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Berea College

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Extension Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.45
Abstract Berea College's Extension Services provided short-term, informal educational programming and services, primarily in adult education, both on and off campus, to persons living in communities around Berea (including the mountain regions as far away as West Virginia). Programming included Opportunity Schools (held both on campus and in other communities), lectures, and the publication of pamphlets, bulletins and leaflets on a variety of topics. Information regarding the Berea Opportunity...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1898-1958

Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 11-11.03
Abstract A Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia was created by director Neil di Teresa, professor of art at Berea College, in 1969. Initially funded by Berea College and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Caravan received additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kentucky Arts Commission, the Kentucky Humanities Council, and other private organizations. The aim of the Caravan was “to involv[e] Appalachians in Cultural and creative activities, to develo[p] a sense of rapport...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970 - 1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009

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  • Subject: Appalachia -- Education. X

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Adult education 1
Adult education -- Kentucky -- History 1
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 1
Appalachian Region. 1
Art -- Study and teaching. 1