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Appalachian Region.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Ada May Dinkleman Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.64
Abstract

Ada M. Dinkleman was born on May 22, 1881, in Madisonville (Hamilton County), Ohio.  She graduated from Denison in Ohio and taught at Berea from approximately 1908-1911.  in 1912, Dinkleman married Emil Bracker, who had served as the acting superintendent of the College gardens and forests during the same time that Dinkleman was faculty at Berea.  Dinkleman died in January, 1984 in Illinois.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1911
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Agriculture: General

 File — Box 2, Folder: 14-19
Identifier: Folders 14-19
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1968-2000
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Appalachian Vertical Files / Box 2: Accidents - Agriculture

Albert Stewart Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0084 SAA 084
Abstract Albert Stewart spent most of his career in eastern Kentucky as a teacher, author, editor, and mentor to other authors. A native of Knott County, Stewart entered Hindman Settlement School at the age of five, where he became a protégé of Lucy Furman, novelist and teacher. Stewart began to write while attending Berea College, then completed his MA at the University of Kentucky. At Morehead State University he took over a writing workshop and founded a student literary magazine, ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1949-1994
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Anna Ernberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.19
Scope and Contents This collection contains personal items of Anna Ernberg, director of Fireside Industries at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Anna Ernberg was one of the most visible proponents of the Appalachian weaving revival in the early 20th century. Included in the collection is a Redpath Chautauqua poster, a personal photograph book, a scrapbook of weaving drafts, correspondence, a piece written about the history of Fireside Industries by Ernberg and Fireside Industries brochures, a scrapbook of...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1930
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Biographical Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0251
Abstract

This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials about numerous persons or families with Appalachian connections.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1995
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Foodways Oral History Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0162 SAA 164
Abstract The interviews in this collection are part of a multi-year oral history effort titled: Gathering the Stories of Appalachian Foodways: an Oral History Project. The project’s purposes were to: learn about Appalachian foodways; gain insight and understanding in how Appalachian foodways have changed overtime; and, collect stories so that they can be studied in order to preserve the history of Appalachia. Berea student researchers conducted interviews in 2012,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2012
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Heritage Magazine

 Collection — 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 -
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Photographic Archives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0070-SAA 070
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographic prints of various sizes, some with dates and/or notations, preserved for their relevance to Appalachia.

Note: A small number of the images are dated.  Otherwise dates are approximate or no date is given.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1965
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Studies Program

 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
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0252
Abstract

This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials on a number of subjects and documents the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1968-2000
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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