Storytelling -- Appalachian Region
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection, 1987
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.06
Scope and Contents
This collection contains video recordings documenting the Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling held at Berea College, November 12-14, 1987. Features of the event included concurrent storytelling sessions for various ages, the Second National Liars Contest, an informal "Swapping Ground" for storytellers, and scholarly lectures on the status of blacks in Appalachia.Among the fifteen master storytellers participating in the festival were Mary Carter Smith and Linda...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987
Hutchins Library - Indiana University Folktale Workshop
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0245
Abstract
The Hutchins Library - Indiana University Folktale Workshop was a three-week research residency held in Berea July 7-26, 2003. It was sponsored jointly by Berea College, the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, and the Tales Online Project. Participants included students, teachers, storytellers, and researchers. The Primary focus of the study was Berea's Leonard Roberts Folktale Collection.
Activities included archival research, tale transcription of audio recordings, guest speakers,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2003
Robert and Laura Thurman Appalachian Storytelling Collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0290
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an audio recording of Robert and Laura Thurman’s presentation about their east Tennessee heritage generally and storytelling in particular given at the Berea College Appalachian Center on November 11, 2022. Also included are recordings of ten stories told by Robert Thurman on another occasion.
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Dates:
2022