W.S. Scarborough scrapbook, 1890-1926.

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W.S. Scarborough scrapbook, 1890-1926.

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The collection contains a scrapbook concerning W.S. Scarborough and Wilberforce University from 1890-1926. It contains newspaper clippings relating to lectures given by Scarborough, African American politics, Wilberforce University, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and African American education. The scrapbook contains a number of other printed items, including a constitution of the American Negro Academy, of which he was a member; a rare broadside announcement of a program of the Bethel Literary Society of Washington, D.C., dated 1881; and a broadside announcement of a camp meeting held in Cedarville, Ohio on August 9, 1899. The scrapbook also contains a number of printed programs in which Scarborough took part or took place at Wilberforce University. The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown.

.25 linear ft. : (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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