RG 13. Associated Items

Abstract In 1963 Korean-American writer Induk Pahk established a school in Seoul, South Korea, modeled after Berea College that she called “Berea in Korea.” Originally named the Induk Vocational School, the school became the Induk Institute of Design in 1971, and was renamed Induk University in 2009. The university is located in Nowon-gu along with a number of other educational institutions. The university  provides a range of two- and three-year...

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Not connected with Berea College, the Bible School at Berea was established at the edge of Berea College under the direction of H.J. Derthick.  The school was established with the sponsorship of John G. Fee and his new church - the Church of Christ.  Little is known about this short-lived institution and few records of its existence remain.

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The Berea Publishing Company (one time publisher of the Berea Citizen) was incorporated in the state of Kentucky on November 18th, 1904.  The three original stokeholders were Louis Hinman, William G. Frost, and B.E. Cartmell, all of Berea.  The first President of the corporation was William G. Frost.

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The National Conference of Church-Related Colleges was created in 1934 out of resolutions adopted by College Department of the Council of Church Boards of Education and the Liberal Arts College Movement.  The goal of forming the Conference was to create a more effective agency to directly serve the causes and needs of church-related colleges.

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Materials documenting the American Friends Service Committee's efforts and the placement of four Prince Edward County students in the Berea Foundation School in the early 1960s during the unconstitutional closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Materials include articles, paper on the Student Placement Project 1960-1963, research notes of Steve Gowler, and photocopies of documents from the AFSC Archives.

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Correspondence and materials - including samples of flags- related to a project regarding the flag in 1986.

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Four records showing the connection between Berea College and the American Missionary Association including data regarding Berea College, information on John G. Fee's commission by the Association, and a letter (1867) of J.A.R. Rogers posturing for Berea to be the association's choice for their Normal School in Kentucky.

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Clippings of the student news column "Students' Journal" printed in The Citizen. The column was one "Containing Breezy Notes of Past Trials and Triumps of Berea Students" and served as a forerunner to the student newspapers Pinnacle and Wallpaper.

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Records and communications regarding the origin of the name Berea.

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Samples of College stationary and letterhead.