Overview

Numbered Collections

RG 11.01 - Children of God Oratorio

RG 11.02 - Rural Hymnody

RG 11.03 - Puppetry Caravan

RG 11.04 - Wilderness Road

RG 11.05 - Navy V-12 Program

RG 11.06 - New! Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection (Description Forthcoming)

RG 11.07 - New! Berea College Blacks in Appalachia Symposium Collection (Description Forthcoming)

RG 11.08 - New! Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music Collection (Description Forthcoming)

General Collections

Convocations

Mountain Day

Labor Day

Scholarship Day

Baccalaureate/Commencement

Presidential Inaugurations

Weatherford-Hammond Prize

General Files

Awards

Conferences

Programs

Overview

This Record Group includes subject files for the various student and faculty awards given at Berea College, conference and events held on campus, and long-term programs, reoccuring events, or regular annual events sponsored by Berea College. Material documents regular events such as Convocations, Mountain Day, and Commencement, as well as occasional events such as plays, concerts, or conferences can be found here.

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General Files Box List
20 Manuscript Boxes

Box 1

1. Awards- General I; n.d.
2. Awards- General II; 1921-1980
3. Awards- General III; 1980-1989
4. Awards- General IV; 1991-1999
5. Awards- General V; 2001-2009
6. Awards- Institutional; 1968-1999
7. Berea College Secondary School Drama Awards; 1901
8. Berea College Service Award; 1983-1991
9. Bible Awards I; 1908-1953
10. Bible Awards II; 1959-1966

Box 2

1. Bible Awards III; 1966-1975
2. Bible Awards IV; 1907-1977
3. Border Freshman Prize; 1962-1972
4. Certificates of Merit; 1972
5. Class of 1942 Scholarship I; 1968-1983
6. Class of 1942 Scholarship II; 1984-1993
7. Compton Mentor Fellowship and Internship; 2003
8. Elizabeth Perry Miles Award; 1991-present
9. Eva Nell Whitaker Alley Award; 2008-present
10. Florence Essays; 1942
11. Frances Finnell Vandivier Scholarship; 2008
12. Francis Hutchins/ E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund Scholarship I; 1989-1991
13. Francis Hutchins/ E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund Scholarship II; 1992-1994
14. Francis Hutchins/ E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund Scholarship III; 1995-1997
15. Gilman-Wei Memorial Fund; n.d.

Box 3

1. Henry W. and Edna Austin Awards I; 1970-1979
2. Henry W. and Edna Austin Awards II; 1980-1984
3. Henry W. and Edna Austin Awards III; 1985-1989
4. Honorary Degrees I; n.d.
5. Honorary Degrees II; 1930-1959
6. Honorary Degrees III; 1959-1976
7. Honorary Degrees IV; 1968-1978
8. Honorary Degrees V; 1979-1981
9. Honorary Degrees VI; 1982-2001
10. Honorary Degrees VII; 2002-present
11. Howard Prize; 1923-1942
12. Hutchins Prize; 1966-1978
13. Kreider Book Prize; 1973-1978

Box 4

1. May B. Smith Prize for Non-Fiction: Howard, Donna/ 3rd; 1993
2. May B. Smith Prize for Non-Fiction: Ward, Kevin/ 2nd; 1993
3. May B. Smith Prize for Non-Fiction: Weill, Jacqueline M./ 1st; 1993
4. May B. Smith Prize for Non-Fiction: Payne, Luke; N.D., post-1994
5. Paul Nelson Power Scholarship- Mission, Recipients; 1999-2002
6. Paul Nelson Power Scholarship- Recipients; 2003-2008
7. Paul Nelson Power Scholarship- Recipients; 2009-present
8. Red Foley Award; 1988-present
9. Scholastic Awards Bulletin; 10/1953-6/1957
10. Scholastic Awards Bulletin; /1957-5/1958
11. Scholastic Awards Bulletin; 9/1958-6/1959
12. Scholastic Awards Bulletin; 9/1959-6/1960

Box 5

1. Scholastic Awards Bulletin; 9/1960-5/1962
2. Scholastic Awards Bulletin; 9/1962-5/1964
3. Seabury Award; 1972-1982
4. Service Awards (Berea College); 1983-2004
5. Service Awards (Students); 1989-2004
6. William Taylor Center Memorial Fund; n.d.
7. Udall Scholarship; 2007-present
8. Veltin Prize; 1967-1978

