Box 1

Correspondence from time in West Virginia as field agent

These are the papers of Isham B. Chesnut, Berea College Forester, or forest superintendent (1918-1927). Materials include correspondence, work notes, notebooks with notes, teaching certificates, a musical piece, clippings, biographical information written by Chesnut’s son, and materials of Matilda Kuster Chesnut.

Notes regarding farming, insects, soils, livestock; “Property of I.B. Chesnut, Hiatt, KY

Includes: School of Agriculture pamphlet, 1914, Berea College; clipping of West Virginia Agents in Conference (some people identified); Berea Bank receipt for membership fee in Kiwanis Club

Teacher’s County Certificate, 1903, 1908, Rockcastle and Lincoln County, Kentucky; certificate from 1883 for another “Chestnut”

Notes on life of I.B. Chesnut written by son

Matilda Kuster Chesnut materials including: correspondence (1945), commencement program from Berea College (1914), Grade Cards from Berea College Model School (1911) and Berea College (1912); unofficial transcript of Berea College (1912-1914); Philomathea program (1915), Thanksgiving Program (1913); miscellaneous handwritten notes; Berea College salary check slip (1945); dorm room assignment sheet (1916)

These are the papers of Isham B. Chesnut, Berea College Forester, or forest superintendent (1918-1927). Materials include correspondence, work notes, notebooks with notes, teaching certificates, a musical piece, clippings, biographical information written by Chesnut’s son, and materials of Matilda Kuster Chesnut.

These are the papers of Isham B. Chesnut, Berea College Forester, or forest superintendent (1918-1927). Materials include correspondence, work notes, notebooks with notes, teaching certificates, a musical piece, clippings, biographical information written by Chesnut’s son, and materials of Matilda Kuster Chesnut.

grade reports of W.J. Chesnut, Commercial College, Kentucky University