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Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.63
Abstract
Mary Longacre (later Grimm) served as superintendent of nurses at Berea College in the early 1920s.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in c. 1920s; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1993
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.05
Abstract
Maud Bowman was a 1918 graduate of the College. Her father, James C. Bowman was an instructor at Berea College for a number of years, having come to Berea from North Carolina in 1907.
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Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1948
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0213 HC 38
Abstract
In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women was founded by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson. Jane recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment. The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women is “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of low-income, middle-aged women in Kentucky and the south central...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1996-
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.23VF
Abstract
News releases, articles and write ups of the Berea College News Bureau.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1979
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0194 HC 19
Abstract
Established in Berea in 1907 as the Priscilla Club, the club’s name was changed to the Progress Club in 1915. The club remains an active Berea women's club.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1999
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 09-9.48
Abstract
Robert Finley Spence graduated from the Berea College Foundation School and completed the Agricultural course of the Vocational School at Berea in 1914 before starting a forty year career as extension agent for Southern Madison and Rockcastle counties, Kentucky. Spence also taught courses at Berea College, worked with the Vocational School, and was heavily involved with the 4-H Club and other organizations in Kentucky. After retiring from his County Agent position in 1954, Spence became...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1964
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 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 — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0204 HC 29
Scope and Contents
Promotional flyers, contact lists, and financial records documenting Second Nature Recycling, a Berea community organization that sought to raise public awareness of the need for a community waste recycling plan.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1981-1987
