Schofield Normal and Industrial School collection, 1857-1986.

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Schofield Normal and Industrial School collection, 1857-1986.

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Consisting of correspondence, reports, programs, minutes, photographs, news clippings, and various printed materials documenting the history of this school for African Americans in Aiken, S.C.; its successor, Martha Schofield High School; and founder, teacher, and manager Martha Schofield (1839-1916). Collection also includes sample copies of items published by the school's Job-Press, 1879-1906; school related periodicals; and constitution of the Schofield School Literary Society. Correspondents include African-American doctor Matilda Evans, Strom Thurmond, school board members and supporters and former students, and Slater Fund regional administrator. Correspondence, 1856-1968 and 1985-1986 (folders 1-94); undated correspondence (folders 95-108); list of correspondents (folder 108); Martha Schofield biographical information (folder 109); minutes of meetings of Board of Trustees and faculty, school bulletins, 1943 calendar, Centennial Celebration, fa

1.25 linear ft. (1 carton)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418941

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

John F. Slater Fund

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Evans, Matilda A.

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Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.)

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Originally a school for freedmen, founded in 1868 by Martha Schofield (1839-1916), a Pennsylvania Quaker; initially provided education for freed slaves; gradually evolved into boarding school for training young African Americans in industrial trades or to become teachers; absorbed into public school system of Aiken County, S.C., in 1952. From the description of Records, 1883 - 1945 [microform]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 76823766 Founded in 1868 by M...

Schofield, Martha 1839-1916

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Martha Schofield was a Hicksite Quaker teacher from Pa. who founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, S.C., in 1868 to provide education for freed slaves. The School gradually evolved into a boarding school for training young African-Americans in industrial trades or to become teachers. It was absorbed into the public school system in 1952. Martha Fell Schofield was born Feb. 1, 1839, near Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa. She was the daughter of Oliver W. Schofield and Mary (Jackson) S...

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