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Mountain Day
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.12
Abstract
The first Mountain Day at Berea College was observed in 1875 for “enjoying the Fall colors and other natural wonders in the immediate vicinity and to provide a campus holiday free of classes and non-essential labor.” It has become an annual tradition and in recent years groups -such as the Berea College Choir- sing to greet the rising of the sun. Mountain Day activities include climbing the Pinnacles, face-painting, winning prizes from various campus organizations and clubs, and dying...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-
Mountain Maternal Health League Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0053 SAA 053
Abstract
The League was founded in 1936 in Berea, Kentucky for the purpose of promoting birth control as a means of improving the health of mothers and children in portions of south central and eastern Kentucky. The League’s service area has included Estill, Harlan, Garrard, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Powell, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties. To reach rural women, League nurses traveled by auto and on horseback, delivering babies and providing birth control education. In addition, an office worker...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1986
Music Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.29
Abstract
Records of the Berea College Music Department dating back to 1879.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found in 1879-2020
National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0016 SAA 015
Abstract
President Lyndon B. Johnson formed the National Advisory Commission on the Rural Poverty, under Executive Order Number 11306, in the 1960s to counsel him and develop recommendations concerning legislative actions to be taken as a part of his administration’s War on Poverty. This particular commission was charged with the responsibility of evaluating one of the most difficult social problems in the United States—rural poverty.
The Commission...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1967
National Conference of Church-Related Colleges
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.36
Abstract
The National Conference of Church-Related Colleges was created in 1934 out of resolutions adopted by College Department of the Council of Church Boards of Education and the Liberal Arts College Movement. The goal of forming the Conference was to create a more effective agency to directly serve the causes and needs of church-related colleges.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-1935
Navy V-12 Berea College Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.05
Abstract
During the advent of World War II, the U.S. Navy turned to liberal arts colleges to provide a basic education for their recruits. Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 individuals were enrolled in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which was offered in 131 colleges and universities throughout the United States. The purpose of the V-12 program was to grant bachelor'sdegrees to future officers from both the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps. Berea College took part in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1945
Paul David Nelson papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.33
Abstract
Papers of Paul David Nelson, history professor at Berea College from 1970 to 2005.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1970-2021
New Military and Rail Road Map of the United States
Item — Container: Map case 1, drawer 7, Folder: 9711
Identifier: 9711
Scope and Contents
New Military and Rail Road Map of the United States
Dates:
1862
New Opportunity School for Women - Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.16
Abstract
In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women (NOSW) was founded as an outreach program of Berea College by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson. Stephenson recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of low-income women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment. The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women was “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1996
New Opportunity School for Women Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0213 HC 38
Abstract
In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women was founded by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson. Jane recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment. The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women is “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of low-income, middle-aged women in Kentucky and the south central...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1996-