RG 05. Administrative Divisions

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Records of the Berea College Food Service including notices, student and staff regulations, and historical items.

Abstract The Berea College Printing Department (today known as Printing Services) started in the 1880s as a small shop with a Washington hand press in "The Castle" (a small two-story house iin the southwest corner of the campus).  With growing technologies and changes in locations (including at times the top floor of Lincoln Hall and in the William's Building) the department continued to grow and by 1905 had taken the shape of a job office that created publications not only for Berea College but the...

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Records of the Berea College Business Office primarily sorted by subject or college department.

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Today, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides data in support of the College’s planning processes, cultivates and supports assessment activities, and conducts original research aimed at improving students’ educational experiences.

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The Office of the Registrar assists students, faculty and alumni with a variety of services including maintaining academic records on all students and overseeing registration. The Registrar also maintains access to the academic calendar, class schedule, and college catalog.

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Collection of records and materials related to the construction, maintenance, use and history of the various buildings and grounds of Berea College throughout its history.  Included in the collection are historical deeds, conveyances and surveys of the College.

Abstract The Recreation Extension Service was formally established in 1937 under the direction of Frank H. Smith with the aim of increasing the appreciation of Appalachian cultural heritage through participation in recreational activities based on traditional folk material. Recreation Extension services included folk arts programming, the Christmas Country Dance School, the Mountain Folk Festival, the Country Dancers and other recreational campus groups, itineranct recreation services to schools and...

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Records of the Berea College Labor Program Office.

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The basis of the collection came from over 65 record boxes of negatives, slides, contact sheets, and prints of the Berea College News Bureau deposited with the archives by Berea College Public Relations between 1986 and 2012.

Abstract Historic Boone Tavern was built in 1909 at the suggestion of Nellie Frost, wife of Berea College president, William G. Frost. Named for Appalachian hero Daniel Boone has hosted visitors of Berea, Kentucky including the Dalai Lama, Henry Ford, President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost. Construction of Boone Tavern began in 1909 based on designs by the New York architectural firm of Cady & See at a cost of $20,000. The building, made of bricks...