Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline Collection | Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog

By Harry Rice

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Collection Overview

Title: Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline Collection

Predominant Dates:1994-2014

Extent: 129.0 Boxes (General)

Arrangement:

The collection has been arranged in the following series:

Series 1 through 38: audio recordings. Series 39 through 77: project records, photographs, biographical material, and video recordings

Series 1: [information restricted]

Series 2: Walker Calhoun Audio Recordings

Series 3: Calvert County Marine Museum Audio Recordings

Series 4: Calvert County Tobacco Audio Recordings

Series 5: Concord Library Audio Recordings

Series 6: Hampshire County, West Virginia Audio Recordings

Series 7: Currence Hammonds Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 8: Holmes County, Ohio Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 9: Pendleton County, West Virginia Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 10: Pleasant Grove, North Carolina Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 11: Railroading In the Alleghenies Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 12: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 13: Seneca Rocks Discovery Center Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 14: Staunton – Parkersburg Turnpike Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 15: Steamboat Era Museum Oral Audio Recordings

Series 16: Stonewall Jackson Dam Removal Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 17: Southern Maryland Folklife Audio Recordings

Series 18: Underground Railroad Audio Recordings

Series 19: Tucker County, West Virginia Flood Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 20: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Audio Recordings

Series 21: Wheeling, West Virginia Spoken History Project Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 22: Western Massachusetts Rural Folklife Audio Recordings

Series 23: Wisconsin Folklife Audio Recordings

Series 24: BBC-TV Wales Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 25: Blair Mountain March 2011 Audio Recordings

Series 26: Gas Rush Audio Recordings Listen Online

Series 27: Whipple Company Store Audio Recordings

Series 28: Appalachian Volunteers

Series 29: Go Tell It On the Mountain: Cross Cultural Workshop Audio Recordings

Series 30: Forest Service – Southern Arts Federation Audio Recordings Listen On Line

Series 31: Grundy, Virginia Floods Audio Recordings

Series 32: Listening For A Change Audio Recordings

Series 33: Miscellaneous Audio Recordings Listen To Selected Recordings Online

Series 34: Appalachia General Audio Recordings

Series 35: Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection Audio Recordings

Series 36: Fern Rollyson Collection Audio Recordings

Series 37: Ireland Audio Recordings

Series 38: Reel-To-Reel Audio Tape Listen To Selected Recordings Online

Documentation Projects Records, Photographs and Biographical Material

Series 39: [information restricted]

Series 40: Walker Calhoun

Series 41: Calvert County Marine Museum

Series 42: Calvert County Tobacco

Series 43: Concord, Massachusetts Free Public Library

Series 44: Hampshire County, West Virginia

Series 45: Currence Hammonds

Series 46: Holmes County, Ohio

Series 47: Pendleton County, West Virginia

Series 48: Pleasant Grove, North Carolina Community Listening Project

Series 49: Railroading In the Alleghenies Listening Project

Series 50: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Series 51: Seneca Rocks Discovery Center Recording Project

