Accession
Number: 30
Disputanta Oral History Project, 1978
2 linear feet
Online Catalog
Record (BANC)
Overview
History
Series I - “Clear
Creek Comments,” by Cleatus Tussey
Series II - Disputanta Project: “Disputanta”--A
Front Porch Chronicle
Series III - Interviews
Series IV
- Listening Copies
Access and Use
Preferred Citation: Disputanta Oral History Project, Berea
College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, Ky.
Related College Archives:
Overview of the Collection
These are audio recordings and interview transcripts documenting the history
of the Disputanta community in northern Rockcastle County, Kentucky. The interviews
were conducted by Berea College student, Terry Allebaugh, with financial assistance
from the National Endowment for the Humanities Youthgrant program. Also included
in the collection are a series of remembrances of the Clear Creek Community
by Cleatus Tussey that appeared in the Mount Vernon Signal, Spring 1952-Fall
1953.
History
Disputanta, located about ten miles from Berea, is commonly known as Clear
Creek by its current residents. In the early 1900s the community was known
as Reedville. The name Disputanta, according to one story, was the result of
a disagreement concerning the location of the local post office.
A notable outcome of the project was the book, Disputanta, A Front Porch
Chronicle, in which Allebaugh weaves interview excerpts into a social
history that covers such topics as tobacco farming, the Depression, schools,
churches, doctoring, Berea College, and moonshining.
Series Description and Box Lists
1 Manuscript Box, 1 Tape Box, 2 CD Boxes
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