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Correspondence, 1904-1907

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 3

Scope and Contents

Historical correspondence regarding the Day Law, Berea's reaction to the Day Law, other. Includes: correspondence between Addison Ballard and James S. Stoll regarding potential Day Law (Feb 1904); March 1904 letter to Trustees regarding options and recommendations for the "difficult task of adjusting the College to the new and adverse conditions" (following passage of Day Law); letter regarding proposed amendments to Constitution and By-Laws (1904); 1904 letter of J.A.R. Rogers; Frost's June 1904 "Memorandum of the Faculty to the Trustees Regarding our Duty in View of Hostile Legislation;" Two letter of H.M. Penniman to Osborne (1904) regarding reactions of Southerners and others to the law, fundraising, Thomas Nelson Page; 1906 letter to Trustees from J.A. R. Rogers; 1907 letter of Morris B. Belknap (President, Eckstein Norton Institute, Louisville) to Colonel Belknap regarding possible combination of schools and development of an industrial and agricultural school to be founded on the same plan as Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes, Frost's ideas on education of blacks post-day law (also short reply to Norton); 1907 Walter E.C. Wright letter to President Frost regarding support for and need of salaried work of Dr. James Bond in support of new department; 1907 letter of James Bond to Rev. A.E. Thompson regarding potential and uncertainty of position/job with Berea College; 1907 of former student Andrew Beaumont Humphrey to the Board of Trustees regarding Day Law, suggestions for location of Colored School if needed, Camp Nelson, Fee, race prejudice;

Dates

  • created: 1904-1907

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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