Berea (Ky.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
Topographical Map of Berea, 1958
File — Map case 2, drawer 11: Series 3, Folder: 9492
Identifier: 9492
Content Description
From the Collection:
The assemblage of maps in this collection conveys visual information about the geography, geology, and topography of the United States, its natural resources, political subdivisions, and transportation routes that were developed during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Some of the maps in the collection were originally gathered and utilized by the Berea College Geology Department. Others were collected by the college Library as part of the Weatherford-Hammond Mountain Collection. The...
Dates:
1958
Union Church Collection
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0176 HC 01
Abstract
The Church of Christ, Union, of Berea Kentucky (Union Church) collection consists of materials pertaining to the historical, financial, and celebratory records of the institution. It also includes information about the church’s order for worship, including music and the arts as a part of the church’s history.
There are minutes, programs, and brochures about the governance of the church and in celebration of its two major anniversaries: the Centennial in 1953 and the Sesquicentennial in...
Dates:
Other: 1865-
Wilderness Road Drama Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.04
Abstract
Wilderness Road, an outdoor symphonic drama, was commissioned by Berea College to help commemorate the school’s centennial celebration in the summer of 1955. The drama was written by Pulitzer prize-winning author, Paul Green, who also authored The Common Glory, The Lost Colony, and The Stephen Foster Story. Green received the Freedom Foundation’s George...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1980
William H. Robe Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.61
Abstract
William H. Robe was an ordained Baptist minister (1888) who later taught woodworking at Berea College from 1893 until 1898. Robe was married to Mary R. Robe and they had a daughter, Mary Hannah Robe Staats. Robe lived in Berea for much of his life and owned land, although he was not a native Berean. He was a Civil War veteran and Commander of the Captain James West Post, No. 171, Dept. of KY, for the Grand Army of the Republic, an association of men who served as Union soldiers during the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1888 - 1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1888-1904
William R. Hutcherson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.27
Abstract
William Robert Hutcherson, born in Glassgow, Kentucky, on December 20, 1898, received his A.B. (1922) and A.M. (1924) from the University of Kentucky. Hutcherson continued with his graduate work during the summers at Chicago (1925-1927, 1929) while on the faculty at Berea College. Hutcherson first served as head of the department of the junior high school at Berea from 1924 to 1926. From 1926 to 1928, Hutcherson served as associate professor of physics, astronomy and mathematics and from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1950
YMCA and YWCA records
Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.07
Abstract
Records of the Berea College and Berea city associated YMCA and YWCA.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1968