Claflin University
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 Photographs, [ca. 1920]-1990 (bulk 1940-1960). (Claflin College). WorldCat record id: 70966687
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| associatedWith | Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Board of Trustees. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Office of the President. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claflin University. National Alumni Association. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claflin University. Office of the President. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claflin University. Office of the Registrar. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Dunton, Lewis Marion, d. 1936. | person |
| associatedWith | Gore, Blinzy L. | person |
| associatedWith | H.V. Manning Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others in North America. | corporateBody |
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| South Carolina--Orangeburg |
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| African American universities and colleges |
| African American college students |
| African American college teachers |
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| Methodist universities and colleges |
| Private universities and colleges |
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Corporate Body
Active 1920
Active 1990
