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Research Fellowships and Awards
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.
Tours
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.)
New Online Resources
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)
Current Exhibitions
Berea's Early History, 1855-1920, by Alivia J. West, '2023. Student exhibit in the SCA hallway.
Bon Voyage, Berea! an exhibit of travel ephemera from the Sylvia Trent Auxier papers curated by Caitlyn Rahschulte. Opened April 26, 2024.
African American Quilting student exhibit by Jeremiah Kennedy in the SCA entry room. Opened February 2024.
