Berea College
Organization
Found in 6 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
John Bell Stephenson Papers, 1984-1994
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.07
Abstract
John Bell Stephenson (1937-1994) was born in Staunton, Virginia, to Louis Stephenson and Edna Moles Stephenson. Stephenson earned a B.A. in sociology in 1959 from the College of William and Mary and his M.A. in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1961. From 1961 until 1964 hetaught at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, where he met and married his colleague Jane Ellen Baucom. During his time in Banner Elk, John Stephenson developed a passion to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1984 - 1994
Lena M. Elkin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.18
Abstract
Lena M. Elkin was born in Berea, Kentucky October 24, 1904 and attended Berea College Training, Berea College Grammar School, Berea College Normal, Berea College High School, and Eastern State Teachers College.
Weaving was extremely important in Ms. Elkin’s life. During the 1930s she taught weaving for two summer terms at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and another summer at University Of Florida Extension Service’s Camp Roosevelt at Ocala. She was production supervisor...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-1986; Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1937
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.1
Abstract
These are the official records of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965 -
Sally Wilkerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.58
Abstract
Sally Wilkerson (born in 1919 in Palm Beach, Florida) spent most of her youth in Middlesboro, Kentucky, before attending and graduating from Berea College with a major in art in the 1930’s. While at Berea, Wilkerson’s student labor positions included taxidermy work for the biology department and general labor in the art department.
Upon graduation from Berea, Wilkerson taught in public schools. She returned to Berea College as a faculty member in 1946. Her first appointment at the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-1975
Students for Appalachia (SFA) Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.06
Abstract
Students for Appalachia (SFA) was established in 1968 by Berea College students to serve the community through programs in arts, crafts, home visitation, recreation, tutoring of school children and serving as referral agents for public service and federal programs. SFA students also teach basic literacy skills for adults and assist those interested in obtaining a high school diploma through a program conducted in homes and community centers. The student lead program would later become a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968-1992
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- Berea (Ky.) 4
- Appalachian Region. 3
- Education, higher -- Administration 2
- Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 2
- Hand weaving. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- Education. 1
- China -- Missionaries. 1
- China -- Politics. 1
- Day Law (Kentucky). 1
- Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
- Handweaving -- Patterns. 1
- Integration -- Berea College. 1
- Kentucky Day Law. 1
- Literacy programs -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
- Literacy programs. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Organizations, campus -- Phi Kappa Phi. 1
- Students -- Societies, etc. 1
- Students, Afro-American -- Berea College 1
- Vocational education -- Florida -- Ocala -- 1930-1950. 1
- Women -- Education -- Florida -- Ocala -- 1930-1950. 1 + ∧ less
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