Fee, John Gregg, 1816-1901

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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.

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Great-granddaughter of James Williams Fee (John G. Fee's brother) and daughter of Virginia Fee Carpenter, Anne Carpenter Pirkle (1920 - 2007) was a dedicated family genealogist.  Pirkle compiled the genealogy charts of the Fee family which can be found in bound format at the Berea College Special Collections and Archives. Anne Pirkle attended the University of Alabama and spent much of her life in Tennessee.  She passed away in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 86.

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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.

Abstract After agitating the question of the need to organize a cemetery association and holding preliminary meetings led by Reverend E. H. Fairchild and A.A. Wright, the Berea community organized the Berea Cemetery Association in 1872.  The preliminary meetings resulted in the adoption of a constitution, the enrollment of nearly thirty subscribers to the Constitution, and an initiation fee for membership of $2.00.  The first election under the Constitution was held in the Fall of 1872 and resulted...

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This collection contains the papers and research notes of Richard D. Sears.  Included in the collection are general research notes and materials on many of the topics Sears researched and wrote on as well manuscripts and completed copies of his works.

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A monthly "religious paper representing Evangelical Christianity, as opposed to all divisions among Christians, and as inconsistent with all oath-bound secret combinations and oll other forms of evil, whether popular or otherwise."  Edited by Elders John G. Fee and J.F. Browne, Berea, Kentucky, and H.H. Hinman, Washington, D.C.

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Papers of Angus Augustus (A.A.) Burleigh.

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Collection of materials by and about Cassius M. Clay.

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Correspondence: John G. Fee to "Mr. Angus Burley"