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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
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
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Interview topics include: moonshining in Perry County (KY), early medical practices and services in Clay County...
Dates:
Other: 1973
Collection — Container: Items 1-5
Identifier: RG 10-10.38
Abstract
The 1986 Master Plan was the result of a planning effort approved at the Spring 1986 meeting of the Berea College Board of Trustees. The intended outputs of the planning efforts and new master plan for Berea College were to: (1) plan for the use of outlying college property; (2) describe a development plan for the Boone Tavern area; and (3) outline the desired image recommended for Berea College.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1986
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.37
Abstract
The 1992 Berea College Master Plan provided a framework for long-term planning and promoted effective coordination of campus development decisions by illustrating how campus systems - development patterns, open space and pedestrian circulation, and vehicular circulation and parking - related to one another. This comprehensive perspective was meant to be applied in the implementation of each individual building and/or improvement project undertaken at Berea College.
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Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1991-1993
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.07
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of recordings documenting the event "Blacks in Appalachia - From Invisibility to Importance: A Symposium, Seminar, and Celebration" held at Berea College, May 19-20, 1989. The event marked the establishment of the Goode Professorship of Black and Appalachian Studies at Berea College.
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Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1989
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.21
Abstract
Starting in 1899, a fire brigade made up of students and known as the "Bucket Brigade," was established on campus and responded to calls both on and off campus. Formally established in 1905 by the College, the Fire Department served the campus and the city and was staffed by students. In 1966, the City of Berea took over responsibilities for operating the fire department ending what many affectionally referred to as the "College Fire Department."
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1994
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.22
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of non-serial publications of Berea College and its affiliated schools, including a number of short-lived student publications.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1990
Collection
Identifier: BC PH-BC PH
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints, negatives, and slides documenting the history of Berea College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-; Majority of material found in 1890-2000
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.24
Scope and Contents
Early newspaper of the College publishing stories and information regarding trustee meetings, faculty and teachers, alumni reunions, programs, addresses and speeches, and promotions of the school.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1899
