Interview with Billy F. "Bill" Best, July 23, 2014
Project: Appalachia: Appalachian Studies Oral History Project
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Bill Best, now an heirloom seed collector, preservationist, and seller discusses his early years at Berea College and his experiences with the emergence of the Appalachian Studies movement. He highlights his rule as a critic of both the New Left and The Right during the formative years of Appalachian Studies.Interview Accession
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1960's social movements Appalachian Studies Association Berea (Ky.) Berea College Clinch Valley College Crabtree Iron Duff School Cratis Williams Dr. Babbitt Dr. Brady Dr. Thompson Dr. Tom Cryder Francis Hutchins Frpm Existence to Essence George Brosi Harry Caudill Heirloom seeds Jim Branscome Jim Wayne Miller John B. Stephenson John G. Fee Larry Shinn Loyal Jones Lyle D. Roelofs Mack Adams Mr. Hupt Pam West Rodger Cunningham Sally Maggard Sue Easterling Warren Wright William B. Stewart William Goodell Frost Willis P. WeatherfordInterview LC Subject
Appalachian RegionInterview Rights
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Best, Billy F. Interview by Catherine Herdman. 23 Jul. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Best, B.F. (2014, July 23). Interview by C. Herdman. Appalachia: Appalachian Studies Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Best, Billy F., interview by Catherine Herdman. July 23, 2014, Appalachia: Appalachian Studies Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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