By Harry Rice
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.)
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.
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.)
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
This series consists of original minidisc, DAT and cassette interview recordings resulting from the Klines' work beginning in 2004, documenting the multi ethnic folklife and local memory in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in the eastern anthracite coal country of northern Appalachia. Traditions represented include those of Germany, England, Wales, Ireland, Italy, Poland, The Ukraine, Lithuania, the Carpatho-Rusyn region, Pakistan, India, other parts of Asia, and Latin America.
Preservation of these interviews 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.
Dave Argall, Cornish Heritage; Community Revitalization 5/13/05
Joe Belucci (1923-2009); Italian Heritage; The Shenandoah / Brownsville, PA Patch (Coal Camp), 4/13/05.
Ted Block; Jewish Traditions in Tamaqua, PA 12/13/04
Original Byzantine Men's Chorus of Pennsylvania in concert 1/07/05
Original Byzantine Male Choir 11/13/06
Thomas Callahan; Polish Religious Songs 11/10/06
Annunciation Lithuanian Church Choir, Karen Domelakes Childrens' songs 11/10/06
Judge John Domalakes; Lithuanian Heritage; Molly Maguries (Irish 19th-century secret society); 12/29/04
Listen to Recording Read Transcript
Schuylkill County Etnic Heritage Survey Board Meeting; Tape 1 of 2; 5/18/05
Schuylkill County Etnic Heritage Survey Board Meeting; Tape 2 of 2; 5/18/05
Danny Farole; Italian Songs; 1/05/07
Fr. John Fields; St. Michael's Ukranian Church; 12/30/04
Rev. Darnell Golphin, Assistant Pastor Church of Broken Pieces; 11/14/06
Micah Gursky; Russian Heritage 12/13/04
Lester Hirsh; Jewish Songs; 11/09/06
Irish in Heckscherville; Rich Fedoriska, Bob Mulhall, Catherine Clifford, Elizabeth Quinn, Margaret Curran. Tape 1 of 2; 4/7/05
Irish in Heckscherville; Rich Fedoriska, Bob Mulhall, Catherine Clifford, Elizabeth Quinn, Margaret Curran. Tape 2 of 2; 4/7/05
Karl Jones; Pastor St. Mark's United Church of Christ, Cressona, PA. 5/09/05
Eugene Kalades; Lithuanian folksongs; 11/09/06
Kiefer Family Polish Singers; "Dzisiaj w Betlejem" (Today in Bethlehem). 1/09/07
Theresa Mitchell and Chun S. Kim; Korean Folksongs; 11/09/06
Fay Lewis; Growing up Welsh in Coaldale, PA; 4/27/05
Mark Major; Molly Maguires (19th-century Irish secret society); Schuylkill County Visitors Center. 9/30/04
Community Christmas Chorale; St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church; McAdoo, PA; 11/10/06
St. Ann's Catholic Church; Polish Carols; Frackville, PA; 1/09/07
Mary Kowalonek Andrulonis (then age 93) and her daughter Sister Mary Louise Andrulonis; Polish & Lithuanian Heritage; Kowalonek's Kielbassy 5/10/05
Nick Mistishen; Accordian tunes; 11/09/06
The Molly Wogs; Irish Music; 11/10/06
Music Session at Jorge Perez"s home; Mexican Songs; 11/10/06
David and Angelica Sanchez; Mexican Songs; 11/09/06
Schuylkill County Ethnic Heritage Final Report; Monessen City, PA
Schuylkill County Ethnic Heritage Final Report; Orwigsburg, PA Historical Society; 11/09/05
Shenandoah, PA Visioning Meeting; 11/30/04
Emil Simodejka; A Singing Slovakian Family in Minersville, PA; 1/06/05
John Sinkiewicz; Lithuanian Songs; 11/11/06
Jay Smar; Coaldale, PA Stories; Czech Heritage; Tape 1 of 2; 4/20/05
Jay Smar; Coaldale, PA Stories; Czech Heritage; Tape 2 of 2; 4/20/05
Alice L. Spayd; Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage; Pine Grove PA; 4/4/05
John "Puck" Sullivan; Irish Songs 11/14/06
Neil and Taj Singh; Tabla Playing; 11/13/06
Joseph J. Wayne, the Irish in Girardville, PA; 4/6/05
Kathleen Wufsus; German Heritage in Mahanoy City, PA; Plays guitar and sings "Silent Night" in German. 1/09/07
Ethnic Heritage Advisory Board Meeting at Schuylkill County Visitor Center 9-28-04.
