Berea's Education of Blacks, 1877-
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1904 letter to black students of College regarding Day Law; List of Black Students at Berea by number and percentage of student population; Letter of J.T. Robinson to John G. Fee (Oct. 29, 1877); Handwritten "Report of Berea Colored School for Year Ending June 30, 1907;" 1904 letter to Professor L.V. Dodge; 1904 letter to Rev. J. G. Merrill , Pres. of Fisk University; additional correspondence regarding Day Law and transfering of students; Berea College publication (1908); 1905 Memorandom of agreement regarding the Berea Colored School; correspondence regarding donations to Berea and "situtation" in Berea regarding upcoming Day Law; Report on Educational Equality - 1904 by A. D. Mayo; 1926 notes from meeting regarding recommendation for the consolidation of the Berea, Middletown and Farristown Colored school districts and building of four-room consolidated school (Rosenwald school, Middletown School); 1971 Faculty Member memo considering institutional commitment regarding a black admissions policy; Dec. 1971, List of Demands from Black Students of Berea College; A Proposed Program of Alternative and Supplementary Action (Afro-American Studies Program); "The Dynamism of the Black Community at Berea College, Spring 1981" by Cleophus Charles; other
Dates
- created: 1877-
Creator
- From the Collection: Berea College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu