Lizzie Anderson Crafton collection, 1886-1941.

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Lizzie Anderson Crafton collection, 1886-1941.

Materials include biographical information; correspondence concerning Crafton's father, Dr. Laurine C. Anderson, a pioneer of Negro education in Texas and former principal of Prairie View Normal and Industrial College from 1884 to 1897; and photographs of Fisk University Men's Glee Club..

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SNAC Resource ID: 8060959

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Fisk University

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Established as Fisk Free Colored School in Nashville, Tenn., in Dec. 1865 by John Ogden, Rev. Erastus Milo Caravath, and Rev. Edward P. Smith; named in honor of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Tennessee and Kentucky, who provided the new institution with facilities and contributed over $30,000 to the school; opened on 9 Jan. 1866 with almost two hundred students of all ages; incorporated as Fisk University on 22 Aug. 1867 after its curriculum shifted to ...

Anderson, L. C. (Laurine Cecil), 1853-1938

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Crafton, Lizzie Anderson

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Daughter of Dr. Laurine c. Anderson. From the description of Lizzie Anderson Crafton collection, 1886-1941. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971636 ...

Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College (Prairie View, Tex.)

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