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Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Deacon Smith Aftermath of Coal Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0296
Scope and Contents These are interviews recorded by Bellarmine University student, Deacon Smith in Floyd County, Kentucky during June 2024. The interviews were part of an undergraduate research project that focused on exploring how eastern Kentucky communities have dealt with the transition into a post-coal economy. The project was conducted with support of a Bellarmine University Student Government Undergraduate Research Award and the Kentucky Oral History Commission. Virginia (Ginger) Blevins ...
Dates: June 2024
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Vertical Files

 Collection
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
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Appalachian Volunteers Records, Parts I and II

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0003 SAA 002
Abstract The Appalachian Volunteers (AV) was one of the most visible and, initially, successful of the War on Poverty projects of the 1960s. At its peak—in the summers of 1966 and 1967—the organization was receiving large amounts of federal funding and had over 500 volunteer workers in the field. Its prominent involvement in social and political reform, the geographic area it served, and the factors contributing to its demise make the records of the Appalachian Volunteers a rich source for the study...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1963-1970; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1969
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Brushy Fork Institute

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.4
Abstract

These are the official records of the Brushy Fork Institute.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1988-
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

William Goodell Frost papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.03
Abstract

This collection consists of official and personal papers of, William Goodell Frost, who served as Berea College's third president from 1892 to 1920.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1955; Other: Majority of material found within 1860-1894
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Perley F. Ayer Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0022 SAA 021
Abstract Perley F. Ayer, a native of New Hampshire, was educated at the University of New Hampshire (B.S.1922) and Cornell University (M.S. 1947).  Prior to coming to Berea in 1947, he had been employed as an extension agent in New Hampshire and as an instructor at Pleasant Hill Academy in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee.  He worked at Berea College as supervisor of an agricultural training program in the Foundation School, as a field representative for the Admissions office, and as an instructor in...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1968
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Southern Appalachian Studies Records (1962 Survey)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0004 SAA 003
Abstract The Southern Appalachian Studies 1972 Regional Survey resulted from the 1956 Interdenominational Conference of Religious Workers' determination that there was inadequate information available to develop an effective course of action addressing the broad problems plaguing the Appalachian region and its people.  The original conference of representatives from major church bodies were called together by Dr. Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. to discuss problems and plan programs orientated to upgrading...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1956-1962; Other: Majority of material found in 1962
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.56
Abstract

Willis D. Weatherford, Sr., was president of the Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, N.C., 1906-1944; president of the Y.M.C.A. Graduate School, Nashville, 1919-1946; trustee of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1916-ca. 1962; faculty member of Fisk University, 1936-1946; director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; and lifelong student of race relations in the South.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c. 1915-1970
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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