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Appalachia -- Education.

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Extension Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.45
Abstract Berea College's Extension Services provided short-term, informal educational programming and services, primarily in adult education, both on and off campus, to persons living in communities around Berea (including the mountain regions as far away as West Virginia). Programming included Opportunity Schools (held both on campus and in other communities), lectures, and the publication of pamphlets, bulletins and leaflets on a variety of topics. Information regarding the Berea Opportunity...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1898-1958
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Pat Wear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.55
Abstract

Pat Wear taught at Berea College from 1950 until he retired in 1980.  Dr. Wear ("Pat") served as chairman of the college's education department and was a professor of elementary education and director of secondary student teaching. He continued to teach part-time after he retired.  In addition to his academic work, Wear was an avid tennis player and was a leading supporter and influence for tennis in Berea and the state of Kentucky.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1979
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Settlement Institutions of Appalachia Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0038 SAA 036
Abstract The Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit consortium of private service institutions in South Central Appalachia. Leaders of the twelve founding institutions envisioned it as a mechanism to facilitate exchange of ideas, cooperation in program development and fund raising. The first executive committee of the board of directors consisted of Chairman, John Ramsay - John C. Campbell Folk School; vice-chairman, Robert Fulton - Henderson Settlement;...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1982
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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 rapport...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970 - 1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Urban Appalachian Council Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0151 SAA 160
Abstract

Papers of the Urban Appalachian Council (UAC), Cincinnati, OH, 1974-2014

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1994; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/2010
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

WHAS Radio Historical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0216 HC 41
Abstract WHAS was the first licensed radio station in Kentucky when it started broadcasting on July 18, 1922. Early programming included news and sports coverage. The station aired the first live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby on May 16, 1925. It was originally part of the Bingham family owned Louisville media empire which most notably included the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times. The station...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1967
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Witherspoon College Buckhorn School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0172-SAA 170
Abstract

The collection contains biographical profiles of alumni and founders, written and audio interviews, photographs, yearbooks, audio and video recordings, newspaper and magazine articles, historical essays, books related to the institution, Buckhorn Alumni Association documents and maps of the Buckhorn area.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-2013
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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