Alumni and College Relations, 1866- | Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog

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Collection Overview

Title: Alumni and College Relations, 1866-

ID: RG 05/5.23

Primary Creator: Berea College

Extent: 25.0 Boxes (General)

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in the following series:

Series 1: Donors, Subscriptions, and Foundations

Series 2: Publicity and Publications

Series 3: Public Relations

Series 4: Alumni Relations

Series 5: Campus Maps and Tour Guides

Series 6: Staff Newsletters

Subjects: Berea College, Berea College -- Alumni and alumnae, Berea College -- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae, Educational fund raising -- United States., Universities and colleges -- Finance.

Languages: English

Abstract

The Office of Vice President for Alumni and College Relations is responsible for providing administrative oversight for securing endowment and annual fund support for the college, creating and disseminating information about the college and leading efforts to expand the circle of alumni and friends who are concerned with the welfare of the college. The Office is currently made up of the following divisions: Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, Annual Giving, Development Operations and Prospect Research, Donor Relations and Communications, Major and Planned Gifts, and Marketing and Communications.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Alumni and College Relations collection contains fundraising and publicity materials, records on donors and foundations, records of various department staff, alumni event and support materials, campus maps and tour guides, and staff newsletters published by the department. A highlight of the collection is its numerous publications reflecting the fundraising efforts and historical background of the College which can be found in Series 2: Publicity and Publications.

Collection Historical Note

Previsously referred to as: Berea College News Bureau, College Publicity Bureau, Office of Information, Office of Development, Office of Public Relations, Department of Public Relations

Subject/Index Terms

Berea College
Berea College -- Alumni and alumnae
Berea College -- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae
Educational fund raising -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- Finance.

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: Federal copyright regulations. Records containing personal information may be restricted.

Separated Materials: Restricted Items: Funds and Subcription Agreements 2015, 2011 - 2014; Shelved in Restricted Aisle: Range 9, L2

Related Materials:

RG 5/5.03: Berea College Alumni Association

RG 5/5.32: Business Office

RG 5/5.19: Office of the Vice President for Finance

RG 5/5.23PA: News Bureau and Public Relations Photographic Archives

RG 5/5.23VF: Berea College News Bureau Vertical Files

Berea College Photographic Archives

Preferred Citation: [Record/Folder/Box], RG 5/5.23: Administrative Divisions: Alumni and College Relations. Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, KY.

Processing Information: Materials were reprocessed and this guide was created in Janurary 2018. Updated April 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Donors, Subscriptions and Finance Foundations],
[Series 2: Publicity and Publications],
[Series 3: Public Relations],
[Series 4: Alumni Relations],
[Series 5: Campus Maps and Tour Guides],
[Series 6: Staff Newsletters, 1966 - 2003],
[All]

Series 1: Donors, Subscriptions and Finance Foundations

Box 1

Folder 1: Endowment Subscriptions, Prior to 1869: List with donor names, amount of donation, and hometown
Folder 2: Endowment Subscription Books, 1868 - 1880: 3 Books
Folder 3: Endowment Subscription Books, 1883 - 1891: 2 Books
Folder 4: Endowment Subscription Books, 1881 - 1900: 3 Books
Folder 5: Lists of Various Donations: Some noted as early as 1902
Folder 6: Donations, 1909: Includes Adjustment Funds/Whites and Adjustment Funds/Colored (Black)
Folder 7: Statements of Donations, 1893 - 1916
Folder 8: Lists of Donors, 1912 - 1914
Folder 9: List of Donations and Pledges of Graduates and Former Students, nd, 1913(?)
Folder 10: Donations of Berea Citizens, nd, 1913(?)
Folder 11: Lists of Donors to College, Normal, Vocational, Foundation, and Academy Schools, nd, 1913(?)
Folder 12: Faculty Subscriptions/Donations, Feb, 1913
Folder 13: Current Expense Donations and Gifts Received, 1919 - 1928: By month
Folder 14: Donations by States to Necessity Fund, June, 1922
Folder 15: Report of Berea College Necessity Fund, Oct 1921 - May 1922
Folder 16: Additions to Endowment, 1922 -1923
Folder 17: Donations, nd, 1920s - 1930s: Lists and Notes
Folder 18: Donations, 1928 - 1929: Broken down by Amounts and Locality of Donor
Folder 19: Donations/Gifts Received by States, 1924
Folder 20: Letters and Notes Regarding Berea College, Donations, 1920s
Folder 21: Record of Subscriptions to Berea College Endowment and Building Fun, Dec, 1929
Folder 22: "Bequests and Gifts for Very Special Objects Received Since June 15, 1930"
Folder 23: Notes regarding Gifts and Donations, 1930s
Folder 24: Donation Receipts, 1935 - 1936: with note
Folder 25: Donations for Current Expenses and Labor Grants, 1919 - 1941
Folder 26: Donors: First Gift Coming Twenty-Five or More Years Ago, 1942

