Accession
Number: 37
Mabel Martin Wyrick Local History Collection
Bulk Dates, 1854-1893, 1983
Online Catalog
Record (BANC)
Overview
Series I - Correspondence and Records
Series II - Family Records and Correspondence
Series III - The Laurel River Association of United Baptist
Minutes
Series IV - Photograph, Even Jones House
Series V - Union Songster
1 Manuscript Box
Access and Use
Preferred Citation: Mabel Martin Wyrick Local History Collection, Berea
College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, Ky.
Overview
These are family records and stories, published writings and correspondence of
Mabel Martin Wyrick, a writer and community historian (Whitley - Knox - Laurel
Counties) from Corbin, Kentucky. She wrote for several local publications, including “Factual
Folklore” and “Mabel’s Fables for the London Sentinel-Echo
(Ky.) and the Corbin Times-Tribune (Ky.), and published a book entitled If
Quilts Could Talk, I'd Listen (1988).
Box List
| Series I |
Correspondence and Records |
Box 1 |
This series consists mainly of mid 1980s correspondence with Loyal Jones
of the Berea College Appalachian Center. There is also a variety of other items
including hand-written words of the ballad “The Blind Girl,” a
1872 Charleston, SC newspaper, a Gift Concert notice with family names and
dates, and newspaper articles by Wyrick.
- Mabel Martin Wyrick Correspondence
| Series II |
Family Records and Correspondence |
Box 1, cont. |
This series consists of letters of Jarvis J. Jones and E.C. Anderson, along
with descriptive letters by Ms. Wyrick. A collection of 19th century envelopes
is also included.
- Jarvis J. Jones Correspondence, 1854
- E.C. Anderson Correspondence, Arkansas, 1880 - 1916
- Envelopes, misc.
| Series III |
The Laurel River Association of
United Baptist Minutes |
Box 1, cont. |
This series consists of annual meeting minutes of the Laurel River United
Baptist Association for the years 1883, 1887, 1923, and 1936. There is also
a descriptive
letter from Wyrick.
- The Laurel River Association of United Baptist Minutes, 1883,
1887, 1923, and 1936
| Series IV |
Photograph, Even Jones House |
Box 1, cont. |
This series consists of a photograph of the Even Jones house located near
London, Kentucky along with a descriptive letter from Wyrick.
- Photograph, Even Jones House, London, Kentucky
| Series V |
Union Songster |
Box 1, cont. |
This series consists of a small Civil War era songbook dated 1861.
- Union Songster, 1861
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