Francis S. Hutchins papers
Scope and Contents
These are official records and personal papers of the fifth president of Berea College, Francis S. Hutchins. Records generally document Hutchins' administration as well as his years with the Yale-in-China Association.
Note: the bulk of administrative records prior to 1960 have been lost and documentation for that period is relatively light.
Listen To Interviews / Read Transcripts
Dates
- Other: Majority of material found within 1924-1979
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to Berea College. Federal copyright regulations; cite all references to the material in this collection. Some materials may be restricted due to their personal nature.
Biographical or Historical Information
Francis Stephenson Hutchins (b. 1902), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, was educated at Oberlin College (A.B., 1923) and Yale University (M.A., 1933). Having worked in China as an undergraduate, Hutchins returned to China as an instructor in 1925 as part of the Yale-in-China Association's educational mission. Forced to leave China in 1939 during the Japanese invasion, Hutchins was appointed president of Berea College to succeed his father—William J. Hutchins. Hutchins served as president of the College from 1939 until his retirement in 1967. Hutchins' tenure at Berea College included institutional reorganization and curricular development, a five-fold increase in the College's endowment, and the readmission of black students to Berea following a 1950 modification of the Day Law by the Kentucky General Assembly. Having been appointed a trustee of Yale-In-China Association in 1939, Hutchins served as vice-president (1939 -1949) and, in 1950, was made an honorary trustee for life. Following Hutchins' retirement from the Berea in1967, he returned to China as a representative of the Association. He resided in Hong Kong from 1967 to 1970.Hutchins married Louise Gillman (Dr. Louise Hutchins, MD) in 1934. The Hutchins had four children: Anne, Francis, William Maynard, and Robert Lawrence. Hutchins died on November 28, 1988 and is buried in Berea.
Extent
137.00 boxes_(general)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Official records and personal papers of the fifth president of Berea College, Francis S. Hutchins.
Arrangement Note
The collection is comprised of sixteen series:
Series 1: Correspondence (Official)
Series 2: Speeches
Series 3: Annual Reports
Series 4: Miscellaneous Education Association
Series 5: Ford Foundation
Series 6: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Series 7: Subject Files
Series 8: Yale-in-China Association
Series 9: Newspaper Clippings and Printed Materials
Series 10: Artifacts and Memorabilia
Series 11: Interviews and Selected Speeches (including links to audio recordings and transcripts) Boxes 81-82
Series 12: Biographical and Family
Series 13: Photographs, Negatives and Daguerreotypes
Series 14: China Courses
Series 15: Yale-In-China-Travel, Correspondence and Personal
Series 16: Ephemera and Other Materials
Custodial History
All further communications about the Hutchins and Gilman collections should go first to William M. Hutchins at
Other Descriptive Information
The bulk of administrative records prior to 1960 have been lost and documentation for that period is relatively light.
Subject
- Berea College (Organization)
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. (Organization)
- American Council on Education. (Organization)
- Association of American Colleges (Organization)
- Berea College -- Campus life (Organization)
- Ford Foundation (Organization)
- Berea College -- Fund raising (Organization)
- Hutchins, Louise Gilman -- 1911-1996 (Person)
- Hutchins, Robert Maynard -- 1899-1977 (Person)
- Hutchins, William James -- 1871-1958 (Person)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Organization)
- Berea College -- Faculty (Organization)
- Hutchins, Francis S. (Francis Stephenson) -- 1902-1988 (Person)
Geographic
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century.
- Berea (Ky.)
- China -- Description and travel.
- China -- Education.
- China -- Missionaries.
- China -- Politics.
Topical
- Day Law (Kentucky).
- Education, Higher -- Segregation.
- Education, higher -- Administration
- Education, higher -- Afro-Americans.
- Integration -- Berea College.
- Kentucky Day Law.
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History.
- Organizations, campus -- Phi Kappa Phi.
- Students, Afro-American -- Berea College
- Students, college -- Berea College
- Title
- Francis S. Hutchins papers Finding Aid
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Revision Statements
- 09099999: Although arranged and processed at a previous (unknown) date, the box list was created by Rachel Burnside, Archives Processing Assistant, and finding aid was created by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist, in December 2014. Updated November 2019. Added during March 2020: folders 14B to 14D to Box 130 of Series XVI.
Repository Details
Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu