Box 1

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William H. Humphrey - Berea Graduate, 1903; Founder and Principal John G. Fee School for Negroes, Maysville, KY. Correspondence mentions Wallace Battle.

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Correspondence regarding First Christian Church, J.G. Fee, Baptism, Union Church, Gothic Chapel (on or around campus), Second Church.

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Hutchinson McLeod attended Berea between 1885 and 1895 (Primary School, Academy). Also contains correspondence with Mildred Hutchinson Edwards regarding McLeod.

Scope and Contents Letters by Isabelle F. McClellan (Belle F. Hutchinson) and Mary Hulett Kindred also included. Correspondence mentions Mrs. Candee, Elizabeth Rogers Dormitory, "Rhetorical Class," Harmonia practice, Hutchinson sisters, Principal Hunting, Professor Todd, L.V. Todd, John G. Fee, Laura Fee Embree, Hallie Embree, Fairchild family, Lingnan University, World War II, J.S. Hathaway (black tutor in Mathematics and Latin, early 1890s), President Frost, Kate Gilbert (instructor in German in French,...

Scope and Contents Berea College, Nursing, 1902; Mary E. Merritt (1881 - 1953) was the first black nurse to be licensed in Kentucky and a recipient of the Mary Mahoney Medal for distinguished service in nursing from the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. Born in Berea, Kentucky. Attended Berea College until 1903 when the Day Law forced segregation of the college. Completed nurses training at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C. She was Superintendent of nursing at Red Cross Hospital in...

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Correspondence mentions Hutchinson sisters

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Mentions Dr. Wallace A. Battle

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Student at Berea early 1890s. Correspondence mentions sisters Carrie Turner and Katie Turner Russell, Ladies Hall, President and Mrs. Frost; William and Francis Hutchins, Katie Hutchinson McLeod, Belle Hutchinson, "Being only whites living in Ladies Hall"

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Attended Berea, grandchild of John Gregg Fee and Matilda Fee. President of Julius Rosenwald Fund, philanthropist. Correspondence mentions Dr. Wallace Battles, refusal by Embree to not speak at Berea "until it is ready to return to its original high principles with its original courage."

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Mentions Union Church, Jackson Street, college weaving, first loom home, Kavanaugh home, Clover Bottom Cottage