Showing Collections: 111 - 120 of 134
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
Roger Howell Memory Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0123 SAA 123
Abstract
Roger Howell has been immersed in traditional mountain music since childhood. As a teenager, Howell began playing fiddle and soon became a respected musician in the Madison County, North Carolina area. Howell has performed at various festivals and has won multiple contests at regional conventions. In addition to his performance skills, Howell is a respected teacher, author, and instrument technician. Howell learned fiddle tunes from some of the region's best fiddlers including Fletcher...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2007
Rolf Hovey Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.26
Abstract
These are the personal papers and records of Rolf Hovey, founder and director of the Berea College Chapel Choir and longtime Chairman of the Music Department. Materials include writings, correspondence, teaching materials, student projects, and numerous subject files including information regarding Berea College organizations and groups.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1970s
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
Scientists and Engineers for Appalachia Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0064 SAA 064
Abstract
On June 22, 1969, several alumni and faculty of Berea College met at Boone Tavern in Berea, Kentucky, to consider how Dr. Waldemar Noll's memory might be perpetuated through action. Dr. Noll, who died in 1968, had served as chairman of the physics department from its inception in the 1920s until his retirement in 1961. Growing from this beginning (The 1969 meeting), Scientists and Engineers for Appalachia was formally organized in late April, 1970, on the campus of Berea College. The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-1979
Settlement Institutions of Appalachia Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0038 SAA 036
Abstract
The Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit consortium of private service institutions in South Central Appalachia. Leaders of the twelve founding institutions envisioned it as a mechanism to facilitate exchange of ideas, cooperation in program development and fund raising.
The first executive committee of the board of directors consisted of Chairman, John Ramsay - John C. Campbell Folk School; vice-chairman, Robert Fulton - Henderson Settlement;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1982
Southeastern Kentucky Vietnam Combat Veteran's Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0152 SAA 156
Abstract
The interviews were recorded between May and September 2011 by Jerry L. Clark. Clark is a Vietnam combat veteran who grew up in Whitley County, Kentucky. After military service he completed his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and worked as a clinical social worker for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2011-2012
Southern Appalachian Studies Records (1962 Survey)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0004 SAA 003
Abstract
The Southern Appalachian Studies 1972 Regional Survey resulted from the 1956 Interdenominational Conference of Religious Workers' determination that there was inadequate information available to develop an effective course of action addressing the broad problems plaguing the Appalachian region and its people. The original conference of representatives from major church bodies were called together by Dr. Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. to discuss problems and plan programs orientated to upgrading...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1956-1962; Other: Majority of material found in 1962
Southern Regional Council Appalachian Desegregation Survey Records
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0055 SAA 055
Abstract
In 1954 the Southern Regional Council (SRC) contacted Berea College professor of sociology Roscoe Giffin proposing that he survey attitudes in southern Appalachia about the U. S. Supreme Court's recent desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Giffin declined; however, he recommended a Berea colleague in the Economics and Business department, Robert Menefee for the work. Giffin's recommendation was accepted, and Menefee was...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953-1954
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