Berea College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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 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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 2
- Education, higher -- Administration 2
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
- Appalachia -- Description and travel. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Churches, Presbyterian 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Marriage records 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
- Day Law (Kentucky). 1
- Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
- Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
- Integration -- Berea College. 1
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Kentucky Day Law. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Military installations -- World War I. 1
- Organizations, campus -- Phi Kappa Phi. 1
- Students, Afro-American -- Berea College 1
- Students, college -- Berea College 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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