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Box 1

1. Agricultural Missions Conference; 1957-1959
2. American Studies Association-13th Annual; 1967
3. Appalachian College Association; 1991-1998
4. Appalachian College Program; 1987
5. Appalachian Development Conference I; 1964
6. Appalachian Development Conference II; 1964
7. Appalachian Fund; 1990
8. Appalachian Research (Conference on); 1984
9. Appalachian Studies Seminar I-Papers; 1960
10. Appalachian Studies Seminar II-Miscellaneous; 1960-1981
11. Appalachian Studies Seminar III-Miscellaneous; n.d.
12. Berea Conference-An Analysis; 1955
13. Berea Forum; 1977-1994

Box 2

1. Christian Youth Conference on Southern Economic Problems; 1942
2. College Women (Conference); 1940
3. Commonwealth Institute for Teachers Weekend; 1986
4. Conference on Continuing Education; 1994
5. Conference on Rural Education; 1920
6. Conference on Religion; 1956-1963
7. Creative Writing in the Appalachians; 1959
8. Doris and Harold Rosenbaum Scholarship Fund; 2008
9. Education Buyers Association; 1937
10. Edwin R. Embree Lectureship Series; 1953-1954
11. Estate Planning Seminars; 1965-1967
12. Faculty Seminar; 1968-2005
13. Fall Faculty Conference; 1977-present
14. Financial Planning Conference; 1979-1982
15. Foundations for Community Building-Lectures; 1922
16. Higher Education Programs in Agriculture at Small Colleges; 1990
17. Human Growth and Development Conference; 1955
18. Human Relationships Conference; 1968
19. Humanities Workshop; 1950
20. Indian Seminar-Rural Institutes I, n.d.
21. Indian Seminar-Rural Institutes II; 1953-1959

Box 3

1. Indian Seminar-Rural Institutes III; 1959-1960
2. Inter-American Institute; 1945
3. Interdenominational Conference; June 1956
4. Interdenominational Conference I; June 1957
5. Interdenominational Conference II; June 1957
6. Interdenominational Conference III; June 1957
7. Job Opportunities Conference; 1956
8. Kentucky Academy of Science; 1929-1934
9. Kentucky Association of Church-Related Colleges; n.d.
10. Kentucky Association for Deans of Women; 1941
11. Kentucky Classical Association; 1936-1970
12. Kentucky Conference of Friends; 1941
13. Kentucky Conference of Social Work; 1933
14. Kentucky Library Association; 1937-1955
15. Kentucky Music Teachers Association; 1955-1961

Box 4

1. Leadership Training Conference; 1953-1965
2. Liberal Arts Education Workshop; 1968
3. Middle East Conference; 1956
4. Minister's Institute; 1890
5. Mock Political Conventions; 1952-1980
6. Model United Nations Assembly I; 1954-1965
7. Model United Nations Assembly II; n.d.
8. Model United Nations Assembly III; 1962-1965
9. Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference; 1957-1966
10. Mountain Preacher's Conference; 1919
11. Mountain Religious Workers Conference
12. National Conference of Methodist Youth; 1936
13. National Council of Community Churches, Biennial Convention; 1949
14. National Council of the Girls' Friendly Society; 1942
15. National Hi-Y; 1936
16. National Hi-Y; 1938
17. National Methodist Student Leadership Training Conference; 1939
18. Ohio Valley Group of Technical Service Libraries; May 7, 1971
19. Ohio Valley Regional Group of Catalogers; 1936
20. Onward Kentucky Exposition; 1936
21. Pan-American League and the Public Affairs Forum; 1944
22. Peace Forum (Berea College); 1938
23. Physical Director's Society of the Y.M.C.A.'s; 1941

