Berea College
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection (January Short Term)
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
Listen To Interviews
Interview topics include: moonshining in Perry County (KY), early medical practices and services in Clay County...
Dates:
Other: 1973
Robert H. Cowley Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.12
Abstract
Robert H. Cowley was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 25, 1871. After graduating from Lorain High School, Cowley attended Oberlin College, and studied at Western Reserve Medical School in the late 1890s.
In 1904, after three years of practicing medicine, Cowley accepted an invitation from Berea College President, William Goddell Frost, to form a college health service. During his thirty-five year tenure, Cowley served the Berea students, faculty and peoples of the areas surrounding...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1904-1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/1996
Filtered By
- Subject: Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 1
- Appalachian Region. 1
- Berea (Ky.) 1
- Berea College -- Student Health Services 1
- Buffalo Creek (W. Va.) -- Flood, 1972. 1
- Distilling, Illicit. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Medical care -- Kentucky. 1
- Oral history -- Appalachian region. 1
- Oral history interview. 1
- Oral history. 1
- Rural health -- Appalachian Region. 1 + ∧ less
∨ more