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Berea (Ky.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Lena M. Elkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.18
Abstract Lena M. Elkin was born in Berea, Kentucky October 24, 1904 and attended Berea College Training, Berea College Grammar School, Berea College Normal, Berea College High School, and Eastern State Teachers College. Weaving was extremely important in Ms. Elkin’s life.  During the 1930s she taught weaving for two summer terms at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and another summer at University Of Florida Extension Service’s Camp Roosevelt at Ocala. She was production supervisor...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-1986; Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1937
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Lucille Cooper Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.09
Abstract

Lucille Cooper taught Home Economics at Berea College in the 1950s.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1954
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Mary Longacre Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.63
Abstract

Mary Longacre (later Grimm) served as superintendent of nurses at Berea College in the early 1920s.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in c. 1920s; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1993
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Richard Sears Research Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0250
Abstract

Richard D. Sears was Professor of English and Theatre, 1967-2010, and the Chester D. Tripp Chair in Humanities at Berea College.  He has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of Kentucky history including the abolitionist movement, Camp Nelson, and Madison County.  In particular, Sears devoted many years to researching and writing about the origins of Berea College and it founding members and families.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796-2008
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Roy N. Walters Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.54
Abstract Born in West Virginia, Roy N. Walters graduated from Berea College with a BA in Sociology in 1927 and began teaching printing classes for the Foundation School.  He would quickly become a full-time teacher for the school and its Dean in1943.  Walters served as Dean of the Foundation School until his retirement in 1968.  Until 1958, Walters also served as the Dean of Men. While a student at Berea College, Walters worked in the Printing Department. Immediately following graduation he became...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1993
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

The Berea Quarterly

 Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.21
Scope and Contents

Nineteen volumes of The Berea Quarterly, publication of Berea College. Each edition generally includes articles about people of the region or the college and short contributions under the headings of Personal Testimony, Items, and/or Incidents. Collection also contains a folder of administrative notes and correspondence regarding the publication of The Berea Quarterly.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-1916
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

The Wallpaper

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 12-12.17
Abstract From 1939 to the fall of 1954, during a time of ceasation of the publication of the student-run The Pinnacle, students continued to publish a newspaper under the title The Wallpaper. The Wallpaper, began circulation in 1939 and ran through the spring of 1954. It is noted as being published during the war years in the form of one or two typewritten copies (on long sheets of colored paper) and posted on campus bulletin boards (or the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-1954
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Thomas A. Edwards Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.17
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of papers, photographs, correspondence, personnal items, clippings, writings, and a leather bound photograph album of Thomas A. Edwards, Dean of the Berea College Foundation School and faculty member for twenty-two years (1904 - 1926).

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1925-1935
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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