Box 5

1. Private Efforts in Appalachia Conference
2. Public Affairs Forum; 1942-1943
3. Residence Hall Directors; 1968-1969
4. Resource Extraction Workshop; 1970
5. Rural Education, Federal, and Interstate Conference; 1920
6. Save the Children Conference; 1979
7. Sex Education Conference; n.d.
8. Social Science Workshop; 1951
9. Southern Association of College and University Business Officers; 1949
10. Southern Association of Children Under 6; 1957
11. Southern Highland Handicraft Guild; 1941
12. Southern University Conference; 1973
13. Summer Recreation Leadership Workshop; 1949
14. United Nations-Appraisal at 25 Years; 1965-1975
15. Urban Adjustment I; 1956-1966
16. Urban Adjustment II; n.d.
17. Urban Appalachian Council
18. Vacation Church School Worker (Institute); 1937, 1941
19. Vietnam Colloquium; 1970
20. What Is a Christian College?-Workshop; 1951
21. Windswept Writers' Retreat; 1998
22. Workshops-General; 1959-present
23. World Friendship Days
24. Work Study Development Project; 1974
25. Y.M.C.A. Conference; 1941

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Box 1

1. Academy Awards Event, 2010 (combimes Labor Banquet and Academic Awards Banquet into one event)
2. Advanced Studies in World History [Institute]; 1966
3. African Awareness Week; 1982-present
4. Alumni Association I-Homecoming; 1970-1987
5. Alumni Association II-Homecoming; 1988-1998
6. Alumni Summer Reunion I; 1955-1986
7. Alumni Summer Reunion II; 1987-present
8. Appalachian Film Series; 2003-2004
9. Appalachian History Month; 1989
10. Armistice Day Program; 1920
11. Art Exhibition I-Papers and Documents; 1971-1987
12. Art Exhibition II-Mailings and Postcards
13. Asian Studies Colloquium; 2006
14. Atlantic Community Lectures; 1963
15. "B" Rhetorical Class; 1906
16. Barn Warming Day; 1911
17. Berea College Community Choir; 2008-present

Box 2

1. Berea College Service-Learning Alliance; 1994
2. Berea Fest; 2008-Present
3. Berea Naval Service Girls; 1918
4. Black History Week and Month I; 1972-1980
5. Black History Week and Month II; 1981-1999
6. Black History Week and Month III; 2000-present
7. Black Mountain Youth Leadership Program
8. Blue Ribbon Day; 1998-2006
9. Body Recall I-Tapes, Newsletters; 1995-1996
10. Body Recall II-Bound Exercises
11. Bonner Scholars I; 1990
12. Bonner Scholars II; 1991-1999
13. Bonner Scholars III; 2000-present
14. Bookmobile Librarian Drivers; 1955

Box 3

1. Brushy Fork Institute I; 1988-1992
2. Brushy Fork Institute II; Summer 1992-1994
3. Brushy Fork Institute III; 1995-1996
4. Brushy Fork Institute IV; 1997-2000
5. Brushy Fork Institute V; 2001-present
6. Campus Movies; 1912-1980s
7. Campus Sustainability Month; 2006-present
8. Career Awareness Day; 1983
9. Carnaval Festival; 1971-2003
10. Celebration of Traditional Music; 1974
11. Centennial Celebration I; 1916-1957

Box 4

1. Centennial Celebration II; 1954-1955
2. Centennial Celebration III-Bound Books; 1950-1955
3. Centennial Commencement; 1955
4. Chapel Services I; 1915-1971
5. Chapel Services II; 1973-1975
6. Chapel Services III; 1976-present
7. Christmas Break Activities; 1938-2005
8. Class Day Exercises; 1897
9. Cleo-Rosa Charles Pan-African Student Development Fund; 1996
10. Closing Exercises; 1878-1905
11. Coming Out Day/Week; 2006-present
12. Craft Workshop (Berea College); 1958-present
13. Creative Arts Program; 1982

Box 5

1. Dances Workshop; 2000-present
2. Daniel Boone Day Celebration; 1975
3. Danish Gym Team; 1947-1962
4. Debates; 1918-[2000]
5. Dedication Exercises I; 1925-1969
6. Dedication Exercises II; 1992-present
7. Diversity Week; 1993-present
8. Earth Day/Week; 1972
9. Easter Service; 1934-1943
10. Elder Hostel; 1979-1991
11. Empty Bowls; 2008-present
12. Entrepreneurship for the Public Good; 2008-present
13. Episcopal Youth Event [EYE]; July 26-31, 2005
14. Fall Festival; 1997
15. Family Day; 1981
16. Family Weekend; 1985-1991
17. Festival of Appalachian Humor; 1993
18. Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols; n.d.
19. Field Day; 1897-1909
20. Founder's Day I; 1917-1980
21. Founder's Day II; 1987-present
22. Founder's Day III; 1983

