Oral history.

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...

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of thirty-five audio cassettes and transcripts of interviews with thirteen Berea College faculty and staff. Some of the individuals interviewed were also Berea College alumni; the tenure with the College of several interviewees dated from the 1930s and 1940s.

The project was initiated by Berea College president, Willis D. Weatherford. The interviews were conducted by various Berea College faculty members between 1983 and 1989.