Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1930.
Related Entities
There are 2 Entities related to this resource.
Savage, W. Sherman (William Sherman)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns45t0 (person)
W. Sherman Savage remained deeply involved in education throughout his adult life, both as a teacher and as a scholar. Born in Wattsville, Accomac County, Virginia, Savage received a bachelor's degree from Howard University in 1917. He held various teaching positions in Mississippi, North Carolina and Oklahoma, before becoming professor of history at Lincoln University of Missouri (Jefferson City, Missouri) in 1921. Despite the racial barriers in place at most universities, Savage a...
Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k09ts (corporateBody)
Lincoln University was founded as Lincoln Institute by the white officers and black enlisted men of the 62nd and 65th U.S. Colored infantries of the Civil War who donated $6400 to help fund the school; opened Sept. 17, 1866 in Jefferson City, Mo., with a class of two and with Lt. Richard B. Foster, a white officer of the 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry, as principal; college department was added in 1887; Lincoln Institute formally became a state institution in 1879 with the deeding of the property to...
