Sharyn Mitchell papers

Record Group — Box: 1

Identifier: RG 9.0-9.67

Staff Only

Content Description

These are the office records of Special Collections and Archives Research Services Specialist Sharyn Mitchell, who served from 2013 to 2023.

Dates

Creation: 1955 - 2023

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Special Collections and Archives reading room.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the researcher's resposibilty to gain permission to republish copyrighted materials in this collection, except in cases of fair use.

Biographical / Historical

Sharyn Richards Mitchell (born 01/18/1948) is a historian and activist who worked as the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Research Services Specialist from 2013 – 2023. She was born in Louisville, KY to a high school science teacher and a Baptist minister, though Sharyn considers Berea her hometown. She is a 1965 graduate of the Berea Foundation School and attended Berea College where her primary labor assignment was in the Hutchins Library. Sharyn is a fourth-generation alumna of Berea College and a third-generation graduate of Kentucky State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Public Affairs degree. Sharyn contributed to the revision of the award-winning brochure, FOOTPRINTS: Traces of Black History in Richmond, KY. Sharyn has also been the recipient of the Blue Grass Trust– Barbara Hulette Award for Historic Preservation; Berea College Rodney C. Bussey Distinguished Alumni Award; Berea College Carter G. Woodson Service Award; and the Madison County Historical Society Service Award.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The office papers of Sharyn Mitchell reveal her personal and professional research interests. The files document Berea College, Appalachian, and black history topics.