Collection of Emily C. Prudden, 1840-1997.

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Collection of Emily C. Prudden, 1840-1997.

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The collection primarily consists of correspondence and research relating to Prudden by Pfeiffer College historian Mary Fisher Floyd (1960-1968), various published and unpublished work on Prudden by Harold Davenport (1959), Pfeiffer College archivist Bernard Russell (1978-1991), writer Christine L. Thompson (1984), and scholar Phoebe Pollitt (1993-1994); also clippings, programs, and addresses acknowledging Prudden's accomplishments.

1 box ( ca. 175 items)4 v.

Pfeiffer University, Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7449129

Pfeiffer University, Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer Library

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Prudden, Emily.

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Born in New Haven, Connecticut. Founder of approximately sixteen mission schools located in western North and South Carolina. Established Oberlin Home and School, forerunner of Pfeiffer University. Key figure in development of Christian mission school movement and African-American education in Appalachia. From the description of Collection of Emily C. Prudden, 1840-1997. (Pfeiffer University). WorldCat record id: 42383903 ...

Oberlin Home and School.

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