COLLECTIONS

Annville Institute Records, 1900-1980, SAA 43
Photographs and microfilmed records of the Reformed Church of America’s Annville Institute (elementary and high school) at Annville in Jackson County, Kentucky. 21 rolls microfilm and 9 boxes photographs

Appalachian Ballad and Folk Music Collection, 1911-1975, SAA 18
A collection of ballads, folksongs, spirituals, and commercial country songs collected at Berea College (1911-1927). Hand or type written text and notation are included along with correspondence between Berea College staff and music researchers (1907-1975). 1 ms box

Appalachian Church Minutes Collection, SAA 52
Published minutes or other records of several Appalachian church denominations. Mainline and Old Baptists are most numerous followed by Church of God, Lutherans and Methodists. The largest portion dates from the 1960s to 1980s but there are some from the early to late 1800s as well. An in-house database is available. An in-house database is available. 10 ms boxes

Appalachian Feuds Collection, 1898-1977, SAA 7
A collection of early 1900s correspondence between Berea College staff and researchers into Kentucky feuds. Also included are manuscript accounts of several feuds, related photographs, and newspaper clippings 1903-1921. 1 ms box

Appalachian Notes Records, 1973-1980, SAA 27
Correspondence with writers and subscribers related to the journal, Appalachian Notes, during the editorship (1973-1979) of Berea College History professor, Richard B. Drake. 8 ms boxes

Appalachian Oral History Collection, 1972-1973, SAA 59
Series of twenty-one (21) audio recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by Berea College students under direction of History professor, Richard B. Drake. Subjects include Pine Mountain Settlement School, John C. Campbell Folk School, Christian Appalachian Project, the Civilian Conservation Corps in Pike County, Kentucky, and Berea College’s Christmas Country Dance School. An in-house database is available.

Appalachian Photoarchives , SAA 70
Images documenting various aspects of Appalachian life and culture. Subjects depicted include handicrafts, logging, farming, coal mining, transportation, architecture, schools, and music. Some images date to the turn of the twentieth century but the provenance of most is unknown. 3 ms boxes.

Appalachian Presbyterians Survey Records, SAA 16
Survey data on rural-urban differences among Appalachian Presbyterians from eighteen congregations in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia compiled in 1968 by Sociologist, Hart M. Nelson. 13 ms boxes

Appalachian Religion Survey Records, 1931-1933, SAA 34
Data gathered 1931-1933 from 1,000 churches and missions in seventeen counties within six southern Appalachian states as part of a larger U.S. Department of Agriculture economic and social study. 6 ms boxes

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Appalachian Studies Association Records , SAA 28
Official records of the Appalachian Studies Association (originally the Appalachian Studies Conference) from 1977 to the present. 35 ms boxes

Appalachian Volunteers Records, 1963-1970, SAA 2
Records of the Appalachian Volunteers organization (1963-1970) including extensive correspondence, print, and photographic material. 145 ms boxes

Appalachian Volunteers Oral History Collection, 1982, SAA 39
Sixteen audio recordings and transcripts of interviews recorded by Marie Tyler McGraw with former Appalachian Volunteer workers who were assigned to West Virginia and then settled there after their service ended. An in-house database is available. 1 ms box

Harriette Simpson Arnow Collection, 1936-1986, SAA 51
Clippings, correspondence, manuscript fragments, photographs, essays and reviews relating to the life and writings of Kentucky writer, Harriette Simpson Arnow (1908-1986). 1 ms box

Sylvia Trent Auxier Papers, 1900-1968, SAA 83
Correspondence, diaries, and drafts of poetry, short stories, and articles by Pike County, Kentucky, writer, Sylvia Auxier. 8 ms boxes

Perley F. Ayer Papers, 1952-1968, SAA 21
Correspondence, speeches, interviews, sound recordings, and photographs relating to Perley F. Ayer, Berea College Sociology faculty (1947-1967) and Executive Director of the Council of the Southern Mountains (1951-1967). 14 ms boxes

