Berea College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Richard Sears Research Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0250
Abstract
Richard D. Sears was Professor of English and Theatre, 1967-2010, and the Chester D. Tripp Chair in Humanities at Berea College. He has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of Kentucky history including the abolitionist movement, Camp Nelson, and Madison County. In particular, Sears devoted many years to researching and writing about the origins of Berea College and it founding members and families.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796-2008
Roscoe Giffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.23
Abstract
Roscoe Giffin was a member of the faculty of Berea College from 1949 until his death in January of 1962. He served as chairman of the Department of Sociology. For the last two years of his life, he was on leave of absence, to serve with the American Friends Service in Philidelphia.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1963
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- Subject: Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. X
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- Subject
- Berea (Ky.) 2
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 2
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 2
- Abolitionists -- Kentucky -- Biography 1
- African American history. 1
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 1
- Berea (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- College integration -- Kentucky -- Berea -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Disarmament. 1
- Folk dancing. 1
- Freedmen -- Kentucky. 1
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Oral history -- Appalachian region. 1
- Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 1
- Oral history interview. 1
- Oral history. 1
- Rockcastle County (Ky.) -- History. 1
- Sociology. 1
- Southern States -- Race relations. 1 + ∧ less
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