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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

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Joye Smith / Robert F. Connor negatives | 1399 | [SAA]

Unprocessed Material — Box 1

Identifier: 1399

Dates: 1960 - 1999

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

John Kessler papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 09-9.30

Abstract

Papers of John Kessler, commanding officer of the V-12 officer training school unit at Berea College during WWII.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1998

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Ladies Board of Care

Collection

Identifier: RG 05-5.36

Abstract In 1866, the Berea College Board of Trustees appointed a Ladies Board of Care (though no explicit authority or budget accompanied the appointment). The goal of the Ladies Board of Care was to protect the college from negative publicity and it achieved this by writing regulations and meting out punishments on all infractions relating to female students. It also focused on teaching the women of the college appropriate etiquette, monitored social privileges of the women in the boarding hall,...

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-1903

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives