Berea College
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
A.A. Burleigh Papers
These are the papers of A.A. Burleigh, one of the first African Americans to attend and graduate from Berea College. Materials include biographical information, correspondence, pension applications, medical and death records, and additional print material.
African and African-American Studies Department
Records of the African and African-American Studies Department at Berea College.
Albert Allen Wright Papers
Wright was the chair of Natural History at Berea College from 1870 to 1872. A few years after leaving Berea, he would be appointed professor of Geology and Natural History at Oberlin College. While at Berea College, Wright also served as the faculty meeting clerk. On September 21, 1874, he married Mary Lyon Bedortha (1846-1877), of Saratoga Springs, New York. Professor Albert Allen Wright died April 2, 1905.
Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection (January Short Term)
Berea College Blacks in Appalachia Symposium Collection, 1989
Berea College Science Focus Program
Starting in 1987, the Science Focus Program at Berea College enabled the College both to identify African American high school sophomores with ability in science and/or mathematics and to instruct and guide them in their preparation to enter college in science related fields. Program participants spent four weeks on campus in an intensive educational experience and working in the College's labor program. The program appears to have run through 1999.
Blacks at Berea
A collection of materials documenting the history of blacks at Berea College as well as race relations at the College. Materials include clippings, notes, writings, correspondence, College memorandum and notices, and other.
Celebration of Traditional Music
Records documenting the Celebration of Traditional Music, an annual event striving to represent homemade music passed on from person to person in the Appalachian Region and the musicians who play it.
Committee for the March on Montgomery
Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection, 1987
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