Buckhorn Children’s Center Records, SAA 45
Photographs and microfilmed records of the Presbyterian Church sponsored institution and its predecessors, Witherspoon College, and Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency, located at Buckhorn in Perry County, KY. 8 rolls microfilm and 25 boxes of photographs

Buckhorn School Oral History Collection, SAA 94
Series of 16 audio recordings of interviews with former Buckhorn School students and staff from the early to mid 1900s when the Perry County, Kentucky, school was known as Witherspoon College. Also included are recordings of speeches and reminiscences at various Buckhorn Alumni Association meetings. The recordings were made during the 1970s and 1980s by 1941 Buckhorn graduate, Mike Duff who gave them to Berea College in 1989. An in-house database is available.

John C. Campbell Folk School Records, 1923-1985, SAA 47
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding, administration and activities of the school, located at Brasstown in Clay County, North Carolina. 7 rolls of microfilm and 6 boxes of photographs

John C. Campbell Folk School Collection, 1909-1981, SAA 24
Correspondence and publications relating to the Brasstown, North Carolina school and its founders Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler and later directors. 1 ms box

Nora Carpenter Traditional Music Collection, SAA 108
Song lyrics, poems, and sound recordings authored or collected by Nora E. Carpenter of Magoffin County, Kentucky, mostly during the period 1920 - 1960. Also included are numerous clippings of published song lyrics, poetry, and community history, along with a few song books published by regional country music radio performers during the 1940s and 1950s. Seven self recorded reel-to-reel audio tapes document Nora Carpenter’s singing, banjo and harmonica playing during the 1960s-1970s. The recordings have been digitized for preservation and CD copies are available for listening. The recordings’ contents are searchable via an in-house database. 3 ms boxes

Cash Gospel Quartet, SAA 109
Radio program sound recordings, program play lists, published song books, photographs, and personal appearance programs documenting the radio performing career of the Cash Quartet from Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Members included Walter Cash and his wife Reba; a sister, Joanne; and R.H. Hamm. They did not make commercial recordings. However, during the late 1950s and much of the 1960s they had their own weekly program on Renfro Valley radio station WRVK and occasionally appeared on John Lair’s Renfro Valley Gatherin’ heard over Louisville’s WHAS and other stations. Their non-radio work included frequent local and regional monthly sings and singing conventions, especially those in Kentucky’s Pulaski and Laurel Counties. The recordings have been digitized for preservation and CD copies are available for listening. The recordings’ contents are also searchable via an in-house database. Several can be heard online. 2 ms boxes

Catawba Sanatorium Collection, SAA 97
The Catawba Tuberculosis Sanatorium was opened in Virginia in 1909. A 1929 history, a 1913 annual report, and several pieces of ephemera constitute the collection. 1 ms box

Harry M. Caudill Papers, 1956-1990, SAA 74
Correspondence, clippings, writings, speeches, and photographs relating to Caudhill’s career as eastern Kentucky author and lawyer. 2 ms boxes

G.R. Combs Ballad Collection, 1907-1930, SAA 105
Several hundred ballads and religious songs collected by Berea student and Owsley County, Kentucky native Gilbert Reynolds Combs. Much of his collecting occurred during his turn of the century student days at Berea and his work as a Methodist pastor in Kentucky and North Carolina during the first half of the 1900s. The secular ballad and song material come mainly from Kentucky. The religious songs are from both Anglo and African American traditions found in Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Also included are biographical material recounting Comb’s career, his notes recalling memories of early childhood, and description of the kind of social settings in which various traditional songs might be heard. 1 ms box

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Josiah Combs Collection, 1910-1960, SAA 71
Typescript of writings and collected folklore by Knott County, Kentucky, native and noted folklore scholar, Josiah Combs. Topics include ballads and songs, Appalachian linguistics, and scatology. 3 ms boxes

