Wilberforce University
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Wilberforce University has its beginnings in a 28 Sept. 1853 meeting, during which the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church agreed to fund a coeducational college for African-American people of the state to be called Ohio African University and to be located in Tawas Springs, Ohio. Chartered as Wilberforce University in 1856, enrollment reached 207 people, and second year collegiate instruction was offered. Because of financial difficulties due to the Civil War (1861-1865), the school closed in 1862. Under the auspices of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which purchased the property, it reopened on 3 July 1863 with twelve students and Daniel Alexander Payne as president. In 1887, the State of Ohio established the combined Normal and Industrial Dept. at Wilberforce for the public education of its black citizens. Severing ties in 1947, the department became Central State University.
From the description of Wilberforce University records, 1855-2005. (Wilberforce University). WorldCat record id: 154690066
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| associatedWith | Alden, Vernon R. |
| associatedWith | Allen, Nimrod Booker, 1886-1977. |
| associatedWith | Amos, Miles G., 1898-1995. |
| associatedWith | Bentel, Susan. |
| associatedWith | Berry, Leonidas H. |
| associatedWith | Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912 |
| associatedWith | Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949. |
| associatedWith | Carnegie Library (Wilberforce University) |
| associatedWith | Central State College (Wilberforce, Ohio) |
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