RG 09. Faculty and Staff

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Papers and materials of Lena M. Elkin.

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...

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Collection of personal items of Anna Ernberg.

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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.

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Personal papers of Maureen Faulkner, professor of English at Berea College (1942-1972).

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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Papers of Fu Liang Chang.

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Papers of Roscoe Giffin, Berea College faculty (1949-1962).

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Papers of Paul Hager, primarily from his time while serving in various roles, including Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, at Berea College.

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From 1895 to 1922, the Rev. Henry M. Penniman served as Professor of Christian Evidences, a field agent, fund raiser, financial agent, and general evangelist for Berea College.  He was a close friend of President Frost and helped raise the funds for the·women's Gymnasium that would be named the Woods-Penniman building on the Berea College Campus.  After retirement, Penniman continued to preach, teach, and work with the College.