Berea College -- Faculty
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Ira Jay Martin III Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.32
Abstract
Dr. Ira Jay Martin III was a fixture at Berea College serving as professor in the Philosophy and Religions Department for thirty-three years. He was an instructor for two years before being promoted to Assistant Professor in 1946. In the fall of 1966 he was appointed to the Henry Mixter Penniman Professorship, which he held until his retirement in 1977 (becoming an emeritus professor). Martin published several books on a variety of topics in religion. He was the author of ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1977
John F. Smith Traditional Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0006 SAA 005
Abstract
John F. Smith taught in the Berea College Normal School. As part of his Composition and Rhetoric course, Smith asked students to write down the names of banjo and fiddle songs and tunes known to them in their home districts of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. The results are a large, varied body of material that includes ballads, songs, fiddle and banjo tunes, and games. Several students also included lists of musical instruments present in their home communities and descriptions of music...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1940
Perley F. Ayer Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0022 SAA 021
Abstract
Perley F. Ayer, a native of New Hampshire, was educated at the University of New Hampshire (B.S.1922) and Cornell University (M.S. 1947). Prior to coming to Berea in 1947, he had been employed as an extension agent in New Hampshire and as an instructor at Pleasant Hill Academy in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. He worked at Berea College as supervisor of an agricultural training program in the Foundation School, as a field representative for the Admissions office, and as an instructor in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1968
Richard Bryant Drake Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.15
Abstract
Richard Bryant Drake came to Berea College in 1957 after receiving his master’s degree from the University of Chicago and his doctoral degree from Emory University. During his tenure at Berea, Drake served as a professor of history and as the chairperson of the History and Political Science Department.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1948-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1995; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/2001
Richard Sears Research Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0250
Abstract
Richard D. Sears was Professor of English and Theatre, 1967-2010, and the Chester D. Tripp Chair in Humanities at Berea College. He has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of Kentucky history including the abolitionist movement, Camp Nelson, and Madison County. In particular, Sears devoted many years to researching and writing about the origins of Berea College and it founding members and families.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796-2008
Wilma Dykeman Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.16
Abstract
Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006) lived all her life near the French Broad River in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Born in Asheville, Dykeman traced her interest in writing to the stories her parents read aloud to her when she was a child. By the time she was in elementary school, she was making up her own stories, plays, and poems. After graduating from high school and Biltmore Junior College in Asheville, Dykeman attended Northwestern University and received a bachelor’s degree in...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998
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- Appalachian Region. 3
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 2
- Berea (Ky.) 2
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 2
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Banjo music -- Kentucky. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- Education. 1
- China -- Missionaries. 1
- China -- Politics. 1
- College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Day Law (Kentucky). 1
- Education -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
- Education, higher -- Administration 1
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
- Fiddle tunes -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Fiddle tunes -- Kentucky. 1
- Fiddle tunes. 1
- Folk dancing -- Kentucky. 1
- Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
- Glossolalia. 1
- Integration -- Berea College. 1
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Kentucky -- Social life and customs. 1
- Kentucky Day Law. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Medical care -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Mountain Life and Work 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Organizations, campus -- Phi Kappa Phi. 1
- Public health -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Religion. 1
- Shape-note singing 1
- Social Action -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Social service -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Students, Afro-American -- Berea College 1
- Students, college -- Berea College 1
- War on poverty. 1 + ∧ less
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