Claflin University. Office of the President
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 Office of the President records, 1937-1993 (bulk 1980-1993). (Claflin College). WorldCat record id: 70966684
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creatorOf | Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Office of the President. Hubert V. Manning records, 1960-1983. | Claflin College | |
creatorOf | Claflin University. Office of the President. Office of the President records, 1937-1993 (bulk 1980-1993). | Claflin College |
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associatedWith | Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.). Office of the President. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Claflin University | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Claflin University. Board of Trustees. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Manning, Hubert V. 1918-1997. | person |
associatedWith | Randolph, J. B. | person |
associatedWith | Rogers, Oscar A. | person |
associatedWith | Seabrook, John Jarvis, 1899-1975. | person |
associatedWith | Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United Negro College Fund. | corporateBody |
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South Carolina--Orangeburg |
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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