Bruce, Roscoe Conkling, 1879-1950
Variant namesAssistant superintendent of public schools, Washington, D.C.
From the description of Roscoe Conkling Bruce papers, 1897-1924. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 761697471
Sources: Marquis' Who's Who in America, 1919 The Afro-American, August 26, 1950 (obituary).
After retirement in 1922, Bruce served as principal of a high school in West Virginia, as manager of the Dunbar Apartments in New York City, and engaged in various Real Estate activities.
His specific contribution to public education in Washington lay in setting the foundation for the school system as organized under the Act of 1906. Until that time, there was a Board of Education for white schools and another for Negro schools, with a separate Superintendent heading each.
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1879, April 21:
Born in Washington, D.C. only son of Blanche Kelso Bruce and Josephine B. Bruce -
1896 -1898 :Trained at the Phillips' Academy - Exeter, New Hampshire -
1898 -1902 :Studied at Harvard University and graduated Magna Cum Laude - member - Phi Beta Kappa -
1903, June 3:
Married Clara Washington Burrill -
1902 -1906 :Director, Academic Department, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute,Tuskegee, AL -
1906 -1907 :Supervising Principal, 10th Division, Public Schools, Washington, D.C. -
1907 -1922 :Assistant Superintendent in charge of D.C. Public School, 10th Division -
1922:
Retired from D.C. Public School System -
1950 August:
Died in New York City
From the guide to the Roscoe C. Bruce, Sr. Papers, 1897-1924, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)
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| correspondedWith | Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 | person |
| correspondedWith | Bruce, Clara Burrill | person |
| correspondedWith | Bruce, Josephine B. | person |
| correspondedWith | Bruce, Roscoe Conkling, Jr. | person |
| associatedWith | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. | person |
| correspondedWith | Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 | person |
| associatedWith | Harvard University | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | MARY (GIBSON) HUNDLEY, 1897-1986 | person |
| associatedWith | Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925. | person |
| associatedWith | Painter, Nell Irvin. | person |
| associatedWith | Penn School (Saint Helena Island, S.C.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Terrell, Robert H. (Robert Heberton), 1857-1925. | person |
| correspondedWith | Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 | person |
| correspondedWith | Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 | person |
| correspondedWith | Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950 | person |
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| African American senators |
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| Dunbar Apartments (Harlem, New York, N.Y.) |
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| Public schools |
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Person
Birth 1879
Death 1950
Male
Americans
English
