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Berea College

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Berea and Madison Co, Ky.

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Photographic slides: Berea College, Pinnacles, Berea College students, Boone Tavern Hotel, Log House Arts and Crafts, Berea College buildings, Indian Fort, Berea pool, Wilderness Road play, Indian Fort theatre, other. Folder contains list of slides and content.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1959 - 1990

Berea College campus map drawing, 1938-1939

 Item — Map case 2, drawer 11: Series 3, Folder: 9291
Identifier: 9291
Scope and Contents

Large pencil drawing: map of the Berea College campus, created in 1938 or 1939 (based on the buildings shown and not shown in the drawing). Very fragile. The drawing has broken into two parts. [Note: shown in the 2023 "My Favorite Things" exhibition at Hutchins Library. Item selected by Ian Paine '23.]

Dates: 1938-1939

Berea College campus maps, circa 1910-1950

 File — Box 03: Series 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

This folder contains seven different maps of the Berea College campus that were made in the first half of the twentieth century. Unique among them is a Braille map of the campus.

Dates: circa 1910-1950

Berea College Commencement Programs

 Series
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

Paper programs from Berea College's commencement/graduation ceremonies and recognition services for Candidates of Graduations (mid-year graduates). May also contain information regarding commencement week and/or other exercises and events occurring around commencement.

May also contain links to video of Commencement Ceremonies.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-

David. H. Great signed group letter seeking endowment support for Berea College, circa 1900-1910

 File — Box 2: Series 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Box 2
Scope and Contents

"Of National Concern." Typescript carbon copy or mimeographed fundraising letter to the "generous and patriotic citizens of New York" on behalf of Berea College, promoting its work in Appalachia. Typed names include Theodore Roosevelt, Richard A. Storrs, Albert Shaw, Edward B. Coe, Henry van Dyke, C. Schurz, and W. H. P. Faunce. Signed by David H. Great.

Dates: circa 1900-1910

Drawings and Maps of Berea College, 1881 - 1913

 File — Map case 2, drawer 11: Series 3, Folder: 9448
Scope and Contents M. Hanson Drawings and Maps of Berea College, plans for designs, 1913, "The Collegium" 1913; "Plan No. 2" for Tabernacle of Berea College, 1913; 1881 plan for depot grounds Berea KY, drawn by J.G.H. (includes Broadway, railroad); train depot plan suggestion of J. G. Hanson for depot, 1881, dated 1913 as Plan 6; Drawing, plan for treasurer's office for Berea College, 1913; oldest plan for depot grounds, 1910; chapel or church plan, multiple dates; copy of map of Berea town and area including...
Dates: 1881 - 1913

Juanita Kreps with Berea College President John B. Stephenson and Trustees, 1984 - 1994

 Item — Folder 9386: Series 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph. Taken in Baird Lounge? Brunner Studio, Berea. Formerly Log 9386 #6.

Dates: 1984 - 1994

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

Residential Living Guide 2022-2023, 2022

 Item
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Publication with information related to living in the residential community of Berea College, and campus conduct in general

Dates: 2022

"Scheme for Development of Berea College" campus drawings and floor plans, 1909-1921

 File — Box 03: Series 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Five drawings of proposed campus buildings and layout by Cady and Gregory, Architects, New York. These predate the construction of the current Union Church building in 1922.

Dates: 1909-1921