Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records, 1865-1960 , A&M 1322

Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records, 1865-1960 A&M 1322

West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 1322

Title

Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records 1865-1960 1930s-1950s

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198177

Quantity

87.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 87 ft. 5 1/4 in. (160 document cases, 5 in. each); (28 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (7 record cartons, 15 in. each); (4 notecard boxes, 5 in. each); (2 notecard boxes, 4 1/2 in. each); (5 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 1/2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small artifact box, 1 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.); 1 reel microfilm

Creator

Storer College

Location

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Language

English .

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

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Biographical / Historical

Storer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.

Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.

The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.

In the beginning local residents were resistant to a "colored school" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, "it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday." The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.

Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.

In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.

[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]

Scope and Contents

Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.

The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:

Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers)
Series 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers)
Series 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers)
Series 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container)
Series 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers).
Series 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container)
Series 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container)
Series 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container)
Series 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container)
Series 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers)
Series 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers)
Series 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers)
Series 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers)
Series 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container)
Series 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers)
Series 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers)
Series 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container)
Series 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)

Related Material

1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Account books
African Americans -- Appalachian Region
African Americans -- Education (Higher)
African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.
African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia
Ball, George H.
Baptists
Brewster, J.M.
Brown, John -- Fort-Museum
Builders and contractors.
Curtis, Silas, 1804-
Day, George T.
Education
Ephemera.
Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869
Freedmen's Schools.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
Jefferson County (W. Va.)
Jefferson County - Schools.
Ledgers.
McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951
Missionaries
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
New England Free Will Baptist Association
Newspapers.
Photographs.
Schools - Jefferson County.
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Stewart, I.D.
Storer College
Teachers' letters and papers.
United States. Veterans Administration
Universities and colleges
West Virginia -- Race relations
Women -- Education
Women's history -- 1850-1899
Women's history -- 1900-1929
Women's history -- 1929-1950
Women's history -- 1951-present
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Letters
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
Jefferson County (W. Va.)
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
West Virginia -- Race relations

Container List

Series 1. Correspondence, boxes 1a-61

Mixed Materials Box: 1a Mixed Materials Box: 1b Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5a Mixed Materials Box: 5b Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Mixed Materials Box: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Box: 22a Mixed Materials Box: 22b Mixed Materials Box: 23 Mixed Materials Box: 24a Mixed Materials Box: 24b Mixed Materials Box: 25 Mixed Materials Box: 26 Mixed Materials Box: 27 Mixed Materials Box: 28 Mixed Materials Box: 29 Mixed Materials Box: 30a Mixed Materials Box: 30b Mixed Materials Box: 31 Mixed Materials Box: 32 Mixed Materials Box: 33 Mixed Materials Box: 34a Mixed Materials Box: 34b Mixed Materials Box: 35 Mixed Materials Box: 36 Mixed Materials Box: 37a Mixed Materials Box: 37b Mixed Materials Box: 38 Mixed Materials Box: 39 Mixed Materials Box: 40 Mixed Materials Box: 41 Mixed Materials Box: 42 Mixed Materials Box: 43 Mixed Materials Box: 44a Mixed Materials Box: 44b Mixed Materials Box: 45 Mixed Materials Box: 46 Mixed Materials Box: 47 Mixed Materials Box: 48a Mixed Materials Box: 48b Mixed Materials Box: 49 Mixed Materials Box: 50 Mixed Materials Box: 51 Mixed Materials Box: 52 Mixed Materials Box: 53 Mixed Materials Box: 54 Mixed Materials Box: 55a Mixed Materials Box: 55b Mixed Materials Box: 56 Mixed Materials Box: 57a Mixed Materials Box: 57b Mixed Materials Box: 58 Mixed Materials Box: 59a Mixed Materials Box: 59b Mixed Materials Box: 60 Mixed Materials Box: 61 1865–1953

Scope and Contents

This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.

