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Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.11
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of recordings and transcripts of recordings of oral histories of Berea College faculty, staff, alumni, and current students. The project was conducted by students as part of their Oral History and Tradition course (GSTR 100) taught by Meighan Sharp in the fall of 1999. Interviews were conducted and transcribed by students....
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1999
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.08
Scope and Contents
Records regarding the Berea College mace carried for the first time in October 1967 at the inauguration of Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. as the sixth president of Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1967-2005
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.07
Scope and Contents
Audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with twenty one Berea College faculty and staff, some of whom were also Berea College alumni. Listen to Interview Recordings and / or Read Transcripts The interviews document the development of the college's theatre activities including both the curricular program and...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1988
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.35
Abstract
Elisabeth Sinclair Peck joined the Berea College faculty in 1912 and taught history until her retirement in 1953. Upon her retirement, she was appointed college historian by President Weatherford. She served in this role until her death in 1968. A prolific writer, Peck published numerous books on a range of topics—many involving the history and work of Berea College.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912-1968
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.45
Abstract
Emily Ann Smith served as a Berea College Faculty member from 1930 until 1986 which included her tenure as secretary to the President, English professor, and Chairman of the English Department.
Smith, a native of Mayfield, KY, graduated from Randolph-Macon Women’s College in 1925 and Columbia Teachers College in 1930. In the summer of 1930, she moved to Berea to assume duties in the English Department as an associate professor. Smith remained a member of the English Department for forty-two...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1987
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.01
Abstract
Julia Allen (1896-1974) was recruited to Berea College in 1932 as Assistant Dean of Women to succeed Katherine Bowersox, who had been Dean of Women since 1907. A Kentucky native, Allen studied at both Mt. Holyoke and the University of Chicago. Allen also had worked in a factory, tutored Italian children in Chicago, and directed YWCA summer camps. For five years she had taught Chinese girls at a mission school in Nanking. Her genuine interest in the students, her humor, intellect, and strong...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1974; Other: Majority of material found within 1935-1939
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0250
Abstract
Richard D. Sears was Professor of English and Theatre, 1967-2010, and the Chester D. Tripp Chair in Humanities at Berea College. He has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of Kentucky history including the abolitionist movement, Camp Nelson, and Madison County. In particular, Sears devoted many years to researching and writing about the origins of Berea College and it founding members and families.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796-2008
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.23
Abstract
Roscoe Giffin was a member of the faculty of Berea College from 1949 until his death in January of 1962. He served as chairman of the Department of Sociology. For the last two years of his life, he was on leave of absence, to serve with the American Friends Service in Philidelphia.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1963
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.21
Scope and Contents
Nineteen volumes of The Berea Quarterly, publication of Berea College. Each edition generally includes articles about people of the region or the college and short contributions under the headings of Personal Testimony, Items, and/or Incidents. Collection also contains a folder of administrative notes and correspondence regarding the publication of The Berea Quarterly.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-1916
