Charles Twiggs Myers, who was a longtime faculty member at Berkshire School, died June 14. He was 83. (Berkshire School website)

SHEFFIELD -- Charles Twiggs Myers, considered by many the institutional heart and soul of Berkshire School, died June 14 at Berkshire Medical Center from injuries he sustained from fall at his home, the school announced on its website. He was 83.

Myers taught history at Berkshire School from 1953 to 1995. He was also a longtime track and skiing coach at the school and the founder of its cross country team.

Following his retirement as a teacher, he worked as the school's historian and archivist for more than 60 years, almost until his death.

He was uniquely qualified for the latter positions. When Myers joined the school staff, several of the professors who served on the school's original 1909 staff were still working there.

"I knew a lot of the old alumni, also," he said in a 2007 interview. "As I often said, I remember everything about Berkshire [School], whether it happened or not."

In addition to being "the best storyteller I've ever known," reported longtime Berkshire School teacher and coach Peter Kinne several years ago, "[Myers] bleeds Berkshire blue. He's a very humble man who never understood, I don't think, the impact he's had on this school."

Myers was called "the conscience of Berkshire School" by former Berkshire School communications director James Harris.

"Like a lot of old schoolmasters, he never married," Myers said. "His children were the ones who went to school here."

Myers was born Charles Twiggs Myers on Aug. 2, 1930. Twiggs isn't a nickname. His great-great grandfather was Confederate Gen. David E. Twiggs.

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Charles Twiggs Myers, longtime Berkshire School teacher and historian, dies at 83