Title: Berea Community Collection, 1810-1964
Primary Creator: Hutchins Library Staff.
Extent: 9.0 MS boxes
Arrangement: Arrangement of records is by series: Community Records; Local History; College and Town; Photographs; Interracial History-Oral History Interviews; and Oversized Materials.
Subjects: Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations., Berea, (Ky.), Berea College, Civil rights movements -- Kentucky -- History -- 20th century., Oral histories -- Kentucky -- Madison County -- Berea.
Languages: English
The Berea Community Collection is comprised of archival materials collected by college librarians as a part of the Berea City Vertical Files. This collection, with its wealth of local history, was removed from the vertical files in order to further preserve and arrange the materials as a working collection.
Background information and local history have been preserved in the form of business ledgers, organizational minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, audio recorded interviews, and photographs.
Materials concerning the relations between Berea College and the town in such matters as water works, municipal streets and rail service, date from 1892 to 1964, though the majority of materials, especially the photographs, are centered about the turn of the century. There is a strong correlation between the records and photographs that lend insight into the emergence of the town of Berea.
Also included in the collection is a series of recorded interviews with transcriptions with Berea citizens discussing their interracial experiences and the Civil Rights movement. The interviews were conducted by students in Sociology Department courses taught by Jackie Burnside. Follow the links in the recordings box lists to listen to interviews and read transcriptions.
Berea (Ky.) -- Race relations.
Berea, (Ky.)
Berea College
Civil rights movements -- Kentucky -- History -- 20th century.
Oral histories -- Kentucky -- Madison County -- Berea.
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 use by researchers other than federal copyright restrictions.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item/Folder/Box], Berea Community Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, Ky.
Processing Information: The finding aid and box list were updated in April 2014 by Lori Myers-Steele, Project Archivist.
Other Note: Collection Number: BCA 0181 HC 06
Rev. Alonzo (Lonzo) Ballard by John Collins 1-20- 89.
Lena Mae Blythe by Jackie Burnside 1-27- 89.
Edgar Bronaugh by Jackie Burnside 6-10- 88.
Ellen Evans by Ross Hoover 1-20- 89.
(SIDE A) Linda Fish by Sharon Gill 1-20- 89. (SIDE B) T INTERVIEW Dr. William Epling by Sharon Gill 1-20- 89.
Listen Linda Fish Transcript Linda Fish Listen William Epling
Warren Lambert by Wendy Moye 1-17- 89.
Olive Vida Sinclair by Helen (Liz) Anderson [Menefee]1-23-89. Ms Sinclair taught at Berea from 1913 to 1960. She was 102 years old at the time of the interview.
INTERVIEW: Mr. Edgar Bronaugh, African-American from Slate Lick Road area of southern Madison County, KY, by David Rowland, November 11, 19 86[?] on local history and lifeways.
Rosa Lee Grainger by Harry Rice 10-2- 97: History of Commercial Movies (Film / Cinema) in Berea.
Listen Part One Listen Part Two Transcript Not Done
Andrew Baskin recorded by Keesha Gill and Jessica Hill 1-26-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Pat Brunner recorded by Chrissy Cataldo and Julie Sapin 1-24-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
(Audio from VHS Video) Winston Gittens recorded by Tramaine Chapman, Jamie Rogers, and Jarend M. 1-26-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Lucian Hughely, Jr. recorded by Lemar Storey and Crystal Hunter 1-24-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Gloria Johnson recorded by Faith Calhoun and Misti Johnson 1-22-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Clifford Kirby recorded by Jakisa Harper and Joanna Klossner 1-22-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
(Audio from VHS Video) Ed McCurley recorded by Lyssabeth Mattoon and LaQuita Middleton 1-19-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Listen Part One Listen Part Two Transcript
Same as SC-VT-483-002
Dave McPherson recorded by Corday Andrews and Angel Todd 1-19-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Right Movements - Sociology 207.
Marcella Miller Matthews recorded by Frances Y. Williams and Stacy Gold 1-21-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Pat Wear recorded by Stephanie Jennings and Leah Johnson 1-23-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Eleanor Workman recorded by Diana Martin and Christina Caul 1-22-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Berea Mayor, C. Clint Hensley recorded 9-25-78 and 12-13-78 by William Schafer.
Paul and Rosa Lee Granger recorded 1-12-79 by William Schafer. The Graingers and Rosa's family operated Berea's only movie theater for many years.
Winston Gittens video recorded by Tramine Chapman and Jami Rogers 1-26-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
Same as SC-CT-831-004
Ed McCurley video recorded by Lyssabeth Mattoon and LaQuita Middleton 1-19-01 for Jackie Burnside's Short Term 2001 course on the Civil Rights Movement - Sociology 207.
