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Berea College

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Geology and Geography Department

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.23
Abstract

Records of the Berea College Geology and Geography Department. Geology was one of the core science programs at Berea College for many years but with the retirement of the last professor in 2003, the program went into a hiatus. In 2018, the program was brought back to Berea College in the new science building. In fall of 2018, Dr. Suzanne Birner joined the faculty to develop a new curriculum in geology and to restart the program for a new generation of Berea College students.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1936-1978

Wilbur G. Burroughs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.05
Abstract Wilbur Greeley Burroughs was born in Shortsville, New York on December 7, 1886 to Joseph B. and Emma Greeley Burroughs.  Wilbur and his younger brother, Wallace, attended Oberlin where he received his A.B. in 1909 (Phi Beta Kappa) and A.M. in 1911. Burroughs founded the Geology department at Berea College in 1920 and went on to receive his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1932. In 1927, Burroughs was elected president of the Kentucky Academy of Science. This collection consists of Burroughs...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1959

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Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 1
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