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Studies of Berea College and Its Work
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.02
Scope and Contents
A collection of studies researched and written by various individuals (most likely not directly associated with the college) about Berea College and its mission.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1942
Subcommittee on the Christian Commitment
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.20
Abstract
As a subcommittee of the Strategic Planning Committee, the Subcommittee on the Christian Commitment was charged with carrying out Strategic Question Three of Being and Becoming: Berea College in the Twenty-First Century.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1999-2002
Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 11-11.03
Abstract
A Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia was created by director Neil di Teresa, professor of art at Berea College, in 1969. Initially funded by Berea College and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Caravan received additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kentucky Arts Commission, the Kentucky Humanities Council, and other private organizations.The aim of the Caravan was “to involv[e] Appalachians in Cultural and creative activities, to develo[p] a sense of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970 - 1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Summer School/Term Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.43
Abstract
Records of summer school programming at Berea College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-2002
Susan Spalding Dance Video Collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0155 SAA 158
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of video recordings of interviews and community dance activities in eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, and east Tennessee recorded at various times between 1988 and 2002. Communities represented in the collection include: Carcassonne and Slade in Kentucky; Dante, Fancy Gap, and Chilhowie in Virginia; and Fall Branch in Tennessee. The three types of Appalachian dance that are documented in the collection include: old-time square dancing, flat-footing and clogging,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1988-2002
Sustainability and Environmental Studies (SENS) Program
Collection — Container: RG 6 Box 1 Oversized
Identifier: RG 06-6.49
Abstract
Records of the Sustainability and Environmental Studies (SENS) Department. SENS was established in 1999 as an important part of Berea College’s efforts to develop a sustainable campus.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1999-2014
Sustainable Berea records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BCA 0234 HC 59
Abstract
Formed in 2010 as a not for profit organization, Sustainable Berea has the mission of assisting “in the development of a sustainable community. Sustainable Berea is a group of residents of Berea, Kentucky and surrounding areas who work together to develop stronger households, neighborhoods and community in the face of imminent threats to global sustainability including peak oil, global climate change, sky-rocketing national debt, rapid population growth, and the destruction of ecosystems...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2010-2022
Sylvia Trent Auxier Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0083 SAA 083
Abstract
Poet, Sylvia Trent Auxier was born on December 29, 1900 in Pike County Kentucky, the daughter of Thomas J. and Dolly May Trent. She graduated from Pikeville College with a Bachelor's degree in Education in 1959. She married Jean Auxier, who served as U.S. Attorney for Eastern Kentucky and Pike County Circuit Judge. At various times she worked as a public health nurse and high school English teacher in Pike County.
Auxier's poetry appeared in such publications as ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1968
Symposium on Rural Hymnody Collection, 1974-1982
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.02
Abstract
The Symposium on Rural Hymnody was hosted by Berea College on April 27-29, 1979. Follow the links in the Series 4 box list to listen to the recordings of Symposium presentations, performances, and a worship service. Presentations were given by seventeen participants. The symposium also featured performances by the A.L. Phipps Family of Knox County, Kentucky and the Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers of Dale County, Alabama. The group also traveled to Floyd County, Kentucky, to attend the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974 - 1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1978-1982
T. J. Renfro Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 01-1.10
Abstract
These are the papers of T.J. Renfro who is associated with the founding and early history of the College.
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date