Title: Arnold Krochmal Photography Collection
Primary Creator: Krochmal, Arnold -- 1919-1993
Extent: 1.0 Cubic box
Arrangement: The collection is arranged in five series by setting of photograph: 1. Afghanistan; 2. United States; 3. Central America; 4. Greece and Rome; and, 5. Central America.
Subjects: Krochmal, Arnold -- 1919-1993, Photograph collections.
Languages: English
Arnold Krochmal was born January 30, 1919, in New York to Morris and Leah Krochmal. The son of immigrant parents, he was raised in the Bronx. He earned a B.S. in Pomology from North Carolina State College in 1942, and served in the Army from 1942 to 1946. After serving in the European theatre during WWII, he went on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University.
Dr. Krochmal spent his life traveling the globe writing books, teaching and documenting his trips in photographs. Asa botanist and experimental horticulturist, he made medicinal plants and naturopathy his specialty and worked with small farmers in the developing world to increase crop yield and develop disease-resistant plants through processes now assigned to genetics. Although he worked and traveled around the world, he also worked in the United States for the United States Forest Service as an economic botanist. From 1961 to 1966, Krochmal served as a project leader for timber-related crops in Berea, Kentucky, and was a visiting professor at Berea College in 1967.
Dr. Krochmal was the author and co-author of numerous books (including A Guide to the Medicinal Plants of the United States) and research papers (such as the Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia). He co-authored many of his works with wife Connie Brite Krochmal, a writer from Appalachian Kentucky. Later in life, Dr. Krochmal adopted Harlan County and its people as his own. Arnold Krochmal died September 2, 1993, in Asheville, North Carolina. He is buried in Harlan County.
Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions: Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions: Berea College does not hold the rights to the photographs. Federal copyright regulations apply. Please cite all references to this collection.
Preferred Citation: [Item description and number], Arnold Krochmal Photography Collection, Berea College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, KY.
Processing Information: The finding aid and box list were created by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist, in July 2014.
Other Note: Collection number: BCA 0171 HC 67
