Title: The Berea Citizen Collection (1984-Present), 1984-
Primary Creator: Berea Pub. Co., 1958-
Extent: 41.0 Boxes (General)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Subjects: Berea (Ky.) -- Newspapers., Berea, (Ky.), Berea College, Madison County (Ky.) -- Newspapers.
Languages: English
Conceived as a publication to entertain, inform, and uplift its readers, the The Berea Citizen was inseparable from the evolving purpose of its sponsor, Berea College. From its founding in 1855 as the first interracial and co-educational institution of higher learning in the American South, Berea College was intended to serve as a counterpoint to the injustices of racial inequality and poverty. First published in 1899, the Citizen functioned as an account of college life and a source of information about the surrounding community.
Although the Berea Citizen severed its connection to the college in 1984, the paper continues to publish to this day emphasizing the Berea community as a whole.
Print editions of The Berea Citizen, 1984 to present.
See RG 12.12 for print editions of The Berea Citizen, 1899 to 1983. See BANC for Berea Citizen information.
Digitized copies of The Berea Citizen (from 2008) can be found online through the Madison County Public Library's website at http://apps.madisonlibrary.org/newspapers/bereacitizen/
Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions:
Newspapers in the collections can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Note: Archived issues of The Citizen and the Berea Citizen are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052075/. Additionally, The Citizen (1899 - 1958) is available in microfilm format in Berea College’s Mircoforms Collections and in print format in Special Collections & Archives. The Berea Citizen is available in microfilm (1958 - 2008) in Berea College’s Mircoforms Collections and in print format (1958 – Present) in Special Collections & Archives.
Use Restrictions: There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations.
Related Materials: RG 12.12: Berea College Publications: The Citizen/The Berea Citizen
Preferred Citation: [Date of Publication], The Berea Citizen. BCA 0217 HC 42. Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, KY.
Processing Information: Guide updated August 2018, March 2019.
Other Note: The Berea Citizen (or The Citizen 1899-1958) was owned and operated by Berea College until December 1983. In January 1984, the Berea Citizen began operating as an independently-owned newspaper.
Other URL: http://banc.berea.edu:7008/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=52&recCount=10&recPointer=2&bibId=242708
