Fisk University
Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre (16 ha) campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1930, Fisk became the first historically black institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Fisk is the oldest institution for higher education in Nashville.
Archival Resources
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| referencedIn | Guy and Candie Carawan Collection, 1955-2010 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Marguerite Yourcenar additional papers, 1842-1996. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Chamberlin, Mary E., ca. 1868. Papers. 1886-1906. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Black oral history collection, 1970-[ongoing]. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | American Missionary Association. Archives, 1828-1891 Archives [New] Addendum, 1869-1988. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | General Education Board. Archives, 1901-1964. | Rockefeller Archive Center | |
| referencedIn | McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936. Correspondence, 1870-1936. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Fox, Herbert Franklin. Jubilee : based on the story of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers / written by Herbert Franklin Fox. | Tougaloo College, L Zenobia Coleman Library | |
| referencedIn | Phi Beta Kappa. Delta of Tennessee (Fisk University). Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Chapter of Tennessee records, 1949-1975. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | People of Indianapolis, 1983 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | Long, Rucker, and Aiken Family Papers, 1871-1976. | Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library | |
| referencedIn | Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932. Papers, 1905-1963 (inclusive), 1905-1933 (bulk). | University of Chicago Library | |
| referencedIn | McKenzie, Fayette Avery, b. 1872. Fayette Avery McKenzie papers. Supplement, 1909-1928 (bulk, 1910-1922). | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Wright, Stephen J. Stephen J. Wright presidential papers, 1957-1966. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Wendell Bontemps records, 1934-1965. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | DeForest, Julie Morrow. Correspondence, 1907-1933. | American Periodical Series I | |
| referencedIn | Ethel L. Payne Papers, 1857-1991, (bulk 1973-1991) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Williams, Samuel Cole, 1864-1947. Papers, 1765-1947. | Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA | |
| creatorOf | Fisk University. Fiskiana records, 1876-[ongoing]. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Wright, Stephen Junius, 1910-. Reminiscences of Stephen Junius Wright : oral history, 1981. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Dawson, William Levi, 1899-1990. William Levi Dawson papers, 1903-1990. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Fisk University. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1932-1980. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Leary Love family. Papers, 1875-1996 1950-1996 | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Talley, Thomas Washington. Lorenzo J. Greene collection on Thomas Talley, 1919-1948. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Fisk University. Chase Hall cornerstone records, 1897-1906. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Jones, Thomas Elsa. Thomas Elsa Jones records, 1926-1949. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stone, Olive M. (Olive Matthews), 1897-1977. Papers, 1838-1977 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Scott Millross Buchanan papers, 1911-1972. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Haynes, George Edmund, 1880-1960. Papers. 1910-1972. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Tyus, Randall, 1903-1973. Randall Leroy Tyus papers, 1904-1973. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Fuson, Nelson, 1913-. Autobiographical and biographical materials, 1997. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
| referencedIn | Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925. John Wesley Work papers. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush. Papers. 1952-1954. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Fisk University. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1949. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Member institutions, 1944-1985. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Reines, Bernard Jacob. Papers, 1939-1969. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| referencedIn | Photographs of musicians, composers, and singers, 1862-1948. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Proctor, Henry Hugh, 1868-1933. Papers. 1881-1971. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Jefferson, Cecile Barefield, 1883-1971. Cecile Barefield Jefferson papers, 1901-1970. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Dover, Cedric. Cedric Dover papers, circa 1920-1962. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970. Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Wright, Herbert, 1848-1916. Herbert Wright papers, 1908-1915. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Rosenwald, Julius. Papers, 1905-1963 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| referencedIn | Spence, Mary E. Mary E. Spence papers, 1853-1950. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Moore, Theodore H. (Theodore Harrison). Theodore and Catherine W. Moore papers, 1922-1988 (bulk 1928-1931). | Voorhees College, Wright-Potts Library | |
| referencedIn | Voorhees, Lillian Welch, 1896-1972. Lillian Voorhees papers, 1920-1969. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Cravath, Erastus Milo, 1833-1900. Erastus Milo Cravath papers, 1873-1897. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Spence, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1865-1962,. Spence family collection, 1812-1961. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Gates, George Augustus, 1851-1912. George Augustus Gates records, 1909-1912. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Baldwin, William H. (William Henry), b. 1891. Papers, 1886-1980. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Park, Robert Ezra. Collection, 1882-1979 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| referencedIn | Jubilee Singers. Jubilee Singers records, 1871-1947. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | May, Daniel, 1898-1982. Papers, 1890-1982, bulk 1945-1974. | Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA | |
| referencedIn | Delco, Wilhelmina R. (Wilhelmina Ruth), 1929-. Oral history interview with Wilhelmina Delco, 2006 May 15. | University of North Texas Library, UNT | |
| referencedIn | Paul Green Papers, 1880-1992 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson papers, 1948-2010. | Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library | |
| referencedIn | Ella Barksdale Brown Papers, 1885-1952, 1906-1926 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956. Charles S. Johnson collection (1-27), 1935-1956 (bulk 1938-1952). | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Fisk University. Bennett hall cornerstone records, 18990-1891. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush. A.A. Taylor collection, 1925-1954 (bulk 1930-1951). | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Spence, Adam Knight. Adam Knight Spence and John Wesley Work collection, [ca. 1851-1936]. | Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library | |
| referencedIn | Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972 | Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Indiana Medicine, 1993 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 | Harvard Art Museums. Archives | |
| referencedIn | Campbell, Albertine Moore, 1906- . Papers, 1895-1990. | Alabama Department of Archives and History | |
| referencedIn | Park, Robert Ezra, 1864-1944. Papers, 1882-1979 (inclusive). | University of Chicago Library | |
| referencedIn | Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967. John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform]. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | McKenzie, Fayette Avery, b. 1872. Fayette Avery McKenzie papers, 1915-1926. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Myers, Henriett Helena Crawley, 1878-1968. Henrietta Myers collection on the Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1947-[19--]. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Allison, Andrew. Andrew Allison collection, 1928-1956. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Shaw, Augustus F. (Augustus Farnham), 1866-1939. Augustus Shaw records, 1925-1926. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Henderson, Vivian Wilson, d. 1976. Vivian Wilson Henderson Papers. | Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library | |
| referencedIn | James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson papers, circa 1850-2005, 1900-1976 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Fisher, Constance C. Constance C. and Isaac Fisher papers, 1919-1956, 1970. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| referencedIn | Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush. A.A. Taylor collection. Supplement, 1864-1953. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Fisher, Constance Clementine, 1902-1979. Constance Clementine Fisher papers, 1923-1979. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Hayden, Robert Earl. Robert Hayden letters to John Hinsdale Thompson, 1945-1952. | Pennsylvania State University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Bernice Resnick Sandler, 1963-2008 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Caliver, Ambrose, 1894-1962. Papers, 1915-1959. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| creatorOf | Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956. L. Hollingsworth Wood papers, 1903-1953. | Haverford College Library | |
| referencedIn | Jones, Thomas Elsa. Thomas Elsa Jones collection (1-71), 1925-1947 (bulk, 1926-1946). | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Jubilee Singers. European Tour collection, 1873-1878 (bulk, 1875-1877). | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Currier, Theodore S. Theodore Currier papers, 1935-1979. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Caliver, Ambrose, 1894-1962. Ambrose Caliver collection, 1912-1938. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Phelps-Stokes Fund records, 1893-1970 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Collins, Ludie David, b. 1893. Ludie David Collins papers, 1911-1936. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Fisher, Isaac, b. 1877. Isaac Fisher papers, 1915-1942. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | South Carolina Council on Human Relations. Records: Administrative files series, 1934-1975. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Morrow, Cornelius W. Cornelius Wartendyke Morrow records, 1913-1915. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1816-1907. | Alabama Department of Archives and History | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. James Weldon Johnson collection, 1886-1980 (bulk 1916-1930). | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Simms, Margaret, 1903-1974. Margaret Simms papers, 1951-1974. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Merrill, James Griswold, 1840-1920. James G. Merrill records, 1899-1919. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Crafton, Lizzie Anderson. Lizzie Anderson Crafton collection, 1886-1941. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson records, 1858-1956. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Work, Nora I., 1910-1980. Nona I. Work papers, 1839-1972. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Faulkner, William J. William J. Faulkner papers, 1914-1981. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Phelps-Stokes Fund. Phelps-Stokes Fund records, 1893-1970. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956. Papers. 1866-1965. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Looby, Z. Alexander (Zephaniah Alexander), 1899-1972. Zephaniah Alexander Looby papers, 1922-1981. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives |
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