Mixed Materials Box: 1a
Correspondence
1865–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1b
Correspondence
1909–1912
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Correspondence
1909–1912
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Correspondence
1920s
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Correspondence
1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 5a
Correspondence
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 5b
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Correspondence
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Correspondence
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Correspondence
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 9
Correspondence
1939–1950
Mixed Materials Box: 10
Correspondence
1940–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Correspondence
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 12
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 13
Correspondence
1941–1944
Mixed Materials Box: 14
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 15
Correspondence
1942–1945
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Correspondence
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 17
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 22a
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 22b
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 23
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 24a
Correspondence
ca. 1945
Mixed Materials Box: 24b
Correspondence
ca. 1945
Mixed Materials Box: 25
Correspondence
ca. 1945-1947
Mixed Materials Box: 26
Correspondence (includes folder "John Brown's Fort")
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 27
Correspondence
1945–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 28
Correspondence
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 29
Correspondence
ca. 1945-1946
Mixed Materials Box: 30a
Correspondence
ca. 1945-1946
Mixed Materials Box: 30b
Correspondence
ca. 1945-1946
Mixed Materials Box: 31
Correspondence
ca. 1946
Mixed Materials Box: 32
Correspondence
1946–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 33
Correspondence
1945–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 34a
Correspondence
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 34b
Correspondence
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 35
Correspondence
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 36
Correspondence
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 37a
Correspondence
1945–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 37b
Correspondence
1947–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 38
Correspondence
1947–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 39
Correspondence
1946-1948, 1950
Mixed Materials Box: 40
Correspondence
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 41
Correspondence
1948–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 42
Correspondence
1948–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 43
Correspondence
1948–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 44a
Correspondence
1949–1953
Mixed Materials Box: 44b
Correspondence
1949–1950
Mixed Materials Box: 45
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 46
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 47
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 48a
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 48b
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 49
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 50
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 51
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 52
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 53
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 54
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 55a
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 55b
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 56
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 57a
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 57b
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 58
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 59a
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 59b
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 60
Correspondence
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 61
Correspondence
1950s

Series 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence, boxes 62-72

Mixed Materials Box: 62 Mixed Materials Box: 63 Mixed Materials Box: 64 Mixed Materials Box: 65a Mixed Materials Box: 65b Mixed Materials Box: 66a Mixed Materials Box: 66b Mixed Materials Box: 67 Mixed Materials Box: 68 Mixed Materials Box: 69a Mixed Materials Box: 69b Mixed Materials Box: 70 Mixed Materials Box: 71 Mixed Materials Box: 72 1892–1957

Scope and Contents

This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.

Mixed Materials Box: 62
Miscellaneous correspondence
1892–1926
Mixed Materials Box: 63
Miscellaneous correspondence
1927–1932
Mixed Materials Box: 64
Miscellaneous correspondence
1933–1939
Mixed Materials Box: 65a
Miscellaneous correspondence
1940–1942
Mixed Materials Box: 65b
Miscellaneous correspondence
1942–1943
Mixed Materials Box: 66a
Miscellaneous correspondence
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 66b
Miscellaneous correspondence
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 67
Miscellaneous correspondence
1945–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 68
Miscellaneous correspondence
1946–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 69a
Miscellaneous correspondence
1950–1951
Mixed Materials Box: 69b
Miscellaneous correspondence
1952–1954
Mixed Materials Box: 70
Miscellaneous correspondence
1954–1957
Mixed Materials Box: 71
Miscellaneous correspondence
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 72
Miscellaneous correspondence
undated

Series 3. Individual Correspondence, boxes 73-85b

Mixed Materials Box: 73 Mixed Materials Box: 74a Mixed Materials Box: 74b Mixed Materials Box: 75 Mixed Materials Box: 76a Mixed Materials Box: 76b Mixed Materials Box: 77a Mixed Materials Box: 77b Mixed Materials Box: 78a Mixed Materials Box: 78b Mixed Materials Box: 79a Mixed Materials Box: 79b Mixed Materials Box: 79c Mixed Materials Box: 80a Mixed Materials Box: 80b Mixed Materials Box: 81a Mixed Materials Box: 81b Mixed Materials Box: 82a Mixed Materials Box: 82b Mixed Materials Box: 83a Mixed Materials Box: 83b Mixed Materials Box: 84a Mixed Materials Box: 84b Mixed Materials Box: 85a Mixed Materials Box: 85b 1920s-1950s

Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.

