Voorhees School and Junior College. Records

AO-00-R0061-13

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Voorhees School and Junior College. Records

• 1923-1927, 1933-1956 (Creation)

.7 cu.ft. (2 boxes)

Denmark Industrial School was founded in 1897 by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. Its name was changed to Voorhees Industrial School in1902 to honor major donors from New Jersey. In 1929 the curriculum expanded to include post-secondary education and the school was renamed Voorhees Normal and Industrial School. The name changed again in 1947 to Voorhees School and Junior College. The school was known as Voorhees College after it became a four-year college in 1962. The school was affiliated with ACI from 1924 until 1967.

Records of the Voorhees School's Board of Trustees include its by-laws (1926), meeting minutes (1939, 1941, 1949-1952), and the school president's annual reports (1947-1955). Financial documentation includes records relating to building construction (1947-1948). The ACI director's correspondence (1923-1954) addresses a wide variety of issues. Background information about the school can be found in historical summaries (c.1925, 1940). This series includes a survey report of the school by the George Peabody College for Teachers (1941).

This material constitutes file series 20 of the ACI archive.

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• English

• American Church Institute. Administrative Records

• African American universities and colleges
• Higher education

• Denmark, South Carolina

• American Church Institute (Subject)
• Wright, Elizabeth Evelyn (Subject)