Berea College
Organization
Found in 368 Collections and/or Records:
Biology department
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.16
Abstract
Records of the Berea College Biology Department.
Dates:
1929-2024
Black Cultural Center
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.50
Abstract
In 1983, Berea College established the Black Cultural Center (BCC) with the philosophy that true integration and equality cannot happen without awareness, understanding, and appreciation of black culture. Over three decades later, the philosophical foundation of the Black Cultural Center has not changed and it continues to support the historic commitments of Berea College – in particular the commitment:
“To assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a...
Dates:
1979-
Blacks at Berea collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.07
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials documenting the history of blacks at Berea College as well as race relations at the College. Materials include clippings, notes, writings, correspondence, College memorandum and notices, and other.
Dates:
1836-1972
Boone Tavern Hotel
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.04
Abstract
Historic Boone Tavern was built in 1909 at the suggestion of Nellie Frost, wife of Berea College president, William G. Frost. Named for Appalachian hero Daniel Boone has hosted visitors of Berea, Kentucky including the Dalai Lama, Henry Ford, President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost.
Construction of Boone Tavern began in 1909 based on designs by the New York architectural firm of Cady & See at a cost of $20,000. The building, made of bricks...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1912-2014
Bound Berea College catalogs, 1866 - 1891
Item — Box 1, Object: 1-2
Scope and Contents
Two bound volumes:
1. College catalogs originally collected by the college Registrar's Office:
Berea Literary Institute 1866-67
Berea College 1867-68 through 1891-92.
2. College catalogs originally collected by the library, 1870-1892.
Dates:
Publication: 1866 - 1891
Maud Bowman papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.05
Abstract
Papers of Maud Bowman, 1918 graduate of Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1915-1948
Brushy Fork Leadership Institute
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.4
Abstract
These are the official records of the Brushy Fork Institute.
Dates:
1988-
Buildings and Grounds
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 05-5.39
Scope and Contents
Collection of records and materials related to the construction, maintenance, use and history of the various buildings and grounds of Berea College throughout its history. Included in the collection are historical deeds, conveyances and surveys of the College.
Dates:
1820-
A.A. (Angus Augustus) Burleigh papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.06
Abstract
Papers of Angus Augustus (A.A.) Burleigh.
Dates:
1867 - 1938
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
Additional filters:
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- Students, college -- Berea College 82
- Berea (Ky.) 58
- Education, higher -- Administration 48
- Appalachian Region. 21
- Berea College 12
- Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Academy School 11
- Oral history. 9
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 8
- Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 8
- Oral history interview. 8
- Abolitionists 6
- Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 6
- Oral history -- Appalachian region. 6
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 5
- Science -- Study and Teaching 5
- African Americans -- Education -- Kentucky. 4
- Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 4
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 4
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century. 4
- Hand weaving. 4
- Kentucky Day Law. 4
- Students -- Societies, etc. 4
- Students, African American -- Berea College 4
- African American history. 3
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region. 3
- Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 3
- Appalachian Region -- Race relations. 3
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- History. 3
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching. 3
- Art -- Study and teaching. 3
- Berea (Ky.) -- Newspapers. 3
- Berea College -- Academic Vice President 3
- Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
- Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
- Industrial arts -- Study and teaching. 3
- Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. 3
- Navy V-12 Program (U.S.). 3
- Rural schools -- Kentucky -- History. 3
- Students, Foreign. 3
- Temperance. 3
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 3
- Abolitionists -- Correspondence 2
- Adult education 2
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History. 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights. 2
- African Americans. 2
- American poetry. 2
- Appalachia -- Education. 2
- Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Periodicals. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 2
- Appalachian Region, Southern. 2
- Basketball -- Kentucky -- Berea. 2
- Berea (Ky.) -- History. 2
- Civil rights movements. 2
- College students -- Research. 2
- Computer programming. 2
- Day Law (Kentucky). 2
- Debates and debating. 2
- Drama -- Production and direction. 2
- Education -- Curricula. 2
- Education -- Kentucky -- Harlan County 2
- Education -- Kentucky -- History. 2
- Education -- Study and teaching 2
- Folk and music festivals. 2
- Folk art -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 2
- Folk dancing. 2
- Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 2
- Geography -- Study and teaching. 2
- Geography. 2
- Geology -- Study and teaching. 2
- Geology. 2
- Goodell, Clarissa Cady. 2
- Handweaving -- Patterns. 2
- Home economics -- Study and teaching. 2
- Latin language -- Study and teaching. 2
- Librarians. 2
- Madison County (Ky.) -- Newspapers. 2
- Maps. 2
- Mathematics -- Study and teaching. 2
- Medical care -- Kentucky. 2
- Minorities -- Education -- United States. 2
- Music -- Appalachian Region. 2
- Music -- Instruction and study. 2
- Oratory -- Competitions. 2
- Philosophy and religion. 2
- Physical education and training -- Study and teaching (Higher). 2
- Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) 2
- Religion. 2
- Sociology. 2
- Southern States -- Race relations. 2
- Student activities. 2
- Student government. 2
- Student handbook 2
- Students -- Political activity. 2
- Students, Foreign -- Kentucky -- Berea. 2
- Teacher -- Training of 2
- Universities and colleges -- Finance. 2
- Women -- Appalachian Region. 2
- Women -- Education (Higher). 2