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Berea College

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Academy School

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.03
Abstract

Created as an affiliated school of Berea College, the Academy served as a Senior High School. In 1938, reorganization abolishes the Academy by adding the ninth and tenth grades to the Foundation School, thus creating the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, College Freshman and Sophomore years) and Upper Division (College Junior and Senior years) to the College.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895 -

Charles Noble Shutt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 04-4.02
Abstract In his forty-seven year association with Berea College, Charles Noble Shutt touched virtually every aspect of the college from the placement of closets in Draper building to the organization of the academic departments. His career encompassed the reign of three college presidents and weathered two world wars.  Shutt first came to the college in 1915 as a Latin and German teacher. He later taught history and English, and was known as the leading grammarian on the campus. In 1924, Shutt...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895 - 1966; Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1947

College, Academy, and Foundation Faculty

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.01
Abstract

Official records of the Berea College, Academy, and Foundation faculty including meeting minutes and agendas, curriculum reviews and committee notes, reports, memoranduc, and general faculty information.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1868 -

Faculty Advisory Council of Berea College

 Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.09
Abstract First meeting in 1939, the Faculty Advisory Council (often called Adivsory Council) was established to provide a democratic means of communication on matters of mutual interest to several faculties, the Labor Group, the President, and the Board of Trustees. Membership on the council included the President, academic Deans, three elected members from each of the Faculties (Upper, Lower, and Foundation), and three elected members from the Labor Group. Elisabeth Peck and May B. Smith were the...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1984

John F. Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.46
Abstract

John Franklin Smith taught in both the Berea College Academy School and the Normal School from 1911 to 1931.  Originally drawn to Berea to teach Rural Social Science, Smith also served as a publicity agent for serveral years and directed the College Sunday School for fifteen years.  Smith was a prolific writer, including a poet. Smith retired from Berea in 1931 due to illness.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1931

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

Maud Bowman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.05
Abstract

Maud Bowman was a 1918 graduate of the College. Her father, James C. Bowman was an instructor at Berea College for a number of years, having come to Berea from North Carolina in 1907.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1948

Mildred Hudson Hannaford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.09
Abstract

Mildred Hudson Hannaford was born on November 24, 1896 in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1914 she enrolled in Berea College after graduating from the Berea Academy. She graduated from the music department in 1916. Her father was Rev. Howard Hudson, who worked as the Foreman in Woodwork Repairs and as the Superintendent of Janitors at Berea College beginning in 1904 and through Mildred’s time at Berea.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1923; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2012

Norman Ball Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.03
Abstract Born in McCreary County, KY, Norman Ball graduated from the Berea College Academy in 1933 and from Berea College in 1939.  He enlisted in September 1942 and eventually served in North Africa, Italy, and France.  At the time of his enlistment, he was the fifth member of his family to join the service.  Ball received an honorable discharge in October 1945. Ball returned to McCreary County and taught in the county school system before retiring in 1973.  He was an active supporter on Berea...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Student Scrapbooks and Photo Albums

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.60
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of scrapbooks and photo albums of Berea College students. Scrapbooks and albums are primarily comprised of photographs and ephemera from the students' attendance at Berea College or affiliated institutions.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1935

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Berea (Ky.) 3
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