Berea College
Organization
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Berea College Fire Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.21
Abstract
Starting in 1899, a fire brigade made up of students and known as the "Bucket Brigade," was established on campus and responded to calls both on and off campus. Formally established in 1905 by the College, the Fire Department served the campus and the city and was staffed by students. In 1966, the City of Berea took over responsibilities for operating the fire department ending what many affectionally referred to as the "College Fire Department."
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1994
Berea College Non-Serial Publications
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.22
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of non-serial publications of Berea College and its affiliated schools, including a number of short-lived student publications.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1990
Berea College Photographic Archives
Collection
Identifier: BC PH-BC PH
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints, negatives, and slides documenting the history of Berea College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-; Majority of material found in 1890-2000
Blacks at Berea
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.07
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials documenting the history of blacks at Berea College as well as race relations at the College. Materials include clippings, notes, writings, correspondence, College memorandum and notices, and other.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1972
Campus and Student Organizations
Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.00
Abstract
General collection of papers and records of numerous campus and student organizations, organized by organization, at Berea College from 1871 to the present day.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1871-
Edwards Scapbook, Part I
Digital Record
Identifier: Digital Object ID ##v5b4bc
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
Ladies Board of Care
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.36
Abstract
In 1866, the Berea College Board of Trustees appointed a Ladies Board of Care (though no explicit authority or budget accompanied the appointment). The goal of the Ladies Board of Care was to protect the college from negative publicity and it achieved this by writing regulations and meting out punishments on all infractions relating to female students. It also focused on teaching the women of the college appropriate etiquette, monitored social privileges of the women in the boarding hall,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-1903
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
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- Collection 14
- Digital Record 1
- Subject
- Berea (Ky.) 14
- Appalachian Region. 2
- Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Academy School 2
- Education, higher -- Administration 2
- Students -- Political activity. 2
- Students -- Societies, etc. 2
- Students, Afro-American -- Berea College 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Kentucky. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 1
- Berea College -- Berea College Faculty Club 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- Education. 1
- China -- Missionaries. 1
- China -- Politics. 1
- Civil rights -- Madison County (Ky). 1
- College and school drama. 1
- Day Law (Kentucky). 1
- Debates and debating. 1
- Education -- Kentucky -- History. 1
- Education, Higher -- Segregation. 1
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans. 1
- Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 1
- Hand weaving. 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
- Oratory -- Competitions. 1
- Organizations, campus -- Phi Kappa Phi. 1
- Student activities. 1
- Student government. 1
- Students, Foreign. 1
- Vocational education -- Florida -- Ocala -- 1930-1950. 1
- Women -- Education (Higher). 1
- Women -- Education -- Florida -- Ocala -- 1930-1950. 1
- Women college students 1 + ∧ less
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