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Ben Heiman Folklore Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0062 SAA 062
Abstract
Ben Heiman (1914-1988) told mostly Appalachian stories to thousands of children in Alabama through the library and school systems, and fostered story-telling by children. A Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force, Ben Heiman concluded his career at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. He and his wife Bobbie had one daughter, Lori.
After retiring in 1972, Heiman worked fulltime for volunteer organizations, specializing as a story-teller with the Huntsville libraries and the city and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1891-1988
Berea Alumnus / Berea College Magazine
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.01
Scope and Contents
Berea Alumnus / The Berea College Magazine: The Berea College Magazine is a quarterly publication produced by students and staff in the Office of Integrated Marketing & Communications. In each issue the “Berea Story” is told through profiles of faculty members, students, staff, and friends of the college. Through the Magazine the accomplishments of alumni...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-
Berea Arts Council Papers
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0233 HC 58
Abstract
A small collection of early organizational papers from the “Committee to Establish an Arts Council in Berea” and the subsequent result, the Berea Arts Council.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1985-1987
Berea Business and Professional Women's Club Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0191 HC 16
Abstract
Berea formed and chartered its Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPWC) in 1935. There were twenty-two charter members and the first President was Ms. Lucille Gilbert. The BPWC is affiliated with the Kentucky, National and International Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, which was established in 1919.
The main purpose of the club was to evaluate the standards and promote the interests of business and professional women who formed its membership. The club also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1985
Berea Cemetery Association Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0170 HC 66
Abstract
After agitating the question of the need to organize a cemetery association and holding preliminary meetings led by Reverend E. H. Fairchild and A.A. Wright, the Berea community organized the Berea Cemetery Association in 1872. The preliminary meetings resulted in the adoption of a constitution, the enrollment of nearly thirty subscribers to the Constitution, and an initiation fee for membership of $2.00. The first election under the Constitution was held in the Fall of 1872 and resulted...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1872-1996
Berea City Records
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0180 HC 05
Abstract
The Village of Berea was incorporated as a 6th class city on May 9, 1890, at a meeting held in the office of the treasurer of Berea College, P.D. Dodge. The location suggests that the College community initiated the creation of a formal government structure for the town. Berea was governed by a five-man Board of Trustees until 1909, when it became a 5th class city and was therefore entitled to have a mayor. During the period covered by the ledger, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1890-1916
Berea City Vertical Files
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0255
Abstract
This collection of materials with different provenance was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials on a number of subjects and documents the history, events and social lives of citizens of Berea, Kentucky.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1990s
Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975
Berea College 1973 Appalachian Oral History Project Collection (January Short Term)
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.03
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of audio recorded interviews conducted by Berea College students as part of a January 1973 short term History 190 course taught by Dr. Richard Drake.
Listen To Interviews
Interview topics include: moonshining in Perry County (KY), early medical practices and services in Clay County...
Dates:
Other: 1973