Council of the Southern Mountains Records, 1912-1970, SAA 1
Correspondence and other records (1910-1970) documenting the Council’s work of promoting cooperation among Appalachian private, government, and religious organizations. 288 ms boxes

Council of the Southern Mountains Records, 1970-1989, SAA 101
Administrative records, correspondence, organizational papers, photographs, news clippings, and sound recordings (1970-1989) documenting the Council’s work in mine health and safety, community unions, welfare rights, and legal services in the Appalachian region. The Council disbanded in 1989. 268 ms boxes

Council of the Southern Mountains Oral History Project Collection, SAA 110
Twenty-one tape recorded interviews (with transcripts) relating to the social reform efforts of the Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM ) during the period 1970 – 1989. Interviewees include the former CSM executive director, other staff, board members, and elected officers.

The interviews provide documentation of the complete turn over in CSM leadership that occurred beginning in 1970, and the resultant initiatives over the next several years, in the areas of community organization, rural economic development, coal mine safety and health legislation, and mine disaster relief. 1 ms box

Helen Dingman Papers, 1917-1945, SAA 25
Diaries, correspondence, reports, and notes of Dingman, an eastern Kentucky social worker, Berea College teacher, and executive secretary of the Council of Southern Mountians. 1 ms box

Disputanta Oral History Collection, 1978-1979, SAA 30
Series of twenty-eight (28) audio recordings, transcripts, and published material resulting from an oral history project documenting the Disputanta community in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, that was conducted 1978-1979 by Berea College student, Terry Allebaugh. An in-house database is available.

John Fetterman Papers, 1940-1973, SAA 26
Correspondence, research materials, writings, and photographs documenting Fetterman’s Pulitzer Prize winning work as reporter and editor for the Courier Journal and Louisville Times. He wrote extensively in the 1960s and 1970s about the effects of strip mining, poverty and the Vietnam war on eastern Kentuckians. He also authored the book, Stinking Creek and a National Geographic article on the people of Cumberland Gap. 30 ms boxes

Katherine Jackson French Ballad Collection, SAA 4
Several dozen ballads and songs collected by French (1909-1910) from eastern Kentuckians including Berea College students and resdidents of Berea. 1 ms box

Frontier Nursing Service Collection, 1911-1976, SAA 14
Correspondence, printed material, and photographs (1923-1951) relating to Mary Breckinridge’s establishment of nurse-midwifery clinics in Kentucky’s Leslie and Clay Counties. Most of the correspondence is between Breckenridge and Berea College Presidents, William J. and Francis Hutchins who at various times served on the FNS Board of Directors. 1 ms box

I. W. Gabbard Papers, 1936-1955, SAA 17
Notebook-diaries (1936-1955) of I. W. Gabbard, Owsley County, Kentucky farmer and justice of the peace. He recorded details about local and national events, farming conditions, crop sales, weather, and family genealogical data. 1 ms box

Ancil Gatliff Collection, 1887-1988, SAA 80
Biographical material and correspondence documenting the life and career of Dr. Ancil Gatcliff, Whitley County, Kentucky, physician, banker, and coal operator. 8 ms boxes

Glenmary Religion Survey Records, 1965-1970 , SAA 68
Survey data, interpretative articles, and 125 audio taped interviews with transcripts that document the religious attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of selected residents of Scott County, Virginia, and McDowell County, West Virginia. 15 ms boxes

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Graney-Windle Papers, 1902-1906, SAA 69
Personal letters (1902-1906) of Catherine Graney of Flemington & Rowlesburg, West Virginia, and Goyne Windle, who worked as a clerk for the Blaine and Potomac Coal Mining Company. 2 ms boxes

Bruce Greene Kentucky Fiddle Music Collection , SAA 90
One hundred seventy-four (174) audio field recordings (1970s-1990s) of interviews and performances that document the repertoire and playing styles of several dozen Kentucky fiddlers, mainly from the state’s southern and southeastern regions. Tune titles, performer names, and locations are searchable via an in-house database.

