Berea College
Organization
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Ernberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.19
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal items of Anna Ernberg, director of Fireside Industries at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Anna Ernberg was one of the most visible proponents of the Appalachian weaving revival in the early 20th century. Included in the collection is a Redpath Chautauqua poster, a personal photograph book, a scrapbook of weaving drafts, correspondence, a piece written about the history of Fireside Industries by Ernberg and Fireside Industries brochures, a scrapbook of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1930
Appalachian Heritage
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.13
Scope and Contents
Founded in 1973 and based at Berea College, the quarterly publication Appalachian Heritage considers previously unpublished fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for young adults, craft essays, book reviews, and visual art. In addition to new and emerging writers, contributors to the magazine include finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award; winners of the T. S. Eliot Award, the E.B. White Award, an O. Henry Prize, among others; and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-
Appalachian Museum
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 05-5.47
Abstract
The Appalachian Museum was created in 1969 (officially open to the public in 1971) to care for the college's growing collections of artifacts from the Appalachian area. It was dedicated to the task of preserving the distinctive crafts and telling the story of the traditional lifestyle of the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The museum was closed in May of 1998 with most of its activities and collections being integrated into the educational programs of the College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1998
Appalachian Oral History Collection (1973 Fall Term)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0059 SAA 059
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of twenty-one audio cassette recordings of interviews, informal discussions, musical performances, and commentary recorded by Berea College students under the direction of history professor, Richard B. Drake, during the 1973 fall semester.Subject areas include Pine Mountain Settlement School, John C. Campbell Folk School, the Christian Appalachian Project, the Civilian Conservation Corps in Pike County, Kentucky, and Berea College's Christmas Country Dance...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972-1973
Appalachian Studies Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.2
Abstract
Official records documenting the Appalachian Studies Program at Berea College from 1959 through 1993.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1993
Appalachian Studies/Center Committee
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.19
Abstract
The Appalachian Studies/Center Committee, also known as the Committee to Review the Appalachian Commitment, was appointed in 1987 by President John Stephenson to advise on matters relating to the activities of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian academic program at Berea. The committee, however, was also charged with the task of conducting a comprehensive review of Berea's Appalachian commitment with a view to making recommendations that would become part of the long-range planning...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1989
Brushy Fork Institute
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.4
Abstract
These are the official records of the Brushy Fork Institute.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1988-
Francis S. Hutchins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract
Francis Stephenson Hutchins (b. 1902), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, was educated at Oberlin College (A.B., 1923) and Yale University (M.A., 1933). Having worked in China as an undergraduate, Hutchins returned to China as an instructor in 1925 as part of the Yale-in-China Association's educational mission. Forced to leave China in 1939 during the Japanese invasion, Hutchins was appointed president of Berea College to succeed his father—William J. Hutchins. Hutchins served as...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1979
Ira Jay Martin III Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.32
Abstract
Dr. Ira Jay Martin III was a fixture at Berea College serving as professor in the Philosophy and Religions Department for thirty-three years. He was an instructor for two years before being promoted to Assistant Professor in 1946. In the fall of 1966 he was appointed to the Henry Mixter Penniman Professorship, which he held until his retirement in 1977 (becoming an emeritus professor). Martin published several books on a variety of topics in religion. He was the author of ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1977
Katherine Jackson French Ballad Collection
Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series Series 4
Identifier: BCA 0005-SAA 004
Abstract
Katherine Jackson French was influenced to collect mountain ballads through friends who had attended a lecture—in 1905—at which two instructors from Berea College, Kentucky, spoke about the uncollected ballads in the mountains of Kentucky. She was writing her dissertation at Columbia University at the time and she delayed investigating the matter of collecting mountain ballads until 1909 when she returned to London, Kentucky, to attend her mother who was ill. On at least two occasions in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-1916
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- Education, higher -- Administration 5
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 4
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 4
- Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 3
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching. 3
- Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 3
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Periodicals. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern. 2
- Folk art -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 2
- Kentucky Day Law. 2
- Students, college -- Berea College 2
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
- Appalachia -- Description and travel. 1
- Appalachia -- Education. 1
- Appalachian Heritage. 1
- Appalachian Region -- History 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Art -- Study and teaching. 1
- Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Ballads, English -- Kentucky. 1
- Basketwork -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 1
- Berea, Kentucky -- Women's Christian Temperance Union 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Churches, Presbyterian 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Marriage records 1
- Bunraku. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- Education. 1
- China -- Missionaries. 1
- China -- Politics. 1
- Churches, Presbyterian -- Bedford Presbyterian Church. 1
- Clergy, Presbyterian -- Sermons. 1
- College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Community leadership. 1
- Day Law (Kentucky). 1
- Education -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
- Folk and music festivals. 1
- Folk dancing -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Folk songs -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Folk songs -- Kentucky. 1
- Folklore -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
- Glossolalia. 1
- Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- Hand weaving. 1
- Handicraft. 1
- Handweaving -- Patterns. 1
- Integration -- Berea College. 1
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Literacy programs -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
- Literacy programs. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Medical care -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Military installations -- World War I. 1
- Minorities -- Education -- United States. 1
- Mountain Life and Work 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Oral history -- Appalachian region. 1
- Organizations, campus -- Phi Kappa Phi. 1
- Pike County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Public health -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Puppet plays, American. 1
- Puppet theater. 1
- Religion. 1
- Social Action -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Social service -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Students -- Societies, etc. 1
- Students, Afro-American -- Berea College 1
- Travel, foreign -- Missionaries. 1
- War on poverty. 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Military life 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Young Men's Christian Association 1 + ∧ less
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