This article appeared in the Volume 4, Issue 1 Spring/Summer Winter 2023 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. By Matthew Strandmark, Appalachian Studies Academic Liaison, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky For over a century, Appalachian archivists, librarians, and cultural heritage professionals have actively curated and collected some of the most valuable archival and primary source materials in the world. As Appalachian archivists, our day-to-day responsibilities and professional interests often focus on these valuable archival resources. Yet many of us are also responsible for collecting Appalachian materials in general or circulating collections at our institutions. Secondary sources on Appalachia go hand…
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Fifty Years of Appalachia at the Nunn Center for Oral History
This article appeared in the Volume 4, Issue 1 Spring/Summer Winter 2023 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. by Kopana Terry The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023. Under the Special Collections Research Center umbrella at the University of Kentucky Libraries (UKL), the Nunn Center is one of America’s largest oral history archives, with over 18,000 interviews from more than 700 unique projects. Here, oral history projects documenting American civil rights, industry, health care, veterans, the India-Pakistan partition, survivors of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, religion, small towns, legendary sports figures, Kentucky governors, and the commoner…
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What’s New in Appalachian Special Collections
This article appeared in the Volume 2, Issue 2 Fall 2020 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. Due to the COVID pandemic and the fact that many repositories have been closed, we have fewer items in our New Acquisitions section this issue. New collections in regional repositories: Berea College University of Kentucky Berea College The Phil Primack Photographs and Papers (1924-2000) is comprised of photographs, correspondence, and writings of journalist Phil Primack. The collection contains numerous photographs, most of them taken while Primack worked as a reporter for The Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg, KY. In addition to documenting coal mining, the life and work of coal miners, the…
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What’s new in Appalachian Special Collections?
This article appeared in the Volume 1, Issue 2 Fall 2019 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. New collections in regional repositories: Appalachian State University Berea College East Tennessee State University University of Kentucky University of North Carolina Asheville Virginia Tech Warren Wilson College West Virginia University W. L. Eury Collection, Appalachian State University Paul Ashley Records: A major recent acquisition was the record collection of Paul Ashley of Creston, North Carolina. Ashley was an audiophile who collected all styles and genres of music, but had a particular affinity for Gospel music. At over 22,000 records, this collection contains a…
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What’s new in Appalachian Special Collections?
This article appeared in the Volume 1, Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2019 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. New collections in regional repositories: Appalachian State University Berea College East Tennessee State University Marshall University Radford University University of Kentucky University of North Carolina – Asheville University of Tennessee Virginia Tech Western Carolina University W. L. Eury Collection, Appalachian State University Recently processed… Munsey Webb collection on the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1887-1995 – Collection of Munsey Willard Webb (1927-2006), who worked as a depot agent and telegraph operator at various railway stations between Pulaski, Virginia and Galax, Virginia. Through photographs and…