Harlan County Struggle Collection , SAA 60
Clippings, print materials, and correspondence documenting the 1931-1932 Harlan County, Kentucky, coal miners’ strike. Included are letters by Theodore Drieser, John Dos Passos, and Berea College President, Willian J. Hutchins. 1 ms box

John Harrod Kentucky Fiddle Music Collection , SAA 89
One-hundred ninety-nine (199) audio field recordings (1970s-1990s) of interviews and performances that document the repertoire and playing styles of several dozen Kentucky fiddlers, mainly from the state’s southcentral and northeast regions. Tune titles, performer names, and locations are searchable via an in-house database.

Hazel Green Academy Records, 1886-1982 , SAA 46
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the history of the Disciples of Christ sponsored school, located at Hazel Green in Wolfe County, Kentucky. 54 rolls microfilm, 25 boxes of photographs

Ben Heiman Folklore Collection , SAA 62
Collected folklore materials of Alabama storyteller, Ben Heiman. Except for some correspondence, and Hieman’s reworking of folk tales, the collection consists mainly of photocopied items from a wide variety of printed sources. 13 ms boxes

Henderson Settlement School Records, 1925-1984, SAA 49
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the history of United Methodist Church related Henderson Settlement School and child care program in Bell County, Kentucky. 6 rolls microfilm and 8 boxes photographs

John W. Hevener Collection, SAA 72
Research materials, notes, manuscripts, articles, clippings, and photographs compiled by Hevener (1933-1989) author of Which Side Are You On: Harlan County Coal Miners 1931-1939. Other subjects include Widen, West Virginia and Appalachians in Akron Ohio. 20 ms boxes

Hindman Settlement School Papers, 1899-1977, SAA 9
Correspondence, diaries, newsletters, ballad texts, and photographs relating to Hindman founders, Katherine Pettit, May Stone and other key figures in the school’s early history such as Ann Cobb, Josiah Combs, Lucy Furman, and Elizabeth Watts. 3 ms boxes

Hindman Settlement School Records, 1899-1979, SAA 41
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding, administration and activities of the Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky. 13 rolls microfilm

Hinton Rural Life Center Records , SAA 50
Photographs and microfilmed records (1958-1985) documenting the work of this Methodist Church related project at Hayesville in Clay County, North Carolina, which focuses on strengthening small-membership churches. 7 rolls microfilm and 1 box of photographs

Mary Holloway Nursing Records, 1925-1941,SAA 107
Correspondence and medical treatment notes of Mary Finley Holloway relating to her work as a nurse in twenty four eastern and central Kentucky counties for the Kentucky Commission on Crippled Children. Included is contact information for key persons and agencies in each county, along with names, diagnoses and recommended treatment for the children seen at clinics held in Louisville, Lexington, and smaller towns such as Harlan and Corbin. 1 ms box

Willard Rouse Jillson Papers, 1898-1978, SAA 19
Correspondence, photographs, and maps relating to Jillson’s active involvement in promoting the exploitation of Kentucky’s coal, oil, and gas resources while serving as Kentucky State Geologist (1919-1932). 66 ms boxes

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Jostes Sisters Renfro Valley Photographic Collection, SAA 88
Thirty 8 x 10 prints and ninety snapshots documenting Renfro Valley Barn Dance personalities, events, grounds, and structures during the 1940s. 1 ms box

Buell Kazee Collection, 1946-1979, SAA 54
Correspondence, articles, photographs, and sound recordings documenting the career, repertoire, and musical talent of Buell Kazee, Kentucky folk singer, banjo player, and Baptist minister. Performance and interview recordings are particularly notable for their extensive documentation of Kazee’s distinctive banjo fingering techniques and tunings. 3 ms boxes

Bradley Kincaid Papers, 1923-1988, SAA 13
Correspondence, photographs, interview transcripts, clippings, songbooks, sheet music, and other printed material documenting the career of Kentucky country music radio pioneer, Bradley Kincaid.   14 ms boxes

Barbara Kunkle Kentucky Traditional Music Collection , SAA 92
Fifty-six audio field recordings (1970s) of interviews and performances that document the repertoire and styles of several Kentucky fiddlers, banjo players, and ballad singers mainly from the state’s northeastern region. Tune titles, performer names, and locations are searchable via an in-house database.

