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Joseph C. Ray, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.23
Abstract
Papers and photographs of Joseph Ray, Jr.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1920-1979
Raymond Woerth and Burdetta Jordan Woerth papers
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
Kentucky Rural Librarians Oral History Project
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
Rebecca Washington collection
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
Record Series Number
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
Records of the 8th Kentucky Volunteers, Company C (Union)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0230-HC 55
Scope and Contents
This small collection comprises nine folders of military records associated with the 8th Kentucky Volunteers, United States Army. Items in the collection include muster rolls, official correspondence, and other government documents.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861 - 1866; 1887
Recreation Extension Service
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.45
Abstract
The Recreation Extension Service was formally established in 1937 under the direction of Frank H. Smith with the aim of increasing the appreciation of Appalachian cultural heritage through participation in recreational activities based on traditional folk material. Recreation
Extension services included folk arts programming, the Christmas Country Dance School, the Mountain Folk Festival, the Country Dancers and other recreational campus groups, itineranct recreation services to schools and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1995
Red Bird Mission Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0044 SAA 044
Abstract
The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1985
Reflections: A Celebration of Faculty Achievement
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.10
Scope and Contents
Publication of the Dean and Professional Growth Committee
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1999-2009
Office of the Registrar
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.30
Abstract
The Office of the Registrar assists students, faculty and alumni with a variety of services including maintaining academic records on all students and overseeing registration. The Registrar also maintains access to the academic calendar, class schedule, and college catalog.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1868-