Florence M. Read Records. 1927-1947.

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Florence M. Read Records. 1927-1947.

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The Florence M. Read Records are part of the Atlanta University Presidential Records series. The bulk of the collection documents her brief tenure as Acting President of Atlanta University, 1936-1937. There is information about buildings and grounds, fund-raising, academic departments, the library, and the cooperative efforts among the schools in the Atlanta University System. There is also a small amount of correspondence, reports and printed materials about Gammon Theological Seminary, Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown and Spelman Colleges.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University. Office of the President.

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Read, Florence Matilda

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Florence Matilda Read (b. 1886 d. 1973) served as Acting President of Atlanta University from 1936 to 1937 during the interim period between the death of John Hope and the election of his successor. She was President of Spelman College from 1927 to 1953 and also served as Secretary of Atlanta University from 1929 to 1953. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1909 and served as Alumnae Secretary of her alma mater for two years. She became secretary of Reed College in 1911. Before arriving ...

Atlanta University Center (Ga.)

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The Atlanta University Financial Records are a part of the Atlanta University Presidential Records series. The charter establishing Atlanta University was approved October 16, 1867. The University was part of the movement to educate Negroes at the end of the Civil War, and an extension of educational efforts spearheaded by freedmen and abolitionists, and was supported by black and white churches and organizations such as the American Missionary Association and the Freedmen's Bureau. The first st...