RG 09. Faculty and Staff

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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 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 Euphemia Corwin was born on June 26, 1863, the only daughter of Dutch Reformed Minister E.T. Corwin.  She grew up with her younger brother Charles in Paramus, New Jersey.  "Effie", Charles' nickname for her, came from a religiously centered and close knit family.  She was educated at Mt. Holyoke College (1881-1882) and became a teacher in North Plainfield, New Jersey (1882-1886).  After teaching, she became cataloger at the Utica, New York Public Library (1886-1887).  In 1887, Miss Corwin...

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Unofficial, non-academic records maintained for reference purposes on a number of current and past staff members, faculty, and trustees.  Included in this collection are files on many of the first faculty and staff members of the College.

Abstract Born in 1876, Florence Ridgeway attended Berea College from 1905-1907 before obtaining a degree from the Western Reserve University of Library Science in 1909.  Upon receiving her library science degree, she returned to Berea where she worked as an assistant librarian at the Berea College library for over twenty-three years.  She was a pioneer in librarianship working with others to compile Berea's "Mountain Collection" (the first of its kind in the United States) and instituting Kentucky's...

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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.

Abstract Fu Liang Chang, originally of Shanghai, China, first visited the United States as a student at Yale University on scholarship from the Boxer Indemnity Fund.  Upon graduation he married Louise H. Huie and returned to China to serve as professor and Dean of the Middle School Department of Yale-in-China, in Changsha from 1913 to 1926.  He was also involved with organizations such as: Chinese-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (JCRR), The League of Nations, National Christian...

Abstract George Gillespie Dick was born in Ross, Ohio, Buckley County on August 6, 1877. Dick first came to the city of Berea and Berea Academy as a student in 1900. In 1901, Dick served with the College Extension Office as a lecturer and song leader for and around Louisa, Kentucky.  At that time extension workers traveled by mule and covered wagon.  In the fall of 1902 the college sent Dick to Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend engineering classes at Cincinnati University.  Dick returned to the...

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This collection is comprised of manuscripts, correspondence, and related publications of Gladys Jameson, a folk ballad collector and member of the Berea College Music Department from 1916 to 1954.

Abstract The first African-American Campus Minister at Berea College, Henry Levy Parker committed much of his career to bettering the lives of communities in the South and as a proponent of social change. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1921, Parker received the Bachelor of Arts from Gordon College in 1949. He attended Harvard Divinity School from 1952 to 1955. He was ordained as a minister in the Episcopal Church, first as a deacon in 1955 and then a priest in 1957. He went on to pastor Episcopal...