Berea College -- History
Organization
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
American Missionary Association
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.09
Scope and Contents
Four records showing the connection between Berea College and the American Missionary Association including data regarding Berea College, information on John G. Fee's commission by the Association, and a letter (1867) of J.A.R. Rogers posturing for Berea to be the association's choice for their Normal School in Kentucky.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1867, 1896
Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Berea College 1999 Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.11
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of recordings and transcripts of recordings of oral histories of Berea College faculty, staff, alumni, and current students. The project was conducted by students as part of their Oral History and Tradition course (GSTR 100) taught by Meighan Sharp in the fall of 1999. Interviews were conducted and transcribed by students....
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1999
Berea College Blacks in Appalachia Symposium Collection, 1989
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.07
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of recordings documenting the event "Blacks in Appalachia - From Invisibility to Importance: A Symposium, Seminar, and Celebration" held at Berea College, May 19-20, 1989. The event marked the establishment of the Goode Professorship of Black and Appalachian Studies at Berea College.
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Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1989
Berea College Founders - Associated Individuals
Collection
Identifier: RG 01-1.14
Abstract
These are the records and papers relating to the early history of the College and to individuals first associated with the institution, generally prior to 1868.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1895
Berea College Founding Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 01-1.01
Abstract
These are the records and papers relating to the early history of the College and to individuals first associated with the institution, generally prior to 1868.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1855-2002
Berea College Mace/Inaugural Symbol
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.08
Scope and Contents
Records regarding the Berea College mace carried for the first time in October 1967 at the inauguration of Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. as the sixth president of Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1967-2005
Berea College Men's Basketball Oral History Collection, 1998-1999
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.01
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of sound cassette recordings (1998-1999) by Tom Chase documenting the history of the Berea College men's basketball program.Chase examines the relationship between sports and academic life throughout the interviews, pointing to Berea's emphasis on academic excellence. The interviews contain a wealth of information concerning the lives of players after graduation.The collection contains interviews with players from Berea basketball's classic...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1998 - 1999
Berea College Selma to Montgomery Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.06
Abstract
Berea students, faculty, and staff, along with many others, had previously participated in a 1964 march on the state capitol in Frankfort to lobby the Kentucky legislature to pass civil rights legislation.
On March 7,1965, a small group of Bereans took part in a King-led march that had to turn back before arriving at Montgomery—during which a white minister from Boston was killed.
The subsequent five-day march of March 21st through the 25th drew more than 25,000 participants. Fifty-eight...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2004
Berea College Theatre Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.07
Scope and Contents
Audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with twenty one Berea College faculty and staff, some of whom were also Berea College alumni. Listen to Interview Recordings and / or Read Transcripts The interviews document the development of the college's theatre activities including both the curricular program and...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1988
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- Students, college -- Berea College 4
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 3
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 3
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 3
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 2
- Basketball -- Kentucky -- Berea. 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History. 2
- Abolitionists 1
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- African American women. 1
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Kentucky. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Demography. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Race relations. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Academy School 1
- Bible in music -- History. 1
- Church music -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Church music -- Protestant churches. 1
- College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Disarmament. 1
- Drama -- Production and direction. 1
- Folk dancing. 1
- Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
- Hymns -- Metrics and rhythmics. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Montgomery (Ala.). 1
- Navy V-12 Program (U.S.) -- History. 1
- Navy V-12 Program (U.S.). 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Oral history -- Appalachian region. 1
- Oratorios. 1
- Revival hymns -- History and criticism. 1
- Revival hymns. 1
- Rockcastle County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Rural-urban migration -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Selma (Ala.). 1
- Slavery and the church. 1
- Sociology. 1
- Southern States -- Race relations. 1
- Student activities. 1
- Student newspapers and periodicals -- United States. 1
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