AM & N, Dr. John Brown Watson (sixth from left) [graphic]. [193-?]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

AM & N, Dr. John Brown Watson (sixth from left) [graphic]. [193-?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47218710

Negative of large group in front of unidentified building at the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal (A.M. & N.) College (now called University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Sixth from the left is Dr. John Brown Watson, President of A.M. & N. John Brown Watson was born in Smith County, Texas, in 1872 to Frank and Chrystial (Gary) Watson. Watson received degrees from Bishop College in Marshall in 1889, Colgate College, Brown University in 1904, and a honorary master of arts and doctor of laws from Morehouse College. Watson taught at Smith County schools and Morehouse College. In 1907 he married Hattie Rutherford, daughter of S.W. Rutherford who founded of the National Benefit Life Insurance Company of Washington, D.C. Aside from teaching, Watson also worked with the International Young Men's Christian Association among Negroes in 1909 and in the insurance business in Atlanta, Georgia in 1917. While Watson was a receiver for the Atlanta State Savings Bank from 1921 to 1923, he was asked to become the president of Leland College in Baker, Louisiana. Watson served as the President of A.M. & N. from 1928 until his death on December 6, 1942. During his administration, he reinstated a four-year degree program, recuited good faculty members and increased the student popultion from 36 to 700.

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

Arkansas History Commission

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7577007

Arkansas History Commission

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6228d8q (corporateBody)

Watson, John Brown, 1872-1942.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6544n04 (person)

Arkansas History Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz9whg (corporateBody)

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 ...