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Mary Elizabeth Welsh Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.57
Abstract
Ms. Welsh was born on October 19, 1862 in Gloucester, Massachusetts but spent most of her early life in Boothbay, Maine. After graduating as Valedictorian from Gloucester High School in the spring of 1881, she entered Wellesley College in the fall of the same year. After four years of enrollment in Wellesley’s Classical Course, Ms. Welsh graduated with a B.A. in Classical Languages in 1885.
Upon graduation Ms. Welsh taught Latin, Greek, and English at several institutions including the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862-1987; Other: Majority of material found in 1881-1952
Mary Longacre Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.63
Abstract
Mary Longacre (later Grimm) served as superintendent of nurses at Berea College in the early 1920s.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in c. 1920s; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1993
Mathematics and Computer Science Departments
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.28
Abstract
Records of the Mathematics and Computer Science Program at Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2013-2014
Maureen Faulkner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.21
Abstract
Born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1903, Maureen Faulkner received her A.B. from Berea College (1926) and an M.A. from the University of North Carolina (1932). In 1942, after teaching high school in Georgia and Alabama, Faulkner began teaching in the English department at Berea College. During her thirty years at Berea, Faulkner served a summer as Acting Dean of Women, was an active member of many campus organizations and committees, edited the Berea College staff newsletter, was involved...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c. 1940s-1970s
Paul David Nelson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.33
Abstract
Paul David Nelson (Dave) came from Patrick County, Virginia to attend Berea College, graduating in 1965. He went on to Duke University for a master’s degree and then a Ph.D. After a brief stint at Villanova University, he returned to Berea to teach in 1970, becoming Julian-Van Dusen professor in 1993. From 1992 to 2003 he served as chair of the History Department. Nelson won the Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1996 and retired from Berea College in 2005.
Nelson published eight...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c. 1970-2021
Perley F. Ayer Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0022 SAA 021
Abstract
Perley F. Ayer, a native of New Hampshire, was educated at the University of New Hampshire (B.S.1922) and Cornell University (M.S. 1947). Prior to coming to Berea in 1947, he had been employed as an extension agent in New Hampshire and as an instructor at Pleasant Hill Academy in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. He worked at Berea College as supervisor of an agricultural training program in the Foundation School, as a field representative for the Admissions office, and as an instructor in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1968
Programs
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.11
Scope and Contents
Records and materials related to special programs administered by Berea College.
Some records within this collection can be accessed digitally - see detailed description below.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1878-
Psychology Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.33
Abstract
Records of the Berea College Psychology Department.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1985-2014
Reflections: A Celebration of Faculty Achievement
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.10
Scope and Contents
Publication of the Dean and Professional Growth Committee
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1999-2009
Richard Sears Research Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0250
Abstract
Richard D. Sears was Professor of English and Theatre, 1967-2010, and the Chester D. Tripp Chair in Humanities at Berea College. He has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of Kentucky history including the abolitionist movement, Camp Nelson, and Madison County. In particular, Sears devoted many years to researching and writing about the origins of Berea College and it founding members and families.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796-2008