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English, Theatre and Communications Department
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 06-6.21
Abstract
Records of the Berea College English, Theatre and Communications Department
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1920-2023
Euphemia K. Corwin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.10
Abstract
Euphemia Corwin was born on June 26, 1863, the only daughter of Dutch Reformed Minister E.T. Corwin. She grew up with her younger brother Charles in Paramus, New Jersey. "Effie", Charles' nickname for her, came from a religiously centered and close knit family. She was educated at Mt. Holyoke College (1881-1882) and became a teacher in North Plainfield, New Jersey (1882-1886). After teaching, she became cataloger at the Utica, New York Public Library
(1886-1887). In 1887, Miss Corwin...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1878-1903
Executive Council
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.22
Abstract
Having just been constituted, the first meeting of the Executive Council was held in President Stephenson's office on February 20, 1989.
At Berea College the Executive Council is charged to oversee campus governance; to identify what issues need governance attention; to prioritize policy and governance issues; to charge standing Committees and to form and charge ad hoc teams as necessary; to set agendas for College Faculty Assembly and General Faculty Assembly meetings; and to perform other...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1989-2001
Faculty Advisory Council of Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.09
Abstract
First meeting in 1939, the Faculty Advisory Council (often called Adivsory Council) was established to provide a democratic means of communication on matters of mutual interest to several faculties, the Labor Group, the President, and the Board of Trustees. Membership on the council included the President, academic Deans, three elected members from each of the Faculties (Upper, Lower, and Foundation), and three elected members from the Labor Group. Elisabeth Peck and May B. Smith were the...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1984
Faculty and Staff Records (Unofficial)
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.00
Abstract
Unofficial, non-academic records maintained for reference purposes on a number of current and past staff members, faculty, and trustees. Included in this collection are files on many of the first faculty and staff members of the College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-
Faculty Mentoring Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.34
Abstract
From 1997 to 1999, through a Mentoring Grant bestowed by the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, the Berea College Faculty Mentoring Program engaged faculty, in two cohorts, with the goals of helping them to: work to build community and collegiality; explore common concerns relating to teaching, student-teacher relationships, and collaborative teaching experiences; engage in conversations about the College's Christian commitment; and explore the ethos of Berea College.
The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1997-1999
Florence Ridgeway Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.39
Abstract
Born in 1876, Florence Ridgeway attended Berea College from 1905-1907 before obtaining a degree from the Western Reserve University of Library Science in 1909. Upon receiving her library science degree, she returned to Berea where she worked as an assistant librarian at the Berea College library for over twenty-three years. She was a pioneer in librarianship working with others to compile Berea's "Mountain Collection" (the first of its kind in the United States) and instituting Kentucky's...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1919-1929
Francis S. Hutchins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract
Francis Stephenson Hutchins (b. 1902), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, was educated at Oberlin College (A.B., 1923) and Yale University (M.A., 1933). Having worked in China as an undergraduate, Hutchins returned to China as an instructor in 1925 as part of the Yale-in-China Association's educational mission. Forced to leave China in 1939 during the Japanese invasion, Hutchins was appointed president of Berea College to succeed his father—William J. Hutchins. Hutchins served as...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1979
Frank J. Wray papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.59
Abstract
These are the papers and records of Frank J. Wray, history professor at Berea College from 1953 to 1991. Included in the collection are papers and records regarding Wray’s military service and service to Berea College, writings and translations, teaching materials, college notes, correspondence and personal subject files.
Dates:
1946 - 1991
General Faculty Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.01
Abstract
All non-student employees of Berea College are members of the General Faculty, and thus, all non-student employees are eligible for committee service. Because of the size of the General Faculty, the General Faculty Assembly, a smaller body of representatives, serves as the voting body (College Catalog, 2017).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-