John Lair Papers, 1930-1984, SAA 66
Correspondence, photographs, radio scripts, sound recordings, interview transcripts, and other printed material documenting the life and work of Rockcastle County, Kentucky native, John Lair, founder of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. 79 ms boxes

John Lair - Renfro Valley Barn Dance Oral History Collection 1994-1999, SAA 95
Series of thirty audio recorded interviews with performers and others who were associated with the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and other radio programs produced by John Lair, first in Cincinnati, Ohio and later in Renfro Valley, Kentucky, 1937 through much of the 1950s. Most of the interviews were conducted during the period 1994-1999, by Hutchins Library Sound Archivist, Harry Rice. Additional interviews in the collection were conducted at various earlier times by Loyal Jones, Wayne Daniels, and Reuben Powell.

Lily May Ledford Collection, 1936-1985, SAA 79
Autobiographical writings, articles, clippings, and photographs documenting the career of Kentucky country music performer, Lily May Ledford. 1 ms box

Nora Morgan Lewis Folktale Collection, SAA 96
This collection consists of copies of manuscripts from the narrative traditions of the Farmer-Muncy-Lewis family of Leslie County, Kentucky. These 38 folktales are mainly from the repertoire of Sidney Farmer Muncy and were written down by her daughter, Nora Morgan Lewis in the 1950s. Sidney Farmer Muncy was the source for the tales told by her granddaughter, Jane Muncy, documented on sound recordings made by folklorist, Leonard Roberts in 1948 which are now part of the Leonard Roberts Collection, SAA 57. 1 ms box.

Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection, 1874-1973, SAA 29
Correspondence, photographs, diary photocopies, folk song lyrics, interviews, sound and video recordings documenting the career of NorthCarolina folk music scholar and festival organizer, Bascom Lamar Lunsford. Tune titles and performer names are searchable via an in-house database and printed index. 10 ms boxes

Talitha Ethel Powell McClure Ballad Collection, 1915-1980, SAA 32
Handwritten lyrics to fifty-three ballads collected by Berea College student, McClure from her mother, Talitha Powell, during the 1915-16 school year. The Elder Powell later sung several of these songs for ballad scholar, Cecil Sharp on his 1917 Berea visit. 1 ms box

McLain Family Band Records, SAA 86
Correspondence, concert / bluegrass festival programs, advertising material, photographs, sound and video recordings that document the Mclain Family Band’s performing activity between 1968 and 1989. 52 ms boxes

Missionary Baptist Study, SAA 85
Printed church association minutes and transcripts of audio recorded sermons and interviews documenting Missionary Baptist faith and practice in Allen, Barren, and Monroe, counties, Kentucky, compiled during the summer of 2000, by Berea College student, Andrew L. Hogue. 1 ms box

Mountain Maternal Health League Records, 1936-1986, SAA 53
Correspondence, minute books, subject files, scrapbooks, publications, and photographs documenting the League’s work. 6 ms boxes

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National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty Collection, 1966-67, SAA 15
The Commission’s fact finding efforts are documented in correspondence, reports and transcripts of hearings including one at Berea College on January 21, 1967. 8 ms boxes

Norfolk and Western Railroad Records, 1881-1979, SAA 63
Company published historical, legal, and administrative documents relating to the history and operation of the Norfolk & Western railroad. 10 ms boxes

