African American educators; African American schools; Libraries--Endowments; Ocala (Fla.); Fessenden Academy (Ocala, Fla.)
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Origin Information
1905
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
digitized microfilm
Note
Reel 37
Note (Historical note)
The irrepressible Wiley was not content with his gains. His greatest building success came in 1907-1908 when he secured a $6,500 grant from Andrew Carnegie. With an additional $1,500 in gifts, Wiley was able to finance the construction of a building t hat included a library, accommodations for female boarders, a large dining hall, and classrooms for domestic science courses. The building, designed by a black architect retained by the AMA, was constructed entirely by black labor.' [SOURCE: Richardson, Joe M. “Joseph L. Wiley: A Black Florida Educator.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 4, 1993, pp. 458–472. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30150392.]
Note (Date note)
Date based on grant approval.
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University