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Berea (Ky.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Henry (E. H.) Fairchild papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.01
Abstract

official and personal papers of Berea College's first president, Edward Henry Fairchild.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1973

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

William Goodell Frost papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.03
Abstract

This collection consists of official and personal papers of, William Goodell Frost, who served as Berea College's third president from 1892 to 1920.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1955; Other: Majority of material found within 1860-1894

Hays Berea - Big Hill Pike Company tollgate no. 1 ledger notes, March 1889 - August 1897

 File — Box 1: Series 1, Folder: 2a
Identifier: 2a
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript notes concerning the Hays Berea - Bill Hill Pike Co. tollgate book. Formerly Log 9517. (Reunited with the ledger January 2024).

Dates: March 1889 - August 1897

William R. Hutcherson papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.27
Abstract

Collection of transcribed diary entries of William R. Hutcherson.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1950

Francis S. Hutchins papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract

Official records and personal papers of the fifth president of Berea College, Francis S. Hutchins.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1924-1979

William J. Hutchins papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.04
Abstract

Personal and official papers of William J. Hutchins.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850 - 1977; Other: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1958

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

Joyce Hannan Berea Community Oral History Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0259
Scope and Contents Thirty-one oral history interviews with Berea 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. Persons interviewed are Luther A. Ambrose, Mrs Perly Ayer, Wayne Balinger, Gary Barker, Ellen Evans, Sidney Farr, Duffy Ford, Clinton C. Hensley, Rolf Hovey, Francis...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1978; Other: Date acquired: 06/24/1994