Gailor Industrial School. Records

AO-00-R0061-05

The Archives of the Episcopal Church

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Gailor Industrial School. Records

• 1919-1951 (Creation)

.4 cu.ft. (2 boxes partial)

Gailor Industrial School was founded in 1905 by the Bishop of Tennessee, Thomas F. Gailor III, and first became affiliated with ACI in 1921. The school's original name honored a donor, Rev. Charles A. Hoffman of New York. Gailor developed into a four-year high school for girls and boys, including boarders. Enrollment in 1928 was 250; in 1943, it was 360. Fire completely destroyed the school in 1945 but it continued to function and was rebuilt. ACI appears to have discontinued funding the school in 1949.

The school's Board of Trustees records (1935, 1940, 1944-1946) are slight, but other documentation is present concerning finances and the closing of Gailor Industrial School, dating from 1919 to 1951. ACI Director's correspondence (1938-1944) is with Gailor's principal and the Bishop of Tennessee, and with others concerning the school's building projects. Historical information can be found in historical summaries (1924-1928), publicity (1943), and a survey report of the school by the George Peabody College for Teachers (1946).

This material constitutes file series 13 of the ACI archive.

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• English

The Tennessee State Library and Archives holds Gailor Industrial School Records, 1917-1973.

• American Church Institute. Administrative Records

• African American education
• Hoffman-St. Mary's Industrial School

• Mason, Tennessee

• American Church Institute (Subject)
• Gailor III, Thomas F. (Subject)