Berea (Ky.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Ridgeway Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.39
Abstract
Born in 1876, Florence Ridgeway attended Berea College from 1905-1907 before obtaining a degree from the Western Reserve University of Library Science in 1909. Upon receiving her library science degree, she returned to Berea where she worked as an assistant librarian at the Berea College library for over twenty-three years. She was a pioneer in librarianship working with others to compile Berea's "Mountain Collection" (the first of its kind in the United States) and instituting Kentucky's...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1919-1929
Francis S. Hutchins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract
Francis Stephenson Hutchins (b. 1902), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, was educated at Oberlin College (A.B., 1923) and Yale University (M.A., 1933). Having worked in China as an undergraduate, Hutchins returned to China as an instructor in 1925 as part of the Yale-in-China Association's educational mission. Forced to leave China in 1939 during the Japanese invasion, Hutchins was appointed president of Berea College to succeed his father—William J. Hutchins. Hutchins served as...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1979
George Gillespie Dick Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.13
Abstract
George Gillespie Dick was born in Ross, Ohio, Buckley County on August 6, 1877. Dick first came to the city of Berea and Berea Academy as a student in 1900. In
1901, Dick served with the College Extension Office as a lecturer and song leader for and around Louisa, Kentucky. At that time extension workers traveled by mule and covered wagon. In the fall of 1902 the college sent Dick to Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend engineering classes at Cincinnati University. Dick returned to the...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1961
John Bell Stephenson Papers, 1984-1994
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.07
Abstract
John Bell Stephenson (1937-1994) was born in Staunton, Virginia, to Louis Stephenson and Edna Moles Stephenson. Stephenson earned a B.A. in sociology in 1959 from the College of William and Mary and his M.A. in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1961. From 1961 until 1964 hetaught at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, where he met and married his colleague Jane Ellen Baucom. During his time in Banner Elk, John Stephenson developed a passion to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1984 - 1994
John F. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.46
Abstract
John Franklin Smith taught in both the Berea College Academy School and the Normal School from 1911 to 1931. Originally drawn to Berea to teach Rural Social Science, Smith also served as a publicity agent for serveral years and directed the College Sunday School for fifteen years. Smith was a prolific writer, including a poet. Smith retired from Berea in 1931 due to illness.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1931
John G. Fee Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 01-1.02
Abstract
Papers and family records of John G. Fee.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-2011
John Kessler Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.30
Abstract
John Kessler was commanding officer(first executive officer) of the V-12 officer training school unit at Berea College during WWII. Kessler also worked to organize reunions of V-12 alumni following the War.
Before and after his service in the Navy, Kessler was an insurance salesman. In addition to organizing Navy V-12 reunions, Kessler also helped to develop the Navy V-12 Scholarship and the Navy V-12 Award (scholarships recognizing Berea College students who are able leaders and who...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1998
Joyce Hannan Berea Community Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0259
Scope and Contents
Thirty-one oral history interviews withBerea residents recorded by Joyce Hannan mostly during 1978 in connection with the Country's 200th birthday celebration. Also included is a 1983 WEKU radio program that included Berea and other Madison County residents discussing the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign.Listen to Interview...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1978; Other: Date acquired: 06/24/1994
Julia Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.01
Abstract
Julia Allen (1896-1974) was recruited to Berea College in 1932 as Assistant Dean of Women to succeed Katherine Bowersox, who had been Dean of Women since 1907. A Kentucky native, Allen studied at both Mt. Holyoke and the University of Chicago. Allen also had worked in a factory, tutored Italian children in Chicago, and directed YWCA summer camps. For five years she had taught Chinese girls at a mission school in Nanking. Her genuine interest in the students, her humor, intellect, and strong...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1974; Other: Majority of material found within 1935-1939
Kentucky Foothills Square Dance Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0268
Abstract
Interviews recorded by Susan Spalding documenting the history of square dancing in Berea and surrounding counties. Also included are selected audio and video excerpts of local dance groups and callers.
The dancing is the type done in a big circle that divides into smaller “squares” of two couples. Listen to Interview...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2014; Other: Majority of material found in 2014; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1901