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bell hooks papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0257
Abstract
The bell hooks papers comprise fourteen boxes of business and personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, news clippings, photographs, and other records documenting the life, research interests, and career of bell hooks. Dr. hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) was a scholar, author, and educator, who worked to expose and dismantle many forms of systemic inequality including sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia. Her work also explored the meaning and power of love as a...
Dates:
Circa 1960-2020; Majority of material found within 1980-2015
Bells on Campus
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.27
Scope and Contents
Records and materials relating to the placement and housing of a range of bells on the Berea College campus.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1966
Ben Heiman Folklore Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0062 SAA 062
Abstract
Ben Heiman (1914-1988) told mostly Appalachian stories to thousands of children in Alabama through the library and school systems, and fostered story-telling by children. A Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force, Ben Heiman concluded his career at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. He and his wife Bobbie had one daughter, Lori.
After retiring in 1972, Heiman worked fulltime for volunteer organizations, specializing as a story-teller with the Huntsville libraries and the city and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1891-1988
Berea Alumnus / Berea College Magazine
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.01
Abstract
The Berea College Magazine is a quarterly publication of the Office of Integrated Marketing and Communications. Formerly the Berea Alumnus.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-
Berea Arts Council Papers
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0233 HC 58
Abstract
A small collection of early organizational papers from the “Committee to Establish an Arts Council in Berea” and the subsequent result, the Berea Arts Council.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1985-1987
Berea Business and Professional Women's Club Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0191 HC 16
Abstract
Berea formed and chartered its Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPWC) in 1935. There were twenty-two charter members and the first President was Ms. Lucille Gilbert. The BPWC is affiliated with the Kentucky, National and International Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, which was established in 1919.
The main purpose of the club was to evaluate the standards and promote the interests of business and professional women who formed its membership. The club also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1985
Berea Cemetery Association Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0170 HC 66
Abstract
After agitating the question of the need to organize a cemetery association and holding preliminary meetings led by Reverend E. H. Fairchild and A.A. Wright, the Berea community organized the Berea Cemetery Association in 1872. The preliminary meetings resulted in the adoption of a constitution, the enrollment of nearly thirty subscribers to the Constitution, and an initiation fee for membership of $2.00. The first election under the Constitution was held in the Fall of 1872 and resulted...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1872-1996
Berea City Records
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0180 HC 05
Abstract
The Village of Berea was incorporated as a 6th class city on May 9, 1890, at a meeting held in the office of the treasurer of Berea College, P.D. Dodge. The location suggests that the College community initiated the creation of a formal government structure for the town. Berea was governed by a five-man Board of Trustees until 1909, when it became a 5th class city and was therefore entitled to have a mayor. During the period covered by the ledger, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1890-1916
Berea City Vertical Files
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0255
Abstract
This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials on a number of subjects and documents the history, events, and lives of citizens of Berea, Kentucky.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1995