Description:
Items found within the Executive Committee of the Institute for the Training
of Colored Ministers record book, 1877-1891. The Institute for the Training
of Colored Ministers (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) was organized by the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. as in 1877 with an objective "to
educate colored candidates for the ministry, with a view to the organization
and building up of an African Presbyterian Church." Its name was changed to
the Tuscaloosa Institute in 1891, and to the Stillman Institute in 1893. In
1951, it became a four year college and changed its name to Stillman College.
Records include a 1904 mortgage, an undated report on Colored Evangelization
by James G. Snedecor, who served as Secretary of the Executive Committee of
Colored Evangelization; and correspondence and report on Stillman Institute
by James G. Snedecor, 1915.
Creator:
Snedecor, James George, 1855-1916. (author)
Subject names:
Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Institute for the Training of Colored Ministers., Snedecor, James George, 1855-1916.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., African American universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa.
Geographic subjects:
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300462
