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March on Frankfort
On Thursday, March 5, 1964, 170 Berea students and 30 faculty and townspeople joined approximately 10,000 other demonstrators for a March on Frankfort. At the March, demonstrators listened to speeches by Frank Stanley Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, D.E. King, and Ralph Abernathy. Speakers pleaded for the Governor Breathitt and state legislature to consider seriously the House-sponsored Public Accomodations Bill.
Matthew Saderholm Papers
Maud Bowman Papers
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.
May Mahaffey Papers
May Mahaffey of Richmond attended Berea College for two years and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1929. Many of Mahaffey's family members also attended Berea, including both her parents and a brother.
Mildred Hudson Hannaford Papers
Mildred Hudson Hannaford was born on November 24, 1896 in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1914 she enrolled in Berea College after graduating from the Berea Academy. She graduated from the music department in 1916. Her father was Rev. Howard Hudson, who worked as the Foreman in Woodwork Repairs and as the Superintendent of Janitors at Berea College beginning in 1904 and through Mildred’s time at Berea.
News Bureau Vertical Files
News releases, articles and write ups of the Berea College News Bureau.
Nora Baker Papers
Nora Baker was a 1932 graduate of Berea College. She also attended the Normal (Vocational) School and graduated in 1916. Baker returned to work as a teacher in Berea and to work at the College later in life.
Nora Lou Thomson Treese Collection
Mary Lou Thomson Treese was a 1944 graduate of Berea College. She was the daughter of Edith Ellis Thomson and Dr. A. Eugene Thomson who both attended Berea and whose father's both taught at Berea. Dr. A. Eugene Thomson served as the first President of Lincoln Institute of Kentucky.
Norma and Hubert Robinson Papers
Hubert Robinson attended the Academy at Berea College, graduating in 1931.
Normal School
Official records of the Berea College Normal School, 1894 - 1931. The Certification Law of 1930, requiring teachers to have four years of collegiate training, effectively dismantled the Normal School (which had already been altered in keeping with other state and federal requirements).