Berea College -- Fireside Industries
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carlos Cortez Coyle Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.30
Abstract
Carlos Cortez Coyle (1871-1962) was a self-taught painter who spent the early part of his life in Dreyfus, Kentucky. In 1889, he briefly attended Berea Foundation School where he was introduced to Appalachian arts and crafts through teacher and Director of Fireside Industries Jennie Lester Hill. Coyle left Berea before graduating for reasons unknown and moved to Florida and then to Canada in an attempt to make a living in farming. Drought caused him to make a career change into the building...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1942
Student Industries
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.28
Abstract
Since 1883, Student Industries at Berea College provided necessary support to the early community that grew around the college and today's crafts program at Berea College were born of the early student industry model that included a brick-making facility, bakery, candy kitchen, needlecraft and handicrafts, laundry and College farms. While many of the industries have been closed, the Berea College Crafts program is a continuing tradition.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-
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