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Bruce Barton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.03

Scope and Contents

The collection contains clippings, notes, copies of correspondence, articles, a diary, photographs, and other materials documenting the life and work of Berea College student and trustee Bruce Barton.

Dates

  • Other: Majority of material found in 1918-1960

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

Federal copyright regulations apply to all works within the collection.  All works must be cited.

Extent

2.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Bruce Fairchild Barton (August 5, 1886 – July 5, 1967) was an author, advertising executive, and politician. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1937 to 1940 as a Republican from New York.  Barton enrolled in Berea College during 1903 and later transferred to Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1907.

Related Materials

Berea College Records RG 2.0: Berea College Board of Trustees

Berea College Records RG 5.23: Alumni and College Relations

Berea College Records RG 5.15: Vice President for Labor and Student Life

Berea College Records RG 9.0: Faculty and Staff Records (Unofficial)

Berea College Records RG 9.04: William Eleazar Barton Papers

Berea College Photographic Archives

Processing Information

Original processing and finding guide created in 2016.  Finding guide updated in October 2020.

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