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Berea (Ky.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

Map of Berea College and vicinity, circa 1930s

 Item — Map case 1, drawer 4: Series 3, Folder: 9268
Scope and Contents

Map of Berea College and vicinity showing the Fee House, Fee Marker, and first school house. Red and black ink. Scale 1:3600. Cartography by J. Knox Singleton and Robert E. Adams.

Dates: circa 1930s

Map of Berea, Kentucky by T. G. Strunk, 1948

 Item — Map case 1, drawer 4: Series 3, Folder: 9265/1
Identifier: Folder 9265/1
Scope and Contents

1948 Map of Berea, KY by Theo. G. Strunk, Civil Engineer. Smaller version.

Dates: 1948

Map of Berea, Kentucky by T. G. Strunk , 1948

 Item — Map case 1, drawer 4: Series 3, Folder: 9277
Identifier: Folder 9277
Scope and Contents

Map of Berea, Kentucky by Theo. G. Strunk, Civil Engineer. Larger version.

Dates: 1948

Map of the Village of Berea, circa 1880

 File — Box 03: Series 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

A manuscript plat "Map of the Village of Berea" drawn in ink on parchment created around 1880(?). On the reverse of the map is a blank Berea College diploma.

Dates: circa 1880

Middletown School, 1991

 File — Box 81: Series 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Seven black and white 5 x 7 inch photographs of Middletown School taken in 1991 prior to renovation of the building and grounds by Berea College. Middletown Consolidated School was a Rosenwald schoolhouse built for the use of African American children in 1927.

Dates: 1991

New Opportunity School for Women Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0213 HC 38
Abstract In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women was founded by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson.  Jane recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment.   The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women is “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of low-income, middle-aged women in Kentucky and the south central...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1996-

News Bureau Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.23VF
Abstract

News releases, articles and write ups of the Berea College News Bureau.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1979

Paper Bag Map of Berea, Kentucky, circa 1900-1950

 Item — Map case 1, drawer 4: Series 3, Folder: 9272
Identifier: Folder 9272
Scope and Contents

Map of Berea, Kentucky hand drawn on craft paper ("paper bag") in black and red pencil. Two sheets.

Dates: circa 1900-1950

Pencil drawing "The First House, Store and Post Office in Berea, Ky" signed JHC, 1875 March 27

 Item — Folder 9385, Object: 7
Scope and Contents

Pencil drawing on paper by JHC. Removed from acidic wood frame and backing board May 2024. In deframing the item, several pages of Estyle D. Hanson's algebra homework were discovered in the backing materials. Hanson was the grandson of Berea College founder J. G. Hanson.

Dates: 1875 March 27

Progress Club Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0194 HC 19
Abstract

Established in Berea in 1907 as the Priscilla Club, the club’s name was changed to the Progress Club in 1915.  The club remains an active Berea women's club.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1999