African Americans.
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Allen Wright Papers
Wright was the chair of Natural History at Berea College from 1870 to 1872. A few years after leaving Berea, he would be appointed professor of Geology and Natural History at Oberlin College. While at Berea College, Wright also served as the faculty meeting clerk. On September 21, 1874, he married Mary Lyon Bedortha (1846-1877), of Saratoga Springs, New York. Professor Albert Allen Wright died April 2, 1905.
Bibliographies: Blacks / African Americans
This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Blacks (African Americans / Affrilachians)
This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Blacks / African Americans (Box 26)
This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Celebration of Traditional Music
Records documenting the Celebration of Traditional Music, an annual event striving to represent homemade music passed on from person to person in the Appalachian Region and the musicians who play it.
Correspondence, 1893
Correspondence, 1894
Griggs Correspondence with Whitney M. Young, 1946
First African American president, led Lincoln Institute for over 40 years. Regarding education of blacks at Berea College, Mary Merrit, effect of Day Law on education opportunities of blacks in Kentucky.
Griggs Corrpespondence with Carter G. Woodson, 1946
Notes and correspondence of Katharine C. Griggs in her role as Historical Register; Researching "certain phases of Berea history" and gathering materials and historical information regarding racial relations and black students (pre-Day Law) at Berea College.
Some of the correspondence within this series is available in digital format, see list below.
Henry Allen Laine writing about the women teachers of Berea, 1926
Henry Allen Laine, a black student who became a teacher, writing about the women teachers of Berea in the late 19th century, including Mrs. Eugene Fairchild.