Appalachian Foodways Oral History Collection 2012-2016 BCA 0162 SAA 164
Interviews in this collection are part of a multi-year oral history effort titled: “Gathering the Stories of Appalachian Foodways: an Oral History Project.” Berea student researchers conducted interviews in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Kentucky interviews were conducted in Pike, Powell, Letcher, Harlan, Knox, Whitley, Rockcastle, Madison, Pulaski, and Perry counties. Those in North Carolina were in Cherokee and Graham Counties.
Fourteen oral history interviews recorded to contribute to the documentation of combined food and dance gatherings in eastern Kentucky. This effort is part of the East Kentucky Food and Dance Trail Program at Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, Kentucky.
This collection consists of seventeen audio recorded interviews that document the practice of scheduling planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops based on moon phases and astrological signs. Interviewees were active gardeners residing in Barren, Clark, Franklin, Gallatin, Harlan, Lee, Letcher, Lincoln, Madison, and Rockcastle counties.
Documentation of various aspects of foodways in the central Appalachian counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
