Oral history interview.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Appalachian Foodways Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0162 SAA 164
Abstract
The interviews in this collection are part of a multi-year oral history effort titled: Gathering the Stories of Appalachian Foodways: an Oral History Project.
The project’s purposes were to: learn about Appalachian foodways; gain insight and understanding in how Appalachian foodways have changed overtime; and, collect stories so that they can be studied in order to preserve the history of Appalachia.
Berea student researchers conducted interviews in 2012,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2012
Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection (January Short Term)
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
Listen To Interviews
Interviewees Are:
Bethel Cornette Interview re: Moonshining January 1973
Bill Woods Interview re:...
Dates:
Other: 1973
Berea College 1999 Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.11
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of recordings and transcripts of recordings of oral histories of Berea College faculty, staff, alumni, and current students. The project was conducted by students as part of their Oral History and Tradition course (GSTR 100) taught by Meighan Sharp in the fall of 1999. Interviews were conducted and transcribed by students....
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1999
Berea College Appalachian Museum Oral History Collection, 1975-1980
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.12
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of interviews recorded between 1975 and 1980 documenting a wide variety of Appalachian traditional crafts, occupations, and expressive culture from areas of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.Listen To Interviews, Read Transcripts, View Photographs The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1975 - 1980
Berea College Campus Ministry Oral History Collection, 1983-1988
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.14
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of interviews tracing the development of religious life activities and programs at Berea College especially in relationship to the establishment of the position of Campus Minister and the Campus Christian Center.The memory time span of the interviewees ranges from 1930 through 1988, the time of the then most recent interview.
Interviewees Are:
Francis Hutchins
Willis Weatherford
Gordon Ross
Donald Graham
D.B....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983 - 1988
Berea College Faculty and Staff Oral History Collection 1983-1989
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.05
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of thirty-five audio cassettes and transcripts of interviews with thirteen Berea College faculty and staff. Some of the individuals interviewed were also Berea College alumni; the tenure with the College of several interviewees dated from the 1930s and 1940s.
The project was initiated by Berea College president, Willis D. Weatherford. The interviews were conducted by various Berea College faculty members between 1983 and 1989.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983 - 1989
Berea College Selma to Montgomery Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.06
Abstract
Berea students, faculty, and staff, along with many others, had previously participated in a 1964 march on the state capitol in Frankfort to lobby the Kentucky legislature to pass civil rights legislation.
On March 7,1965, a small group of Bereans took part in a King-led march that had to turn back before arriving at Montgomery—during which a white minister from Boston was killed.
The subsequent five-day march of March 21st through the 25th drew more than 25,000 participants. Fifty-eight...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2004
Berea College Theatre Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.07
Scope and Contents
Audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with twenty one Berea College faculty and staff, some of whom were also Berea College alumni. Listen to Interview Recordings and / or Read Transcripts The interviews document the development of the college's theatre activities including both the curricular program and...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1988
Berea College Womens Basketball Oral History Collection, 2008
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.09
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of audio compact disc recordings and transcripts of sixteen interviews recorded by Tom Chase in 2008. (Click on the red Digital Object icon to hear recordings and read transcripts.) Interviews are mostly with women who played varsity (intercollegiate) basketball at Berea College during the program's first three decades (early 1960s to 2008). The exceptions are three Berea College faculty members who coached and taught physical education (Martha Beagle, Mark...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2008