Rogers, J.A.R. -- (John Almanza Rowley)

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.

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...

Abstract

These are the records and papers of J.A.R. and E.E. Rogers, founding members of Berea College.  In April 1858, J. A. R. Rogers and Elizabeth E. Rogers arrived in Berea to and reinvigorate the small, struggling district school located on the Berea ridge.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the pages of a photograph book (with numerous photographs of Berea College) and a personal copy of a souvenir Berea College photograph book with notes by Longacre.