Shaw University general records, 1920-1987.

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Shaw University general records, 1920-1987.

Materials include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, financial activity reports, and publications that reflect the work of the United Negro College Fund and its involvement with Shaw University and other institutions in North Carolina; Profile of the Shaw University Community (1967-1969) by the Office of Testing and Placement; monthly financial reports (1964-1965), budget, and financial reports (1953-1980); institutional self-study reports; dean of men reports; business reports; faculty curriculum reports; university publications (1933-1983); summer school reports; faculty handbooks; student publications; and financial operation reports.

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Field, Richard E.

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Smith, Stanley H.

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Shaw University

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Oldest historically black university in the South founded in 1865 as Raleigh Institute; renamed Shaw Collegiate Institute in 1870 in honor of benefactor, Elijah Shaw, of Wales, Mass.; in 1875 an act of the North Carolina General Assembly chartered the university as The Shaw University; originally founded to teach freedmen theology and Biblical interpretation, however within 15 years of its founding the institution began to broaden its curriculum. From the description of Commencement ...

United Negro College Fund

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Founded in 1944 to enhance the quality of education by providing financial assistance to deserving students, raising operating funds for member colleges and universities, and increasing access to technology for students and faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). From the description of Statistical reports, 1986-1988. (Benedict College). WorldCat record id: 70967588 Research Dept. was established in 1968 to gather and disseminate information about Un...