RG 06. Academic Divisions

Berea College's Celebration of Traditional Music is an annual event striving to represent homemade music passed on from person to person in the Appalachian Region and the musicians who play it.

Official records of the Berea College, Academy, and Foundation faculty including meeting minutes and agendas, curriculum reviews and committee notes, reports, memoranduc, and general faculty information.

Official records of the Berea College Library.

Created as an affiliated school of Berea College, the Academy served as a Senior High School. In 1938, reorganization abolishes the Academy by adding the ninth and tenth grades to the Foundation School, thus creating the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, College Freshman and Sophomore years) and Upper Division (College Junior and Senior years) to the College.

Official records of the Berea College Normal School, 1894 - 1931.  The Certification Law of 1930, requiring teachers to have four years of collegiate training, effectively dismantled the Normal School (which had already been altered in keeping with other state and federal requirements).

Records of the Berea College affiliated Foundation School

Official records of the Berea College Model School.

These are the official records of the Berea College Vocational School.  The Vocational School was abolished in 1924 with vocational courses being offered through other departments.

This collection contains information and records of the Berea Kindergarten affiliated with Berea College in the early to mid-20th century.   The program was started by Minna Glass Durham with the encouragement of College staff and was run for some time in the Blue Ridge residence hall on the Berea College campus before moving to the Union Church.

Official records of Berea College's Office of Academic Affairs.