Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Office of the President

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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.

From the description of Hubert V. Manning records, 1960-1983. (Claflin College). WorldCat record id: 70966676

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associatedWith Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Claflin University corporateBody
associatedWith Claflin University. Administrative Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Claflin University. Office of the President. corporateBody
associatedWith Columbia College (Columbia, S.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Gammon Theological Seminary. corporateBody
associatedWith Manning, Hubert V. 1918-1997 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
South Carolina--Orangeburg
Subject
African American college presidents
African American universities and colleges
African Americans
Methodist universities and colleges
Private universities and colleges
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Active 1960

Active 1983

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