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Harold H. Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.14
Abstract

The Harold H. Johnston papers document the young adult life experiences of a Berea College student from Brooklyn, New York, who studied business at Berea at the close of the nineteenth century.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1954

Harriette Simpson Arnow Collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0051 SAA 051
Abstract Arnow was born and grew up in Wayne County, Kentucky, attended Berea College for two years (1926-28), and graduated with a degree in sciences from the University of Louisville (1930). She taught school in Louisville and Pulaski County before moving to Cincinnati in 1934 to concentrate on her writing.  There she supported herself variously as a waitress, library clerk, and assistant in the Federal Writers’ Project. Writing as Harriette Simpson while in Cincinnati, she produced several essays...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936 - 1986; Other: Majority of material found in 1949-1986

Hazel Lee Chrisman Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0160 SAA 162
Abstract Hazel Lee Chrisman was born near Panola, Kentucky, on January 4, 1908. After graduating from Waco High School in Madison County, Kentucky, she went on to earn a degree from Berea College in 1928. Chrisman taught English at Berea High School and later in the Fayette County Public School system. In 1937, she earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Kentucky and taught at Elmhurst College in Illinois and at the University of Denver in Colorado.  In 1959, Hazel became the associate...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-2009; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2012

Henry Mixter Penniman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.36
Abstract

From 1895 to 1922, the Rev. Henry M. Penniman served as Professor of Christian Evidences, a field agent, fund raiser, financial agent, and general evangelist for Berea College.  He was a close friend of President Frost and helped raise the funds for the·women's Gymnasium that would be named the Woods-Penniman building on the Berea College Campus.  After retirement, Penniman continued to preach, teach, and work with the College.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1922

Howard Dorgan Research Notes

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0102 SAA 102
Scope and Contents This collection contains research notes made by Howard Dorgan as he visited Old Regular Baptist churches in Kentucky and Virginia between 1986 and 1987.  Dorgan was invited to do this work by Darvin and Gaynell Marshall who study the mountain culture of southwest Virginia.  This work was partially funded by an Appalachian Studies Fellowship Grant awarded by the Appalachian Center at Berea College.  Howard Dorgan, at the time of the research, was from the Department of Communication Arts at...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1986-1987

Hutchins Library - Indiana University Folktale Workshop

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0245
Abstract The Hutchins Library - Indiana University Folktale Workshop was a three-week research residency held in Berea July 7-26, 2003. It was sponsored jointly by Berea College, the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, and the Tales Online Project. Participants included students, teachers, storytellers, and researchers. The Primary focus of the study was Berea's Leonard Roberts Folktale Collection. Activities included archival research, tale transcription of audio recordings, guest speakers,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2003

Ira Jay Martin III Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.32
Abstract Dr. Ira Jay Martin III was a fixture at Berea College serving as professor in the Philosophy and Religions Department for thirty-three years.  He was an instructor for two years before being promoted to Assistant Professor in 1946.  In the fall of 1966 he was appointed to the Henry Mixter Penniman Professorship, which he held until his retirement in 1977 (becoming an emeritus professor).  Martin published several books on a variety of topics in religion.  He was the author of ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1977

James Still Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0037 SAA 035
Abstract James Still, a native of Alabama, was educated at Lincoln Memorial University (B.A., 1929), Vanderbilt University (M.A., 1930), and the University of Illinois (B.S., 1931). As a resident of rural Knott County, Kentucky, Still published stories and poems in the Atlantic Monthly, Yale Review, American Mercury, and the Saturday Evening Post among others. His works are generally considered to be both accurate and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-2001

James Watt Raine Ballad Collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0007 SAA 006
Abstract Raine was born (1869) in Scotland and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 12 years old.  The family lived in West Virginia and, later, in Arkansas. Raine was educated at Oberlin College and Union Seminary in New York.  Ordained to the ministry, he held pastorates in Ohio and New York. Married twice, first to Harriett May (who died one year after their marriage) and to Clara Martz.  Raine had six children. In 1906, Raine became an English instructor at Berea...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1949

