Augustus Noah May collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 09-9.66

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, notes, biographical and personal materials, and various items primarily documenting A. Noah May's work and relationship with Berea College.

Dates

Other: Majority of material found in 1904-1944

Creator

May, Augustus Noah (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 the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Cite all information.

Biographical / Historical

Augustus Noah May (1876- 1944), a Magoffin County native, graduated from the Berea College Normal School in 1902 and went on to attend the Sloyd Training School in Boston in 1903. May returned to Berea in December of 1903 to teach Sloyd and Model School studies. May would hold positions at Berea, in the Model and Foundation Schools, teaching woodwork, Sloyd, and manual training and drawing until 1919 when he became a professor of Industrial Education at the University of Kentucky. Noah May was married to Sarah Elizabeth Cornett May. They had three children: Earl, Anna and Edith.