Madison County (Ky.)

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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

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Map, drawing of Berea College Plat of Lots in Town of Berea KY, 1893?

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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.

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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 4 comprises publications documenting state and national matters and includes works on government, history, agriculture, events, and state politics. Many resources focus on the states of Kentucky and Michigan. Of special note, the final work in this series is a program from the April 9, 1968 memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. held in Atlanta, Georgia. Each subseries (Kentucky, Michigan, Other States) is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the...

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Manuscript and typescript notes concerning the Hays Berea - Bill Hill Pike Co. tollgate book. Formerly Log 9517. (Reunited with the ledger January 2024).

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Unedited version of an essay submitted October 15, 2019 by Jim Embry to We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile published by Harper Collins April 2021. Gift of the author. Jim Embry is a native of Richmond, Kentucky. The essay discusses Jim Embry's family history, the plight of African Americans after the Civil War, the Black Chautauqua movement in Kentucky, agriculture, and food activism. It also contains numerous references to Berea College.