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By Lori Myers-Steele
Collection Overview
Title: Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. Papers, c. 1915-1970
ID: RG 09/9.56
Primary Creator: Weatherford, W. D. -- (Willis Duke) -- 1875-1970
Extent: 5.0 MS boxes
Arrangement: Although not in formal series, the collection is arranged roughly as follows: biographical materials, correspondence (in alphabetical order), addresses and writings, miscellaneous materials and subject files.
Subjects: Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions., Appalachian Region., Berea College, Berea College -- Faculty, Southern States -- Race relations., Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), -- 1875-1970.
Languages: English
Abstract
Willis D. Weatherford, Sr., was president of the Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, N.C., 1906-1944; president of the Y.M.C.A. Graduate School, Nashville, 1919-1946; trustee of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1916-ca. 1962; faculty member of Fisk University, 1936-1946; director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; and lifelong student of race relations in the South.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection includes correspondence, printed material, writings, speeches, and other material relating to the professional and personal life of Willis D. Weatherford, Sr.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
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.
Preferred Citation:
[Item/Folder/Box], RG 09/9.56: W.D. Weatherford, Sr. Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY.
Processing Information:
The finding aid was created by Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist, in 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- College Archive Record Group 9.56
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical Materials
- Folder 2: Biography by Paul Lambert
- Folder 3: Christmas Cards, 1965
- Folder 4: Correspondence: A-Z, n.d.
- Folder 5: Correspondence: A-B, 1955-1965
- Folder 6: Correspondence: Christopher Publishing House, 1956-1958
- Folder 7: Correspondence: C-E, 1956-1966
- Folder 8: Correspondence: F-H, 1951- 1966
- Folder 9: Correspondence: I-M, 1954-1965
- Folder 10: Correspondence: N-Q, 1955-1963
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence: R-S, 1956-1966
- Folder 2: Correspondence: T-Z, 1956-1967
- Folder 3: Address of Convocation
- Folder 4: Address to the Jurisdictional Counsil of Methodist Church
- Folder 5: America's Greatest Challenge
- Folder 6: And Who is my Neighbor: Luke 10:29
- Folder 7: The Atonement as God
- Folder 8: The Basis of Acipco Loyalty
- Folder 9: The Basis of Moral Standards
- Folder 10: Beauty: A Pathway to God
- Folder 11: The Bible as the Pathway to Power
- Folder 12: Characteristics of the Appalachian People which Fit them to be Leaders of a Forward Christian Movement
- Folder 13: Christianity and the Present Crisis
- Folder 14: College and University Business
- Folder 15: Communism and a World Moral Society
- Folder 16: Community, The Builder of the Moral Order
- Folder 17: Christianity and the Present Crisis
- Folder 18: The Cross in Human Experience
- Box 3
- Folder 1: The Discrimination Against Races and Class is the Flat Denial of the Moral Order
- Folder 2: Early American Pioneers
- Folder 3: Forgotten Sources of Civilization
- Folder 4: Human Density
- Folder 5: Interrelation of the Parent Y and the Student y
- Folder 6: Is Capitalism Viewed as an Acquis Alive Society
- Folder 7: The Great Smoky and the Blue Ridge
- Folder 8: Jesus and a World of Moral Chaos
- Folder 9: Jesus Christ the Revelation of a Moral God
- Folder 10: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Lanier Club
- Folder 11: Laymen in the Coming Years
- Folder 12: Keeping out Visions and Dreams Fresh and Alive
- Folder 13: A Loving God in a War Turn World
- Folder 14: Making a Living in Appalachia 1&2
- Folder 15: The Measure of a Man
- Folder 16: Newland N.C. Address
- Folder 17: Not what you Posses, but what Possesses you!
- Folder 18: Our Sources of Power Fellowship with a God who Cares
- Folder 19: Our Sources of Power Poetry the Voice of Inspiration
- Folder 20: Real Purposes of Thildermes Road
- Folder 21: The Regular Basis of Moral Standards
- Folder 22: The Religious Demand of the Hvar
- Folder 23: The Sacredness Caviler Building Value of All Creative Work
- Folder 24: The Sacredness of All Creative Work
- Folder 25: The Sacredness and the Educational Value of All Work
- Folder 26: The School as the Real Arm of the Church
- Folder 27: The Southern Appalachian Region: The People
- Folder 28: What is the Purpose and Importance of College Ed?
- Folder 29: What Men think about University Life
- Folder 30: Why Go to College
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Action on Aging
- Folder 2: Addresses I
- Folder 3: Addresses II
- Folder 4: Book Reviews
- Folder 5: Ford Foundation
- Folder 6: Lecture to Red Cross Meeting: July 21, 1962
- Folder 7: Lectures: Guiding Principles in or Appalachian Program
- Folder 8: Dr. Mays Book Reviews of American Churches and the Negro
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous Book Review Materials
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous Conferences
- Folder 11: Miscellaneous Notes I
- Folder 12: Miscellaneous Notes II
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous Materials
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous Programs, Pamphlets
- Folder 4: Poems and Plays by: Billy Edd Wheeler
- Folder 5: Racial: Desegregation and Segregation Materials
- Folder 6: Weatherford-Hammond Mountain Collection
- Folder 7: Methodist Book of Discipline (1914) with notes by W.D.W, Sr.
- Folder 8: The Social Principles of Jesus with notes by W.D.W, Sr.
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