Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Foundation School

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Jim Adams attended the Berea College affiliated Foundation School in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Abstract Joseph Ray, Jr. was born in Berea and was a 1952 graduate of the Foundation School of Berea College.  After attending Berea for a short period, Ray studied at the University of Kentucky where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in History in 1956. Ray would then go on to earn his M.A. at Emory University before embarking on a long and distinguished career as a teacher, historian, actor, and director.  Ray spent most of his teaching career at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland, where he...

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These are the personal papers and records of Rolf Hovey, founder and director of the Berea College Chapel Choir and longtime Chairman of the Music Department.  Materials include writings, correspondence, teaching materials, student projects, and numerous subject files including information regarding Berea College organizations and groups.

Abstract Born in West Virginia, Roy N. Walters graduated from Berea College with a BA in Sociology in 1927 and began teaching printing classes for the Foundation School.  He would quickly become a full-time teacher for the school and its Dean in1943.  Walters served as Dean of the Foundation School until his retirement in 1968.  Until 1958, Walters also served as the Dean of Men. While a student at Berea College, Walters worked in the Printing Department. Immediately following graduation he became...

Abstract Reorganization of Berea College in 1938 lead to the instititution being formally divided into three schools: the Foundation School (1st through 10th grade), the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, first two years of college) and Upper Division (third and fourth year of college). Following further evaluation in 1942, and a five-year process of change, the institution was again reorganized in 1947 into the Fundation School (elementary through 12th grade, with vocational emphasis for stundents not...

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This is a collection of scrapbooks and photo albums of Berea College students. Scrapbooks and albums are primarily comprised of photographs and ephemera from the students' attendance at Berea College or affiliated institutions.

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Records of the Berea College Testing and Tutorial Services (1919-1996)

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This collection is comprised of papers, photographs, correspondence, personnal items, clippings, writings, and a leather bound photograph album of Thomas A. Edwards, Dean of the Berea College Foundation School and faculty member for twenty-two years (1904 - 1926).