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Collection Overview
Abstract
Joseph Ray, Jr. was born in Berea and was a 1952 graduate of the Foundation School of Berea College. After attending Berea for a short period, Ray studied at the University of Kentucky where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in History in 1956. Ray would then go on to earn his M.A. at Emory University before embarking on a long and distinguished career as a teacher, historian, actor, and director. Ray spent most of his teaching career at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland, where he spent fifty years as an integral part of the Academy’s life. Throughout his life Ray acted and directed in one form of theater or another. Ray passed away in 2011 in Maryland.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Joseph C. Ray, Jr. collection includes numerous materials regarding the Ray family history and photographs taken by Ray, many of stage and theatre productions in Berea and elsewhere.
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:
[Record/Folder/Box], RG 8/8.23: Joseph C. Ray, Jr. Papers. Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, KY.
Processing Information:
Processing complete and finding aid completed June 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Ray Family History, 1900-1920
- Folder 2: Ray Family History, 1920s
- Folder 3: Ray Family History, 1930s
- Folder 4: Ray Family History, 1948-1950s
- Folder 5: Ray Family History, 1960s
- Folder 6: Ray Family History, 1970s
- Folder 7: Ray Family History, 1980s
- Folder 8: Ray Family History, 1990s
- Folder 9: Ray Family History, unknown dates
- Folder 10: Photographs, Before 1930
- Family, Berea, Hazard, Hazard High School Football Team
- Folder 11: Photographs, 1930s
- Family, Other
- Folder 12: Photographs, 1940s
- Family, Other
- Folder 13: Photographs, 1950s
- Berea College, Porter-Moore Soda Fountain with "Home of the Mountaineers" and Berea College basketball team photographs hanging on wall (1952-1953; 1953-1954), Berea Players, Wilderness Road, family. Also contains printed materials from Foundation School: "Senior Class Night" Class of 1952, other.
- Folder 14: Photographs, 1950s
- Berea College, Berea Players, Theatre Productions, family
- Folder 15: Photographs, 1950s
- Berea College, Berea Players, Theatre Productions, family
- Folder 16: Photographs, 1960s
- Berea Students/Summer Arena, family
- Folder 17: Photographs, 1970s
- Berea Summer Arena, Wilderness Road, Family
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Photographs, unknown dates
- Theatre producations, Family
- Folder 2: Photographs, 1990s
- Bob Gravel (Muse Watson) in "Something to Talk About" (signed by Watson to Joe)
- Folder 3: Photographs, 1948-1960
- Portraits (some informal): includes Mimi Shelton (<span class="highlight0 bold">Sloan</span>)(Nellie Mae Shelton)
- Folder 4: Photographs, 1948-1961
- Miscellaneous
- Folder 5: Photographs
- Negatives; Some stage productions/theatre, Berea
- Folder 6: Photographs
- Slides; Some stage productions/theatre, Berea
- Folder 7: Photographs
- Wilderness Road, both in B/W and color
- Folder 8: Photographs, 1968
- Slides; Twelfth Night, West Nottingham Academy
- Folder 9: Photographs, 1968
- Slides; Twelfth Night, West Nottingham Academy
- Folder 10: Photographs, 1969
- Slides; The Lion in the Winter, Berea Summer Arena Theatre
- Folder 11: Photographs, 1969
- Slides; Angel Street, Berea Summer Arena Theatre
- Folder 12: Photographs, 1969
- Slides; The Glass Menagerie, Berea Summer Arena Theatre
- Folder 13: Photographs, 1968
- Slides; Summer and Smoke, Berea Summer Arena Theatre
- Folder 14: Photographs, 1962
- Slides; "Lolo, Ruth and Fred"
- Folder 15: Photographs
- Slides; "Nancy, Me and Page" (theatre producations, in costume)
- Folder 16: Photographs
- Slides; "Mimi and Pal," (theatre producations, in costume); Mimi Shelton (<span class="highlight0 bold">Sloan</span>)(Nellie Mae Shelton)
- Folder 17: Photographs, 1979
- Negatives; Story Theatre, Berea
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