Day Law

Materials consist of newspaper clippings, printed legal briefs, miscellaneous correspondence, and publications on the Day Law—the 1904 enactment of the Kentucky legislature which effectively segregated private schools in the state.

Legislative documents include copies of: statements made by Frost before the legislature, Day Law legislation, and of legal briefs relating to Berea College's appeal of the law. Also present are Kentucky Court of Appeals, and U. S. Supreme Court briefs (1905-1908).

Printed copies of statements made on the subject of the law by various individuals or groups are included, as are copies of sermons, addresses, and lectures made by William G. Frost (1904-1907). A group of six letters on the subject from correspondents including George Foster Peabody, W. H. Humphrey, John G. Carlisle, etc. are included. Finally, newspaper clippings concerning the effects of the legislation, removal of blacks from Berea, establishment of Lincoln Institute, etc., are included. Arranged chronologically by subject.