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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 / 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
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Broadside Television (T.V.) Collection

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
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection

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
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Coal Employment Project (CEP) Records

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 / 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 / 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 / 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
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Tennesseans Against Chemical Hazards Records

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