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Collection
Identifier: BCA 0180 HC 05
Abstract
The Village of Berea was incorporated as a 6th class city on May 9, 1890, at a meeting held in the office of the treasurer of Berea College, P.D. Dodge. The location suggests that the College community initiated the creation of a formal government structure for the town. Berea was governed by a five-man Board of Trustees until 1909, when it became a 5th class city and was therefore entitled to have a mayor. During the period covered by the ledger, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1890-1916
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0255
Abstract
This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials on a number of subjects and documents the history, events, and lives of citizens of Berea, Kentucky.
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Other: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1995
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
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Interviewees Are:
Bethel Cornette Interview re: Moonshining January 1973
Bill Woods Interview re:...
Dates:
Other: 1973
Collection — Container: Items 1-5
Identifier: RG 10-10.38
Abstract
The 1986 Master Plan was the result of a planning effort approved at the Spring 1986 meeting of the Berea College Board of Trustees. The intended outputs of the planning efforts and new master plan for Berea College were to: (1) plan for the use of outlying college property; (2) describe a development plan for the Boone Tavern area; and (3) outline the desired image recommended for Berea College.
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Other: Majority of material found in 1986
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.37
Abstract
The 1992 Berea College Master Plan provided a framework for long-term planning and promoted effective coordination of campus development decisions by illustrating how campus systems - development patterns, open space and pedestrian circulation, and vehicular circulation and parking - related to one another. This comprehensive perspective was meant to be applied in the implementation of each individual building and/or improvement project undertaken at Berea College.
Many of the records in...
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Other: Majority of material found in 1991-1993
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.11
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of recordings and transcripts of recordings of oral histories of Berea College faculty, staff, alumni, and current students. The project was conducted by students as part of their Oral History and Tradition course (GSTR 100) taught by Meighan Sharp in the fall of 1999. Interviews were conducted and transcribed by students....
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Other: Majority of material found in 1999
Collection — Box: 1-6
Identifier: RG 05-5.03
Abstract
Dating back to at least 1889 the alumni of Berea College have worked to further enhance the life and work at Berea College. Berea had its first Alumni Association President in 1910. In 1924, a handful of alumni formed the first Alumni Office. Since then, the Association has grown into an organization of over 17,000 former students governed by the Alumni Executive Council which serves in an advisory role to the Office of Alumni Relations.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1889-2009
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.12
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of interviews recorded between 1975 and 1980 documenting a wide variety of Appalachian traditional crafts, occupations, and expressive culture from areas of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.Listen To Interviews, Read Transcripts, View Photographs The...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1975 - 1980
