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American Friends Service Committee.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee/Prince Edward County Schools Students

 Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.39
Scope and Contents

Materials documenting the American Friends Service Committee's efforts and the placement of four Prince Edward County students in the Berea Foundation School in the early 1960s during the unconstitutional closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Materials include articles, paper on the Student Placement Project 1960-1963, research notes of Steve Gowler, and photocopies of documents from the AFSC Archives.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1963

Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.06
Abstract Dr. Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. was the sixth president of Berea College, serving from 1967–1984.  Born in western North Carolina in 1916, Weatherford earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt in 1937 and his B.D. from Yale in 1940.  Weatherford went on to earn his M.A. (1943) and Ph.D. (1952) in Economics from Harvard and taught economics at Swarthmore from 1948 until 1964. Weatherford became a dean at Carleton College in 1965.  In addition to his scholarly work, Weatherford served in Europe and Africa...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1996

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Education, Higher -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. 1
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- 20th century. 1