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T.J. Wood Jr. Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0139 SAA 139
Abstract
Born in Berea in 1921, Thomas J. Wood, Jr. was a Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard Business School. Wood had a lifelong career in advertising. Acting as an agent for John Lair, Wood would sell a package of three network Renfro Valley radio programs—the Saturday night Barn Dance, Sunday Morning Gathering, and Country Store—to General Foods in New...
Dates:
created: 1949-1970
Nora Lou Thomson Treese collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.26
Abstract
Collection of materials of Mary Lou Thomson Treese, 1944 graduate of Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1907-1927
Doris Ulmann papers
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0009 SAA 008
Abstract
The papers of Doris Ulmann reflect her life and career as a photographer of the southern Appalachian people, the activities of the Doris Ulmann Foundation, and the disposition of her photographs.
Dates:
created: 1930-1976
Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program (URCPP)
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.15
Abstract
Records of the Berea Undergraduate Research Symposium (BURS) and the Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program (URCPP)
Dates:
created: 1999 - 2023
Union Church Collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0176 HC 01
Abstract
The Church of Christ, Union, of Berea Kentucky (Union Church) collection consists of materials pertaining to the historical, financial, and celebratory records of the institution. It also includes information about the church’s order for worship, including music and the arts as a part of the church’s history.
There are minutes, programs, and brochures about the governance of the church and in celebration of its two major anniversaries: the Centennial in 1953 and the Sesquicentennial in...
Dates:
Other: 1865-
United Neighbors Homemakers Club Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0196 HC 21
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of minutes and miscellaneous clippings. The United Neighbors Homemakers Club is a member of the Madison County Homemakers Association.Materials consist of minutes, attendance records, and clippings entered into "record of meetings" booklets provided by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. Information recorded includes officers' names; member attendance; date, location, and time of meetings; and minutes of regular monthly or...
Dates:
created: 1966-1988
Collection of United States maps and atlases
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0291
Abstract
The collection of maps comprises a variety of manuscript and printed scientific, transportation, and political maps that were created between 1793 and 1996. These items were collected by the Berea College geology department and campus libraries over the course of many decades. Most maps not associated with the geology department have no specific provenance data. The collection also includes a few manuscript maps and drawings. Items of special interest include older maps (1790s-1830s) and...
Dates:
1793 - 1996
United States National Student Association Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0208 HC 33
Abstract
The United States National Student Association (NSA), a confederation of American college and university student governments, was founded in 1947 at a conference at the University of Wisconsin. The NSA established its first headquarters in Madison, not far from the U. of Wisconsin campus. NSA was led by officers elected at its annual National Student Congress. This collection follows the progression and programs of the National Student Association (NSA) and includes correspondence and notes...
Dates:
created: 1946 - 1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1953
University of Kentucky / WHAS Radio Listening Centers Reference Collection, 1930-1998
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.
Dates:
created: 1930-1998
University Press of Kentucky Membership
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.24
Scope and Contents
Records regarding Berea College's relationship with the University Press of Kentucky.
Dates:
created: 1978-1983