{"id":844,"date":"2016-04-05T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/?page_id=844"},"modified":"2021-09-29T13:37:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T17:37:50","slug":"wish-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/appalachian-center-home\/artifacts\/wish-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Appalachian Artifacts Collection Wish List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Appalachian Artifacts Teaching Collection<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College maintains an\u00a0<a title=\"Appalachian Artifact Collections\" href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/home\/artifacts\/\">Appalachian Artifacts Teaching Collection<\/a> to support teaching and learning at Berea College. \u00a0Ours is not the largest collection, but we are focused on building the most multi-disciplinary, well-rounded, and diverse teaching collection for Appalachian Studies. \u00a0Learn more about our approach to collecting Appalachia by follow the link above.<\/p>\n<h3>About Our Collecting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We are <em>very<\/em> selective about\u00a0what we accept<\/li>\n<li>We primarily rely on donations to build our collections, but we do have\u00a0a small acquisitions\u00a0budget<\/li>\n<li>Berea College is a 501(c)(3) organization, all artifact donations are tax deductible<\/li>\n<li>We only collect 3-D objects for this collection. \u00a0Papers, documents, books, and photographs are collected by Berea&#8217;s\u00a0 Special Collections and Archives Department.<\/li>\n<li>Please read our<a title=\"Information for Prospective Artifact Donors\" href=\"http:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/home\/artifacts\/artifact_donor_info\/\"> Important Information for Artifact Donors<\/a>\u00a0page for more information<\/li>\n<li>Contact Curator <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/home\/faculty-and-staff\/christopher-a-miller\/\">Christopher A. Miller<\/a> with inquiries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Master Artifacts Wish List<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These artifacts are of special interest to us as we build the best and most accessible Appalachian Studies teaching collection available. \u00a0These items are not listed in priority order. \u00a0The number of plus signs (+, ++, +++) indicates strength of interest and importance to the collection.<\/p>\n<h3>Pottery and Ceramics from Appalachia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherokee or Catawba Pottery (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Any by known potters in Appalachia that \u00a0not already represented in our collections, especially<\/li>\n<li>Pottery by W.J. (Bill) Gordy, Georgia (++)<\/li>\n<li>Pottery from the Meaders Family, Georgia (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Pottery from other North Georgia potteries (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Early Cornellison or Bybee pieces (++)<\/li>\n<li>Other Eastern Kentucky makers (+)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dulcimers from Appalachia,\u00a0especially known makers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dulcimers from Appalachian makers not currently represented in\u00a0our collections, especially \u00a0(+++)\n<ul>\n<li>An Early Galax style dulcimer (++++)<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee box style dulcimer (+++)<\/li>\n<li>North Georgia makers (+++)<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina makers (++)<\/li>\n<li>Northern Alabama makers (++)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dulcimer by Homer Ledford using\u00a0wood from Howard Hall (++)<\/li>\n<li>Dulcimer by (Uncle) Ed Thomas, we have one, but would like another one (+)<\/li>\n<li>Dulcimer maker\u00a0in Totz, Kentucky whose name we can&#8217;t remember (++)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Regional Foodways Artifacts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cabbage slicer (++)<\/li>\n<li>Clockwork-type cooking jack (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Rod for hanging pots removed from inside cooking fireplace (++)<\/li>\n<li>Wooden planks or barrel heads used for fireplace cooking (++)<\/li>\n<li>Food packaging from store bought items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Commercial Food Products and Packaging from Appalachia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Little Debbie Treat Box, especially Oatmeal Cream Pie, pre-1980 (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Early Moon Pie \/ Lookout Packaging (++++)<\/li>\n<li>Other items from Chattanooga Baking Co. (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Bottles from soft drinks bottled at Chattanooga Bottling Co. that we don&#8217;t already have in the collection. (++)<\/li>\n<li>JFG Coffee Can from Knoxville (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Early Labels or cans from Bush&#8217;s Beans (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Early Labels or cans from Stokely [pre\u00a0 Van Camp merger] (++)<\/li>\n<li>Early Old Export Beer Cans or bottles that mention mountain water, from Cumberland, Maryland (+++)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Coal Miner &amp; Mining Artifacts<\/h3>\n<p>Surprisingly our Appalachian Center has very few artifacts related to coal mining and miners. We seek these kinds of items that are from from known individuals or families. \u00a0We are interested in items from any time period, early to the present.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunch kit or pail (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Hats and Lamps (+++)<\/li>\n<li>ID number tags (++)<\/li>\n<li>Personal items (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Clothing (++)<\/li>\n<li>Helmet (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Coal mining stickers (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Artifacts from union activity or strikes (+++)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Artifacts of the Tourist Industry and the Tourist Experience in Appalachia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Items related to the Dixie Highway through Appalachia not already in our collection. 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Charleston, West Virginia, and similar places (++)<\/li>\n<li>Items resulting from Tennessee Eastman R&amp;D Labs even if they are not directly manufactured in Tennessee (++)<\/li>\n<li>West Virginia glass Industry from makers not already represented in the collection or rare items (++)<\/li>\n<li>Tools and equipment used in the West Virginia glass industry, especially from named workers or families (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Bottles from Chattanooga patent medicine industry, pre 1915 (+)<\/li>\n<li>Crates made by Cumberland Case Company and Chattanooga Box &amp;\u00a0Lumber Co.<\/li>\n<li>Variety of bottles (+) and decorative pieces (+++) made by Chattanooga Glass Co.<\/li>\n<li>Objects made or used at the American Cellulose &amp; Chemical Manufacturing Company in Cumberland, Maryland, later known as Celanese\u00ae.\u00a0 It was the first manufacturer of Acetate yarn and fabric in the USA. (+)<\/li>\n<li>Artifacts from the West Virginia salt or saline industry 1797-1870s such as Kanawha Salt Co. (++++)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Artifacts related to Clinton Engineering Works or Oak Ridge, such as<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers&#8217; ID badges\u00a0(++++)<\/li>\n<li>Other personal items from Appalachian workers there (+++)<\/li>\n<li>Irradiated dime souvenir or other souvenirs from the Atomic Energy Museum (++)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Appalachian Artifacts Teaching Collection The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College maintains an\u00a0Appalachian Artifacts Teaching Collection to support teaching and learning at Berea College. \u00a0Ours is not the largest collection, but we are focused on building the most multi-disciplinary, well-rounded, and diverse teaching collection for Appalachian Studies. \u00a0Learn more about our approach to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":839,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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