Philander Smith College group photograph [graphic]. [189-?]

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Philander Smith College group photograph [graphic]. [189-?]

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Negative taken of group standing on the steps of Budlong Hall at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Lydia Jane Durant (Nelson) is on bottom row second from right. Handwritten message on photograph reads "Lydia Jane Durant (Nelson) a student at Philander Smith College probably in College Preparation or normal ." Photograph stamped "Prater" in bottom left corner. Lydia Jane Durant Nelson married Duncan Wesley Nelson. In 1904, Duncan Wesley "Big Papa" Nelson organized McCabe Chapel located at North 13th and Pine Street in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Duncan Wesley Nelson's father was a slave who choose the last name Nelson from his owner's first name Nelson Smithson. Copied from the Duncan Wesley Nelson Family Reunion pamphlet from 1985.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Nelson, Lydia Jane Durant.

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Philander Smith College

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Philander Smith College had its beginnings in Walden Seminary which was founded in 1877; in 1882 Mrs. Adeline Smith, widow of Mr. Philander Smith of Oak Park, Ill., designated $10,500 for Walden Seminary; trustees accepted the gift and gave it special recognition by changing the name of the struggling Walden Seminary to Philander Smith College; chartered as a four year college in 1883; first baccalaureate degree awarded in 1888. From the description of Photographs, [18--]-[19--]. (Un...