African Americans.

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Unedited version of an essay submitted October 15, 2019 by Jim Embry to We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile published by Harper Collins April 2021. Gift of the author. Jim Embry is a native of Richmond, Kentucky. The essay discusses Jim Embry's family history, the plight of African Americans after the Civil War, the Black Chautauqua movement in Kentucky, agriculture, and food activism. It also contains numerous references to Berea College.

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Letter of Kirke Smith, a black student, recalling meeting Kate Gilbert at a Christmas dinner at the Eugene Fairchild home

Scope and Contents 1918-1920: Fifteen 8.5 x 6.5 inch black and white photographs (plus a partial photograph) of Lynch in the early 20th century, including landscape views, homes, the Coal Miners Hotel, the United Supply Company main store, and the interior of the bath house for African American employees. (Formerly Log 682. Moved into the Appalachian Vertical Files October 2023.)Circa 1980s: Five 5 x 7 inch black and white Warren Brunner Studio photographs featuring images of African Americans, the...

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An interracial documentary project comprised of 40 life story interviews with sons and daughters of coal miners looking back 50 years on Mount Hope, West Virginia.

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Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

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This collection consists of autographed letters and documents signed by persons of literary, political, or historical note.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.