Berea College
Organization
Found in 4 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
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
William Goodell Frost Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.03
Abstract
Frost, a native of LeRoy, New York, was an 1876 graduate of Oberlin College and taught Greek at him alma materfrom 1876 through 1892. Having refused the presidency of Berea College in 1889, Frost reconsidered theappointment after the resignation of William B. Stewart. Frost was inaugurated in 1892 and served as presidentuntil 1920. Frost is credited with being chiefly responsible for the significant growth of Berea College during thisperiod. His term saw enrollment rise from 350 in 1912 to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860 - 1955; Other: Majority of material found in 1860-1894
William J. Hutchins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.04
Abstract
Hutchins, born in 1850 and native of Brooklyn, New York, attended Oberlin College, Yale University, and Oberlin Theological Seminary. In 1896 he graduated from Union Theological Seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister, receiving his first pastorate at Bedford Church in Brooklyn. Later that same year,Hutchins married Anna Laura Murch of Cleveland (whom he had met at Oberlin).
In 1907, Hutchins was appointed professor of homiletics in the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology. On...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850 - 1977; Other: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1958
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- Berea (Ky.) 3
- Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 2
- Education, higher -- Administration 2
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Appalachia -- Description and travel. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 1
- Appalachian Region -- History 1
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Basketwork -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Churches, Presbyterian 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Marriage records 1
- Churches, Presbyterian -- Bedford Presbyterian Church. 1
- Clergy, Presbyterian -- Sermons. 1
- Glossolalia. 1
- Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- Hand weaving. 1
- Handicraft. 1
- Handweaving -- Patterns. 1
- Kentucky Day Law. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Military installations -- World War I. 1
- Minorities -- Education -- United States. 1
- Religion. 1
- Travel, foreign -- Missionaries. 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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