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Found in 2 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

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

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Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 1
Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 1
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 1
Berea (Ky.) 1
China -- Description and travel. 1