Box 2

Folder 1: Donor: Bramel, Clifford J., 1974 - 1976
Folder 2: Donor: Burtt, Horatio. H., 1968
Folder 3: Donor: Cargill, Margaret Anne, 2006
Folder 4: Donors: Carnegie, Andrew and Louis, 1908 - 1914
Folder 5: Donor: Clark, Thomas D., 1966 - 1971
Folder 6: Donor: Coyle, Carlos, 1961 - 1962
Folder 7: Donor: Crane, Zenus, 1899 - 1917
Folder 8: Donor: Curtis, Albert, nd
Folder 9: Donor: Mrs. Tracy C. Drake, 1931
Folder 10: Donors: General, 1929 - 1952
Folder 11: Donors: General, 1969 - 1970
Folder 12: Donor: Dupont, Pierre, 1926 - 1931
Folder 13: Donor: Mary M. Emery, 1908 - 1924
Folder 14: Donor: Fay, Sarah B., 1899 - 1924
Folder 15: Donor: Fleischman, Max, 1923
Folder 16: Donor: Ford, Henry, 1926 - 1958
Folder 17: Donor: French, Mary Billings, 1938
Folder 18: Donor: Gray, Almena, 1933
Folder 19: Donor: Gould, Helen Miller, 1908 - 1942: Mrs. Shepard
Folder 20: Donor: Gulf, The Orange Disc, May-June 1964
Folder 21: Donor: Hall, Charles M., 1904 - 1936
Folder 22: Donor: Hall, Charles M., 1937 - 1981
Folder 23: Donor: Hammond, W.A., 1953 - 1976
Folder 24: Donor: Hays, Mrs. Frank
Folder 25: Donor: Hopkins, Susan, 1898 - 1909
Folder 26A: Donor: Howard, General O.O., 1905 - 1952
Folder 26B: Donor: Howe, Julia Ward, 1910: Program from Memorial Service held at Berea College Chapel
Folder 27: Donor: Joslin, Rebecca R., 1928: Joslin Scholarship Loan Fund
Folder 28: Donor: Kales, Alice G., 1920 - 1939: Mrs. William R. Kales
Folder 29: Donor: Kennedy, John S., 1908 - 1910
Folder 30: Donor: Ketterings, 1933 - 1971
Folder 31: Donor: Kimball, Chase, 1978 - 1979
Folder 32: Donor: Kress, 1954: Donation of Kress Organ to Phelp-Stokes Chapel
Folder 33: Donor: Kress, 1961: The Kress Study Collection of Paintings and Sculpture
Folder 34: Donor: Longfellow, Alice M., 1864 - 1927
Folder 35: Donor: Longstreth, Ellen W., 1919: Mrs. Charles A. Longstreth
Folder 36: Donor: Loveland, Catharine P., 1947

Box 3

Folder 1: Donor: McGaw, Foster, 1972
Folder 2: Donor: McFee, William, 1923 - 1958
Folder 3: Donor: McRery, R. W., 1921 - 1933
Folder 4: Donor: Munger, Harry, 1929 - 1933
Folder 5: Donor: Munger, Jessie
Folder 6: Donor: Nutting, Marriet, 1944 - 1949: Marriet Nutting Estate
Folder 7: Donor: Nutting, Wallace, 1930 - 1960
Folder 8: Donor: Nutting, Wallace, 1934 - 1945
Folder 9: Donor: Nutting, Wallace and Marriet, 1945 - 1947
Folder 10: Donor: Pearsons, Daniel K., 1895 - 1910
Folder 11: Donor: Pearsons, Daniel K., 1905 - 1911
Folder 12: Donor: Pearsons, Daniel K., 1911 - 1958
Folder 13: Donor: Phelps-Stokes, Olivia, 1900 - 1927
Folder 14: Donor: Phelps-Stokes, Anson, 1922 - 1924
Folder 15: Donor: Platt, Mrs. Clark M.
Folder 16: Donor: Post, Wilfred, M., 1960
Folder 17: Donor: Russell, Dr. Ruth: Russell Endowment for Fellowship of Women
Folder 18: Donors: Seabury, John (Mr. and Mrs.), 1972
Folder 19: Donors: Seabury, Charles Ward (Mr. and Mrs.), 1960

