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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BCA 0168 HC 03
Abstract
The Anti-Slavery Collection contains essays, addresses, reports, letters, business and legal records, research notes, and other materials collected by Berea College librarians through donation and purchase. These items document the institution of slavery, the anti-slavery movement, the conflict over slavery, and the aftermath of slavery in the United States of America.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1769-1916; Other: Majority of material found within 1800-1880
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Founded in 1973 and based at Berea College, the quarterly publication Appalachian Heritage considers previously unpublished fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for young adults, craft essays, book reviews, and visual art.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...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1989
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 in 1923-2010
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
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