Education -- Kentucky.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Annville Institute Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0043-SAA 043
Abstract
Annville Institute was an early outgrowth of the work begun in Jackson County, Kentucky, by the Women’s’ Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church of America. In 1900, New York based missionaries, Cora A. Smith and Nora Gaut chose Mckee as the site of the first RCA Mission in Kentucky. By 1909, a Church and school had been established at Mckee and several Sunday schools elsewhere in the County. Rev. Issac Messler, Superintendent of RCA Kentucky work, had purchased a 75 acre tract...
Dates:
1900 - 1980
Buckhorn Children's Center records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0045-SAA 045
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs and microfilmed records documenting the establishment and operation of Buckhorn Children's Center and its predecessor institutions, Witherspoon College and Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency, located in Perry County, Ky. Selected Records 1874-1979; Selected Photographs 1900-1980.
Dates:
1874 - 1980
Hazel Green Academy collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0249-SAA 038
Abstract
W. O. Mize, J. T. Day, and Green Berry Swango founded Hazel Green Academy in 1880. Eventually, administration and financial support were shifted to agencies of the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, first under the Christian Women's Board of Missions in 1886, and then under the United Christian Missionary Society in 1919. Formal support from the national church ended in 1971. The Academy was a boarding school throughout its ninety-six years and the curriculum included both college...
Dates:
1886 - 1982
Henderson Settlement School records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0049-SAA 049
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of photographs and microfilmed records documenting the history and operation of United Methodist Church related Henderson Settlement School and child care program in Bell County, Kentucky.
Dates:
1925 - 1984
Hindman Settlement School records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0041-SAA 041
Abstract
Hindman Settlement School traces its origins to education – recreation programs conducted in Knott and Perry counties, Kentucky by Katherine Pettit and May Stone during the summers of 1899-1901. They were funded by the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs and were aided by a group of women from urban areas. Programs were held in Hazard-1899 (Camp Cedar Grove), Hindman-1900 (Camp Industrial), and Sassafras in Knott County-1901. Working in large tents, they offered classes in sewing, cooking,...
Dates:
1899 - 1979
Oneida Baptist Institute records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0048-SAA 048
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding and operation of the Oneida Baptist Institute for the period 1906-1983. The collection also includes records from the Magoffin Baptist Institute in Magoffin County, Kentucky, which was absorbed by Oneida in 1963.
Dates:
1904 - 1983
Red Bird Mission records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0044-SAA 044
Abstract
The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...
Dates:
1920 - 1985
Settlement Institutions of Appalachia Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0038 SAA 036
Abstract
The Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit consortium of private service institutions in South Central Appalachia. Leaders of the twelve founding institutions envisioned it as a mechanism to facilitate exchange of ideas, cooperation in program development and fund raising.
The first executive committee of the board of directors consisted of Chairman, John Ramsay - John C. Campbell Folk School; vice-chairman, Robert Fulton - Henderson Settlement;...
Dates:
1970-1982