Series 52: Staunton – Parkersburg Turnpike Audio History Project

Series 53: Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project

Series 54: Stonewall Jackson Dam Removal

Series 55: Southern Maryland Folklife Project

Series 56: Underground Railroad

Series 57: Tucker County, West Virginia Flood

Series 58: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

Series 59: Wheeling, West Virginia National Heritage Area Spoken History Project

Series 60: Western Massachusetts Rural Folklife Project

Series 61: Wisconsin Folklife Project

Series 62: BBC-TV Wales

Series 63: Blair Mountain March 2011

Series 64: Forest Service – Southern Arts Federation

Series 65: Gas Rush

Series 66: Go Tell It On the Mountain: Cross Cultural Workshop

Series 67: Grundy, Virginia Floods

Series 68: Whipple Company Store

Series 69: Listening For A Change

Series 70: Subject Files

Series 71: Interview Releases and Logs

Series 72: Michael and Carrie Kline Biographical

Series 73: Photographs

Series 74: Oversize Newspapers

Series 75: Video Recordings

Series 76: Photographs On Compact Discs

Series 77: Kline – Nobel Family Audio Recordings

Date Acquired: 04/28/2015

Subjects: Calhoun, Walker., Fayette County (W. Va.), Floods -- West Virginia., Gilmer County (W. Va.), Hammonds, Currence., Hampshire County (W. Va.), Hydraulic fracturing., Lewis County (W. Va.), Maryland -- Calvert County., Maryland -- Charles County., Maryland -- St. Mary's County., Massachusetts -- Concord (Town)., Massachusetts -- Lowell (Town)., Middle Peninsula (Va.), North Carolina -- Alamance County., Northern Neck (Va.), Occaneechi Indians., Ohio -- Holmes County., Ohio County (W. Va.), Pendleton County (W. Va.), Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County., Pochahontas County (W. Va.), Randolph County (W. Va.), Ritchie County (W. Va.), Smithsonian Folklife Festival., Tucker County (W. Va.), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers., Underground Railroad -- Ohio., Upshur County (W. Va.), Virginia -- Buchanan County., Wheeling (W. Va.), Wood County (W. Va.)

Scope and Contents of the Materials

These are records of West Virginia folklorists and musicians Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline. Their work is mainly in the form of folklife and oral history documentation of social issues, communities, events, and people.

The collection consists mainly of interview and music performance audio recordings, photographs and interview transcripts related to their extensive work in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

Digital preservation of the recordings in Series 9, 12, 13, 14, 21 and selected ones in Series 33 and 38 was made possible by a Recordings-At-Risk grant from the Council On Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The CLIR grant program is made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject/Index Terms

Calhoun, Walker.
Fayette County (W. Va.)
Floods -- West Virginia.
Gilmer County (W. Va.)
Hammonds, Currence.
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
Hydraulic fracturing.
Lewis County (W. Va.)
Maryland -- Calvert County.
Maryland -- Charles County.
Maryland -- St. Mary's County.
Massachusetts -- Concord (Town).
Massachusetts -- Lowell (Town).
Middle Peninsula (Va.)
North Carolina -- Alamance County.
Northern Neck (Va.)
Occaneechi Indians.
Ohio -- Holmes County.
Ohio County (W. Va.)
Pendleton County (W. Va.)
Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County.
Pochahontas County (W. Va.)
Randolph County (W. Va.)
Ritchie County (W. Va.)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Tucker County (W. Va.)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Underground Railroad -- Ohio.
Upshur County (W. Va.)
Virginia -- Buchanan County.
Wheeling (W. Va.)
Wood County (W. Va.)

Administrative Information

Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog

Access Restrictions: The collection can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College. Some portions of the collection are restricted from research use. Those materials are marked in the inventory.

Use Restrictions:

The Donors retain all copyrights and intellectual property rights pertaining to the Materials for a period not to exceed 30 years. The donors grant to the College permission to use the materials for research or non-commercial purposes. Any commercial use must have the permission of the donors. On or before January 1, 2047, all copyrights and intellectual property rights pertaining to the materials will transfer to the college as an integral part of this gift.

This collection includes materials that were created as “work for hire” and copyright for those materials may be held by other entities.

Copies made for commercial broadcast or publication require the permission of the donor until January 1, 2047. After that time, they will require the permission of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives.

In addition, Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline worked to validate and dignify the voices of those they documented. The spoken testimonials from southern mountain people historically have little overlap with most written accounts about them by missionaries, sociologists, regional planners and feature writers, whose stereotyping and assumptions often work against progressive human development in the region. In contrast, the material in this collection is meant to be used to affirm the diverse experiences of all who are documented within it.

Utilization of the materials from the Collection require careful consideration and respect towards all the people whose voices and images may be used. Commercial users must make a good faith effort to contact the interviewee for permission to use their recorded voices and images before including them in any production or written materials.

The Guide to the Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline Collection by Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, is made available for public use under Creative Commons license CC0 1.0: Universal Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). No rights reserved.

Technical Access Note: Most, but not all of the audio materials have listening copies. Please contact Special Collections in advance to ascertain if a listening copy already exists.

Acquisition Source: Donated by Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline

Acquisition Method: Deed of gift, signed 3/17/17.

Processing Information: Processed by Harry Rice

Other Note: Collection number: BCA 0258

Box and Folder Listing

Series 11: Railroading In the Alleghenies Audio Recordings

This series consists of original audio recordings and CD listening copies of interviews relating to the Klines' documentation of the history of the Western Maryland Railroad and connecting railroads in north-central West Virginia.

Box 20

Item 1: KK-CD-013-001

Lapel Bodkins; Interviewed by Michael Kline; Disc 1 of 2; 2/19/10