Box 6

1. Founder's Day IV; 1963
2. Founder's Day Address; 1933
3. Founder's Day Programs
4. Freshman Orientation Week I; 1941-1999
5. Freshman Orientation Week II; 2000-present
6. Grand Army of the Republic [GAR] Campfire; 1924
7. Good Friday Service; 1908, 1946
8. Growth Rings; 1981-1982
9. Harold Bachman's Band-Concert; 1927
10. Homecoming; 1952-present
11. Home Peace Oratorical Concert; 1940
12. Homespun Fair; 1993
13. Hospital Day Program; 1943
14. Hunger and Homelessness Week; 2006-present
15. Berea Interfaith Council; 2002
16. International Awareness Week; 1983
17. International Christmas Service; 1978-1998
18. International Education Week; 2008-present
19. Jam Socials; 1934
20. Job Fair; 1949-1950
21. Jubilee Service; 2001
22. Wedroff Quartet; 1930
23. Kentucky Bicentennial; 1991-1992
24. Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs; 1978
25. Kentucky State Teachers Association; 1901
26. Kentucky W.C.T.U. (8th District Convention); 1899

Box 7

1. Lyceum Course; 1907
2. Meditation and Prayer; n.d.
3. Mellon Foundation Program; 1980
4. Mellon Seminar; 1984-1987
5. Memorial Day Programs; 1901-1925
6. Mini-Festivals; 1974-1977
7. Mountain Folk Festival; 1935-1983
8. Mountain Laurel Festival; 1936
9. Murray Seasongood Good Government Lecturer; 1964
10. No-Tobacco League; 1962
11. Normal School Graduation; 1931
12. Operation Zebra; 1972
13. Oratorical Contests
14. Our Country in the Modern World; 1948
15. Paul Green Day; 1974
16. Peace Pilgrim; 1971
17. Pearson's Birthday Celebration; 1905-1921
18. Piano and Vocal Recital; 1896
19. Poetry Festival

Box 8

1. Programs-General; 1978-present
2. Readings by Southern Authors Programs; 1962-1971
3. Reading Research Summer Program; 1962-1971
4. Redpath Chautauqua; 1930
5. Registration and Orientation Weekends [ROW]; 2001-present
6. Retirement Reception, 2010
7. Rhetorical Classes; 1890-1906
8. Rising Seniors Program; 1978-1979
9. Role of the Liberal Arts College
10. Russian Chorus
11. Sustainability and Environmental Studies [SENS]; 2004-present
12. 75th Anniversary Pageant; 1931
13. 75th Anniversary Program I; 1931
14. 75th Anniversary Program II; 1931-1953

Box 9

1. 75th Anniversary Commencement; 1931
2. Sesquicentennial Celebration; 2005
3. Spirit Week; 1984
4. Student Army Training Corps (WWI); 1918-1921
5. Student Socials
6. Sunday Evening Chapel; 1973
7. Tennessee Valley Author Lecture; 1954
8. Thanksgiving Day Services I; 1895-1942
9. Thanksgiving Day Services II; 1943-1967
10. Tukule Tusome Lectures; 2003-present
11. Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program; 1999-present
12. United Nations Day; 1982
13. Vagina Monologues; 2007-present

Box 10

1. Walters, Roy N. (Fund); 1986-1991
2. Weatherford-Hammond Mountain Collection
3. Wilderness Road; 1972-1991
4. Women's Day; 1974-1987
5. Women's Month I; n.d.
6. Women's Week/Month II; n.d.-1985
7. Women's Week/ Month III; 1986-1989
8. Women's Week/ Month IV; 1990-present
9. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation; 1960
10. Work in Progress; 1998-2006
11. World AIDS Day; 2005-present
12. World Hunger Awareness Week; 1978
13. The World We Live In-Address; 1936

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