Berea College

Abstract The bell hooks papers comprise fourteen boxes of business and personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, news clippings, photographs, and other records documenting the life, research interests, and career of bell hooks. Dr. hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) was a scholar, author, and educator, who worked to expose and dismantle many forms of systemic inequality including sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia. Her work also explored the meaning and power of love as a...

Abstract The Village of Berea was incorporated as a 6th class city on May 9, 1890, at a meeting held in the office of the treasurer of Berea College, P.D. Dodge. The location suggests that the College community initiated the creation of a formal government structure for the town. Berea was governed by a five-man Board of Trustees until 1909, when it became a 5th class city and was therefore entitled to have a mayor. During the period covered by the ledger, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees...

Scope and Contents One folder of Gooch - Cornett - Lynch - Mitchell family papers and photographs. Original documents include Jewel Dale Mitchell's certificate of graduation from the Berea College Foundation Junior High School, 1930; a program and ticket stub from the December 10, 1934 performance of The Messiah by The Harmonia Society of Berea College and the Eastern Kentucky Teachers College Chorus; and small photographs of Bark School (log school house) and Kittie Gooch Cornett. The collection also...