City Records 1890-1918.

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City Records 1890-1918.

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The early records consists of a ledger book and a folder of ordinances. The book contains the Berea Village Board of Trustee minutes for 1890-1908, from its incorporation as a village until it was reclassified as a 5th class city in 1909. The accompanying folder includes the town bylaws from 1895 and city ordinances enacted at various times between 1895 and 1917 and posted in 1918, with an additional pamphlet on licensing ordinances from 1957.

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Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Dodge, P.D.

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Johnson, P. B. (Paul B.)

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Gay, John, linguiste

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Titus, A.W.

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Berea (Ky.)

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The Village of Berea was incorporated as a 6th class city on May 9, 1890, at a meeting held in the office of the treasurer of Berea College, P.D. Dodge. The town was governed by a five-man Board of Trustees, elected annually, until 1909, when it became a 5th class city and was therefore entitled to have a mayor. During the period covered by the ledger, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees carried out the duties of a mayor. The first chairman of the Board of Trustees was Josiah Burdette. The fir...

Burdette, Josiah

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Cornelison, Richard.

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