Hobson Normal Institute collection, 1882-1953.

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Hobson Normal Institute collection, 1882-1953.

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Historical data, memorabilia, and photographs concerning the Hobson Normal Institute, Parsons, Kan., founded in 1882 by the Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends as a school for training teachers and providing higher education for African American youth in the border states.

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Hobson Normal Institute (Parsons, Kan.)

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The Institute was founded in Parsons, Kansas by the Iowa yearly meeting of the Society of Friends in 1882. The purpose of the school was to train students for the teaching profession and provide higher education for Negro youth in the border states, where segregation limited Negro schools to the eighth grade. The school was closed in 1896. From the guide to the Hobson Normal Institute Collection, 1882-1953, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University) ...

Bowles, Darius W.

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Society of Hobsonites

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Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends

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