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. The registrar supervises registration, and officially keeps and disseminates all official records, grades, and statistics based on the students' academic program.
From the description of Office of the Registrar records, 1889-1960. (Claflin College). WorldCat record id: 70966685
