Berea College
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ada Simpson Sherwood Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.43
Abstract
Ada Simpson was born on January 25, 1861 in Carlton, New York but spent most of her early life in rural Michigan. At the age of sixteen, she obtained a teacher’s certificate and became a rural school teacher while at the same time working toward the high school diploma. She married Alva Sherwood in 1888.
In 1905 she was tragically widowed; this event marked the next phase of Sherwood’s career during which she would begin her life-long dream of higher education. Along with her son and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1888 - 1955; Other: Majority of material found in 1912-1952
John F. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.46
Abstract
John Franklin Smith taught in both the Berea College Academy School and the Normal School from 1911 to 1931. Originally drawn to Berea to teach Rural Social Science, Smith also served as a publicity agent for serveral years and directed the College Sunday School for fifteen years. Smith was a prolific writer, including a poet. Smith retired from Berea in 1931 due to illness.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1931