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McCall's Magazine Report Collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0104 SAA 104

Scope and Contents

This is a collection containing a copy of the report “McCall Magazine Survey: Our Last Frontier” by Phillips Wyman on the investigation of Berea College submitted in April 1925 to a Mr. Warner, a Mr. Wilson, and a Mr. Burton of McCall’s Magazine.  Included in the report are an introduction (as to whether or not a piece should be written about Berea College), “Description of the Mountain People,” “Description of Berea College,” a statement by Dr. Sherwood Eddy to the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. (dated 1922), a conclusions section written by Wyman, and 31 pages of photographs and a map.

While the report was submitted in 1925, many of the photographs submitted with the report pre-date the report.

Dates

  • created: 1925

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Due to the condition of the report, the photographs and map included on pages 19-50 of the report have been separated from the original report and housed in individual envelopes.  Folder 1 contains the original report and folders 2-9 contain the additional materials originally included on pages 19-50.  The Box List below describes original page numbers as does the report.

Other Descriptive Information

BCA 0104 SAA 104

Processing Information

Processed and finding aid created in 2016.

Subject

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262