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Education -- Kentucky.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1980
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-1980
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Cassidy, Massillon Alexander. A Better System of Rural Schools for Kentucky. An Address Delivered Before the Kentucky Educational Association. Kentucky Education Association, 1900

 Item — Box 2: Series Series 3; Series Series 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The works in this series include printed lectures, scientific journals, educational literature, and information about educational methods, institutions, and organizations. A sub-theme for the series is education in Kentucky. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors. All folders but two contain nineteenth-century publications.

Dates: 1900
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of pamphlets and ephemera / Education and Science

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1982
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Henderson Settlement School Records, 1925-1984

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0049 SAA 049
Abstract Methodist minister, Hiram Frakes, founded Henderson Settlement in 1925, chiefly as a community center and educational institution.  It is located in southern Bell County, Kentucky, a few miles northeast of Jellico, Tennessee. The area was quite isolated at the time and had come to be known locally as “South America.” Frakes, was educated in Kansas and southern Indiana and before becoming a miniser, had worked as a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe Railroad.  A chance hearing of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925 - 1984
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1899-1979
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Kentucky. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the General Assembly of Kentucky, For the Year 1850. Frankfort, Ky: A. G. Hodges and Co., State printers, 1850

 File — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3, Folder: 24
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The works in this series include printed lectures, scientific journals, educational literature, and information about educational methods, institutions, and organizations. A sub-theme for the series is education in Kentucky. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors. All folders but two contain nineteenth-century publications.

Dates: 1850
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of pamphlets and ephemera / Education and Science

Oneida Baptist Institute Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0048 SAA 048
Abstract Oneida Baptist Institute in Clay County, Kentucky was founded by James Anderson Burns, a participant in the deadly feuding activity that plagued Clay County in the early 1900s. In his 1928 autobiography, The Crucible, Burns tells of how his participation ended when he was left for dead after a gun battle. He escaped to a mountain-top where he stayed for three days and underwent a transformation, finding that his “…urge for vengeance was gone.” ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-1983
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1985
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Rules and Regulations of the Kentucky State Board of Education. Frankfort, Ky: E. Polk Johnson, 1891

 File — Box 2: Series Series 3; Series Series 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The works in this series include printed lectures, scientific journals, educational literature, and information about educational methods, institutions, and organizations. A sub-theme for the series is education in Kentucky. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors. All folders but two contain nineteenth-century publications.

Dates: 1891
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of pamphlets and ephemera / Education and Science

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