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Scope and Contents Handwritten ledger: Minutes of the Board of Trustees for Berea Village, May 1890-1908-Note: The first Chairman of the Board of Trustees was Josiah Burdette, a member of the Prudential Committee of Berea College [i.e., the Board of Trustees]; other members included P. B. Johnson, dry-goods merchant; P.D. Dodge, Berea College treasurer 1880-1894; Richard Cornelison, local farmer; and A.W. Titus, a black graduate of Berea’s Normal school [i.e., teachers’ college] and town businessman....

Scope and Contents Includes:1. Bylaws and ordinances of the town of Berea, Kentucky 18952. Copy of stock law, April 17, 19003. Memorandum of questions submitted to the town board at an informal conference with President Frost at Boone Tavern Wednesday night July 16 (no year)4. Memorandum of town ordinance5. College undertaking with regard to water supply6. Memorandum regarding a dumping place7. Fire escapes ordinance, 3/12/128....