Berea College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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