radio with Madison County, Kentucky fiddler, Doc Roberts.On their recordings for Gennett and other labels, he played guitar with Roberts and performed a varied repertoire of songs that included parodies, traditional ballads, and current...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1979
Asher and Little Jimmie Sizemore Radio Program Reference Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0143 SAA 143
Abstract
Asher Sizemore (1906-1975) initially worked as a bookkeeper for a mining company in Pike County, Kentucky, but aspired to be a singer. In 1931, singing old-time and cowboy songs, he appeared on radio in Huntington, West Virginia, before moving to WCKY Cincinnati and then WHAS Louisville, where he was first joined on air by his five-year-old son Jimmie (1928- ). In 1933, the duo were hired by the WSM Grand Ole Opry, where they remained a popular act for about 10 years.
Asher and Little...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1933-1990
Asian Studies Department
Collection — Container: RG 6 Box 2 Oversized
Identifier: RG 06-6.52
Abstract
Records of the Asian Studies Program of Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2008-2009
Associate Dean of General Studies
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.40
Abstract
Records of Steve Gowler from his tenure as Associate Dean of General Studies at Berea College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2006-2010