Berea College -- Faculty
Organization
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Ridgeway Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.39
Abstract
Born in 1876, Florence Ridgeway attended Berea College from 1905-1907 before obtaining a degree from the Western Reserve University of Library Science in 1909. Upon receiving her library science degree, she returned to Berea where she worked as an assistant librarian at the Berea College library for over twenty-three years. She was a pioneer in librarianship working with others to compile Berea's "Mountain Collection" (the first of its kind in the United States) and instituting Kentucky's...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1919-1929
Francis S. Hutchins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract
Francis Stephenson Hutchins (b. 1902), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, was educated at Oberlin College (A.B., 1923) and Yale University (M.A., 1933). Having worked in China as an undergraduate, Hutchins returned to China as an instructor in 1925 as part of the Yale-in-China Association's educational mission. Forced to leave China in 1939 during the Japanese invasion, Hutchins was appointed president of Berea College to succeed his father—William J. Hutchins. Hutchins served as...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1979
Frank J. Wray papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.59
Abstract
These are the papers and records of Frank J. Wray, history professor at Berea College from 1953 to 1991. Included in the collection are papers and records regarding Wray’s military service and service to Berea College, writings and translations, teaching materials, college notes, correspondence and personal subject files.
Dates:
1946 - 1991
Fu Liang Chang papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.06
Abstract
Papers of Fu Liang Chang.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1952-1984
G. Gilbert Roberts Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.24
Abstract
G. Gilbert Roberts, a 1930 graduate of Berea College, was on Berea's faculty for 46 years, retiring in 1976. Roberts was a mathematics professor and served as department chairman. He also taught astronomy, and upon retirement, the college observatory was named in his honor. In 1965 Roberts received the Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, the college's highest faculty recognition. Roberts also served as Visiting Professor of Mathematics at Morehead State University and Appalachian State...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972-1977
General Faculty Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.01
Abstract
All non-student employees of Berea College are members of the General Faculty, and thus, all non-student employees are eligible for committee service. Because of the size of the General Faculty, the General Faculty Assembly, a smaller body of representatives, serves as the voting body (College Catalog, 2017).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-
General Studies Assessment Committee
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.32
Abstract
Created in 1980, the General Studies Assessment Committee was tasked with the responsibility of presenting a report to faculty at the end of the Fall Term 1981, with recommendations about the College's General Education Program. Four additional subcommittees/groups were also appointed to address specific topics related to general education: Subcommittee on Goals, Subcommittee on the Freshmen Year, Sucommittee on Science, and the Advisors to the Committee. The General Studies Program...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1981
Gladys Jameson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.28
Abstract
This collection is comprised of manuscripts, correspondence, and related publications of Gladys Jameson, a folk ballad collector and member of the Berea College Music Department from 1916 to 1954.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c. 1920-1980
Henry Levy Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.34
Abstract
The first African-American Campus Minister at Berea College, Henry Levy Parker committed much of his career to bettering the lives of communities in the South and as a proponent of social change. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1921, Parker received the Bachelor of Arts from Gordon College in 1949. He attended Harvard Divinity School from 1952 to 1955. He was ordained as a minister in the Episcopal Church, first as a deacon in 1955 and then a priest in 1957. He went on to pastor Episcopal...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1979
Henry Mixter Penniman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.36
Abstract
From 1895 to 1922, the Rev. Henry M. Penniman served as Professor of Christian Evidences, a field agent, fund raiser, financial agent, and general evangelist for Berea College. He was a close friend of President Frost and helped raise the funds for the·women's Gymnasium that would be named the Woods-Penniman building on the Berea College Campus. After retirement, Penniman continued to preach, teach, and work with the College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1922
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- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 4
- Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 4
- Oral history interview. 4
- Oral history. 4
- Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 3
- Mathematics -- Study and teaching. 3
- Mathematics. 3
- Philosophy and religion. 3
- Students, Foreign. 3
- American poetry. 2
- Appalachia -- Education. 2
- Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 2
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- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 2
- Berea College -- Affilliated Schools -- Junior High School 2
- Berea College -- Berea College Faculty Club 2
- China -- Education. 2
- Drama -- Production and direction. 2
- Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 2
- Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 2
- Hand weaving. 2
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 2
- Librarians. 2
- Music -- Instruction and study. 2
- Photograph collections. 2
- Religion. 2
- Sociology. 2
- Southern States -- Race relations. 2
- Women college students 2
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century. 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Kentucky. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Alumni Memorial Building. 1
- Anabaptists--History. 1
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs. 1
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- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Art -- Study and teaching. 1
- Artisans -- Kentucky. 1
- Artisans. 1
- Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Banjo music -- Kentucky. 1
- Baptists--History. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
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- Berea College 1
- Berea College -- Buildings -- Fairchild Hall 1
- Berea College -- Buildings -- Howard Hall 1
- Berea College -- Buildings -- Windswept 1
- Berea College -- Curriculum guides 1
- Berea College -- Student Health Services 1
- Bluegrass festivals -- Kentucky. 1
- Bluegrass music -- Kentucky. 1
- Camping. 1
- Carillons. 1
- Children's songs, English. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- Missionaries. 1
- China -- Politics. 1
- Christian Identity. 1
- Civil rights -- United States -- History. 1
- Civil rights movements. 1
- College and school drama. 1
- College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
- College teachers. 1
- College teaching -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
- College theater. 1
- College trustees. 1
- Computer programming. 1
- Computer science -- Study and teaching. 1
- Computer science. 1
- Congregationalism -- Periodicals. 1
- Country music. 1
- Course Offerings. 1
- Day Law (Kentucky). 1
- Debates and debating. 1
- Decorative arts -- Kentucky. 1
- Decorative arts. 1
- Disarmament. 1
- Education -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Education -- Curricula. 1
- Education -- Kentucky -- History. 1
- Education -- Study and teaching 1
- Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
- Educational exchanges 1
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