1890:
• William B. Stewart becomes Berea's second president on October 12, 1890. A Baptist minister from Toronto, Canada, Stewart's views reflected Fee's perspective in that Berea offered a Christian education.
• In April, students learn the printing business, and is considered the first skilled labor position created at Berea College.
1890s:
• "Traveling Libraries" containing 15-20 books in a wooden box, were taken by students into the outlying mountain communities, beginning in the 1890s and for decades to come.