Box 4

Folder 1: Donor: Shedd, Annie K., 1932 - 1939
Folder 2: Donor: Sheppard, Walter B., 1948 - 1951
Folder 3: Donor: Siler, James Haden, 1971 - 1974
Folder 4: Donor: Sloniker, Ross Walter, 1963 - 1973
Folder 5: Donor: Smith, Gerrit, 1855 - 1929: Includes writings by Smith
Folder 6: Donor: Smith, Roswell, 1866 - 1935
Folder 7: Donor: Sprague-Smith, Isabell Dwight, nd, 1924 - 1937: Mrs. Charles
Folder 8: Donor: Sprague-Smith, Isabell Dwight, 1938 - 1944: Mrs. Charles
Folder 9: Donor: Sprague-Smith, Isabell Dwight, 1944 - 1972: Mrs. Charles
Folder 10: Donor: Thompson, Mrs. D.R., 1941
Folder 11: Donor: Thurston, R.C. Ballard, 1931 - 1938
Folder 12: Donors: Weld, Francis S. and Charles R., 1923
Folder 13: Donor: Wells, William, 1993
Folder 14: Donor: Westervelt, E.C., 1921 - 1940
Folder 15: Donor: Westervelt, E.C., 1936 - 1942
Folder 16: Donor: Whitman, Sarah Wyman, 2008
Folder 17: Donor: Woods, Henry Dickinson
Folder 18: Donor: Wright, Orville, 1948

Box 5

Folder 1A: Donors: Funds for Administration Building, 1929 - 1932: 1926 Donations, List made 1929; Correspondence, 1932
Folder 1B: Finance Foundation: Barker Welfare Foundation, 1935 - 1939
Folder 2: Finance Foundation: Belknap Fund, 1924 - 1925
Folder 3: Finance Foundation: Billings Endowment Fund, 1903: Robert Charles Billings
Folder 4: Finance Foundation: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1908 - 1909
Folder 5A: Finance Foundation: Crane Friendship Fund, 1938: Charles R. Crane
Folder 5B: Finance Foundation: Dana Foundation, 1960, nd
Folder 6A: Finance Foundation: Danforth Foundation, 1959
Folder 6B: Donors: Dormitory Furnishing Fund, 1913 - 1916
Folder 6C: Donors: Efficiency Fund for Berea's Mountain Work, 1921 - 1927: Lists of donors, correspondence, printed matter.
Folder 7: Finance Foundation: Ford Foundation, 1962 - 1968: Grant Matching Campaign Fund
Folder 8: Finance Foundation: General, 1964 - 1976
Folder 9: Finance Foundation: General Education Board, 1902 - 1922
Folder 10A: Finance Foundation: Kellogg Foundation, 1936
Folder 10B: Donors: Kentucky Hall Fund, 1912, nd
Folder 11: Finance Foundation: Kress, Samuel S. Kress
Folder 12: Finance Foundation: Kyesge Foundation, 1951
Folder 13A: Finance Foundation: Lilly Endowment, 1935 - 1962: Includes report.
Folder 13B: Endowment: First and Second Pearson Endowments, 1898, 1900
Folder 13C: Endowment: Pearsons Endowment Subscriptions, c1910 - 1912: List of donors. Includes Pearsons Hall Fund donations.
Folder 13D: Donors: Power Plant Fund, 1910 - 1911
Folder 14: Finance Foundation: Presser Foundation, 1922 - 1927
Folder 15A: Donors: Elizabeth Rogers Hall - Furnishing of Rooms Fund, nd
Folder 15B: Finance Foundation: Russel Sage Foundation, 1907 - 1919
Folder 16: Finance Foundation: Shaler Memorial Fund, 1923 - 1937
Folder 17: Finance Foundation: Sperry and Hutchinson Company Lectureship Program, 1963 - 1964
Folder 18: Finance Foundation: Travelli, Charles Erwin Fund, 1939 - 1944