Title: William Goodell Frost Papers
Predominant Dates:1860-1894
ID: RG 03/3.03
Primary Creator: Frost, William G. -- (William Goodell) -- 1854-1938
Other Creators: Hutchins Library
Extent: 21.4 Linear Feet
Arrangement: Arrangement of the collection is in series: Personal; Correspondence; Sermons, Addresses, and Lectures;Writings; Day Law; Reports; Eleanor Marsh Frost; Miscellaneous; and Photographs.
Subjects: African Americans -- Appalachian Region., Appalachian Region, Southern -- History., Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century., Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions., Appalachian Region -- History, Appalachian Region., Berea, (Ky.), Berea College, Education, higher -- Administration., Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History., Frost, Eleanor Marsh., Frost, Maria Goodell., Frost, William G. -- (William Goodell) -- 1854-1938, Kentucky Day Law., Minorities -- Education -- United States., Oberlin College.
Languages: English
African Americans -- Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- History.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History -- 20th century.
Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions.
Appalachian Region -- History
Appalachian Region.
Berea, (Ky.)
Berea College
Education, higher -- Administration.
Education, Higher -- Appalachian Region -- History.
Frost, Eleanor Marsh.
Frost, Maria Goodell.
Frost, William G. -- (William Goodell) -- 1854-1938
Kentucky Day Law.
Minorities -- Education -- United States.
Oberlin College.
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: There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Cite all references to the material in this collection.
Preferred Citation: [Item description], W. G. Frost Papers, Berea College Archives, BCA RG 03/3.03, Berea College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, KY.
Finding Aid Revision History: The finding aid was updated from previous versions in June 2014 by Lori Myers-Steele, Project Archivist. The box list was created by Katie L. Grindstaff, Student Associate Archivist.
Other Note: The online version of content from this collection is available on-campus to Berea College students, staff, and faculty through the Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007 database by Adam Matthew.
Materials consist of newspaper clippings, printed legal briefs, miscellaneous correspondence, and publications on the Day Law—the 1904 enactment of the Kentucky legislature which effectively segregated private schools in the state.
Legislative documents include copies of: statements made by Frost before the legislature, Day Law legislation, and of legal briefs relating to Berea College's appeal of the law. Also present are Kentucky Court of Appeals, and U. S. Supreme Court briefs (1905-1908).
Printed copies of statements made on the subject of the law by various individuals or groups are included, as are copies of sermons, addresses, and lectures made by William G. Frost (1904-1907). A group of six letters on the subject from correspondents including George Foster Peabody, W. H. Humphrey, John G. Carlisle, etc. are included. Finally, newspaper clippings concerning the effects of the legislation, removal of blacks from Berea, establishment of Lincoln Institute, etc., are included. Arranged chronologically by subject.
