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Harlan County (Ky.) -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Harlan County Struggle collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0060 SAA 060
Abstract

Materials regarding Harlan County, Kentucky, and the ongoing struggle that occurred for over forty years following the big coal boom of the early 1900s.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-1983
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Helen Dingman Papers

 Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0026 SAA 025
Abstract

Diaries, correspondence, reports, notes, and photographs mainly documenting Helen Dingman's community organizing and educational efforts in Harlan County, Kentucky during the early 1900s.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1945
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John and Frances Reedy Early Country Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0317
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the musical career of early bluegrass musicians John and Frances Reedy from Harlan County, Kentucky. Materials include:

Clippings, photos, and other print material
Home tape recordings and play lists
Reedy commercial disc and 8-Track recordings
Other performers' commercial disc recordings

Located in Archives Stacks [Range: 7, Section: N, Shelf: 6]

Dates: 1940-1960
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Katherine Pettit papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0012-SAA 011
Abstract

Papers and records of Katherine Pettit.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1899 - 1937
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Pine Mountain Settlement School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0011 SAA 010
Abstract Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913, by Katherine Pettit and Ethel de Long. The two women received ninety-five acres of land from William Creech for the purpose of providing educational opportunities for the people of the Pine Mountain area of Harlan County, Kentucky. Petit and de Long modeled their program after Jane Adam’s Hull House in Chicago. They hoped that their modern ideas about health, nutrition, work efficiency, farm management, and the cultural value of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-2011
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Pine Mountain Settlement School Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0042 SAA 042
Abstract Kentuckian Katherine Pettit and Smith College Graduate Ethel DeLong finalized the incorporation of Pine Mountain Settlement School (Harland County, Kentucky) in 1913. Land for the school was donated by William and Sally Dixon Creech, early settlers who wanted wider educational opportunities for area children. Katherine Pettit had helped found Hindman Settlement School in 1902. As stated in its Article of Incorporation, the purpose of Pine Mountain Settlement School was to provide an...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1984
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Red Bird Mission Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0044 SAA 044
Abstract The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1985
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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