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Berea College

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Found in 363 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Van Krevelan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.52
Abstract Dr. Alice Van Krevelan served as a guest lecturer at Berea from 1936-44, and after earning her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Rochester, she taught at Hollins College and Grinnell College. She returned to Berea in 1961, serving as professor and chair of the psychology department until her 1980 retirement. She was elected to Sigma Xi, a society devoted to research in science, was a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, president of the Council of Undergraduate...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1977

Margaret Belknap Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.02
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Margaret Belknap Allen.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1991

Alpha Zeta Literary Society records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.03
Abstract

Records of the Alpha Zeta Literary Society at Berea College.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1943

Alumni and College Relations Photographic Archives

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.23PA2
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of photographs in various formats documenting Berea College students, staff, faculty, events, programs, campus life, and campus buildings and grounds. The basis of the collection are photographs deposited, between 2012 and 2014, with Special Collections and Archives by the department of College and Alumni Relations, and more specifically its departments of Public Relations, Media Services, and Integrated Marketing and Communications.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1950 - 2012; 1900-2012

Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.23
Abstract

The Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy collection contains fundraising and publicity materials, records on donors and foundations, records of various department staff, alumni event and support materials, campus maps and tour guides, and staff newsletters published by the department.  A highlight of the collection is its numerous publications reflecting the fundraising efforts and historical background of the College which can be found in Series 2: Publicity and Publications.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-

American Friends Service Committee/Prince Edward County Schools Students

 Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.39
Scope and Contents

Materials documenting the American Friends Service Committee's efforts and the placement of four Prince Edward County students in the Berea Foundation School in the early 1960s during the unconstitutional closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Materials include articles, paper on the Student Placement Project 1960-1963, research notes of Steve Gowler, and photocopies of documents from the AFSC Archives.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1963

American Missionary Association

 Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.09
Scope and Contents

Four records showing the connection between Berea College and the American Missionary Association including data regarding Berea College, information on John G. Fee's commission by the Association, and a letter (1867) of J.A.R. Rogers posturing for Berea to be the association's choice for their Normal School in Kentucky.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1867, 1896

Andrew B. Humphrey Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0186 HC 11
Abstract Humphrey, a native of Hope, Ohio, attended Berea's Normal Department in 1867 and probably completed his studies in 1868 (no catalog exists for this year). Humphrey then studied a year in the College Preparatory Department, and in 1870 became a freshman in the Berea College Department. However, Humphrey left Berea in 1870.  While at Berea he was known as "Montie" (probably a contraction of his middle name, Beaumont) and was the College bell ringer. From Berea, Humphrey...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-1930

Anti-Slavery Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4
Identifier: BCA 0168 HC 03
Abstract

The Anti-Slavery Collection contains essays, addresses, reports, letters, business and legal records, research notes, and other materials collected by Berea College librarians through donation and purchase. These items document the institution of slavery, the anti-slavery movement, the conflict over slavery, and the aftermath of slavery in the United States of America.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1769-1916; Other: Majority of material found within 1800-1880

Appalachian Heritage

 Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.13
Scope and Contents Founded in 1973 and based at Berea College, the quarterly publication Appalachian Heritage considers previously unpublished fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for young adults, craft essays, book reviews, and visual art. In addition to new and emerging writers, contributors to the magazine include finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award; winners of the T. S. Eliot Award, the E.B. White Award, an O. Henry Prize, among others; and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-

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Type
Collection 351
Digital Record 6
Unprocessed Material 3
Archival Object 3
 
Subject
Students, college -- Berea College 81
Berea (Ky.) 58
Education, higher -- Administration 48
Appalachian Region. 21
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Academy School 11
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Oral history. 9
Madison County (Ky.) -- History. 8
Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 8
Oral history interview. 8
Berea College 7
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
Kentucky Day Law. 4
Students -- Societies, etc. 4
Students, Afro-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
Hand weaving. 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
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