Hazel Green Academy.

Abstract W. O. Mize, J. T. Day, and Green Berry Swango founded Hazel Green Academy in 1880. Eventually, administration and financial support were shifted to agencies of the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, first under the Christian Women's Board of Missions in 1886, and then under the United Christian Missionary Society in 1919. Formal support from the national church ended in 1971. The Academy was a boarding school throughout its ninety-six years and the curriculum included both college...

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of photographs and microfilmed records documenting the history and operation of the Hazel Green Academy at Hazel Green in Wolfe County, Kentucky 1886-1982. After the Academy's closing in 1982, the original records and photographs were transferred to Berea College and comprise the Hazel Green Academy Collection, SAA 38.Use BCA 0249 SAA 038 instead of this collection. The finding guide can be found at: ...

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;...