Scrapbook. Ca. 1875-1911.

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Scrapbook. Ca. 1875-1911.

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Scrapbook. Howard University and South Carolina physician. Contains correspondence, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings. There are several programs and clippings concerning Avery Institute. In general, scrapbook contains items about black individuals, organizations, and istitutions in South Carolina. Holmes married Louise Fordham, daughter of the poet, Mary Weston Fordham. He acted as principal of Wilson School in Florence, S.C., then studied for the medical profession at Howard University. Graduating in 1910, he established a practice. The scrapbook includes items covering a span of time roughly from the end of Reconstruction to World War I.

1 item. 0.4 linear ft.

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Howard University

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Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. The institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867 and much of its early funding came from endow...

Fordham, Louise.

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Avery Institute (Charleston, S.C.)

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Holmes, William, active 1851

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Wilson School (Florence, S.C.)

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