General university records, 1903-[ongoing].

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General university records, 1903-[ongoing].

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Materials include Board of Curators minutes (1903-1980, 2 linear ft.); pesidents reports (1931-1995, 1.5 linear ft.); faculty meeting minutes (1934-1967, 1 linear ft.); legislative meeting minutes (1945-1966, .5 ft.); loose, scrapbooks, and bound photocopies of news clippings about the university (1939-present, 2 linear ft.); scrapbooks of photographs, programs, and other materials that document the activities of the Detroit Chapter of the National Alumni Association (1951-1999, 15 items); bound volume of congratulatory letters on the retirement of Dr. Sidney J. Reedy, professor of education (1972); reprints of The History of Lincoln University by W. Sherman Savage; and proceedings of the annual Conference of the Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges (1933-1954, 3 v.).

15 linear ft.

Lincoln University, Page Library

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Lincoln University, Page Library

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Reedy, Sidney J., 1902-1989

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Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.). Board of Curators

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Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)

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Lincoln University was founded as Lincoln Institute by the white officers and black enlisted men of the 62nd and 65th U.S. Colored infantries of the Civil War who donated $6400 to help fund the school; opened Sept. 17, 1866 in Jefferson City, Mo., with a class of two and with Lt. Richard B. Foster, a white officer of the 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry, as principal; college department was added in 1887; Lincoln Institute formally became a state institution in 1879 with the deeding of the property to...

Savage, W. Sherman (William Sherman)

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W. Sherman Savage remained deeply involved in education throughout his adult life, both as a teacher and as a scholar. Born in Wattsville, Accomac County, Virginia, Savage received a bachelor's degree from Howard University in 1917. He held various teaching positions in Mississippi, North Carolina and Oklahoma, before becoming professor of history at Lincoln University of Missouri (Jefferson City, Missouri) in 1921. Despite the racial barriers in place at most universities, Savage a...

Conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges

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