Voorhees Industrial School
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 Grade book, 1911-1921. (Voorhees College). WorldCat record id: 70968218
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| referencedIn | Voorhees College. Administration records, 1894-1987. | Voorhees College, Wright-Potts Library | |
| creatorOf | Voorhees Industrial School. [Voorhees Industrial School. : Pamphlet box.] | HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library | |
| referencedIn | Morris, J. Kenneth,. Source material on the life of Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, 1872-1907. | Voorhees College, Wright-Potts Library | |
| creatorOf | Voorhees Industrial School. Grade book, 1911-1921. | Voorhees College, Wright-Potts Library | |
| referencedIn | Voorhees College. Departmental records, 1900-1980 (bulk 1961-1980). | Voorhees College, Wright-Potts Library |
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| associatedWith | Morris, J. Kenneth, | person |
| associatedWith | Voorhees College. | corporateBody |
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| South Carolina--Denmark |
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| African Americans |
| African American students |
| Private schools |
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