Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Appalachian Alliance Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-524
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1975-1983 and undated, and Series 2, Publications, 1977-1983.
Dates:
1975-1983
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Appalachian Alliance Records
Broadside Television (T.V.) Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-028
Scope and Contents
The Broadside Television Collection includes both manuscripts and tapes. The manuscript documentation includes legal, financial, personnel, publicity and programming records, as well as correspondence and grant proposals. The tapes cover the myriad of topics included among Broadside's programs. Among these topics are local and regional history, environment, aging, medical care, Appalachian folklore, and country music.An addition incorporated into the existing collection includes 36...
Dates:
1970 - 1978
Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-108
Scope and Contents
The Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection includes the materials community members accumulated to deal with a serious problem in their community. Included is information on organizations which dealt with environmental and health issues, as well as the involvement of these organizations with the community. Documents related to the establishment of the Bumpass Cove Citizens Group are contained in the collection, as is Roxy Wilson's scrapbook of newsclippings, which details the history of the...
Dates:
1971-1981
Coal Employment Project (CEP) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-355
Scope and Contents
The CEP records document not only the daily operations of the organization but also the extensive activities the organization undertook in its support of women miners. Among the types of documents contained in the collection are financial ledgers and balance sheets; grant proposals; personnel leave and hiring records; correspondence between CEP staff members in their different offices; agenda and programs for the CEP national conferences of women miners; audio and videotapes concerning...
Dates:
1977-1991
June M. Rostan Papers
Collection — other: Boxes 1-4
Identifier: AppMs-436
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series. Series 1, Personal Papers, 1975-1982; Series 2, Professional Papers, 1976-1994; Series 3, Audio Cassettes, undated.
Dates:
1975-1994
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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June M. Rostan Papers
Franklin Parker Collection
Collection — other: Boxes 1-2
Identifier: AppMs-598
Scope and Contents
The Franklin Parker Collection contains materials that document the life of Myles Horton and his activities at the Highlander Research and Education Center (known prior to 1961 as the Highlander Folk School). Included are articles, newspaper clippings, publications, and correspondence.
Dates:
1941-2001 and undated
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Franklin Parker Collection
Russell P. Rogers Videotape
Collection — Videotape: 1
Identifier: AppMs-105
Scope and Contents
The black and white videotape, "There is No Place Like Home," was taken in February 1980 by Russell P. Rogers. The music for the tape was performed by Robert Story. The forty minute (approximately) tape concerns the controversy which surrounded Waste Resources of Tennessee's dumping of hazardous chemicals into the Bumpass Cove landfill. Citizens active in the fight against Waste Resources explain why they joined the fight against the company. Also included on the tape are scenes of the landfill...
Dates:
1980
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Russell P. Rogers Videotape
Tennesseans Against Chemical Hazards Records
Collection — other: Boxes 1-9
Identifier: AppMs-407
Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series: Series 1, Office Files, 1978-83; Series 2, Reports, Studies, and Clippings, 1974-83; and Series 3, Geographical Files, 1975-83.
Dates:
1974-1983