Records, 1819-1981 (bulk 1819-1853, 1863-1981).

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Records, 1819-1981 (bulk 1819-1853, 1863-1981).

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These are the records of the Centre College Board of Trustees. Included are official minutes (19 v.; 1819-1853, 1863-1981), and official correspondence of the trustees concerning college business and activities. Fund raising efforts in the 1860s and 1870s, the consolidations of Central University and Kentucky College for Women with Centre, and the administration of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum (now Kentucky School for the Deaf) which the trustees controlled until 1870 are documented. Minutes of some faculty meetings are also present.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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Central University (Richmond, Ky.)

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When the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky split into northern and southern branches in 1867, both factions claimed control of Centre College in Danville. A judgment in a federal court in favor of the northern branch led the southern synod to establish Central University in Richmond in 1873. Despite small enrollments and persistent financial problems, Central ran a law school, medical and dental schools (located in Louisville), and an on-campus preparatory department. Thre...

Kentucky Asylum for Tuition of the Deaf and Dumb.

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Kentucky College for Women (Danville, Ky.)

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Centre College (Danville, Ky.). Board of Trustees.

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Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky, was established in 1819 by Presbyterian leaders as a private nondenominational Christian institution of higher learning. The liberal arts college grew through consolidation with Central University, of Richmond, Kentucky, in 1901 and with Kentucky College for Women in 1926. It became fully coeducational in the 1960s. From the description of Records, 1819-1981 (bulk 1819-1853, 1863-1981). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191918462 ...

Kentucky School for the Deaf

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Teachers meetings were held monthly and discussion centered around a certain education topic assigned the previous month. Papers presented were published in subsequent issues of THE KENTUCKY STANDARD. From the description of Record of teachers' meetings, 1898-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122562665 As provided by the Act passed by the Kentucky General Assembly establishing the school in 1822, the school was placed under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of Cen...

Centre College (Danville, Ky.)

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The literary societies at Centre College began with the formation in 1828 of the Chamberlain Philosophical and Literary Society, named in honor of the College's first President, Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain. The Society apparently died out around 1927, but then was revived around 1939 for only two years.The Deinologian Literary Society was founded in 1835 by students who were dismayed with the Chamberlain Society, and continued in existence until about 1940. The Athenaean Literary Society was an of...