Jean Ritchie Folk Music of Ireland and Scotland Recordings

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0145 SAA 145
Abstract Jean Ritchie (1922-2015), was a Kentucky singer and song writer. She recieved a Fulbright scholarship in 1952 and 1953, to study the links between her family's music traditions and those from England, Ireland, and Scotland. She tape recorded many hours of performances and interviews. Irish performers include Con O'Shea, Lilly Moore, Sarah Makem, Maggie Hughes, F. Keating, John Hoare, Michael Cronin, Micheal Reagh, Sean O'Tuama, Elizabeth Cronin, and Seamis Ennis. Instrumentation includes...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952 - 1953

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Old Regular Baptists -- Appalachian Region -- History. 5
Oral history interview. 5
Photograph collections. 5
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Jones, Loyal, 1928-2023 11
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Council of the Southern Mountains. 6
Berea College -- History 5
Berea College -- Music Department 4
John C. Campbell Folk School. 4
Berea College -- Campus life 3
Campbell, John C. (John Charles) --1867-1919 3
Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame) -- 1882-1954 3
Drake, Richard B. -- 1925- 3
Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. 3
Hindman Settlement School. 3
Hutchins, Louise Gilman -- 1911-1996 3
Hutchins, William James -- 1871-1958 3
Maloney, Michael E. 3
Obermiller, Phillip J. 3
Wagner, Thomas E. 3
American Missionary Association. 2
Appalachian Studies Association. 2
Appalachian Volunteers. 2
Ayer, Perley 2
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Foundation School 2
Berea College -- Fireside Industries 2
Berea College -- Loyal Jones Appalachian Center 2
Christmas Country Dance School. 2
Church of Christ, Union (Berea, Ky.). 2
Di Teresa, Neil. 2
Fee, John Gregg -- 1816-1901 2
Ford Foundation 2
Ford, Thomas R. -- 1923- 2
Frost, William G. -- (William Goodell) -- 1854-1938 2
Green, Paul -- 1894-1981 -- Wilderness road 2
Hutchins, Robert Maynard -- 1899-1977 2
Mountain Maternal Health League -- Archival resources 2
Mountain Maternal Health League. 2
Mynatt, Ernie 2
Oberlin College. 2
Perrin, Alfred. 2
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.). 2
Planned Parenthood Federation of America. 2
Ritchie, Jean. 2
Sears, Richard D. -- 1940- 2
Stephenson, Jane B. 2
Stephenson, John B. -- 1937- 2
Tallmadge, William H. 2
Turner, William H. -- (William Henry) -- 1935- 2
Urban Appalachian Council. 2
Weatherford, W. D. -- (Willis Duke) -- 1875-1970 2
Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), -- 1875-1970. 2
Alexander, George. 1
Allebaugh, Terry. 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. 1
American Council on Education. 1
Annville Institute. 1
Appalachian Coalition of Ohio. 1
Appalachian College Association. 1
Appalachian Committee of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission. 1
Appalachian Identity Center. 1
Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center. 1
Appalachian Studies Conference. 1
Appalachian Volunteers 1
Arnow, Harriete Louisa Simpson -- 1908-1986 -- Archival resources 1
Association of American Colleges 1
Ayer, Perley -- 1900-1967 1
Babbitt family. 1
Baskin, Andrew 1
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Foundation School -- History 1
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Normal School 1
Berea College -- Appalachian Museum 1
Berea College -- Berea Country Dancers 1
Berea College -- Brushy Fork Institute 1
Berea College -- Buildings -- Woods-Penniman 1
Berea College -- Campus Christian Center 1
Berea College -- Centennial 1
Berea College -- Choirs 1
Berea College -- Convocations 1
Berea College -- Curricula 1
Berea College -- Dean of Men 1
Berea College -- Education Department 1
Berea College -- Fund raising 1
Berea College -- Health Services 1
Berea College -- Hospital 1
Berea College -- Loyal Jones Appalachian Center. 1
Berea College -- Physics Department 1
Berea College -- Presidents 1
Berea College -- Special Collections and Archives -- Sound Archives 1
Berea College -- Students for Appalachia 1
Berea College -- Trustees 1
Berea College -- Women's and Gender Studies 1
Bethel Mennonite Center. 1
Bidstrup, Georg -- Archival resources 1
Bidstrup, Marguerite -- Archival resources 1
Blue Grass Army Depot (Ky.). 1
Breathitt, Edward T. 1
Breckinridge, Mary -- 1881-1965 1
Brewer, Earl D.C. 1
Brunner, Warren E. 1
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