Milton S.J. Wright papers, 1929-1972.
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Wright, Milton S. J., 1903-1972
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Wilberforce University educator; received B.A. from Wilberforce (1926); A.M., Columbia University (1928); Ph. D., University of Heidelberg (1932); head, Dept. of Economics and Political Science, Wilberforce University; chairman, Division of the Social Sciences, Wilberforce University; and author of books and articles. From the description of Milton S.J. Wright papers, 1929-1972. (Wilberforce University). WorldCat record id: 70979013 ...
Wilberforce University
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Wilberforce University has its beginnings in a 28 Sept. 1853 meeting, during which the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church agreed to fund a coeducational college for African-American people of the state to be called Ohio African University and to be located in Tawas Springs, Ohio. Chartered as Wilberforce University in 1856, enrollment reached 207 people, and second year collegiate instruction was offered. Because of financial difficulties due to the Civil War (1861-1865), th...