Randall Leroy Tyus papers, 1904-1973.

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Randall Leroy Tyus papers, 1904-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70972610

Materials include biographical data, Fisk University correspondence, news clippings about Tyus's death and Fisk University, his inauguration and homecoming convocation papers, speeches, and photographs.

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John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives

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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 ...

Tyus, Randall, 1903-1973

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President of Fisk University. From the description of Randall Leroy Tyus papers, 1904-1973. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972610 ...