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Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.64
Abstract
Ada M. Dinkleman was born on May 22, 1881, in Madisonville (Hamilton County), Ohio. She graduated from Denison in Ohio and taught at Berea from approximately 1908-1911. in 1912, Dinkleman married Emil Bracker, who had served as the acting superintendent of the College gardens and forests during the same time that Dinkleman was faculty at Berea. Dinkleman died in January, 1984 in Illinois.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1911
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.19
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal items of Anna Ernberg, director of Fireside Industries at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Anna Ernberg was one of the most visible proponents of the Appalachian weaving revival in the early 20th century. Included in the collection is a Redpath Chautauqua poster, a personal photograph book, a scrapbook of weaving drafts, correspondence, a piece written about the history of Fireside Industries by Ernberg and Fireside Industries brochures, a scrapbook of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1930
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.13
Scope and Contents
Founded in 1973 and based at Berea College, the quarterly publication Appalachian Heritage considers previously unpublished fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for young adults, craft essays, book reviews, and visual art. In addition to new and emerging writers, contributors to the magazine include finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award; winners of the T. S. Eliot Award, the E.B. White Award, an O. Henry Prize, among others; and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-
Collection — Container: 6.12.3 Box 2 Oversized
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.3
Abstract
Official records of the Appalachian Heritage Magazine. (Appalachian heritage: a magazine of southern Appalachian life and culture, published by Berea College).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972 -
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 05-5.47
Abstract
The Appalachian Museum was created in 1969 (officially open to the public in 1971) to care for the college's growing collections of artifacts from the Appalachian area. It was dedicated to the task of preserving the distinctive crafts and telling the story of the traditional lifestyle of the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
The museum was closed in May of 1998 with most of its activities and collections being integrated into the educational programs of the College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1998
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0059 SAA 059
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of twenty-one audio cassette recordings of interviews, informal discussions, musical performances, and commentary recorded by Berea College students under the direction of history professor, Richard B. Drake, during the 1973 fall semester.Subject areas include Pine Mountain Settlement School, John C. Campbell Folk School, the Christian Appalachian Project, the Civilian Conservation Corps in Pike County, Kentucky, and Berea College's Christmas Country Dance...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972-1973
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.2
Abstract
Official records documenting the Appalachian Studies Program at Berea College from 1959 through 1993.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1993
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...
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Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1989
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
Listen To Interviews
Interview topics include: moonshining in Perry County (KY), early medical practices and services in Clay County...
Dates:
Other: 1973
