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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...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1982
Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection
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...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Council of Southern Mountains Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0002 SAA 001
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM) 1912-1989, began as a gathering of various citizens and mountain missionaries working in relative isolation throughout Appalachia, which created a forum for the sharing of ideas, experiences and inspiration. The Council grew and changed over time into an organization that promoted cooperation among private, government, and religious organizations in southern Appalachia and served as a key factor in bringing the issues and experiences of Appalachia...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912-1970; Other: Date acquired: 04/24/1970
Council of the Southern Mountains Records, 1970-1989
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0101 SAA 101
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains was formed in 1913 by a group of social workers, pastors, academia, and other people who wished to help the region. Originally called the Conference of the Southern Mountain Workers until 1954, the members sought to improve the health conditions, advance agricultural practices, strengthen emphasis on spiritual issues, and preserve the unique culture within the region. In the earliest years these issues were addressed through annual conferences where...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/1990
Helen Dingman Papers
Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0026 SAA 025
Abstract
Diaries, correspondence, reports, notes, and photographs mainly documenting Helen Dingman's community organizing and educational efforts in Harlan County, Kentucky during the early 1900s.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1945
Jo Zingg / Jeanette Knowles Appalachian Volunteers Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0166 SAA 168
Abstract
The project was initiated by Jo Crockett Zingg with the purpose of documenting key figures in the Appalachian Volunteers organization who had not been interviewed as part of previous oral history efforts. Zingg recorded eleven of the interviews over an approximate two year period, 2008 - 2010. Former AV worker Jeanette Knowles continued the project after Jo Zingg's death in 2012. Additional interviews were recorded at various times by historian Tom Kiffmeyer, Women's History scholar Jesse...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2008-2015
Perley F. Ayer Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0022 SAA 021
Abstract
Perley F. Ayer, a native of New Hampshire, was educated at the University of New Hampshire (B.S.1922) and Cornell University (M.S. 1947). Prior to coming to Berea in 1947, he had been employed as an extension agent in New Hampshire and as an instructor at Pleasant Hill Academy in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. He worked at Berea College as supervisor of an agricultural training program in the Foundation School, as a field representative for the Admissions office, and as an instructor in...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1968
Phillip J. Obermiller Papers and Appalachian Migration Research Collection, 1950-2013
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0175 SAA 172
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of Dr. Phillip J. Obermiller including: writings, correspondence and publications related to scholarly and community work; administrative documents and publications from Obermiller’s work with the Urban Appalachian Council; and research materials related to urban Appalachia and Appalachian migration collected by Obermiller.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950 - 2013
Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.06
Abstract
Dr. Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. was the sixth president of Berea College, serving from 1967–1984. Born in western North Carolina in 1916, Weatherford earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt in 1937 and his B.D. from Yale in 1940. Weatherford went on to earn his M.A. (1943) and Ph.D. (1952) in Economics from Harvard and taught economics at Swarthmore from 1948 until 1964. Weatherford became a dean at Carleton College in 1965. In addition to his scholarly work, Weatherford served in Europe and Africa...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1996