Ralph White Papers
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of a single issue of Mountain Life & Work and several photographs of schools in the Appalachian Region taken in the 1950s. These photographs are mostly of one-room schools and were taken in Jackson County, KY, Greene and Hancock Counties, Tennessee and Russell County, Virginia, Several photos were deliberately unidentified including one photograph with an integrated class. Several photos also show parents building playgrounds and painting the school.
Dates
- Creation: 1957 - 1962
- Acquisition: 2019-07-16
Biographical or Historical Information
Ralph White was a Special Education faculty member at Eastern Kentucky University from 1970-1979. He had a particular interest in rural Appalachian schools.
Note written by
Full Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Via Carrie Daniels at U of L.
Source of Acquisition
Snawder, Linda
Method of Acquisition
gift
- Title
- Ralph White Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 09/22/2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository