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Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0026 SAA 025
Abstract
Diaries, correspondence, reports, notes, and photographs mainly documenting Helen Dingman's community organizing and educational efforts in Harlan County, Kentucky during the early 1900s.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1945
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0049-SAA 049
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of photographs and microfilmed records documenting the history and operation of United Methodist Church related Henderson Settlement School and child care program in Bell County, Kentucky.
Dates:
1925 - 1984
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0185 HC 10
Abstract
Henrietta Child (1867-1968) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harvard philologist and folklorist Francis James Child. After the death of her mother in 1911, Child moved to Kentucky to practice philanthropic teaching and storytelling. Her first year in the state was spent at Hindman Settlement School; around 1916, she moved permanently to Berea. During the next forty years she made monthly trips to schools within a ten mile radius of Berea where she told stories and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-1977
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
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.08
Abstract
The High School-College Cooperative Learning Program started in the fall of 1983 at Berea College with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The program continued with funding from both the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Berea College Board of Trustees through the spring of 1993. The program involved outreach to ten public schools in ten cooperating districts and generated a number of programs and activities concentrating on the primary goal of recognizing and nurturing...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983-1995
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0010 SAA 009
Abstract
Collection of materials of the Hindman Settlement School (Hindman, Ky)
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1899-1977
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0041-SAA 041
Abstract
Hindman Settlement School traces its origins to education – recreation programs conducted in Knott and Perry counties, Kentucky by Katherine Pettit and May Stone during the summers of 1899-1901. They were funded by the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs and were aided by a group of women from urban areas. Programs were held in Hazard-1899 (Camp Cedar Grove), Hindman-1900 (Camp Industrial), and Sassafras in Knott County-1901. Working in large tents, they offered classes in sewing, cooking,...
Dates:
1899 - 1979
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0050-SAA 050
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of photographs and microfilmed records (1958-1985) documenting the work of the Hinton Rural Life Center, a North Carolina based Methodist Church mission project which focuses on strengthening small-membership churches.
For a Photograph Index to Part B of the Collection click on the "On Line Images/Records" link below.
Dates:
1958 - 1985
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.24
Abstract
Papers of Noah C. Hirschy (1867-1925).
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in circa 1920-1929
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0210-HC 35
Scope and Contents
The Historic Newspaper Collection currently includes more than 450 issues of papers from 72 individual newspaper titles published in the United States from 1770 to 1970. The collection primarily includes newspapers printed in the 1850’s and 1860’s, during World War I and World War II, and during times of significant world events.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1770 - 1970