Mixed Materials Box: 73
Abrams, Rev. S.A. to Bonds, Thomas W.
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 74a
Booker to Chambers
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 74b
Church to Cromwell, John W.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 75
Darius, V.J. to Hudson
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 76a
Faulkner, Donald to Fraser
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 76b
Frederick to Furr, William L.
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 77a
Gandy, Thelma E. to Hayne
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 77b
Hardy to Irons, H.L.
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 78a
Jacobs, Marie C. to Johnson
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 78b
All Johnson
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 79a
Johnson to Koonce
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 79b
Lakey to McDonald
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 79c
McDonald to Minor
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 80a
Moore to Nsima
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 80b
Nelson to Peyton
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 81a
Pickett to Red
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 81b
Rhodes to Robertson
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 82a
Robertson to Robey (Tuition account of Louis W. Robey moved from box 82a, folder 4b to Series 18, Oversize, box 174, folder 1)
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 82b
Robinson to Simpson
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 83a
Smith, Frank A. to Terrell, L.E.
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 83b
Smith, Frank A. to Terrell, L.E.
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 84a
Terrell, L.E. to Westfall, Kathrine
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 84b
Terrell, L.E. to Westfall, Kathrine
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 85a
Whaley, Augusta to Wright, P.C.
1920s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 85b
Whaley, Augusta to Wright, P.C.
1920s-1950s

Series 4. President's Reports, box 86a, folders 1a-4

Mixed Materials Box: 86a Folder: 1a-4 1907–1955

Scope and Contents

This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.

Mixed Materials Box: 86a Folder: 1a-4
Annual Reports of the President
1907–1955

Series 5. Board of Trustees, boxes 86a-87b

Mixed Materials Box: 86a Mixed Materials Box: 86b Mixed Materials Box: 87a Mixed Materials Box: 87b 1926–1960

Scope and Contents

This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 86a Folder: 5-7
Minutes
1927–1940
Mixed Materials Box: 86b
Minutes
1941–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 87a Folder: 1-7
Minutes
1947–1952
Mixed Materials Box: 87a Folder: 8
Form letters to trustees
1931–1960
Mixed Materials Box: 87a Folder: 9a-9b
Reports
1944–1957
Mixed Materials Box: 87a Folder: 10-12
Minutes
1941–1957
Mixed Materials Box: 87b Folder: 1-2b
Trustees correspondence
1926–1957

Series 6. Dean of Women Reports, box 87b, folder 3

Mixed Materials Box: 87b Folder: 3 1939–1944

Scope and Contents

This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.

Mixed Materials Box: 87b Folder: 3
Dean of Women reports
1939–1944

Series 7. Executive Committee, boxes 88a-88b

Mixed Materials Box: 88a Mixed Materials Box: 88b 1924–1957

Scope and Contents

This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 88a
Minutes
1924–1957
Mixed Materials Box: 88b Folder: 1
Minutes
1946–1954

Series 8. Women's Commission, box 88b, folder 2

Mixed Materials Box: 88b Folder: 2 1937–1948

Scope and Contents

This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.

Mixed Materials Box: 88b Folder: 2
Minutes
1937–1948

Series 9. By-Laws, box 88b, folders 3-4

Mixed Materials Box: 88b Folder: 3-4 1867–1953

Scope and Contents

This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 88b Folder: 3-4
By-laws of Storer College
1867–1953

Series 10. Faculty, boxes 89-90

Mixed Materials Box: 89 Mixed Materials Box: 90 1940s–1950s

Scope and Contents

This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 89
Faculty meeting minutes
1943–1955
Mixed Materials Box: 90
Faculty applications, prospective teachers, personal data faculty, former faculty members, faculty miscellaneous items, two books, faculty minutes
1940s-1950s

