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RG 08. Students

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 08
Non-official information on individuals who attended any Berea division or school (Normal, Foundation, College, etc.). Files on students who later became faculty or staff members are located in Record Group 9.

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Johnny Anderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.02
Abstract

Johnny Anderson attended the Academy School of Berea College between 1929 and 1931.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1931; Other: Date acquired: 11/07/2005

Joseph C. Ray, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.23
Abstract Joseph Ray, Jr. was born in Berea and was a 1952 graduate of the Foundation School of Berea College.  After attending Berea for a short period, Ray studied at the University of Kentucky where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in History in 1956. Ray would then go on to earn his M.A. at Emory University before embarking on a long and distinguished career as a teacher, historian, actor, and director.  Ray spent most of his teaching career at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland, where he...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1979

Maud Bowman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.05
Abstract

Maud Bowman was a 1918 graduate of the College. Her father, James C. Bowman was an instructor at Berea College for a number of years, having come to Berea from North Carolina in 1907.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1948

May Mahaffey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.29
Abstract

May Mahaffey of Richmond attended Berea College for two years and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1929. Many of Mahaffey's family members also attended Berea, including both her parents and a brother.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1929

Mildred Hudson Hannaford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.09
Abstract

Mildred Hudson Hannaford was born on November 24, 1896 in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1914 she enrolled in Berea College after graduating from the Berea Academy. She graduated from the music department in 1916. Her father was Rev. Howard Hudson, who worked as the Foreman in Woodwork Repairs and as the Superintendent of Janitors at Berea College beginning in 1904 and through Mildred’s time at Berea.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1923; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2012

Nora Baker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.13
Abstract

Nora Baker was a 1932 graduate of Berea College. She also attended the Normal (Vocational) School and graduated in 1916. Baker returned to work as a teacher in Berea and to work at the College later in life.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1914-1978; Other: Date acquired: 05/23/2017

Nora Lou Thomson Treese Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.26
Abstract

Mary Lou Thomson Treese was a 1944 graduate of Berea College.  She was the daughter of Edith Ellis Thomson and Dr. A. Eugene Thomson who both attended Berea and whose father's both taught at Berea.  Dr. A. Eugene Thomson served as the first President of Lincoln Institute of Kentucky.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1907-1927

Norma and Hubert Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.28
Abstract

Hubert Robinson attended the Academy at Berea College, graduating in 1931.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1932

Norman Ball Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.03
Abstract Born in McCreary County, KY, Norman Ball graduated from the Berea College Academy in 1933 and from Berea College in 1939.  He enlisted in September 1942 and eventually served in North Africa, Italy, and France.  At the time of his enlistment, he was the fifth member of his family to join the service.  Ball received an honorable discharge in October 1945. Ball returned to McCreary County and taught in the county school system before retiring in 1973.  He was an active supporter on Berea...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Orla Burch Perry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.22
Abstract

Orla Burch Perry attended Berea College (Academy)  from 1922-1925 and lettered in tennis, track and basketball.  Perry's father, William Newton Burch, had attended Berea in the late 1890s and went on to become a teacher in Clay County.  Her grandson, Joseph Perry, also attended Berea in the mid-1990s.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1922-1926