Branch, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1882-1944

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Miss Mary E. Branch was the first woman president of Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, as a coeducational institution of higher learning.

  • 1882, May 20: Born in Farmville, Virginia, to Tazewell and Harriet (Lacey) Branch. Tazewell Branch, a two term member of the Virginia Legislature, had been a slave during Reconstruction.
  • 1895 - 1897 : Attended Virginia State College
  • 1904 - 1925 : Member of faculty at Virginia State College
  • 1922: Received M.A. from the University of Chicago, Illinois
  • 1926: Received Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Illinois
  • 1925 - 1926 : Taught English, Sumner Jr. College, Kansas City, Kansas
  • 1926 - 1930 : Dean of Women, Vashon High School, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1930, July 1: Appointed president of Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, by the American Missionary Association
  • 1935: Received honorary LL.D., Howard University
  • 1944, July 6: Died in Camden, New Jersey

From the guide to the Mary E. Branch Collection, 1909-1948, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)
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creatorOf Mary E. Branch Collection, 1909-1948 Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Huston-Tillotson College. General college records, 1915-1980. Huston-Tillotson University, Downs-Jones Library
referencedIn Mary Elizabeth Black Branch. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Daniel, Sadie Iola,. Mary E. Branch collection, 1909-1948. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
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