Edwin Michael Hoffman Papers
Scope and Contents
Contains the papers, including seven notebooks with notes on a variety of topics, correspondence, photographs and ephemera, of Edwin Michael Hoffman, who taught at the Foundation School of Berea College.
Dates
- created: c. 1920s-1982
Creator
- Hoffman, Edwin Michael. (Person)
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
Abstract
Born in 1884 in South Dakota, Edwin Michael Hoffman, known as Michael, graduated from Oberlin College in 1907 with a B.A. Following graduation, he worked for the YMCA and, in 1914, married Mary Lindsay (Oberlin, 1910). During WWI, he served on a mission to Manchuria as a YMCA officer attached to US forces. In 1925, Hoffman joined the staff of the Foundation School of Berea College where he was an instructor in Science and Bible. In 1936, he received his MA from Columbia University (Union Seminary). He retired from Berea in 1944. Hoffman was a gifted musician and composer. Throughout his time at Berea, and upon retirement, he continued his work with boys groups including Camp Sequoyah in North Carolina. Hoffman passed away in 1977.
Processing Information
Finding aid updated 2016.
Subject
- Berea College (Organization)
- Berea College -- Faculty (Organization)
- Camp Sequoyah (Asheville, N.C.) (Organization)
- Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Foundation School (Organization)
- 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
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu