Appalachia.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Abstract

The collection on Daniel J. Ransohoff comprises a group of large social work posters, a Christian Appalachian Project calendar and a book about community social services in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. These materials shed light on Ransohoff's photography, community activism, and work among Appalachians.

Scope and Contents

Two prints without text:
1. "Deserted Cabin" (see page 57 in At Home In the Hills)
2. "Mountain Cabin" (see page 67 in At Home In the Hills)

Data from the original mailing box postmarked August 12, 1982: "Spellman - Prints from Linoleum cuts. Mr. Spellman was a worker at Pine Mt. Settlement School and an Artist. The deserted cabin was on Greasy Creek, Harlan Co. Kentucky."

Abstract Born in 1928, Loyal Jones grew up on a mountain farm in western North Carolina. He graduated from Hayesville North Carolina High School in 1945, earned an undergraduate degree in English at Berea College in 1954, and received his masters in English (becoming certified to teach) from the University of North Carolina in 1957. Jones served as Director of the Appalachian Center (now the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center) at Berea College from 1970-1993. Before coming to Berea College as director...

Content Description From the Collection:

This is a small collection of posters and other printed materials highlighting photographer Daniel J. Ransohoff's work on behalf of the Christian Appalachian Project, Community Chest and Council of the Cincinnati Area, and the field of social work.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This set of papers contains research notes, manuscripts, drafts and personal/biographical materials of Richard (Dick) Bryant Drake. Materials in the Personal and Biographical series include both Drake’s and family members’ writings.