Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs

Founded as Claflin University on Dec. 18, 1869 in Orangeburg, S.C. by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; est. largely through the generosity of Boston philanthropist, the Hon. Lee Claflin and his son, Massachusetts Governor William Claflin; occupies the former site of the Orangeburg Female Seminary; in 1871 merged with Baker Biblical Institute, founded in 1866 in Charleston, S.C., and recently moved to Orangeburg, and with a training school in Camden, S.C.; from 1872 to 1896 Claflin was affiliated with the South Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanics Institute For Colored Students (later to become South Carolina State University) which began as a department of Claflin University, organized by the State of South Carolina to educate its Negro citizens in order to receive federal funds for education; name changed to Claflin College in 1979 and back to Claflin University in 1999. Vice-president for academic affairs is charged with the general responsibility of the educational program for the college which includes administering and coordinating the instructional program, teacher education, the arts and science program, and the library.

From the description of Vice president for academic affairs records, 1939-1990. (Claflin College). WorldCat record id: 70966696