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Correspondence, 1976-1979

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 3

Scope and Contents

Correspondence sent to all or part of Board of Trustees. Includes 1976 correspondence regarding: Art Building addition; Memorial Alumni Building addition; land gift proposal; alternative financial proposal to reduce Berea's dependence on government funding; Long Range Planning Committee recommendations for 1976-1981; fundraising and donations; Title IX regulations and self-study. Includes correspondence from 1977 and 1978 regarding: Alumni Association Constitution and current employees as trustees; fund-raising goals and donations; Buildings and Grounds Committee; plans for dramatic arts theatre building; Woodcraft Center and Memorial Alumni building extension; death of Trustee and Berea graduate Dr. Louis J. Karnosh; dedication of Traylor Art Building; central heat plant/smokestack emission violations and control equipment installation; National Science Foundation grant for new computer; fund-raising and donations; capital renovations; Moynihan-Packwood Bill/charitable deduction. Includes correspondence from 1979 regarding: proposal to establish a Berea College Service Award; report on "Whom Shall We Serve;" in-territory admissions percentage changes; acceptance of alumni family member in Appalachian counties from middle income families; resolution to notify chairmen of corporation whose stock is held in Berea's investment portfolio of Berea's "longstanding commitment to interracial education and equality and to the dignity of labor...;" Federal Income Tax gift deduction/affect on Berea College donations; deaths of faculty members James Grossman and Edd Hogg; fund-raising and donations; renovations and improvements on campus; Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation and evaluation; other.

Dates

  • created: 1976-1979

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

All records in this record group are RESTRICTED per Berea College by-laws.

Extent

From the Collection: 68.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository

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