St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School. Records

AO-00-R0061-11

The Archives of the Episcopal Church

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St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School. Records

• 1890, 1897, 1907-1957 (Creation)

1.3 cu.ft. (5 boxes partial)

The Rev. James Solomon Russell founded St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial School in 1888 and served as its principal until his death in 1935 when he was succeeded by his son, the Rev. J. Alvin Russell. In 1941 the school began to offer a four-year degree program and changed its name to St. Paul’s Polytechnic Institute. The school’s name changed again to St. Paul’s College in 1957.

Records of St. Paul’s contain legal documents on the founding of the school, Board of Trustees records and meeting minutes (1897, 1940-1951) and minutes of the Executive Committee (1940-1951), as well as reports from the principal from 1938 to 1957. Financial documentation spans 1935 to 1957 and includes budgets, treasurer’s reports, and audit reports. ACI director’s correspondence (1911-1953) occurs with St. Paul’s Board of Trustees members and school administration and covers financial, personnel, construction, and curricular topics. Correspondence from the Home Department Director (1949-1953) addresses a variety of topics including the search for a new president after the Rev. J. Alvin Russell’s retirement. School publications from 1907-1948 include historical pamphlets, bulletins, and some issues of the Southern Missioner. The fonds includes a survey report of the school by the George Peabody College for Teachers (1946).

This material constitutes file series 18 of the ACI archive.

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• English

• American Church Institute. Administrative Records

• African American education

• Lawrenceville, Virginia

• American Church Institute (Subject)
• Russell, James Solomon (Subject)