General records, 1897-1995.

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General records, 1897-1995.

Materials include constitution for Barber-Scotia College; newspaper clippings (1949-1995) of college events and activities; photographs (1897-1992) including photographs of buildings, early female groups, individuals, early graduating classes, ground breaking of new buildings, organizational groups, and Mary McLeod Bethune.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8055231

Barber-Scotia College

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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration'...

Barber-Scotia College

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Scotia Women's College was founded in 1867 in Concord, N.C., by the Rev. Luke Dorland to train women as teachers and social workers; in 1870 it became a seminary under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen; Barber Memorial Seminary, a girls' school in Anniston, Ala., was founded in 1896 by Mrs. P.N. Barber of Philadelphia and was also operated by the Presbyterian Board; the two schools merged in 1930 to become Barber-Scotia College; became coeducational in 1954. ...