Appalachian Region.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Mountain Home Cost $20
Digital Record
Identifier: Ogg Mountain Home Cost $20
New Opportunity School for Women - Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.16
Abstract
In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women (NOSW) was founded as an outreach program of Berea College by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson. Stephenson recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of low-income women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment. The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women was “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1996
Bertha Daisy Nickum papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.19
Abstract
Personal papers of Bertha Daisy Nickum.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1901-1902
Stanley Dezarn O'Tucks Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0246
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of news stories and other print material documenting the Hamilton, Ohio based O'Tucks organization over the period 1958 - 1996. Also included are audio / video recordings of the organizatin's annual Fellowship Banquettes and music festivals.
Dates:
1958 - 1996
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.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950 - 2013
Robert Finley Spence Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.48
Abstract
Robert Finley Spence graduated from the Berea College Foundation School and completed the Agricultural course of the Vocational School at Berea in 1914 before starting a forty year career as extension agent for Southern Madison and Rockcastle counties, Kentucky. Spence also taught courses at Berea College, worked with the Vocational School, and was heavily involved with the 4-H Club and other organizations in Kentucky. After retiring from his County Agent position in 1954, Spence became...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1964
Southern Appalachian Studies Records (1962 Survey)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0004 SAA 003
Abstract
The Southern Appalachian Studies 1972 Regional Survey resulted from the 1956 Interdenominational Conference of Religious Workers' determination that there was inadequate information available to develop an effective course of action addressing the broad problems plaguing the Appalachian region and its people. The original conference of representatives from major church bodies were called together by Dr. Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. to discuss problems and plan programs orientated to upgrading...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1956-1962; Other: Majority of material found in 1962
John Bell Stephenson papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.07
Abstract
Official records and personal papers of the seventh president of Berea College, John Bell Stephenson.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1984 - 1994
Students for Appalachia (SFA) records
Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.06
Abstract
The records of the Berea College Students for Appalachia (SFA).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1968-1992
Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 11-11.03
Abstract
A Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia was created by director Neil di Teresa, professor of art at Berea College, in 1969. Initially funded by Berea College and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Caravan received additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kentucky Arts Commission, the Kentucky Humanities Council, and other private organizations.The aim of the Caravan was “to involv[e] Appalachians in Cultural and creative activities, to develo[p] a sense of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970 - 1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009