Cumberland Mountain Media Project
Scope and Contents
The Cumberland Mountain Media Project Collection consists of fifty-one ½ inch video tape recordings of interviews of East Tennesseans who lived and worked in the Appalachian coal fields, as well as scenes of the communities. Also included in the collection are interview questions; interviewer training materials; a National Endowment for the Humanities Youthgrant application; a project description and one photograph of a strip mine. Topics include living in coal camps during the early years, community services including the health clinic, scenes of abandoned coal plants and coal mines, stories about “the old way of life," descriptions of coal mining methods used in early years of mining in Appalachia, problems facing the residents, homegrown projects developed to stimulate economic growth and scenes of daily life in the region.
Dates
- 1972 - 1973
Creator
- Cumberland Mountain Media Project (Organization)
- Wilburn, William R. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
3.00 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee name or subject.
Method of Acquisition
William R. Wilburn donated the video tapes in June 2006.
Existence and Location of Originals
The recordings in the collection have been copied to DVD digital preservation masters and user copies, as well as Beta SP analog preservation master copies.
Processing Information
John Fleenor processed the collection in 2009.
- Anderson County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Campbell County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Claiborne County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal miners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal miners--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal miners--Appalachian Region--Interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- DVDs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Manuscripts (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United Mine Workers of America. District 19
- Date
- 20100119
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu