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Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.24
Abstract
Part of a Carnegie-sponsored study of liberal arts colleges, the Profiles Project took a close look at a dozen colleges, including Berea. The study was projected to have outcomes including: (1) a book of profiles illustrating the wide variety of effectively operating colleges across the country, and (2) a collection of guidelines for methods of observations for describing and assessing the work of colleges. The project resulted in the 1962 publication of Profile of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1962
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.11
Scope and Contents
Records and materials related to special programs administered by Berea College.
Some records within this collection can be accessed digitally - see detailed description below.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1878-
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0194 HC 19
Abstract
Established in Berea in 1907 as the Priscilla Club, the club’s name was changed to the Progress Club in 1915. The club remains an active Berea women's club.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1999
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.02
Abstract
Records in this collection include records documenting short-term projects conducted by the College and/or research reports conducted by, or on behalf of, the College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1904-2016
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.33
Abstract
Records of the Berea College Psychology Department.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1985-2014
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.23
Abstract
Papers and photographs of Joseph Ray, Jr.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1920-1979
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0279
Abstract
This collection of scrapbooks, correspondence, publications, photographs, a personal diary and other documents offers insights into the lives of Raymond F. Woerth and Burdette F. Jordan Woerth, graduates of Berea College. Most of the materials were created in the 1930s.
Dates:
1924 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1938
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0309
Scope and Contents
Reading Local: Rural Public Librarians in Kentucky documents the work and expressive culture of rural librarians in Kentucky (primarily in Appalachian counties). The project was conducted in Summer 2024 by Berea College Folklorist Emily Hilliard with research assistance from Berea student Sreekuttan Palakkadan. The interviews focus on the role rural librarians serve as community resources, as well as how their workplaces—rural public libraries—are invaluable community hubs in remote rural...
Dates:
June and July 2024
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BCA 0103-SAA 103
Abstract
Rebecca Washington was the daughter of Sallie Wright Washington (b.1811) and George W. Washington (1809-1876), who was descended from a brother of President George Washington. Sallie Wright, along with her brother and sister, had co-inherited Ridgedale farm from her grandfather, Major Robert Lockhart. When Sallie married, the land passed to her and her husband, and they built a log cabin on it circa 1832. The large home they built in 1835, where Rebecca grew up, is now on the National...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853 - 1906
Collection
Identifier: Box Number
Scope and Contents
BIO FIELD
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Date; Other: Majority of material found in DESC FIELD; Other: Date acquired: ID/PR/UNIT
