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Berea College Student War Service Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.50
Scope and Contents
This collection contains lists of Bereans who served during WWI and WWII including information on rank, place of service, branch, assignments, and other service information. The collection also contains a number of letters written by Bereans during WWII and a limited number of photographs of those who served.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1976
Bereans in Military Service
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.16
Scope and Contents
Materials, including rosters and personal letters, recording the military service of Bereans .
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1951
Berea/Richmond and Beyond Unidentified WWI Era Photograph Album
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0235 HC 60
Abstract
The album is, unfortunately, unidentified at present. Although most photographs are “labeled” with personal notes, some with names, there is no indication of the name of the owner, specific dates, or full names of most people pictured. However, photographs clearly show a female student who attended both the Berea Academy and the Teacher’s College in Richmond, spent time serving in Europe during WWI, followed by what can be assumed as time teaching in Pennsylvania. The clothing and other...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1919
Fellowship of Reconciliation - Berea Chapter Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0198 HC 23
Abstract
These are the records of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Berea Chapter, founded in 1936.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (F.O.R.) was founded in Cambridge, England in 1914, and an American organization was established the following year. Its purposes were to oppose war and violence in international relations and to promote alternative means of reducing tension among nations and peoples.
A chapter was organized in Berea in 1936 with Willis Fisher as chairperson. The group was active...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1955
Navy V-12 Berea College Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.05
Abstract
During the advent of World War II, the U.S. Navy turned to liberal arts colleges to provide a basic education for their recruits. Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 individuals were enrolled in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which was offered in 131 colleges and universities throughout the United States. The purpose of the V-12 program was to grant bachelor'sdegrees to future officers from both the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps. Berea College took part in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1945
William J. Hutchins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.04
Abstract
Hutchins, born in 1850 and native of Brooklyn, New York, attended Oberlin College, Yale University, and Oberlin Theological Seminary. In 1896 he graduated from Union Theological Seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister, receiving his first pastorate at Bedford Church in Brooklyn. Later that same year,Hutchins married Anna Laura Murch of Cleveland (whom he had met at Oberlin).
In 1907, Hutchins was appointed professor of homiletics in the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology. On...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850 - 1977; Other: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1958
WWI and WWII Poster Collection
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:...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1945