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Appalachian Mountain Family Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0149 SAA 150
Abstract
Collection is comprised of images (c.1890-1930) of families in the Appalachian Mountains surrounding Berea College, including surrounding counties. Photographs of several area photographers including E. W. Todd and E. Simms.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1890-1939
John C. Campbell Folk School Records, 1923-1985
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0047 SAA 047
Abstract
The John C. Campbell Folk School was founded at Brasstown, North Carolina in 1925 by Olive Dame Campbell to further the educational and social vision of her late husband, John C. Campbell. Starting with an old farmhouse and a log barn, it rapidly expanded to include a farm, dairy, forestry program, forge, and a crafts and recreation program. Based on the Danish approach of linking the culture of work with that of books, its purpose was to build and enrich rural life through adult...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923 - 1985