Berea College -- History
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
Children of God Oratorio Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.01
Abstract
Children of God: An Oratorio on the Brotherhood of Man is a major choral work commissioned in 1956 by Berea College and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America (NCC). A specially created Berea College Oratorio Choir first performed the work the following year in two significant events: Part I only was presented on both Feb. 1 and 2, 1957 at the Cincinnati Music Hall,with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists, Thor Johnson conducting. The...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1980
McCall's Magazine Report Collection
Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0104 SAA 104
Scope and Contents
This is a collection containing a copy of the report “McCall Magazine Survey: Our Last Frontier” by Phillips Wyman on the investigation of Berea College submitted in April 1925 to a Mr. Warner, a Mr. Wilson, and a Mr. Burton of McCall’s Magazine. Included in the report are an introduction (as to whether or not a piece should be written about Berea College), “Description of the Mountain People,” “Description of Berea College,” a statement by Dr. Sherwood Eddy to the International Committee...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925
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
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- Berea (Ky.) 2
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 2
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 2
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 2
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- African American women. 1
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 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
- Bible in music -- History. 1
- Church music -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Church music -- Protestant churches. 1
- College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Folk dancing. 1
- Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Oral history -- Appalachian region. 1
- Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 1
- Oral history interview. 1
- Oral history. 1
- Oratorios. 1
- Rockcastle County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Rural-urban migration -- Appalachian Region. 1 + ∧ less
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