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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Archives Month, on Oct. 16 Hutchins Library will present a lunch-and-learn book talk by Dr. Steve Gowler, author Thoughts That Burned: William Goodell, Human Rights, and the Abolition of American Slavery. Lunch begins at 11:45 AM. Please join us!

Poster inviting the public to attend an October 16 Lunch Talk by Dr. Steve Gowler who will discuss his recently published book Thoughts That Burned. Topics: Archives, William Goodell, human rights, and abolition of slavery in the USA.

Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 6d

Fiddle Tune For Friday is Jesusita en Chihuahua (with some other instruments) by Berea College’s Mariach Berea at the groups 2025 Spring Concert. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 8d

On Thursday 10/16 Nalamalapu will host a social justice comic drawing workshop at 11:30am in Rogers-Traylor 211. Sign-up (via the QR code) is required for the workshop and space is limited; first preference will be given to students.

Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 8d

. @denalisai.bsky.social is the author of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance, based on the stories of 6 frontline resisters to the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia. Nalamalapu lives in SW Virginia and is originally from Southern Maine and Southern India.

Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 8d

Join us at the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center on Wednesday, October 15 at 5:30pm for dinner and an author talk by climate organizer and comic artist Denali Sai Nalamalapu. The author talk is open to all.

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 8d

Join us at the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center on Wednesday, October 15 at 5:30pm for dinner and an author talk by climate organizer and comic artist Denali Sai Nalamalapu. The author talk is open to all.

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 13d

Fiddle Tune Friday brings you the Belle of Lexington by the Last Old Man (Larry Rader; Andrew Dunlap; Jim Costa; Tracy Schwartz). Recorded at the 2001 Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 20d

For Fiddle Tune Friday September 19, 2025, its Arkansas Traveler by both Snuffy Jenkins and Pappy Sherrill with John Harrod at the 1987 Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · 27d

Fiddle Tune Friday presents Sugar Tree Stomp by Ralph Blizzard and Phil Jamison. Recorded at the 1988 Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fiddle Tune Friday tunes are Spootiskerry and Big John McNeil by the Berea College Bluegrass Music Ensemble 2025 Spring. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll... and dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Aug 29

Fiddle tune Friday offers two for the price of one with Walter McNew (Rockcastle County and J.P. Fraley (Carter County) playing Chicken Reel. Recorded at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky 8-31-1996. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Aug 27

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 5:30pm in the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center as the Summer 2025 Berea Folklife apprentices and their mentor artists present on their summer apprenticeships in blacksmithing, storytelling, weaving, and mandolin luthiery. Dinner will be served!

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Aug 22

For Fiddle Tune Friday it’s “River Bottom Breakdown” by Lloyd Baldwin. Recorded by Aisha Ivey 7-20-2013 in Branford, Florida. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Aug 15

For Fiddle Tune Friday its “Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further Into the Fire” by Jim Morris. Recorded by Aisha Ivey 8-2-2013 in Springfield, West Virginia.
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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fiddle Tune Friday advises temperance in order to keep the dance going and still “Give the Fiddler A Dram”. Plaid by John Harrod and recorded by Aisha Ivey 7-29-2013 in Owen County, Kentucky. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Jul 25

Fiddle Tune Friday, in today’s hot weather, finds it easy to empathize with the complaint “Hey Aunt Katie, There's a Bug On Me.” Played by Bob Murphy and recorded by Aisha Ivey in Coconut, Florida 8-25-2013. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fiddle Tune Friday offers a hefty desert of “Forty Weight of Gingerbread” by Lloyd Baldwin. Recorded July 20, 2013 in Gainesville, Florida by Aisha Ivey. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fiddle tune Friday offers up a balanced diet of “Streak o' Lean, Streak o' Fat” played by Kerry Bletch (1947-2023). Recorded July 21, 2013 in Gainesville, Florida by Aisha Ivey. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Jul 3

Fiddle Tune Friday on the Fourth offers heat relief with a "Cold Frosty Morning" by West Virginia fiddler Jim Morris playing his cigar box fiddle. Recorded 8-2-2013 by Aisha Ivey. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Jun 27

Fiddle Tune Friday on this hot June day, goofs around with "Goofus" by Whitley County, Kentucky fiddler, J.L. Burke recorded on a cold day in January 2008. dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Jun 6

Berea College Special Collections and Archives
Media Archives Fellowships 2025
Deadline Extended

Scholars, educators, and specialists in diverse fields of study are invited to apply for the 2025 Berea College Media Archives Fellowship. libraryguides.berea.edu/aboutsca/MFh...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · May 28

Here's another reason to visit: our temporary exhibit "bell hooks: global phenomenon" highlights Dr. hooks' works published in languages other than English. These volumes are part of the bell hooks papers bereaarchives.libraryhost.com/repositories.... #archives #feminism

Image of a one-case exhibit "bell hooks: global phenomenon" featuring books by bell hooks that were published in other languages.

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · May 28

New to the Special Collections: a donor has entrusted us with the care and sharing of a first edition (1938) copy of Jesse Stuart's Beyond Dark Hills. The book contains a poetic inscription written by the author in 1977. Very nice!

Cover of book Beyond Dark Hills written by Jesse Stuart.

View of the hand-written inscription by Jesse Stuart, 1977.

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · May 7

Hello,
Can you send me a message please with information as to what you hold in your collections concerning Henrietta Helm???

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · May 1

Voices From the Archives

It’s Kentucky Derby time again. For the 1948 running, radio was still the only alternative for race fans not at the track, as can be heard in this recording from Berea’s WHAS Radio Historical Collection. berea.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

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Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social · Apr 30

So @arascot.bsky.social asks #whyarchives ? #archive30

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