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Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.01
Abstract
Official records of the Berea College, Academy, and Foundation faculty including meeting minutes and agendas, curriculum reviews and committee notes, reports, memoranduc, and general faculty information.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1868 -
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.25
Abstract
Born in 1884 in South Dakota, Edwin Michael Hoffman, known as Michael, graduated from Oberlin College in 1907 with a B.A. Following graduation, he worked for the YMCA and, in 1914, married Mary Lindsay (Oberlin, 1910). During WWI, he served on a mission to Manchuria as a YMCA officer attached to US forces. In 1925, Hoffman joined the staff of the Foundation School of Berea College where he was an instructor in Science and Bible. In 1936, he received his MA from Columbia University (Union...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: c. 1920s-1982
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.09
Abstract
First meeting in 1939, the Faculty Advisory Council (often called Adivsory Council) was established to provide a democratic means of communication on matters of mutual interest to several faculties, the Labor Group, the President, and the Board of Trustees. Membership on the council included the President, academic Deans, three elected members from each of the Faculties (Upper, Lower, and Foundation), and three elected members from the Labor Group. Elisabeth Peck and May B. Smith were the...
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Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1984
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.26
Abstract
These are the personal papers and records of Rolf Hovey, founder and director of the Berea College Chapel Choir and longtime Chairman of the Music Department. Materials include writings, correspondence, teaching materials, student projects, and numerous subject files including information regarding Berea College organizations and groups.
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Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1970s
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.54
Abstract
Born in West Virginia, Roy N. Walters graduated from Berea College with a BA in Sociology in 1927 and began teaching printing classes for the Foundation School. He would quickly become a full-time teacher for the school and its Dean in1943. Walters served as Dean of the Foundation School until his retirement in 1968. Until 1958, Walters also served as the Dean of Men.
While a student at Berea College, Walters worked in the Printing Department. Immediately following graduation he became...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1993
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.23
Abstract
Reorganization of Berea College in 1938 lead to the instititution being formally divided into three schools: the Foundation School (1st through 10th grade), the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, first two years of college) and Upper Division (third and fourth year of college). Following further evaluation in 1942, and a five-year process of change, the institution was again reorganized in 1947 into the Fundation School (elementary through 12th grade, with vocational emphasis for stundents not...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1938-1950
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.17
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of papers, photographs, correspondence, personnal items, clippings, writings, and a leather bound photograph album of Thomas A. Edwards, Dean of the Berea College Foundation School and faculty member for twenty-two years (1904 - 1926).
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1925-1935
