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Bible School at Berea, Kentucky

 Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.34
Abstract

Not connected with Berea College, the Bible School at Berea was established at the edge of Berea College under the direction of H.J. Derthick.  The school was established with the sponsorship of John G. Fee and his new church - the Church of Christ.  Little is known about this short-lived institution and few records of its existence remain.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1898
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Bibliographies of College Related Books, Articles and Authors

 Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.14
Scope and Contents

Bibliographies of publications on or about Berea College.

Dates: created: 1905-1979
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Bill Parker Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0114 SAA 114
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of photographs and digital copies of nine reel-to-reel audio tape recordings of singers, fiddlers, banjo players, and other traditional musicians, some of whom are otherwise undocumented. The recordings were made in the mid-1960s by Bill Parker of Paducah, Kentucky. Included are performances of Kentucky musicians at the American Folk Song Festival in Ashland, Kentucky; African-American singer and harmonica player "Peg Leg" Sam Jackson, in Knott County, Kentucky;...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1968
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Biology department

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.16
Abstract

Records of the Berea College Biology Department.

Dates: created: 1929-2024
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Black Cultural Center

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.50
Abstract In 1983, Berea College established the Black Cultural Center (BCC) with the philosophy that true integration and equality cannot happen without awareness, understanding, and appreciation of black culture. Over three decades later, the philosophical foundation of the Black Cultural Center has not changed and it continues to support the historic commitments of Berea College – in particular the commitment: “To assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a...
Dates: created: 1979-
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Blacks at Berea collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.07
Scope and Contents

A collection of materials documenting the history of blacks at Berea College as well as race relations at the College. Materials include clippings, notes, writings, correspondence, College memorandum and notices, and other.

Dates: 1836-1972
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Blanche Coldiron Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0133 SAA 133
Abstract Born in Wolfe County, KY, in 1922, Blanche (Hurt) Coldiron moved with her family to Powell County when she was 6 years old.   At nine years old, after listening to Uncle Dave Macon play banjo on the Grand Old Opry radio show, Blanche taught herself to play the banjo. She played the banjo using five different picking styles including, her customary style, the “claw hammer.”  In addition to the banjo, Coldiron played the bass, guitar, fiddle, and mandolin.  Beginning her music career during...
Dates: created: 1996-2007
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Blount County Black History Project -Then and Now as Told by Those Who Lived It

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0157
Abstract Charles Pride, Dorothy Kincaid, and Jo Davenport formed CDJ Media Productions to conduct and record interviews with black Blount County residents who helped shape the community during and after the integration of the schools in 1969. Their idea for collecting interviews was formed in 2007 when they identified an urgency to preserve, in an accurate and positive way, Blount County’s rich black history. Their work resulted in “Blount County’s Black History — As Told by Those Who Lived It — Then...
Dates: 1959 - 2015; Other: Majority of material found within 2007 - 2015
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Bob Rodriguez maps and rare book leaves

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0288
Abstract

This collection comprises 83 printed items: 81 historic maps and 2 rare book leaves from the private collection of Bob Rodriguez.

Dates: 1493-1497; 1560-1928
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

S. Whittemore Boggs collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.04
Abstract

This collection is comprised of publications of geologist and Berea College graduate Samuel Whittemore Boggs.

Dates: created: 1915-1951
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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American Missionary Association. 6
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Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), -- 1875-1970. 5
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Berea College -- Dean of Men 4
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Berea College -- Student Craft Industries 4
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Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. 4
Hutchins, Louise Gilman -- 1911-1996 4
John C. Campbell Folk School. 4
Pettit, Katherine. 4
American Association of University Professors. 3
Appalachian Studies Association. 3
Baskin, Andrew 3
Berea College -- Athletics 3
Berea College -- General Studies 3
Buckhorn Children's Center (Buckhorn, Ky.). 3
Campbell, John C. (John Charles) --1867-1919 3
Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame) -- 1882-1954 3
Christmas Country Dance School. 3
Church of Christ, Union (Berea, Ky.). 3
Combs, Josiah Henry -- 1886-1960 3
Drake, Richard B., 1925- 3
Frost, Maria Goodell. 3
Green, Paul -- 1894-1981 -- Wilderness road 3
Hazel Green Academy. 3
Maloney, Michael E. 3
Obermiller, Phillip J. 3
Powell, Reuben 3
Red Bird Mission (Beverly, Ky.). 3
Renfro Valley Barn Dance (Radio program) -- History. 3
Rogers, J.A.R. -- (John Almanza Rowley) 3
Shinn, Larry D. -- 1942- 3
Tallmadge, William H. 3
Wagner, Thomas E. 3
American Anti-Slavery Society. 2
American Association of University Women. 2
American Friends Service Committee. 2
Annville Institute. 2
Appalachian Studies Conference. 2
Appalachian Volunteers. 2
Association of American Colleges 2
Ayer, Perley 2
Ball, Norman. 2
Barton, Bruce -- 1886-1967 2
Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930 2
Berea College -- Alumni Association 2
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Berea College -- Campus Christian Center 2
Berea College -- Convocations 2
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Burleigh, Angus Augustus 2
Charles, Cleophus, 1943-2020 2
Chase, Tom. 2
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 2

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