African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-048
Abstract
This small collection contains papers relating to the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund, named after Quaker educator Martha Schofield, and restricted to students from Aiken County, South Carolina.
Dates:
1975-1980
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-060
Abstract
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
