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Appalachian Region.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Ernberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.19
Abstract

Collection of personal items of Anna Ernberg.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1910-1930

Family near cabin

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ogg Family near cabin

Fording Stream

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ogg Fording Stream

Frontier Nursing Service collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0015 SAA 014
Abstract

The collection is comprised of correspondence, printed materials, articles, clippings and photographs relating to Kentucky's Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) and its founder, Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965).

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1988

William Goodell Frost papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.03
Abstract

This collection consists of official and personal papers of, William Goodell Frost, who served as Berea College's third president from 1892 to 1920.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1955; Other: Majority of material found within 1860-1894

George Alexander Papers (Hindman Settlement School)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0150 SAA 151
Abstract In the summer of 1964, Englishman George Alexander, who had a background in English folk and dance songs and an interest in Anglo-American folklore and song, was invited by Raymond McLain to spend a year in the Kentucky mountains at the Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, Knott County.  Staying at Hindman, Alexander would work as an extension specialist visiting a number of rural schools.  In 1965, Alexander took a leave of absence from his teaching post in Surrey, to become (as set by the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1979

Group working in cornfield

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ogg Group working in cornfield

Henry Mixter Penniman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.36
Abstract

From 1895 to 1922, the Rev. Henry M. Penniman served as Professor of Christian Evidences, a field agent, fund raiser, financial agent, and general evangelist for Berea College.  He was a close friend of President Frost and helped raise the funds for the·women's Gymnasium that would be named the Woods-Penniman building on the Berea College Campus.  After retirement, Penniman continued to preach, teach, and work with the College.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1922

Howard Dorgan Research Notes

 Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0102 SAA 102
Scope and Contents This collection contains research notes made by Howard Dorgan as he visited Old Regular Baptist churches in Kentucky and Virginia between 1986 and 1987.  Dorgan was invited to do this work by Darvin and Gaynell Marshall who study the mountain culture of southwest Virginia.  This work was partially funded by an Appalachian Studies Fellowship Grant awarded by the Appalachian Center at Berea College.  Howard Dorgan, at the time of the research, was from the Department of Communication Arts at...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1986-1987

Louise Gilman Hutchins papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0173 SAA 174
Abstract

Collection contains writings, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, publications and personal materials related to the life and work of Louise G. Hutchins.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923-1996