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West-Vanhook Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0061 SAA 061
Abstract
The West-Vanhook family farm (Garrard County, Kentucky) was bought by F.A. Vanhook and his wife Nancy in 1884. They moved there, from Science Hill in Pulaski County, Kentucky. The death of the current farm owner delayed the official property transfer until 1890. By this time F.A. Vanhook had already passed away. Henry West of Pulaski County, Kentucky married F.A. Vanhook’s daughter, Sarah in 1867. His son William W. (better known as W.W. West) was the first West to move to the farm, being...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1867-1952
WHAS Radio Historical Collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0216 HC 41
Abstract
WHAS was the first licensed radio station in Kentucky when it started broadcasting on July 18, 1922. Early programming included news and sports coverage. The station aired the first live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby on May 16, 1925. It was originally part of the Bingham family owned Louisville media empire which most notably included the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times.
The station...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1967
WHAS Radio Listening Center Reference Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0131 SAA 131
Abstract
In 1929 WHAS (Louisville) joined with the University of Kentucky to broadcast university programming and to create “listening centers” throughout eastern Kentucky. Broadcasted programs were educational in nature and included music and agricultural news. Utilizing donated battery-powered radios, the centers enabled citizens of remote areas in eastern Kentucky to receive radio service.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1998
Wilbur G. Burroughs Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.05
Abstract
Wilbur Greeley Burroughs was born in Shortsville, New York on December 7, 1886 to Joseph B. and Emma Greeley Burroughs. Wilbur and his younger brother, Wallace, attended Oberlin where he received his A.B. in 1909 (Phi Beta Kappa) and A.M. in 1911. Burroughs founded the Geology department at Berea College in 1920 and went on to receive his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1932. In 1927, Burroughs was elected president of the Kentucky Academy of Science.
This collection consists of Burroughs...
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Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1959
Wilderness Road Drama Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.04
Abstract
Wilderness Road, an outdoor symphonic drama, was commissioned by Berea College to help commemorate the school’s centennial celebration in the summer of 1955. The drama was written by Pulitzer prize-winning author, Paul Green, who also authored The Common Glory, The Lost Colony, and The Stephen Foster Story. Green received the Freedom Foundation’s George...
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Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1980
Willard Rouse Jillson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0020 SAA 019
Abstract
Willard Rouse Jillson was born May 28, 1890, in Syracuse, New York where as a youth he was greatly interested in natural science, geography, and travel. His undergraduate degree (Syracuse, 1912) was followed by a Masters at the Washington State University (1915) and further studies at the University of Chicago and Yale. He was awarded honorary doctorates by Syracuse University (1921) and Berea College (1925). After working as a petroleum geologist in the South and West, he came to Kentucky...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1978
William A. Dimmick Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.07
Abstract
Rev. William A. Dimmick was a graduate of Berea College and held Masters and Doctoral degrees from Yale University's Divinity School. Consecrated as Bishop of Northern Michigan in May 1975, Dimmick resigned that post in 1982. He then served as assistant bishop in Minnesota, where he exercised an ecumenical ministry at a Roman Catholic abbey and university.
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Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1971
William B. Stewart Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.02
Abstract
Stewart, a native of Scotland, was educated there, in Canada, and in the United States. He was ordaineda Baptist minister in Toronto, Canada in 1859. During his career he served as president of three othereducational institutions and as a professor of classical languages. He was named president of BereaCollege in 1890 and his views reflected Fee's perspective in that Berea offered a Christian education.Stewart’s presidency occurred during a period in the College's history marked by adverse...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1879 - 1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1890-1892
William Eleazar Barton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.04
Abstract
William E. Barton attended Berea College from 1880 to 1885 (B.S.) and married Esther Treat Bushnell—a Berea elementary teacher—upon graduation from college. Barton was a circuit pastor in Robbins, Tennessee, until 1887. From 1887 through 1890 Barton was a pastor in Litchfield, Ohio, while taking courses at Oberlin Theological School. Upon graduation from Oberlin (M.A.), Barton pastored at Wellington, Ohio, and Boston’s Shawmut Congregational Church. From 1899 until 1924, Barton was the...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885-1976; Other: Majority of material found in 1895–1925
William F. Stolte Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 04-4.10
Abstract
William F. Stolte joined the faculty of Berea College as an Associate Professor of Economics in 1970. He served as Dean and Academic VP of Berea College from 1972 until 1986 and was the W. George Matton Professor of Economics from 1970 to 1999.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1986