(Online Access Copy In Process)
Walter Barron; 5/3/05; Tape 1 of 2; Polish in Frackville, PA;
Walter Barron; 5/3/05; Tape 2 of 2; Polish in Frackville, PA;
Read Transcript (Continued From KK-MD-003-002) Listen to Recording
Laverna A. Beard - African American Experience in Pottsville, PA; 3/30/05
Alejandra Benigno and Church musical ensemble at Latino Mass at Anunciation Catholic Church; Shenandoah, PA; 1/07/07
Georgine Borchik; Ukranian Heritage; Tape 1 of 2; 4/5/05
Georgine Borchik; Ukranian Heritage; Tape 2 of 2; 4/05/05
Wayne Bowen; at 3 Cs Restuarant; Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage; 9/24/04
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Slovak) Christmas Eve; Mahanoy City, PA; 12/24/04
St. Clair Community Church Tour History: Unamed Orthodox church 12/26/04; Holy Apostles Episcopal Church.
Ethnic Church Tour: Macadoo, PA; South Side; 1/02/05
Steve Couch, Sociologist at Penn State Schuylkill Haven campus 1/03/05; Dudish's Christmas Eve Party 3 of 3 10/06/05;
Survey Administrative Meeting with Cory Kegerise #2; 1/03/05
Survey Administrative Meeting with Cory Kegerise #3; 1/03/05
Constantine "Gus" Depos and Georgia Depos Dewire; Greek Tradition in Tamaqua, PA; 4/4/05; 1 of 2
Listen to Recording Part One Listen To Recording Part Two Read Transcript
Bob Evans reviews Welsh traditions and Reflects on ethnicity in Tamaqua, PA over his 81 years; 12/28/04
Raymond Eichman and Tom Ward; Mahanoy, PA Historical Society; 9/28/04
10:30 a.m. mass at St. Michael's Ukranian Catholic Church; Frackville, PA; Fr. John Fields. 12/26/04
Mantura Gallagher; 5/19/05; Lebanese in Pottsville, PA.
Gintaras Youth Group - Lithuanian Singing and Dance Performed at St. Joseph's Church in Mahonoy City, Pa; Performance at St. Casimer's Lithuanian Church in St. Clair, PA; 12/12/04
Meeting of the Jefferson Grange 1384 (Organization) in Pottsville, PA. Linda Wolfe and D. Rodger Stine; 4/11/05
Schuylkill County FairInterviews 8-2-05; Taste of the old World; Larry Guinan (Irish); Ray Moyer (PA Dutch) Georgine Postupack Borchik (Ukrainian)
Arthur Harris; Speaking on Being African American in Schuylkill County, PA at Acopian Conservation Center; 9/27/04
Geraldo Hernandez, Mexican Musical Traditions; 3/25/05
Story Telling at Tamaqua High Rise (Appartments); 12/15/04.
Lester Hirsh 12/13/04; Growing up Jewish in Shenandoah, PA.
Lester Hirsh; 1/4/05; Poetry of the Anthracite Region;
Marien Johnston growing up in Boston Run, PA; 12/5/04;
John Jones, Orwigsburg, PA on toxic waste; 12/5/04;
Anthony Kundilla and Bill Zee; Italian Heritage; Rich jazz heritage in Schuylkill County, PA; 12/16/04
Paula Lohin 4/7/05; Carpatho-Rusyns in Minersville, PA;
Valerie MacDonald; 11/30/04; Shenandoah, PA History; Disc 1 of 2;
Valerie MacDonald; 11/30/04; Shenandoah, PA History; Disc 2 of 2
St. Mary's Byzantine Church Service; Mahanoy City, PA 12/26/04
Bill Marguardt; 1 of 2; Girardville, PA; Talks about his mining related art and plays accordian; 12/7/04;
Listen to Recording Part One Listen to Recording Part Two Read Summary
Bill Marguardt; 2 of 2; Girardville, PA; Talks about his mining related art and plays accordian; 12/7/04;
St. Mary's (Russian) Orthodox Church St. Clair, PA; 10:30 a.m. Service; 12/12/04;
Schuylkill County Polish Choraliers performance at Orwigsburg Manor nursing home 11/30/04
Schuylkill County Ethnic Heritage Exhibit Meeting 9/13/06; in Pottsville, PA; Tape 1 of 2
Rosy Ranjit K. Narula; 4/26/05; Sikh Values in Schuylkill County, PA.
