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Collection
Identifier: BCA 0254
Scope and Contents
This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials produced by non-Berea College entities about the history and events of Berea College.
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Other: Majority of material found in 1900-2000
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0181-HC 06
Abstract
The Berea Community Collection is comprised of archival materials collected by college librarians as a part of the Berea City Vertical Files. This collection, with its wealth of local history, was removed from the vertical files in order to further preserve and arrange the materials as a working collection.
Background information and local history have been preserved in the form of business ledgers, organizational minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, audio recorded...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1810 - 1964
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.03
Abstract
Bruce Fairchild Barton (August 5, 1886 – July 5, 1967) was an author, advertising executive, and politician. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1937 to 1940 as a Republican from New York. Barton enrolled in Berea College during 1903 and later transferred to Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1907.
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Other: Majority of material found in 1918-1960
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0184 HC 09
Scope and Contents
Representative examples of American currency from 1771 to 1955. Items include Colonial era paper money, Civil War era currency (including Confederate money), as well as twentieth-century silver certificates.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1771-1955
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.14
Scope and Contents
Programs and printed materials from the inaugurations of Berea College's presidents.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1869-2013
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.02
Scope and Contents
A collection of studies researched and written by various individuals (most likely not directly associated with the college) about Berea College and its mission.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1942
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0239 HC 64
Abstract
The World War I and World War II Poster Collection consists of over 245 original and duplicate World War I and World War II posters, many of which have been digitized (see Detailed Description).
Utilizing a variety of themes (such as military recruitment and enlistment, fund raising, communications, and the social, economic, and industrial aspects of the wars) these war-time posters illustrate the power of images and words. The posters were issued by a variety of entities including:...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1945