Ohio and Kentucky Railway Company Records, 1899-1900, SAA 31
Right-of-way deeds and construction contracts for the Ohio and Kentucky railroad which ran from Jackson, Kentucky, in Breathitt County to Cannel City, Kentucky, in Morgan County and ceased operation in 1933. 1 ms box

Oneida Baptist Institute Records, 1906-1983 , SAA 48
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding and operation of this Baptist Church related school at Oneida in Clay County, Kentucky. 44 rolls of microfilm and 5 boxes of photographs

Earl Palmer Photographic Collection, 1950s-1960s , SAA 73
Photographs by Bell County, Kentucky native and noted Appalachian photographer, Earl Palmer. Subject areas include coal mining, handicrafts, landscapes, churches, farming, and people. 1 ms box

Katherine Pettit Papers, 1899-1937, SAA 11
Correspondence, narrative reports, and published accounts documenting Pettit’s efforts during the summers of 1899-1901, that led to the 1902 founding of Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky. 2 ms boxes

John S. Phillips Papers, 1944-1966, SAA 58
Clippings, scrapbooks, short stories, poetry, and photographs that document Phillips’ work as a West Virginia newspaper columnist, radio personality, and station manager. 10 ms boxes

Pine Mountain (Kentucky) Community Study Records, 1948-1965, SAA 22
Records of a socio-economic study of the Pine Mountain (Kentucky) Community conducted by Berea College Sociologist, Roscoe Giffin in the early 1950s. 8 ms boxes

Pine Mountain Settlement School Collection, 1913-1975, SAA 10
Correspondence, clippings, newsletters and other publications that document the School’s founding and operation, the long service of Berea President, Francis Hutchins on its Board of Directors, and the College’s formal administrative arrangement with Pine Mountain during the 1950s and 1960s. 9 ms boxes

Pine Mountain Settlement School Records, 1913-1984, SAA 42
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding and work of Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky. 95 rolls of microfilm and 32 boxes of photographs

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Reuben Powell Early Country Music Collection 1910-1982, SAA 65
Correspondence, clippings, and audio recordings of music and interviews that reflect Powell’s efforts at documenting a host of early country music performers, mainly 1930 to 1950. He was particularly interested in those from Kentucky and any associated with such radio programs as the National Barn Dance and the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. 10 ms boxes and 13 card file boxes

James Watt Raine Ballad Collection 1908-1949, SAA 6
Ninety ballads and songs collected by James Watt Raine during the time he taught at Berea College, from 1906 to 1939. 1 ms box

Red Bird Mission Records, 1920-1985, SAA 44
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the administration and programs of the Methodist Church related Red Bird Mission in Clay, Leslie, Bell and Harlan Counties in Kentucky. 21 rolls of Microfilm and 10 boxes of photographs

Steve Rice Kentucky Fiddle Music Collection , SAA 91
Forty-four audio field recordings (1990s) of interviews and performances that document the repertoire and playing styles of several Kentucky fiddlers, mainly from the state’s south central region. Tune titles, performer names, and locations are searchable via an in-house database.

Doc Roberts Papers, 1910-1938, SAA 75
Correspondence, recording contracts, royalty statements and fan mail documenting the commercial recording and radio work of Kentucky fiddler, Doc Roberts. 3 ms boxes

Leonard Roberts Papers, 1950-1983, SAA 57
Audio recordings, and transcriptions of folklore narrative collected by noted Kentucky folklorist, Leonard Roberts. Story titles, performer names and locations are searchable via an in-house database. 60 ms boxes and 15 card file boxes

E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund Records, 1922-1978, SAA 20
Records documenting the Robinson Fund’s role in southeastern Kentucky agricultural, educational, health, and economic development efforts. 71 ms boxes

Stuart Robinson School Collection, 1913-1957 , SAA 78
Publications and photographs documenting this Letcher County, Kentucky, Presbyterian mission school (1913-1957) founded by E. O. Guerrant. 1 ms box

