Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Appalachian Religion Survey Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0036 SAA 034
Abstract
The 1931-1933 Appalachian regional religion survey was conducted in connection with a broader economic and social study of the region undertaken by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Survey results were published in the books, Religion in the Highlands: Native Churches and Missionary Enterprises in the Southern Appalachians (1933) by Elizabeth R. Hooker, and Economic and Social Problems and Conditions of the...
Dates:
created: 1931-1933
Appalachian Vertical Files
Collection — Box 01-129
Identifier: BCA 0252
Abstract
This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials on a number of subjects and documents the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1968-2000
Cratis D. Williams Audio / Video Reference Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0146 SAA 146
Abstract
Cratis Williams was a scholar and folklorist who was an early leader in establishing the discipline of Appalachian Studies. He was an eastern Kentucky native but spent the major part of his academic career teaching literature, speech, and drama at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
The audio and video recordings in this collection document Williams' class lectures, interviews, and public performances at Berea College during the period 1971-1985. In varying combinations,...
Dates:
created: 1971-1981
Loyal Jones Faith and Meaning Interview Collection
Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0264
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of interviews, worship services, and radio programs recorded by Loyal Jones as part of the data he gathered in the process of writing Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands published in 1999.
Listen to Interview and / or Church Service Recordings
Dates:
created: 1972-1995; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1901
Ira Jay Martin III papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.32
Abstract
Records and papers detailing Dr. Ira Jay Martin III’s work and life as a scholar.
Dates:
created: 1944-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1977
William H. Tallmadge Baptist Hymnody Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0035 SAA 033
Abstract
William Tallmadge earned degrees in Music at Oberlin College (Ohio), in 1940 (B.M.) and 1946 (M.M.). From 1949-1976 he was on the faculty of State University College in Buffalo, New York where his research and teaching concentrated on both Anglo and African American popular musical genres. He continued this non-classical focus at Berea (1976-1984) teaching courses on the history of Jazz and its relation to newer musical trends such as Rock, Soul, and Disco. Articles published as a result...
Dates:
created: 1968-1980