Schuylkill Haven, PA Historical Society; Dan Reed; 12/2/04
John Rodriguez; 3/23/05; Mexicans in Auburn, PA;
Carpathian-Rusyn Orthodox; Holy Supper at Steve Dudish's; Talking about the Guba tradition of reenacting the story of the shepherds’ first encounter with the newborn Christ Child; part of mass at St. Michael's Orthodox Church in St. Clair, PA 1/6/05
Carpathian-Rusyn Christmas Eve; house to house singing; intervew at Steve Dudish's home with Andy Dudish (then age 95) and Lois Hrabar; 1/6/05, Disc 2
Frank Selgrath & Thomas Ward at Mahanoy City, PA Historical Society; 9/28/04
Listen to Recording Read Selgrath-Ward Transcript Selgrath Autobiographical
Dorothy Setcavage; 1/4/05; St. George Lithuanian Church; Shenandoah, PA
Tariq Scherfen, Muslim Call for Prayer;
Interfaith Paths to Peace discussion group; Disc 1 of 2; 12/5/04
Interfaith Paths to Peace discussion group; Disc 1 of 2; 12/5/04
Rabina Tareen; Islam and Pakistani Culture; 12/2/04
Baking Day at St. Mary's Byzentine Catholic Church; Pete Yasenchak and ambient sounds; 12/15/04
Iraida Vila Zengotita, Tamaqua, PA; Puerto Rican Heritage;Interview by Hanna Thurman; 1/11/05
Schuylkill County, PA Fair 2005 April; Country and Farming Ways; Harry Kurtz, Bertram Leiby, Charles Luckenbill, Paul Mayer, Sr. and Ray Mayer.
Church Tour of Shenandoah, PA Valerie McDonald; #1; 12/26/04
Church Tour of Shenandoah, PA Valerie McDonald; #2; 12/26/04
Jeffrey Snowell, Rose Snowell; Two of ten African American Sibblings from Pottsville, PA. 3/26/05.
Charles J. Snyder; Pennsylvania Dutch; 1/3/05
Gerard Suzadail; Lithuanian Heritage in Tamaqua, PA; 1/10/05
Tommy Symons; 4/19/05; Irish Coal Mining
Muslim Women Gathered in Rubina Tareen's home 4/21/05; Presentation on preparation for Burial; Discussion on Islam and Pakistani Culture
Mae Wolfe; Pennsylvania Dutch Traditions, 1 of 2; 3/23/05
Mae Wolfe; Pennsylvania Dutch Traditions, 2 of 2; 3/23/05
Mae Wolfe; Pennsylvania Dutch Traditions, 4/11/05
Peter Yasenchak; Schuylkill County, PA Historical Society; Traditons of the Byzantine Church in a Coal mining community; 12/07/04;
Linda Yulanavage; Main Street Manager,Tamaqua, PA; Ethnicity and Tourism; 12/09/04
The King Brothers: Happy Tappy Polkas (Published Recording)
On the Avenue: Lehigh Avenue Saxophone Quartet (Published Recording)
Schuylkill / Carbon County, PA Saint David's Society Presents Welsh Music (Published Recording)
Our Gift To You: Christmas Concert 12-20-98 St. Mary's Ukrainian Choir, McAdoo, PA. (Published Recording)
Hazleton, PA Unico Band - M. Malocu Director. (UNICO is an Italian-American service organization)
Schuylkill County, PA Music Anthology
Interview with 82 year old Naomi Bretz (1924-2017) about the system of folk religion and magic known as Pow-wow. Recorded at the Suedburg Church of God in Pine Grove, PA. (No Date)
Poems, readings and songs of the Anthricite by Chuck Barr, Stu Richards, Bill O'Brien, Tommy Symons Sr. and Jr. (No Date)
Joe Misti Orchestra, Minersville, PA - copy from LP disc. (No Date)
Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, Orwigsburg, PA (Simon Maurer, Agnès Maurer, Gerall Hieser) 4-30-2006 1 of 2
Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, Orwigsburg, PA (Simon Maurer, Agnès Maurer, Gerall Hieser) 4-30-2006 2 of 2
Train sounds: The Reading Rides Again, Iron Horse Rambles, and The Hawk Mountain Line. (Copies of three published LP disc recordings)
Lester Hirsh and Kathleen Radspinner "Jerusalem" Ethnic Heritage Festival at Pottsville, PA. (Video)
The Irish Lads 25th Anniversary Celebration. (Published Recording)
Unity 2004: The Growing Spirit of the Anthracite Region. (Published Recording)
Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Church Choir Frackville, PA. Christmas Mass and Other Lithuanian and Latin Selections, 1958. (Published Recording)
The Promise Child: Rev. Darnell Golphin 2001. (Published Recording)
Kutztown, PA Folk Music Society Presents Chuck Barr and Rich Dodson 2002. (Published Recording)
Ethnic Heritage Exhibit Sound Track 2-28-07 Draft
Ethnic Heritage Exhibit Sampler - Audio and Still Photos (On DVD).
Polski Swing Masters at Coal Cracker Polka Dance, Pineview Acres, Pottsville, PA 11-9-14
Wanda Holdren Veda, Latin Dance in Reading, PA, 11-11-14
