Library records, 1947-1988 (bulk 1963-1980).

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Library records, 1947-1988 (bulk 1963-1980).

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Materials consist of correspondence, memoranda, handbooks, policy manuals, and other materials relating to the administration of the library; acquisition and subscription records; library newsletters; photographs and audiotapes of campus events and lectures; vertical file material such as programs, posters, newsletters, and news clippings, primarily relating to South Carolina, African-American history, black college libraries, civil rights, and Claflin College alumni.

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Claflin College

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SNAC Resource ID: 8057403

Claflin College

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Claflin University

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Founded as Claflin University on Dec. 18, 1869 in Orangeburg, S.C. by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; est. largely through the generosity of Boston philanthropist, the Hon. Lee Claflin and his son, Massachusetts Governor William Claflin; occupies the former site of the Orangeburg Female Seminary; in 1871 merged with Baker Biblical Institute, founded in 1866 in Charleston, S.C., and recently moved to Orangeburg, and with a training school in Camden, S.C.; from 1872 t...

H.V. Manning Library

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Claflin College's first library, Lee Library, was erected in 1898; as the collection grew, larger quarters became necessary and the library moved into a renovated building and was renamed Bowen Library, in honor of Bishop J.W.E. Bowen; in 1967 a new library building was erected and the library was renamed the H.V. Manning Library in honor of Claflin's sixth president, Hubert Vernon Manning. From the description of Library records, 1947-1988 (bulk 1963-1980). (Claflin College). WorldC...

Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.)

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Founded as Claflin University on Dec. 18, 1869 in Orangeburg, S.C. by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; est. largely through the generosity of Boston philanthropist, the Hon. Lee Claflin and his son, Massachusetts Governor William Claflin; occupies the former site of the Orangeburg Female Seminary; in 1871 merged with Baker Biblical Institute, founded in 1866 in Charleston, S.C., and recently moved to Orangeburg, and with a training school in Camden, S.C.; from 1872 t...

Bowen Library (Claflin University)

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