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William Sears Home and Field Recordings Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0130 SAA 130
Scope and Contents This collection consists of (1) video and audio home recordings, (2) radio programs 1950s - 1970s, and (3) video field recordings, 2008, documenting a wide range of singers and instrumentalist from Whitley, Knox, and McCreary counties, Kentucky and just over the border in Tennessee. Especially notable are performances by fiddlers Claude Harmon and Marion Pridemore, and numerous other local musicians on the Country Music Express radio programs. ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-2008

Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Campus Christian Center (CCC)

 Collection — Container: 12
Identifier: RG 05-5.05
Abstract Berea College has always nurtured the spiritual life of its community in a variety of ways. While categorized non-denominational, the school creates an inclusive Christian spirituality that has always promoted social justice in its many forms. During its earliest history, the College provided many opportunities for Christian education and spiritual development, requiring the participation of all students and faculty. Beginning with the founders of the College, several members of the faculty...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-

Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.06
Abstract Dr. Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. was the sixth president of Berea College, serving from 1967–1984.  Born in western North Carolina in 1916, Weatherford earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt in 1937 and his B.D. from Yale in 1940.  Weatherford went on to earn his M.A. (1943) and Ph.D. (1952) in Economics from Harvard and taught economics at Swarthmore from 1948 until 1964. Weatherford became a dean at Carleton College in 1965.  In addition to his scholarly work, Weatherford served in Europe and Africa...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1996

Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.56
Abstract

Willis D. Weatherford, Sr., was president of the Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, N.C., 1906-1944; president of the Y.M.C.A. Graduate School, Nashville, 1919-1946; trustee of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1916-ca. 1962; faculty member of Fisk University, 1936-1946; director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; and lifelong student of race relations in the South.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c. 1915-1970

Wilma Dykeman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.16
Abstract Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006) lived all her life near the French Broad River in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Born in Asheville, Dykeman traced her interest in writing to the stories her parents read aloud to her when she was a child. By the time she was in elementary school, she was making up her own stories, plays, and poems. After graduating from high school and Biltmore Junior College in Asheville, Dykeman attended Northwestern University and received a bachelor’s degree in...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998

Wilson Reeves Collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0141 SAA 141
Abstract

Wilson Reeves (1925-2008) was born in Fleming County, KY and attended Berea College.  He was an avid amateur radio operator and collected unique and original recordings, with an extensive library of old-time and mountain music.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1983

Witherspoon College Buckhorn School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0172-SAA 170
Abstract

The collection contains biographical profiles of alumni and founders, written and audio interviews, photographs, yearbooks, audio and video recordings, newspaper and magazine articles, historical essays, books related to the institution, Buckhorn Alumni Association documents and maps of the Buckhorn area.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-2013

Ray Woerth and Burdetta Woerth papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BCA 0279
Scope and Contents

Assorted personal papers evidencing both Ray and Burdetta Woerth’s experiences as Berea College students c1933-c1938, and their subsequent marriage in 1938. The items mainly concern on-campus student activities, lifestyle, engagement and marriage announcement, and later participation in Berea College class reunions 1982 and 1987.

Dates: circa 1932-Sep 2001

Women's Christian Temperance Union--Berea Chapter Collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0188 HC 13
Scope and Contents Records include a single ledger used to record minutes of the Chapter from its organization in November, 1890, through December, 1902. Included are a copy of the Chapter constitution (1891), membership and attendance records, and meeting minutes. Minutes detail election of officers, meeting programs, reports, topics of discussion, and financial affairs of the Chapter.  The collection also contains miscellaneous items such as a “Temperance Fan,” letter promoting prohibition and an issue of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-1902

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.50
Abstract

Records of the Berea College Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Formerly: Women's and Gender Studies Program.



Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1990-

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Folk music -- Appalachian Region. 14
Rural schools -- Kentucky -- History. 14
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Oral history -- Appalachian region. 11
Oral history interview. 11
Oral history. 11
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 10
Oral history -- Berea College (Ky). 10
Fiddle tunes -- Kentucky. 9
Education -- Kentucky. 8
Madison County, Kentucky -- Organizations, women's. 8
Appalachia -- Education. 7
Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 7
Appalachian Region, Southern -- History. 7
Banjo music -- Kentucky. 7
Education, Rural -- Kentucky. 7
Photograph collections. 7
Radio programs -- Kentucky. 7
Abolitionists 6
African Americans -- Education -- Kentucky. 6
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Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations. 6
Harlan County (Ky.) -- History. 6
Rockcastle County (Ky.) -- History. 6
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World War, 1939-1945 6
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 5
Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 5
Ballads, English -- Kentucky. 5
Education -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 5
Education -- Kentucky -- Harlan County 5
Folk songs -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 5
Gospel music -- Kentucky. 5
Kentucky Day Law. 5
Knott County (Ky.) -- History. 5
Madison County (Ky.) 5
Old Regular Baptists -- Appalachian Region -- History. 5
Richmond (Ky.) 5
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Folk art -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 4
Folk dancing -- Kentucky. 4
Folk songs, English -- Kentucky. 4
Folklore -- Appalachian Region. 4
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Philosophy and religion. 4
Radio programs. 4
Southern States -- Race relations. 4
Students, Foreign. 4
Women -- Appalachian Region. 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
African Americans -- Appalachian Region. 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century. 3
African Americans -- Segregation. 3
Agriculture -- Kentucky. 3
American poetry. 3
Antislavery movements -- Kentucky. 3
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Appalachians (People). 3
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Berea College 3
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Civil rights -- Madison County (Ky). 3
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Country musicians -- Kentucky. 3
Day Law (Kentucky). 3
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Education -- Kentucky -- History. 3
Fiddle tunes -- West Virginia. 3
Folk and music festivals. 3
Folk dancing -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 3
Folk music. 3
Folklore--Kentucky. 3
Food habits. 3
Geology. 3
Gospel musicians -- Kentucky. 3
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region -- History. 3
Hand weaving. 3
Industrial arts -- Study and teaching. 3
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Berea College 353
Berea College -- Faculty 97
Berea College -- History 42
Berea College -- Curricula 28
Hutchins Library 20
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Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Foundation School 18
Berea College -- Campus life 14
Jones, Loyal, 1928- 14
Berea College -- Alumni and alumnae 13
Fee, John Gregg -- 1816-1901 12
Frost, William G. -- (William Goodell) -- 1854-1938 12
Hutchins, Francis S. (Francis Stephenson) -- 1902-1988 11
Hutchins, William James -- 1871-1958 10
Berea College -- Students -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 9
Council of the Southern Mountains. 9
Berea College -- Staff 8
Hindman Settlement School. 8
Berea College -- Periodicals. 7
Berea College -- Presidents 7
Berea College -- Trustees 7
Fairchild, Edward Henry -- 1815-1889 7
Hutchins Library Staff. 7
Oberlin College. 7
American Missionary Association. 6
Berea College -- Campus organizations 6
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.). 6
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Normal School 5
Berea College -- Dean of Women 5
Berea College -- Loyal Jones Appalachian Center 5
Berea College -- Music Department 5
Stephenson, John B. -- 1937- 5
Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), -- 1875-1970. 5
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Foundation School -- History 4
Berea College -- Dean of Men 4
Berea College -- Directories 4
Berea College -- Fireside Industries 4
Berea College -- Labor Day 4
Berea College -- Student Craft Industries 4
Berea College -- Theatre Laboratory 4
Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. 4
Hutchins, Louise Gilman -- 1911-1996 4
John C. Campbell Folk School. 4
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.). 4
Pettit, Katherine. 4
American Association of University Professors. 3
Appalachian Studies Association. 3
Berea College -- Athletics 3
Berea College -- Berea Country Dancers 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
Maloney, Michael E. 3
Obermiller, Phillip J. 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 College Association. 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
Baskin, Andrew 2
Berea College -- Alumni Association 2
Berea College -- Basketball -- History 2
Berea College -- Campus Christian Center 2
Berea College -- Convocations 2
Berea College -- Curricula -- Catalogs 2
Berea College -- Department of Nursing. 2
Berea College -- Education Department 2
Berea College -- Forest 2
Berea College -- Health Services 2
Berea College -- History -- 20th century 2
Berea College -- Hospital 2
Berea College -- Mountain Day 2
Berea College -- News Bureau 2
Berea College -- Registers 2
Berea College -- Special Collections and Archives -- Sound Archives 2
Berea College -- Students -- Yearbooks 2
Berea College -- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 2
Boone, Daniel -- 1734-1820. 2
Chase, Tom. 2
Clay, Cassius Marcellus -- 1810-1903 2
Country Music Express (Radio program). 2
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