Restrictions: Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Rights: Federal copyright regulations apply. Please cite materials.
Preferred Citation: [Object identification], RG 14.05: Berea College Faculty and Staff Oral History Collection, 1983-1984. Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, KY.
Finding Aid Revisions: The finding aid was created in October 2015 by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist. Collection organized by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist. Links to recordings were added in 2018. Finding guide updated April 2019.
This collection consists of thirty-five audio cassettes and transcripts of interviews with thirteen Berea College faculty and staff. Some of the individuals interviewed were also Berea College alumni; the tenure with the College of several interviewees dated from the 1930s and 1940s.
The project was initiated by Berea College president, Willis D. Weatherford. The interviews were conducted by various Berea College faculty members between 1983 and 1989.