Series 11. Printed Material, boxes 91-92

Mixed Materials Box: 91 Mixed Materials Box: 92 1920s-1950s

Scope and Contents

This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 91
Alumni programs, homecoming, football programs, movie programs, printed notices, programs (general), bi-weekly calendar
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 92
Commencement folder, alumni form letters, form letters dated, form letters undated, freshmen week programs, news release folder, Storer publicity, President's newsletter, vesper hour programs
1920s-1940s

Series 12. Student Records, boxes 93a-122 and 137-138

Mixed Materials Box: 93a Mixed Materials Box: 93b Mixed Materials Box: 94 Mixed Materials Box: 95 Mixed Materials Box: 96 Mixed Materials Box: 97 Mixed Materials Box: 98 Mixed Materials Box: 99a Mixed Materials Box: 99b Mixed Materials Box: 100 Mixed Materials Box: 101a Mixed Materials Box: 101b Mixed Materials Box: 102 Mixed Materials Box: 103 Mixed Materials Box: 104 Mixed Materials Box: 105 Mixed Materials Box: 106 Mixed Materials Box: 107 Mixed Materials Box: 108 Mixed Materials Box: 109 Mixed Materials Box: 110 Mixed Materials Box: 111 Mixed Materials Box: 112a Mixed Materials Box: 112b Mixed Materials Box: 113 Mixed Materials Box: 114 Mixed Materials Box: 115 Mixed Materials Box: 116 Mixed Materials Box: 117 Mixed Materials Box: 118 Mixed Materials Box: 119 Mixed Materials Box: 120 Mixed Materials Box: 121 Mixed Materials Box: 122 Mixed Materials Box: 137 Mixed Materials Box: 138 1890s–1950s

Scope and Contents

This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 93a
Veterans Administration
1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 93b
Veterans Administration
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 94
Veterans Administration
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 95
Veterans Administration -- vouchers
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 96
Veterans Administration -- vouchers
1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 97
Newspaper clippings
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 98
Photographs and negatives
1890s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 99a
Student transcripts
1920s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 99b
Student transcripts
1920s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 100
Admission forms, high school credits, transcripts
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 101a
High school credits, additional correspondence
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 101b
High school credits, additional correspondence
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 102
Correspondence and records of African students
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 103
Correspondence and records of African students
1940s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 104
Barrett-Ryan test series
1938–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 105
Barrett-Ryan test series
1946–1955
Mixed Materials Box: 106
Abbot, Geraldine to Blue, Mary Virginia
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 107
Bobb, Bernice to Byrd, Mary Virginia
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 108
Cabiness, Linda R. to Craven, Sadie
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 109
Crayten to Eavens
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 110
Ebong, Charles E. to Giles, Clarence
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 111
Gillison, Geraldine to Hill, Preston G.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 112a
Hill, Willie Henry to Johnson, Ella F.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 112b
Hill, Willie Henry to Johnson, Ella F.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 113
Johnson, Freddie M. to Lytle Nannie Sue
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 114
Mack, Garnett to Minor, Madlyn M.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 115
Mitchell, Edwin to Owens, Sara C.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 116
Page, Mary W. to Reeler, Marion
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 117
Reeler, Oscar D. to Scott, Sanford D.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 118
Sellers, Frank to Stewart, Mary B.
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 119
Strickland, Dorothy to Tyner, William
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 120
Udonkin, E.W. to Williams, James
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 121
Williams, Jay P. to Young, Mary and Miscellaneous
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 122
Final exams
1945–1955
Mixed Materials Box: 137
Student records
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 138
Student records
1930s-1950s

