Photographs, 1914-[199-].

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Photographs, 1914-[199-].

Subjects include college buildings; classes; commencement; events; faculty and staff; presidents; basketball, football, and other sports; and alumni and events.

ca. 3 linear ft.

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania had its beginning in the $10,000 bequest of Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, for the establishment of a school for the education of African Americans; African Institute was founded in 1837 and name changed to Institute for Colored Youth; opened in 1840 with five male students; in 1902 the school moved from Philadelphia to the farm of George Cheyney, 25 miles west of Philadelphia; after being administered by a Quaker Board of Managers for 85 years, the s...