Appalachian Region.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
William J. Hutchins papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.04
Abstract
Personal and official papers of William J. Hutchins.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850 - 1977; Other: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1958
Interior of log home
Digital Record
Identifier: Ogg Interior of log home
John F. Smith Traditional Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0006 SAA 005
Abstract
John F. Smith taught in the Berea College Normal School. As part of his Composition and Rhetoric course, Smith asked students to write down the names of banjo and fiddle songs and tunes known to them in their home districts of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. The results are a large, varied body of material that includes ballads, songs, fiddle and banjo tunes, and games. Several students also included lists of musical instruments present in their home communities and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1940
Joye Smith / Robert F. Connor negatives | 1399 | [SAA]
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 1399
Dates:
1960 - 1999
Kentucky Child Welfare Research Foundation - Rural Child Care Project Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0261
Abstract
The Kentucky Child Welfare Research Foundation’s Rural Child Care Project provided services to meet the growth and development needs of economically and educationally disadvantaged children and their families in ten Appalachian counties of Eastern Kentucky. Major objectives of the program included providing a combination of casework, homemaking, and day care services to aid the intellectual growth and development of children in Appalachian Kentucky.
Records in this collection were donated...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-1971
Kentucky Craft Guild (Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen)
Digital Record
Identifier: Warren Brunner: Kentucky Craft Guild
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975 - 1986
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.1
Abstract
These are the official records of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965 -
Margaret Dotson Foodways Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0238 HC 63
Abstract
This collection is comprised of primary sources assembled by Margaret Dotson, Berea College Associate Professor of Child and Family Studies. The collection was assembled with the intention of assisting researchers examining the past foodways, social history, commerce and genealogy of the Appalachian region. The collection was also assembled with the objective of preserving essential components, records, and primary sources of the foodways of the Appalachian region and provide insight into...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2013
Ira Jay Martin III papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.32
Abstract
Records and papers detailing Dr. Ira Jay Martin III’s work and life as a scholar.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1977
McCall's Magazine Report Collection
Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0104 SAA 104
Scope and Contents
This is a collection containing a copy of the report “McCall Magazine Survey: Our Last Frontier” by Phillips Wyman on the investigation of Berea College submitted in April 1925 to a Mr. Warner, a Mr. Wilson, and a Mr. Burton of McCall’s Magazine. Included in the report are an introduction (as to whether or not a piece should be written about Berea College), “Description of the Mountain People,” “Description of Berea College,” a statement by Dr. Sherwood Eddy to the International Committee...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925