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Berea College

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Slavery Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4
Identifier: BCA 0168 HC 03
Abstract

The Anti-Slavery Collection contains essays, addresses, reports, letters, business and legal records, research notes, and other materials collected by Berea College librarians through donation and purchase. These items document the institution of slavery, the anti-slavery movement, the conflict over slavery, and the aftermath of slavery in the United States of America.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1769-1916; Other: Majority of material found within 1800-1880

Cassius Marcellus Clay Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5
Identifier: BCA 0218 HC 02
Abstract

Collection of materials by and about Cassius M. Clay.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1849 - 1975

E. H. Fairchild Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.01
Abstract Born in Stockbridge, MA, 29 November 1815, Edward Henry Fairchild grew up in Brownhelm, Ohio,where his parents, Grandison and Nancy Fairchild, had a farm. He and his brother James were half of the first entering class at Oberlin College; he graduated in 1838. At age 21, after lecturing against slavery in Ohio as one of the "Seventy" sent out by Theodore Weld, he was commissioned by the American Anti-slavery Society for a three-month tour of Pennsylvania. At 22 he began teaching a large...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1973

John G. Fee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 01-1.02
Abstract

Papers and family records of John G. Fee.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-2011

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

William Goodell Family Papers, Part 1

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0179 HC 04
Abstract William Goodell, a native of New York, was a prominent 19th century abolitionist and temperance reformer.  He either edited or published such reform-minded publications as the Investigator and General Intelligencer, Friend of Man, Christian Investigator, and Principia.  Although never ordained, he founded a church in Honeoye, New York, in 1842, based on the principles of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1780-1892

William Goodell Family Papers, Part 2

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0179 HC 04B
Scope and Contents

The William Goodell Family Papers (Part 2) consist of correspondence of numerous Goodell family members (both between each other and family friends and associates); writings, documents, and photographs of Goodell family members; documents, writings and printed materials of abolitionists; and correspondence, papers, and materials specific to members of the family of William Goodell Frost.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1757-1959

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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 5
Berea (Ky.) 5
Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 3
Temperance. 3