Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph S. Elkinton collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1220
Abstract
A collection of various materials including papers of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1794-1846), a writer on antislavery topics, and miscellaneous Quaker documents, as well as some relating to the Institute for Colored Youth (now Cheyney University).
Dates:
1731 - 1902
Richard Humphreys Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-059
Abstract
The Richard Humphreys Foundation was created as the result of a bequest of Richard Humphreys (1750-1832), a Philadelphia Quaker who left funds for the establishment of a school for African Americans in Philadelphia. The school was founded as the Institute for Colored Youth. A group of Quakers, known first as the Association and after 1842 as the Corporation, oversaw the Institute. Actual management was performed by a board of managers who reported to the Corporation. The Corporation was...
Dates:
1837-1982
George Vaux Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-238
Abstract
The Vaux family was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family active in a number of charitable concerns, particularly as relate to the education of African-Americans. This collection includes papers from three George Vauxes: 1832-1915, 1863-1927, and 1908-1996, spanning a little over a century from the 1890s to the 1990s. There are administrative documents from the Institute of Colored Youth (later known as the Richard Humphreys Foundation), FriendsÂ’ FreedmenÂ’s Association, and the Emlen...
Dates:
1885-1995
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- Education 2
- African American universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
- African Americans -- Pennsylvania 1
- Associations, Institutions, etc. -- Pennsylvania 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Children -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania 1
- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Endowments -- Pennsylvania 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Pennsylvania 1
- Philanthropists -- United States 1
- Quakers -- Barbados 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- Tortola 1
- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Social service -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Teachers colleges -- Pennsylvania 1 + ∧ less
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