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Schofield, Martha

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839 - 1916

Found in 4 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

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)

Martha Schofield photograph collection

 Collection — Othertype PA-143
Identifier: SFHL-PA-143
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. This collection contains a number of portraits of Martha Schofield, as well as some family pictures and photographs of the Schofield school.

Dates: 1847 - 1984

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

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  • Subject: Education -- South Carolina X

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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 3
Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 3
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 2
Aiken (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century 2
Freedmen -- Education -- South Carolina 2
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Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
Schools -- South Carolina -- Aiken 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 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
Education -- South Carolina 1
Freedmen -- Education -- Southern States 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
Quaker businesspeople 1
Quaker women -- Diaries 1
Quaker women -- Education 1
Quakers -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 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
Sea Islands -- Social conditions -- 19th century 1
Society of Friends -- Charities 1
Society of Friends -- Education 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 missionaries -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
Women social workers -- South Carolina 1
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