Kathryn Parke collection of papers 1926-1987.

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Kathryn Parke collection of papers 1926-1987.

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Materials include bibliographies of Appalachian Studies books, booklets and documents about folk traditions, brochures on Berea College, and newsletters from various folk-oriented or Appalachian organizations, such as Options, Highlander reports, and the Appalachian Center of Berea College's News letter.

0.5 linear feet.

Appalachian State University, ASU

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SNAC Resource ID: 7646091

Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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Myles Horton founded the Highlander Folk School in 1932 as an adult education institution based on the principle of empowerment. Horton and other School members worked towards mobilizing labor unions in the 1930s and Citizenship Schools during the civil rights movement beginning in the late 1950s. They worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Guy and Candie Carawan, Septima Clark, and Rosa Parks, among others. In 1959, t...

Folk-College Association of America

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Berea College

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Although the sources of photographs are not always indicated, the bulk was apparently generated in the Berea College Publicity Department and the College News Bureau. In addition, portions of the photographs were donated by individuals, most of whom have some connection with the College. Chief among these is Roy N. Walters who was dean of the Berea College Foundation School from 1943 to 1968. Walters established the College Publicity Department in 1933 and was an unofficial campus photographer t...

John C. Campbell Folk School

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The John C. Campbell Folk School, founded in 1925 by Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler, was organized on the model of folk and craft schools common in Scandinavia. The original purpose of the School was to preserve the indigenous culture of the southern highlands and to transmit these traditions to young people. From the description of John C. Campbell Folk School records, 1928-1988 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 49889328 The John C. Campbell Folk School was found...

Parke, Kathryn

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Kathryn E. Parke worked as a professor at New York State University College at Cobleskill. She graduated from Smith College in 1936 and was interested in Scandinavian folk schools and attended N.F.S. Grundtvig. She held many offices in the Folk-College Association of America and worked as editor of its newsletter, Options. From the description of Kathryn Parke collection of papers 1926-1987. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 51961821 ...