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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | |
| Title: | Storer College Programs, February 1920 - May 1920 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | The Storer College Programs contains three printed programs of varying public events at Storer College dating from February 12, 1920 to May 25, 1920. |
| Storer College was a small historical black college located in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. These programs illustrate the activities available to students, faculty and alumni. | |
| Extent: | 0.01 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 230. Storer College Programs, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish in March 2005. The accesion number was 05-09. It was opened to the public in March 2005. An addendum was added in July 2006.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, March 2005
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, March 2005
Stofer College was a historically black college located in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia founded by Reverend Dr. Nathan Cook Brackett, a Freewill Baptist minister. The Home Mission Society of the Free Baptist Church founded it in 1867 to educate former slaves. It was the first college for African Americans in West Virginia. It was named for philanthopist John Storer of Sanford, Maine, who donation setup money. Frederick Douglass served as a trustee. The Niagara Movement, a forerunner of the NAACP, held its second conference on the campus of Storer College in 1906.
The school closed in 1955 after the 1954 Supreme Court desegregation decision led to the end of state and federal funding. In 1964, the college's endowment was transferred to Virginia Union University, an historically black institution. Records of the college are maintained by Virginia Union and by Howard University.
| Storer College |
| African American universities and colleges -- West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry -- Sources |
| Appalachian (people) -- West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry -- Sources |
| Collection 230. Stofer College Programs. | |||||||||
| Three programs, 1920. | |||||||||
| Addendum. May 30, 1892 Program for Twenty-Five Commencement. | |||||||||
