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Berea (Ky.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

Boone Tavern Hotel

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.04
Abstract Historic Boone Tavern was built in 1909 at the suggestion of Nellie Frost, wife of Berea College president, William G. Frost. Named for Appalachian hero Daniel Boone has hosted visitors of Berea, Kentucky including the Dalai Lama, Henry Ford, President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost. Construction of Boone Tavern began in 1909 based on designs by the New York architectural firm of Cady & See at a cost of $20,000. The building, made of bricks...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1912-2014

Warren Brunner photography collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0167 SAA 169
Abstract

This collection contains over 45,500 images/photographs (dated from 1953) of Warren Brunner’s work.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953 - 2003

Campus and Student Organizations

 Collection
Identifier: RG 07-7.00
Abstract

General collection of papers and records of numerous campus and student organizations, organized by organization, at Berea College from 1871 to the present day.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1871-

Cardinal Deli Kitchen Collection

 Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0227 HC 52
Abstract This collection is comprised of the recipe and pricing book for the Cardinal Deli (previously the Co-op, Berea College Grocery, and the Cardinal Grocery) located at 110 Main Street, Berea, KY.  The Co-op (part of Berea College Industries) and Berea College Grocery were owned by Berea College until April 1970 when it was purchased by Earl J. Shupe (former College Grocery Store Manager).   Shupe renamed the grocery store to the Cardinal Grocery/Deli.  Eddie “Fast Eddie” Shupe, Earl’s son,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1999

Cassius Marcellus Clay Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5
Identifier: BCA 0218 HC 02
Abstract

Collection of materials by and about Cassius M. Clay.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1849 - 1975

Celebration of Traditional Music

 Collection — 6.12 Oversized Posters
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.5
Abstract

Records documenting the Celebration of Traditional Music, an annual event striving to represent homemade music passed on from person to person in the Appalachian Region and the musicians who play it.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974 -

Conferences

 Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.10
Scope and Contents

Records and materials related to various conferences, symposiums, and workshops held at Berea College, whether sponsored by Berea College or a non-affiliated organization. Materials include programs, conference papers, announcements, handbooks and information sheets about the conferences.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-

Robert F. Connor Photography Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCA 0134 SAA 134
Abstract

Collection of photographic work of Robert F. Connor.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-1991

Daughters of the American Revolution -- Berea - Laurel Ridge Chapter Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0195 HC 20
Abstract The Berea-Laurel Ridges Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized March 22, 1930, with the following members: Mrs. C. H. Burdette, Mrs. R. R. Coyle, Mrs. J. L. Gay, Mrs. W. F. Hays, Mrs. J. M. Kinnard, Mrs. Ellen H. Mitchell, Mrs. Janet M. Murbach, Mrs. I. N. Odell, Mrs. T. J. Osborne, Mrs. J. F. Smith, Mrs. J. W. Stephens, and Miss Grace Wright. Mrs. J. F. Smith was the organizing regent and also the first regent of the chapter. DAR is a non-profit, nonpolitical,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-2001

E. H. Fairchild Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.01
Abstract Born in Stockbridge, MA, 29 November 1815, Edward Henry Fairchild grew up in Brownhelm, Ohio,where his parents, Grandison and Nancy Fairchild, had a farm. He and his brother James were half of the first entering class at Oberlin College; he graduated in 1838. At age 21, after lecturing against slavery in Ohio as one of the "Seventy" sent out by Theodore Weld, he was commissioned by the American Anti-slavery Society for a three-month tour of Pennsylvania. At 22 he began teaching a large...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1973