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Loyal Jones Appalachian Center
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.1
Abstract
These are the official records of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965 -
Robert H. Cowley Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.12
Abstract
Robert H. Cowley was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 25, 1871. After graduating from Lorain High School, Cowley attended Oberlin College, and studied at Western Reserve Medical School in the late 1890s.
In 1904, after three years of practicing medicine, Cowley accepted an invitation from Berea College President, William Goddell Frost, to form a college health service. During his thirty-five year tenure, Cowley served the Berea students, faculty and peoples of the areas surrounding...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1904-1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/1996
Sally Wilkerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.58
Abstract
Sally Wilkerson (born in 1919 in Palm Beach, Florida) spent most of her youth in Middlesboro, Kentucky, before attending and graduating from Berea College with a major in art in the 1930’s. While at Berea, Wilkerson’s student labor positions included taxidermy work for the biology department and general labor in the art department.
Upon graduation from Berea, Wilkerson taught in public schools. She returned to Berea College as a faculty member in 1946. Her first appointment at the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-1975
Students for Appalachia (SFA) Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.06
Abstract
Students for Appalachia (SFA) was established in 1968 by Berea College students to serve the community through programs in arts, crafts, home visitation, recreation, tutoring of school children and serving as referral agents for public service and federal programs. SFA students also teach basic literacy skills for adults and assist those interested in obtaining a high school diploma through a program conducted in homes and community centers. The student lead program would later become a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968-1992
Union Church Collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0176 HC 01
Abstract
The Church of Christ, Union, of Berea Kentucky (Union Church) collection consists of materials pertaining to the historical, financial, and celebratory records of the institution. It also includes information about the church’s order for worship, including music and the arts as a part of the church’s history.
There are minutes, programs, and brochures about the governance of the church and in celebration of its two major anniversaries: the Centennial in 1953 and the Sesquicentennial in...
Dates:
Other: 1865-