Series 13. Financial Records, boxes 123a-136, 139a-159, and 164-169

Mixed Materials Box: 123a Mixed Materials Box: 123b Mixed Materials Box: 124 Mixed Materials Box: 125a Mixed Materials Box: 125b Mixed Materials Box: 126 Mixed Materials Box: 127 Mixed Materials Box: 128 Mixed Materials Box: 129 Mixed Materials Box: 130a Mixed Materials Box: 130b Mixed Materials Box: 131a Mixed Materials Box: 131b Mixed Materials Box: 132 Mixed Materials Box: 133a Mixed Materials Box: 133b Mixed Materials Box: 134a Mixed Materials Box: 134b Mixed Materials Box: 135a Mixed Materials Box: 135b Mixed Materials Box: 136 Mixed Materials Box: 139a Mixed Materials Box: 139b Mixed Materials Box: 140 Mixed Materials Box: 141a Mixed Materials Box: 141b Mixed Materials Box: 142 Mixed Materials Box: 143 Mixed Materials Box: 144 Mixed Materials Box: 145 Mixed Materials Box: 146 Mixed Materials Box: 147 Mixed Materials Box: 148 Mixed Materials Box: 149 Mixed Materials Box: 150 Mixed Materials Box: 151 Mixed Materials Box: 152 Mixed Materials Box: 153 Mixed Materials Box: 154 Mixed Materials Box: 155 Mixed Materials Box: 156 Mixed Materials Box: 157 Mixed Materials Box: 158 Mixed Materials Box: 159 Mixed Materials Box: 164 Mixed Materials Box: 165 Mixed Materials Box: 166 Mixed Materials Box: 167 Mixed Materials Box: 168 Mixed Materials Box: 169 1800s-1950s

Scope and Contents

This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 123a
Accounts receivable to financial reports
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 123b
Accounts receivable to financial reports
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 124
Financial reports to inventory reports
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 125a
Inventory reports to Robertson, T.E. (stocks)
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 125b
Inventory reports to Robertson, T.E. (stocks)
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 126
Storer College property records to trial balance reports
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 127
Veterans Administration--finance reports
1930s-1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 128
Vouchers to winter reports
1930s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 129
Budget reports
1926–1956
Mixed Materials Box: 130a
Co-operative club books [receipt books and club account books]
1902-1908, 1920-1924
Mixed Materials Box: 130b
Check books [receipt books]
1918–1925
Mixed Materials Box: 131a
Check books
1938–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 131b
Check books
1926–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 132
Check books [money receipts]
1945–1951
Mixed Materials Box: 133a
Friends of Storer College (names of donors)
1800s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 133b
Friends of Storer College (names of donors)
1800s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 134a
Friends of Storer College (names of donors)
1800s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 134b
Friends of Storer College (names of donors)
1800s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 135a
Friends of Storer College (names of donors)
1800s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 135b
Friends of Storer College (names of donors)
1800s-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 136
Financial statements
1937–1954
Mixed Materials Box: 136
Trial balances
1938–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 139a
Ledgers
1945–1956
Mixed Materials Box: 139b
Ledgers
1945–1956
Mixed Materials Box: 140
Ledgers (various financial records [1944-1954] as well as reports regarding the American Baptist home Mission Society [ca. 1916-1925] were moved from box 140 to Series 18, Oversize, box 174, folders 4, 5, and 7)
1949-1951, 1953-1954
Mixed Materials Box: 141a
Ledgers (oversize financial records moved to map cabinet folder)
1917-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 141b
Ledgers
1917-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 142
Ledgers
1945–1956
Mixed Materials Box: 143
Ledgers
1894–1912
Mixed Materials Box: 144
Ledgers
1912–1914
Mixed Materials Box: 145
Ledgers
1914–1916
Mixed Materials Box: 146
Ledgers and general financial records miscellaneous
1923-1925, 1867-1944
Mixed Materials Box: 147
Ledgers
1937–1944
Mixed Materials Box: 148
Petty cash
1931–1937
Mixed Materials Box: 148
Petty cash
1945–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 148
Bank reconciliation
1945–1947
Mixed Materials Box: 148
Special account fund
1945–1947
Mixed Materials Box: 149
Cash books
1903–1910
Mixed Materials Box: 150
Cash books
1913–1917
Mixed Materials Box: 151
Book store
1926–1931
Mixed Materials Box: 151
Account books
1899–1903
Mixed Materials Box: 151
Account books
1906–1908
Mixed Materials Box: 151
Address book
1899–1918
Mixed Materials Box: 151
Student account books
1899–1927
Mixed Materials Box: 152
Student clubs
1910–1913
Mixed Materials Box: 152
Student accounts
1911–1916
Mixed Materials Box: 152
Student accounts
1915–1916
Mixed Materials Box: 153
Student accounts (female)
1916–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 153
Student accounts (male)
1918–1924
Mixed Materials Box: 153
Student accounts (female)
1921–1924
Mixed Materials Box: 154
Student accounts (male)
1923–1928
Mixed Materials Box: 154
Student accounts (female)
1928–1936
Mixed Materials Box: 154
Student accounts (male)
1926–1929
Mixed Materials Box: 155
Student accounts (male)
1929–1936
Mixed Materials Box: 155
Student accounts (male)
1936–1937
Mixed Materials Box: 155
Student accounts (mixed)
1932–1933
Mixed Materials Box: 155
Student accounts (mixed)
1935–1936
Mixed Materials Box: 156
Student accounts (female)
1936–1937
Mixed Materials Box: 156
Library accession books
1930–1949
Mixed Materials Box: 157
Registers from John Brown's Fort
1906–1927
Mixed Materials Box: 158
Registers from John Brown's Fort
1931–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 159
Registers from John Brown's Fort
1949–1952
Mixed Materials Box: 164
Tornado ledger book
1948
Mixed Materials Box: 164
Post-closing trial balance of general ledger
1945–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 164
Ledger
1949–1955
Mixed Materials Box: 165
Cash book
1910–1911
Mixed Materials Box: 165
Cash book
1911–1913
Mixed Materials Box: 165
Income records
1926–1937
Mixed Materials Box: 166
Voucher register and petty cash journal
1952–1955
Mixed Materials Box: 166
Expense records
1926–1937
Mixed Materials Box: 166
Cash receipts
1954–1955
Mixed Materials Box: 167
Ledger
1927–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 168
Ledger
1948–1954
Mixed Materials Box: 169
Account book of The Harpers Ferry and Bolivar Water Company
1925–1927

