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A.A. Burleigh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.06
Scope and Contents

These are the papers of A.A. Burleigh, one of the first African Americans to attend and graduate from Berea College.  Materials include biographical information, correspondence, pension applications, medical and death records, and additional print material.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1867-1938

Academy School

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.03
Abstract

Created as an affiliated school of Berea College, the Academy served as a Senior High School. In 1938, reorganization abolishes the Academy by adding the ninth and tenth grades to the Foundation School, thus creating the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, College Freshman and Sophomore years) and Upper Division (College Junior and Senior years) to the College.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895 -

Albert Allen Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.60
Abstract

Wright was the chair of Natural History at Berea College from 1870 to 1872. A few years after leaving Berea, he would be appointed professor of Geology and Natural History at Oberlin College.  While at Berea College, Wright also served as the faculty meeting clerk. On September 21, 1874, he married Mary Lyon Bedortha (1846-1877), of Saratoga Springs, New York.  Professor Albert Allen Wright died April 2, 1905.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-1871

Albert Greer Weidler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.62
Abstract Albert Greer Weidler (1882-1957) served as Berea College’s Dean of Labor (1918-1948) and professor (primarily of Economics and Sociology) (1918-1952). Weidler organized and expanded Berea’s labor program and began the tradition of a campus wide Labor Day celebration. Weidler’s wife, Josephine Mary Corbin (1877-1961) taught at Berea in the Academy and Foundation schools. Weidler received his undergraduate degree from Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa., in 1902.  He completed post...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1922-1956

Margaret Belknap Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.02
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Margaret Belknap Allen.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1991

Alpha Zeta Literary Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.03
Abstract For twenty-five years, Phi Delta Literary Society maintained an elite reputation as Berea College’s only literary society. However, when in the fall of 1894 “the society became unwieldy and torn by internal dissension,” twenty young men held separate meetings to form a new society. A committee drew up a constitution “which differed from the constitution of Phi Delta chiefly in that it allowed Academy men to be admitted to the privileges of full membership” and the first official Alpha Zeta...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1943

Amye Wheeler Howe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.11
Abstract

Amye Wheeler Howe was a Berea student in the early 1920s.  She passed away in 1931.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1922-1925; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1980

Art and Art History Department

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-6.13
Abstract

Official records and materials of the Berea College Art and Art History Department.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1923-2010

Awards and Honors

 Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.09
Scope and Contents

Records regarding awards and special recognitions given by Berea College to students, alumnae, staff, faculty, community members, and others. A small number of awards in this collection are given to Berea College community members by outside organizations.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-

bell hooks papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0257
Abstract The bell hooks papers comprise fourteen boxes of business and personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, news clippings, photographs, and other records documenting the life, research interests, and career of bell hooks. Dr. hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) was a scholar, author, and educator, who worked to expose and dismantle many forms of systemic inequality including sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia. Her work also explored the meaning and power of love as a...
Dates: Circa 1960-2020; Majority of material found within 1980-2015

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Hutchins Library 2
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Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.). 2
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Alpha Zeta Literary Society 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. 1
American Association of University Women. 1
American Council on Education. 1
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Amnesty International. 1
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Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. 1
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Matheny, F.E. 1
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