Madison County (Ky.)

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This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

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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.

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Map 8: Berea College Forest, mapped 1948, Fire Occurrence Map

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Map 2: Berea College Forest Map, blueprint, 1948 by S. D. Whipple

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Map 7: Berea College Forest, South Working Circle, topographical, geographical survey / map

Abstract The Berea Interfaith Task Force for Peace was founded in 1981 as a grassroots organization of volunteers from various faith traditions sharing a commitment to peacemaking and social justice issues.  To this end, the group has focused its peacemaking efforts on the problems of the nuclear arms race, conflicts in Central America, and the local problem of nerve gas stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County.  The group also organized the Mountain Refugee Project in the late 1980’s...

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This resource is a financial ledger used by a telephone company that served the Berea, Kentucky area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The service provider may have been known as "Berea Pt L and L Tel Co." Accounts noted within include Berea College, local businesses, and individual residences.

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Paper map mounted on cardboard: "Berea College Plat of Lots in Town of Berea KY." Pencil annotation: "1893?"

Content Description From the Collection: The assemblage of maps in this collection conveys visual information about the geography, geology, and topography of the United States, its natural resources, political subdivisions, and transportation routes that were developed during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Some of the maps in the collection were originally gathered and utilized by the Berea College Geology Department. Others were collected by the college Library as part of the Weatherford-Hammond Mountain Collection. The...

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Blue Grass Army Depot.