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November 19, 2024: Berea Folklife Apprenticeship Program Info Session led by Emily Hilliard. Location: Carter G. Woodson Center.

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The Special Collections and Archives Media Archives Fellowship program awards fellowships to one or two researchers annually. Stipends are $1,400 for a two-week study visit.

Full details are available on this linked page.

The Special Collections and Archives Undergraduate Research Awards program recognizes outstanding original papers or projects that make substantive and creative use of SCA's media collections. Winning entries receive $500.

Full details are available on this linked page.

Friday Finds: Encounter the St. John's Bible

Fridays at 3:00 PM, by reservation or by contacting Tim Binkley. 

Program description and details. (Scroll down to St. John's Bible.)

Breaking Silence: The Janis Ian Archives exhibition tours

To schedule your tour, please contact Tim Binkley at binkleyt@berea.edu.

Please visit our new Oral History Collections home page. (12/2023)

Southarts: In These Mountains Central Appalachian Arts and Culture

The South Arts In These Mountains collection documents various aspects of folk arts and culture in the central Appalachian counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina through the use of audio / video recording and photography.

Conducted during the period 2019-2021, the interviews document a wide range of artistic expression including pottery, puppetry, hip-hop and rap music, ukulele music, tattoo arts, food preservation, clogging, chair caning, quiltmaking, hair braiding, basketry, preaching, and land use. In addition to the work of individual artists, folk arts education programs are also documented. (12/2023)

Breaking Silence: The Janis Ian Archives Exhibit. Open October 2024 through August 2025 in the Hutchins Library Foyer Gallery.

B.E.W. (Billy Edd Wheeler), remembering a beloved Berean. Opened October 2024. Location: Special Collections and Archives lobby.

Berea's Early History, 1855-1920, by Alivia J. West, '2023. Student exhibit in the SCA hallway.

Monetary donations are always welcome! If you would like to support the work of Special Collections and Archives, please consider contributing to the Janis Ian Archives Fund. Gifts both large and small help us greatly.

If you are interested in donating archival records documenting Berea College history, local history, and life in Appalachia, please read our Collections Policy and contact Collections Archivist Lori Myers-Steele, Sound Archivist Harry Rice, or Head of Special Collections Tim Binkley.