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Fellowship House Day Camp Oral History Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0260
Abstract
This collection consists of oral history interviews that document a project that came to be called the Fellowship House Day Camp, a racially integrated day camp in Knoxville, Tennessee held every summer from 1950 until 1972.
Those interviewed include former campers as well as parents and others who were involved in the project’s development and ongoing operation. The interviews were recorded during 2014 and 2015 by Mary Beth Bingman with support of the Berea College Sound Archives...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1950-2014
Fellowship of Reconciliation - Berea Chapter Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0198 HC 23
Abstract
These are the records of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Berea Chapter, founded in 1936.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (F.O.R.) was founded in Cambridge, England in 1914, and an American organization was established the following year. Its purposes were to oppose war and violence in international relations and to promote alternative means of reducing tension among nations and peoples.
A chapter was organized in Berea in 1936 with Willis Fisher as chairperson. The group was active...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1955
Field Study and Cooperative Learning Programs
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.47
Abstract
Records of the Field Study Program and programs related to cooperative and service learning in the academic setting. The office is now the Office of Internships and Career Development.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1979-1990
Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection, 1987
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.06
Scope and Contents
This collection contains video recordings documenting the Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling held at Berea College, November 12-14, 1987. Features of the event included concurrent storytelling sessions for various ages, the Second National Liars Contest, an informal "Swapping Ground" for storytellers, and scholarly lectures on the status of blacks in Appalachia.Among the fifteen master storytellers participating in the festival were Mary Carter Smith and Linda...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987
First Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0297
Scope and Contents
First Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddler's Convention, June 11-13, 1971. (There were also Guitar and Band competitions.) Sunday morning of the third day, June 13th, included a show by Roy Acuff and the Smokey Mountain Boys. During the show, Roy Acuff talks with John Lair and Glen Pennington about country music and Renfro Valley history.CONTESTANTS:
Bob Baker,
Jesse Baker,
Ray Brown,
Wally Bryson,
Charlie Collins,
Charles A. Corns,
Cumberland Mountain Boys,
Sam Davis,
Jack...
Dates:
June 11, 12, and 13 1971
Food Service
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.35
Scope and Contents
Records of the Berea College Food Service including notices, student and staff regulations, and historical items.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-
Foreign Languages Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.22
Abstract
Records of the Berea College Foreign Languages Program.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1949-
Forest Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.20
Abstract
In 1897, Berea College initiated a forestry effort—the same year as the Forest Reserve Organic Act and the first College forestry degree programs in the United States began. The effort was initiated by Professor Silas C. Mason with the goals of (1) offering general forestry education for students and (2) obtaining a source of wood and income for the College.
Today, the Department manages 8,000 acres of forest land and offers both classes and outreach programs related to forestry. Education...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-
Foundation School
Collection — Folder: Oversized Folder 1
Identifier: RG 06-6.06
Abstract
Records of the Berea College affiliated Foundation School
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-2006