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Appalachian Oral History Collection (1973 Fall Term)
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
Christmas Country Dance School Oral History Collection
Collection — Container: Digital Video Files
Identifier: RG 14-14.15
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1985 - 2013; Other: Majority of material found in 2013; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/2019
Recreation Extension Service
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.45
Abstract
The Recreation Extension Service was formally established in 1937 under the direction of Frank H. Smith with the aim of increasing the appreciation of Appalachian cultural heritage through participation in recreational activities based on traditional folk material. Recreation
Extension services included folk arts programming, the Christmas Country Dance School, the Mountain Folk Festival, the Country Dancers and other recreational campus groups, itineranct recreation services to schools and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1995