Records, 1921-1994.

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Records, 1921-1994.

Collection consists mainly of correspondence between Bowden and Episcopalian Bishop William T. Capers pertaining to financial and administrative matters of the college (1921-1942).

ca. 0.5 linear ft.

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Zimmerman, Jill M.

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Wieland, George A.

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Bowden, Edward F.

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Jackson, W. W., Mrs.

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Capers, William T. (William Theodotus), 1867-1943

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St. Philip's College

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St. Philip's College was founded as St. Philip's Vocational Day School for Colored Children in 1898 (also known as St. Philip's Parochial Day School) in connection with St. Philip's Church. Under the leadership of Episcopalian Bishop James Steptoe Johnson, the school opened on 1 Mar. 1898 as a sewing class for girls, with fewer than twenty students. Artemisia Bowden was hired in 1902 as the third principal and led the institution for fifty-two years. The school became a junior college in 1942, a...

Duncan, Lucy E.

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Bowden, Artemisia, 1883-1969

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Artemisia Bowden, chief administrator of St. Philip's College for fifty-two years; b. 1 Jan. 1883 in Albany, Ga.; d. Aug. 1969 in Texas; parents were Milas and Mary Molette Bowden; eldest of seven siblings; graduated from St. Augustine's College in 1900; taught at St. Joseph's Parochial School, Fayetteville, N.C.; taught at High Point Normal and Industrial School, High Point, N.C.; came to San Antonio in 1902 to head the four year old St. Philip's School as its third principal; guided the develo...

St. Philip's Junior College

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