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Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Gladys Burton Parker / Dr. Thomas Burton / Dr. James Parker, 1978 July 8

 File — Folder 57: Series 1
Identifier: Folder 57
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the papers and research notes of Richard D. Sears.  Included in the collection are general research notes and materials on many of the topics Sears researched and wrote on as well manuscripts and completed copies of his works.

Dates: 1978 July 8
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Richard Sears Research Collection / General Research Notes and Papers / Box 2

Gooch - Cornett - Lynch - Mitchell family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BCA 0280
Abstract

This small collection comprises a variety of family history resources concerning members of a Madison County, Kentucky, family who lived in the early and middle twentieth century.

Dates: circa 1930 - 1953
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Guide for Members of Committee on General Education (Sept 2004)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Guide for Members of Committee on General Education (Sept 2004)
Dates: 2004-09
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

bell hooks papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0257
Abstract The bell hooks papers comprise seventeen boxes of business and personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, news clippings, photographs, and other records documenting the life, research interests, and career of bell hooks.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...
Dates: 1958 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2015
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Irene Ziegler Hill papers and photographs

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2
Identifier: RG 09-9.68
Abstract

Irene Ziegler (later, Irene Ziegler Hill) was a music educator who served on the faculty of Berea College from 1929 until 1939. This small collection of ephemera, clippings, letters, and photographs documents some of her work at Berea, focusing primarily on her leadership of the Glee Club and other student ensembles.

Dates: 1929 - 1939
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Juanita M. Kreps photographs, documents, and recordings / Photographs

Kentucky Day Law and Berea College

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RG 13-13.06
Abstract The Day Law, "An Act to Prohibit White and Colored Persons from Attending the Same School," was signed into law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky by Governor J.C.W. Beckham in March 1904. The law effectively forced Berea College, the only integrated college in Kentucky, to segregate. As the bill was being debated in the Kentucky House of Representatives Committee on Education, two groups came to Frankfort to lobby the legislators. One group was led...
Dates: 1904 - 2005
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Loyal Jones Retirement Symposium Audio and Video Recordings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0326
Scope and Contents These audio and video recordings document the various events that occurred as part of a Symposium at Berea College November 12th and 13th, 1993 honoring Loyal Jones’ many years of service teaching and as Director of Berea’s Appalachian Center. John Stephenson, Richard Drake, Helen Lewis, Jean Speer and Ron Eller talked about the state of Appalachian studies. Music was provided by Billy Edd Wheeler, Homer Ledford, Betty Smith and Jean Ritchie. Several readers read selections from...
Dates: November 11-12, 1993
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Lyle D. Roelofs papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.09
Abstract

Papers of Dr. Lyle D. Roelofs, ninth President of Berea College.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 2012 - 2023
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of United States maps and atlases / Madison County, Berea, and Berea College maps

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