Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Ash-Schofield Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-004
Overview
Samuel Shinn Ash and his wife, Sarah Jane Schofield Ash, were prominent Quakers, active in a variety of philanthropic activities, including anti-slavery, peace, temperance, women's rights, and education. Samuel Shinn Ash was apprenticed as an engineer and machinist and worked in manufacturing. This collection consists of family papers, manuscript letters and memorabilia, largely of a domestic nature. Includes some descriptions of Meetings and religious journeys, of the early struggles of...
Dates:
1796 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1912
Branson-Jackson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-016
Overview
Anna M. Jackson and her daughter, Anna M. (Jackson Branson) Theiss, were Quaker activists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Anna M. Jackson was very involved in reform activities in New York City. She served as Chairman of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, and was also involved in the Women's Municipal League and the Political Study Club. Her daughter, Anna Morris Jackson ("Pansy"), attended Swarthmore College for two years, and in 1909 earned a B.S. in Education from Columbia...
Dates:
1794-1962
Howard Malcolm Jenkins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-074
Overview
Howard Malcolm Jenkins (1842-1902), a birthright Quaker, was a scholar of Pennsylvania history and genealogy and published many books and articles based on his research. He was an active member of the Society of Friends, editor of the Friends Intelligencer, and served on the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College. The collection contains family papers and genealogical material on the Jenkins and Foulke families, correspondence of Howard M. Jenkins, and his publications and writings....
Dates:
1724-1904
Martha Schofield Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-134
Overview
Martha Schofield (1839-1916) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher from Pennsylvania who founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, S. C., in 1868 to provide education for formerly enslaved people. The School gradually evolved into a boarding school for training young blacks in industrial trades or to become teachers. It was absorbed into the public school system in 1952. Martha Fell Schofield was born Feb. 1, 1839, near Newtown, Bucks County, PA. She was the daughter of Oliver W....
Dates:
1853-1944 (bulk 1856-1916)
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-060
Overview
The Schofield Normal and Industrial School was founded in 1868 by Martha Schofield (1839-1916), a Pennsylvania Quaker. Her intention initially was to provide education for formerly enslaved people. The School gradually evolved into a boarding school for training young Black people in industrial trades or to become teachers. It was absorbed into the public school system in 1952. The collection contains minutes of the board of trustees (1886-1942), legal documents, financial records,...
Dates:
1870-1957
Additional filters:
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- Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 3
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 2
- Aiken (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century 2
- Freed persons -- Education -- South Carolina 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- Education 2
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Vocational education -- South Carolina 1
- Anti-fascist movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Boarding schools -- South Carolina 1
- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Education -- South Carolina 1
- Johns Island (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Missionaries -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Publishers and publishing 1
- Quaker authors 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quaker women -- Diaries 1
- Quaker women -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- South Carolina 1
- Quakers -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina 1
- Saint Helena Island (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century 1
- Schools -- South Carolina -- Aiken 1
- Sea Islands -- Social conditions -- 19th century 1
- Social reformers 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century 1
- Student Activities -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Teachers colleges -- South Carolina 1
- Trade schools -- South Carolina 1
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Vocational education -- South Carolina 1
- Wadmalaw Island (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century 1
- War resistance movements -- History -- Sources 1
- Women -- South Carolina -- Diaries 1
- Women and peace 1
- Women missionaries -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
- Women social workers -- South Carolina 1 + ∧ less
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