Scientists and Engineers for Appalachia Records, 1969-1979 , SAA 64
Correspondence, clippings, maps, newsletters, photographs and sound recordings that document SEA’s efforts to bring advances in science and technology to bear on the problems of Appalachia. The sound recordings document two mid 1970s symposia, one on the Clinch River Nuclear Reactor in Tennessee and another relating to strip mining and flooding in Appalachia. 6 ms boxes

Settlement Institutions of Appalachia Records, 1970-1982, SAA 36
Records documenting the SIA’s work of fund raising and promotion of cooperative programming among its fifteen member schools. 36 ms boxes

Edna Lynn Simms Appalachian Collection, 1855-1963, SAA 81
Family records, letters, card files, clippings and photographs compiled by Edna Simms in her efforts during the 1930s at documenting the people and life ways of the Gatlinburg, Tennessee, area. The photographs are mainly of people. Note cards include such topics as herbs, cures, food, superstitions, music, religion, and speech traits. 4 ms boxes

John F. Smith Traditional Music Collection, 1915-1940, SAA 5
Several hundred ballads, songs, fiddle, and banjo tunes, some with musical notation, collected from Berea College students during the early 1900s by John F. Smith. Also included are lists of musical instruments played in the students’ home communities and descriptions of house dances and singing schools they participated in.4 ms boxes

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Southern Appalachian Studies Records (1962 Survey), SAA 3
Records of the administration, activities, and findings of this social, economic, and religious survey that was conducted to examine changes in Appalachia since the last such study done by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1935. 180 ms boxes

Southern Music and Radio Photographic Collection, SAA 82
Photographs relating to early country music performers, traditional musicians, radio personalities, and events documented in the Berea College Appalachian Sound Archives.3 ms boxes

Southern Regional Council Appalachian Desegregation Survey Records, 1953-1954, SAA 55
Results of 1954 attitudes survey in twenty-nine counties of three states by Berea College economics professor, Robert Menefee, regarding the Supreme Court’s Brown decision. 1 ms box

Albert Stewart Papers , SAA 84
Correspondence (1949-1994) to and from Albert Stewart in his capacity as Editor of Appalachian Heritage. 2 ms boxes

James Still Papers, 1940-2001, SAA 35
Correspondence, typescript poetry and prose, clippings, and photographs documenting the life and work of eastern Kentucky writer, James Still. 8 ms boxes

Jesse Stuart Papers, 1933-1983 , SAA 12
Correspondence, typescript poetry and prose, clippings, and photographs documenting the life and work of eastern Kentucky writer Jesse Stuart. 7 ms boxes

J.A. Stucky Papers, 1903-1956, SAA 23
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and articles documenting Dr. Stucky’s pioneering efforts in the treatment and eradication of Trachoma among eastern Kentucky residents during the early 1900s. 2 ms boxes

William H. Tallmadge Baptist Hymnody Collection, 1968-1980, SAA 33
Correspondence, sound recordings, notebooks, church association minutes, and hymnbooks documenting Tallmadge’s study of Old Regular, Primitive and United Baptist singing traditions in Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, during the 1960s and 1970s. Song titles, performer names and locations are searchable via an in-house database. 17 ms boxes

Samuel McDowell Tate Papers, SAA 100
Correspondence, financial, and business records relating to Burke County, North Carolina businessman and politician, Samuel McDowell Tate, mainly for the period 1850-1892. Included also are Bills that Tate authored while serving in the North Carolina House of Commons (1870s 1880s). Pre-Civil War, Tate had a thriving general merchandise business and worked as a manager for the Western North Carolina Railroad Company. After Confederate Army service, he served variously as financial agent of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company, census taker, postmaster, justice of the peace, bank examiner, and North Carolina state treasurer.

