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Berea College

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Kenneth Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 04-4.06
Scope and Contents The papers of Kenneth Thompson is a small collection of records including biographical material, memoranda, materials from Thompson's tenure as both Dean of Men and Associate Dean, and records regarding the March on Montgomery (March 1965) including statements made by the College regarding students planning to attend the march.  Also included in the papers are a collection of Dean's Committee Meeting Minutes (1955-1958) and Thompson's records from his work with Pine Mountain Settlement...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1949-1981

Pine Mountain Settlement School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0011 SAA 010
Abstract Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913, by Katherine Pettit and Ethel de Long. The two women received ninety-five acres of land from William Creech for the purpose of providing educational opportunities for the people of the Pine Mountain area of Harlan County, Kentucky. Petit and de Long modeled their program after Jane Adam’s Hull House in Chicago. They hoped that their modern ideas about health, nutrition, work efficiency, farm management, and the cultural value of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-2011

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Appalachian Region. 1
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