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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This small collection consists of a single issue of Mountain Life & Work and several photographs of schools in the Appalachian Region taken in the 1950s. These photographs are mostly of one-room schools and were taken in Jackson County, KY, Greene and Hancock Counties, Tennessee and Russell County, Virginia, Several photos were deliberately unidentified including one photograph with an integrated class. Several photos also show parents building playgrounds and painting the school.
Collection Historical Note
Ralph White was a Special Education faculty member at Eastern Kentucky University from 1970-1979. He had a particular interest in rural Appalachian schools.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Snawder, Linda
Acquisition Method:
gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
[Folder 1],
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- Folder 1
- Barcode: 31234013923501
- Item 1: Baker School in Jackson County, KY, ca 1955
- Item 2: Baker School in Jackson County, KY, ca 1955
- Item 3: Boys Playing Baseball at Gethsemane School in Greene Co., TN, ca 1955
- Item 4: A Thinking Group's Water System, ca 1955
- Item 5: Parent Build Slide at Mountain View School, Greene Co., TN, ca 1955
- Item 6: Canning Project at Central School in Hancock Co., TN, ca 1955
- Item 7: A Better Water System at Fairview School in Russell Co., VA, ca 1955
- Item 8: Fairview School in Russell Co., VA, ca 1955
- Item 9: Long Branch School in Russell Co., VA, ca 1955
- Item 10: Parents Building Play Equipment at Gravel Lick School in Russell Co., VA, ca 1955
- Item 11: Parents Painting School at Combs School in Russell Co., VA, ca 1955
- Item 12: Library at an Unidentified School, ca 1955
- Item 13: School Children at an Unidentified School, 1957
- Item 14: Mountain Life & Work, 1962
- Includes notes on an article about verbs in mountain speech.