Tennessee Valley Authority Collection, 1936-1983, SAA 77
TVA produced educational and technical publications and photographs documenting its organization and activities. Subject areas include agriculture, industrial development, water management, health, and safety. 7 ms boxes

Jeff Titon Kentucky Traditional Music Collection, 1990-1996 , SAA 93
Fifty-seven audio and ten video field recordings of interviews and performances that mainly document southeastern Kentucky Old Regular Baptist singing traditions 1990-1996. Also documented are the repertoire and playing style of southern Kentucky fiddler, Clyde Davenport 1990-1991. Included as well is an undated, published video, “A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle” (Landis Family gospel singers of Granville County, North Carolina) produced by Titon associate, Tom Davenport. Tune titles, performer names, and locations are searchable via an in-house database or printed index.

Lois Hirschy Trimble Postcard Collection, SAA 98
One hundred twenty seven postcards depicting such scenes as the last stagecoach in Kentucky, logging on the Kentucky River, Shaker dwellings, coal mines, moonshine stills, Lexington court day, and tobacco and hemp cultivation. The majority of the postcards apparently pre-date 1930. Some bear numbers that indicate they were within the Curt Teich series printed between 1913 and 1928. At least four were printed between 1900 and 1908. Two date from 1933 and 1936 respectively. Two were printed in England, and one (of a mountain washday) in Germany.

Doris Ulmann Collection, 1930-1976 , SAA 8
Correspondence, clippings, and articles relating primarily to photographer Ulmann’s work in Kentucky and other parts of Appalachia during the early 1930s. Also included are copy negatives for 300 of Ulmann’s Appalachian related prints. (The Berea College Art Department houses and provides access to an additional 4,000 posthumous Ullmann prints.) 1 ms box and 7 boxes of copy negatives

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Virginia Americana Collection, SAA 99
Court documents, personal and business correspondence, election vote tallies, and bills of sale pertaining variously to Campbell, Floyd, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, and Scott Counties in Virginia and spanning the years from 1792 to 1889. In particular, materials document indentured servitude, the sale of slaves, and real property transactions. Personal and business correspondence 1805-1874 provide informative glimpses of personalities, attitudes, experiences, and the world of business. 1 mss box

“Voices From the Sixties” Oral History Collection, 1985-1987 , SAA 87
Forty-one audio recorded interviews of Kentucky and West Virginia activists, politicians, and scholars relative to government funded anti-poverty programs in the 1960s and 1970s. The interviews were the bases for four public radio documentaries titled respectively, “Appalachian Volunteers,” “Maximum Feasible Participation,” “Strip Mining,” and “Fair Elections.” An in-house database is available.

West-Vanhook Family Papers, 1867-1952, SAA 61
Correspondence, family history, financial records, photographs, and audio recorded interviews that document the West-Vanhook family and the operation of the family farm at Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky. 5 ms boxes

Mary Wheeler Ballad Collection, 1917-1982, SAA 76
Ballad transcriptions, correspondence, clippings and photographs documenting Mary Wheeler’s collecting efforts while teaching at Hindman Settlement School in 1926. 2 ms boxes

D. K. Wilgus Folklore Collection, 1918-1989, SAA 67
Kentucky ballads, songs, stories, sayings, legends, and local histories that Wilgus collected directly and through students while teaching at Western Kentucky University 1950-1962. Of equal importance are the sizable folksong and ballad files that Wilgus obtained from such earlier folklore scholars as Josiah Combs and E.C. Parrow whose study of Kentucky folklore date to the turn of the nineteenth century. 12 ms boxes

Cratis Williams Papers, 1940-1985 , SAA 56
Correspondence, manuscripts, writings, clippings and photographs related to the life and work of Appalachian scholar, Cratis Willams. 7 ms boxes

Mabel Martin Wyrick Local History Collection, 1854-1893, SAA 37
Family letters, Baptist Church Association minutes, and an 1861 Union oriented songbook relating to the Martin, Anderson and Jones families in Knox, Laurel, and Whitley Counties, Kentucky, collected by local history writer Mabel Martin Wyrick of Corbin, Kentucky. 1 ms box

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