Papers. 1923-1974.

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Papers. 1923-1974.

2 mss. boxes including correspondence, writings, diaries, other collected items of the Jamaican born educator and scholar who taught in Jamaica and the United States. He served as headmaster at Happy Grove School from 1941 to 1953, when he returned to the U.S. and became chairman of the department of zoology at Fort Valley College, Georgia. Later he joined the faculty at Grambling State University as professor of biology, a position held by him until his death. The papers reflect his interest in science and research.

2 boxes, and 1 oversized. 0.8 linear ft., 725 items.

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Grambling State University

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Grambling State University had its beginnings in 1901 when the Farmer's Relief Association of Ruston, La. authorized Lafayette Richmond, The Reverend Dennis Hollis, and Ruben Daniels to write Booker T. Washington to ask for help in starting a school; in response, Mr. Washington sent Charles P. Adams, a new Tuskegee Institute graduate, to open the school. On Nov. 1, 1901, the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School with three teachers and 125 students; it became a Lincoln Parish School Board p...

Fort Valley College.

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Crooks, Kenneth Bronstorph, 1905-1959.

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Happy Grove School (Hectors River, Jamaica)

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