Oneida Baptist Institute.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding and operation of the Oneida Baptist Institute for the period 1906-1983. The collection also includes records from the Magoffin Baptist Institute in Magoffin County, Kentucky, which was absorbed by Oneida in 1963.

Abstract The Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit consortium of private service institutions in South Central Appalachia. Leaders of the twelve founding institutions envisioned it as a mechanism to facilitate exchange of ideas, cooperation in program development and fund raising. The first executive committee of the board of directors consisted of Chairman, John Ramsay - John C. Campbell Folk School; vice-chairman, Robert Fulton - Henderson Settlement;...