Series 14. Miscellaneous, boxes 159-162 and 175

Mixed Materials Box: 159 Mixed Materials Box: 160 Mixed Materials Box: 161 Mixed Materials Box: 162 Mixed Materials Box: 175 1884–1950s

Scope and Contents

This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a "Save Storer" rubber stamp; and other material.

Mixed Materials Box: 159
Student lab books
1890s
Mixed Materials Box: 159
Harpers Ferry Mill Company stock book
1884
Mixed Materials Box: 159
Address book
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 159
Appointment book
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 160
Notebooks and address books (Missionary Helper List [1918] moved to Series 18, Oversize, box 174, folder 8)
undated, 1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 161
Private correspondence of H.T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International
1941–1942
Mixed Materials Box: 162
Free Baptist history and programs
1913-1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 162
General conference reports
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 175
Save Storer campaign stamp
undated

Series 15. Newspaper--Storer Record, box 163 and unboxed

Mixed Materials Box: 163 Mixed Materials Reel: 1 (microfilm) 1892–1943

Scope and Contents

This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the "Storer Record". The "Storer Record" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.

Mixed Materials Box: 163
Storer Record
1899–1943
Mixed Materials Reel: 1 (microfilm)
Miscellaneous Storer College Publications [microfilm reel] (includes: assorted issues of the Storer Record, 1892-1934; Y Gossip from March 4 and 12, 1932; and assorted issues of the New Storer Record from 1940-1943)
1892–1943

Series 16. Scrap Books, boxes 170-172b

Mixed Materials Box: 170 Mixed Materials Box: 171 Mixed Materials Box: 172a Mixed Materials Box: 172b 1870–1941

Scope and Contents

This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.

Mixed Materials Box: 170
Scrap books
1870–1915
Mixed Materials Box: 171
Scrap books
1931–1932
Mixed Materials Box: 171
Scrap books
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 171
Scrap books
1939–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 172a
Scrap books
1915–1930
Mixed Materials Box: 172b
Scrap books
1932–1939

Series 17. Alumni Flags, box 173

Mixed Materials Box: 173 undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading "Storer Alumni" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.

Mixed Materials Box: 173
Alumni flags
undated

Series 18. Oversize, box 174

Mixed Materials Box: 174 1916-1952, undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).

Mixed Materials Box: 174
Oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160)
1916-1952, undated