(2) Rare original 1900 Historical Berea College Cabinet Card Photographs. Mrs. Eliza H. Yocum was an influential educator who served in Berea College's Normal Department (the teacher training division) during the turn of the century.

These photos were owned by Ms Sallie Barbee (Graves-married name), who attended Berea College in 1900 with the first Black Registered Nurse in Kentucky- Mary Merritt.

Key Contributions at Berea

College

• The Normal Department: She was heavily involved in preparing future teachers to go out into the rural Appalachian regions to establish schools and improve literacy.

The Southern Mountain Mission:

Historical notes from Berea's

President William Goodell Frost highlight Mrs. Yocum's hands-on dedication. During the summer, she and her young son famously rode over 500 miles on

horseback through the mountains.

• Community Education: She traveled to remote areas to provide reading and literacy lessons directly to mountain families, skillfully bridging community gaps by offering "Bible readings" accompanied by natural, practical explanations to avoid local theological controversies.

Her educational mission and fieldwork are recognized in the historical archives of the Register Index of the Kentucky Historical Society as a key component of Berea College's outreach programs at the turn of the century.