Personal correspondence.

The first series comprises 262 folders of notes, letters, and cards written to and by bell hooks. Most items are incoming correspondence from personal and business associates. The series is organized alphabetically by surname. Letters from persons whose surnames could not be identified follow the surname folders. The series concludes with private letters to and from family members and close friends that is restricted from public access during the lifetimes of the named correspondents.

These are the records and papers of J.A.R. and E.E. Rogers, founding members of Berea College.  In April 1858, J. A. R. Rogers and Elizabeth E. Rogers arrived in Berea to and reinvigorate the small, struggling district school located on the Berea ridge.