RG 09. Faculty and Staff

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The Florence Ridgeway papers provide insights into the life experiences and career of a professional librarian who served Berea College during the first half of the twentieth century.

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Personal papers and records of Rolf Hovey, founder and director of the Berea College Chapel Choir and longtime Chairman of the Berea College Music Department. Materials include writings, correspondence, teaching materials, student projects, and numerous subject files including information regarding Berea College organizations and groups.

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These are the papers and records of Frank J. Wray, history professor at Berea College from 1953 to 1991.  Included in the collection are papers and records regarding Wray’s military service and service to Berea College, writings and translations, teaching materials, college notes, correspondence and personal subject files.

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personal papers of William H. Robe.

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Elisabeth Sinclair Peck joined the Berea College faculty in 1912 and taught history until her retirement in 1953.  Upon her retirement, she was appointed college historian by President Weatherford.  She served in this role until her death in 1968.  A prolific writer, Peck published numerous books on a range of topics—many involving the history and work of Berea College.

Abstract Dr. Alice Van Krevelan served as a guest lecturer at Berea from 1936-44, and after earning her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Rochester, she taught at Hollins College and Grinnell College. She returned to Berea in 1961, serving as professor and chair of the psychology department until her 1980 retirement. She was elected to Sigma Xi, a society devoted to research in science, was a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, president of the Council of Undergraduate...

Abstract Joseph O. Van Hook was raised in Pulaski County, Kentucky and began teaching in a one-room school house in 1909. He came to Berea in 1910 and earned two diplomas from the Normal School. He served as an Army corporal during World War I and spent four years following the war teaching in China at the Shanghai American School (1921-1925). He then returned to Berea College, earning three Bachelor of Arts degrees by 1926. He also earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky in...

Abstract Emily Ann Smith served as a Berea College Faculty member from 1930 until 1986 which included her tenure as secretary to the President, English professor, and Chairman of the English Department. Smith, a native of Mayfield, KY, graduated from Randolph-Macon Women’s College in 1925 and Columbia Teachers College in 1930. In the summer of 1930, she moved to Berea to assume duties in the English Department as an associate professor. Smith remained a member of the English Department for forty-two...

Abstract Ada Simpson was born on January 25, 1861 in Carlton, New York but spent most of her early life in rural Michigan.  At the age of sixteen, she obtained a teacher’s certificate and became a rural school teacher while at the same time working toward the high school diploma. She married Alva Sherwood in 1888. In 1905 she was tragically widowed; this event marked the next phase of Sherwood’s career during which she would begin her life-long dream of higher education.  Along with her son and...