Appalachian Region—Humor

Twenty-two reel-to-reel audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1987 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College in 1983. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachia that they published.

Eleven cassette audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1987 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College in 1987. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachia that they published.

Twenty-Four reel-to-reel audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1990 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College in 1990. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachia that they published.

Fifteen reel-to-reel audio recordings of jokes, stories, and tales told by participants in the 1993 Appalachian Humor Festival held at Berea College July 16 and 17, 1993. The festival was one of several such events promoted by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler as a means of gathering material to include in books about Appalachian that they published.