Voorhees College
Biographical notes:
Denmark Industrial School, a school for blacks, founded 1897 by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a Tuskegee Institute graduate, with one teacher, Jessie Dorsey, and fourteen students in a rent free, old store in Denmark, S.C.; M. Ralph Voorhees, a white philanthropist from Clinton, N.J., donated $4500 to buy a plot of land and $500 to erect the first building; in 1902 the school was renamed Voorhees Industrial School in his honor; school became affiliated with the Episcopal Church in 1924; became junior college in 1929 and was called Voorhees Normal and Industrial School; in 1947 name changed to Voorhees School and Junior College; in 1962 became Voorhees College; first baccalaureate degrees awarded 1968.
From the description of Audit reports, 1955-1968. (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968212
From the description of Administration records, 1894-1987. (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968211
From the description of Departmental records, 1900-1980 (bulk 1961-1980). (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968213
From the description of Students records, 1953-1984. (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968228
From the description of Yearbooks, 1959-1985 (bulk 1968-1995). (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968226
From the description of Faculty and staff records, 1941-1988 (bulk 1960-1980). (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968215
From the description of Financial reports, 1953-1969. (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968216
From the description of General records, 1947-1989 (bulk 1970-1982). (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968217
From the description of Personnel policy handbook for Voorhees College, 1969-1979. (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968219
From the description of Scrapbooks, 1956-1978 (bulk 1969-1975). (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968222
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