Berry College : a history / Ouida Dickey, Doyle Mathis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickey, Ouida.

Contributor:

Mathis, Doyle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berry College--History.

Berry College.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Illustrated with more than a hundred photographs, this is the most detailed and comprehensive history to date of Berry College, located in northwest Georgia. Ranging from Berrys modest beginnings in 1902 as a trade school for rural Appalachian youth to its present-day standing among the Southeasts best liberal arts colleges, the book tells how Martha Berrys founding vision--to educate the head, the heart, and the hands--evolved to meet the challenges of each new generation. The photographs, many of them rarely seen before, capture happenings at Berry over its first century: preparations for the world wars, visits by renowned benefactors, student protests, expansions of campus facilities, and diverse aspects of daily life in and out of the classroom. Parts of Berrys history have achieved legendary status--the story, for example, of how Martha Berry was inspired to start a school after visiting with poor mountain children in her log cabin. Ouida Dickey and Doyle Mathis separate myth from fact as they address Berrys traditions, controversies, and triumphs and relate important developments at Berry to wider events in Georgia and Appalachia. As Berry graduates and career-long members of its faculty and staff, Dickey and Mathis themselves are part of the Berry tradition. Their meticulous research draws on a rich trove of documents to reveal a story that surpasses many of the familiar and beloved tales connected to the school. Berrys enviable standing--as a model for work-study colleges nationwide, as a place intimately tied to the cultural life of its region, as a choice recipient of philanthropy--makes this new book important to historians, scholars of higher education, and thousands of Berry students, faculty, and alumni.

Contents:

Introduction

Origin of a vision

Sharpening the focus

Growing pains

Expanding the charter

Challenges and changes

Foundation for the future

Triumphs and tribulations

Polishing the image

Into the second century

Appendix A. Important dates in the life of Martha Berry and the development of her schools

Appendix B. Berry trustees (through May 2003)

Appendix C. Chief administrative officers and chief academic officers

Appendix D. Berry Alumni Association presidents

Appendix E. Alumni awards.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613586087

9781280490859

1280490853

9780820330792

0820330795

OCLC:

753977936