Joe Hurt Papers
Scope and Contents
These are the papers of Joe Hurt, Berea College student in the early 1920s. Included in the papers are diaries describing arriving at Berea, preparing for the school year, and school activities and labor. Also included in the papers are a scrapbook and photographs.
Dates
- created: 1923-2005
- Other: Majority of material found in 1923-1928
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.
Extent
1.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Joe Hurt was born March 22, 1900, in Pike County, and attended Pikeville Academy, Berea College and the University of Kentucky where he received a BS in agriculture in 1928. He was an agriculture extension agent for 20 years, first in Boyd County and then McCracken County. In 1948 he moved to Mercer County where he operated a farm on Handy Pike.
Processing Information
Processing completed May 2017.
Subject
- Berea College (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