Name
Carnegie Corporation of New York (Author)
Title
Carnegie Gifts and Grants to Carson and Newman College, Tennessee
Collection Name
Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
Archival Context
Series II. Files on Microfilm. II.A. Gifts and Grants. II.A.4. Universities, Colleges, and Schools
Subjects
Universities and colleges--Finance; Christian universities and colleges; Baptist universities and colleges; Jefferson City (Tenn.); Carson and Newman College
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
between 1903 and 1921
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 77
Note (Status of gift)
Promised but lapsed
Note
PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
Date based on grant approval.
Note (Historical note)
found: Phone call to coll., 2/19/82 (Carson-Newman College; founded in 1851 as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary [no publs. in LC]; name chg. 1856 to Mossy Creek Baptist College; name chg. in 1880 to Carson College [no publs. in LC]; name chg. i n 1889 to Carson and Newman College, when Carson College merged with Mossy Creek Female College [no publs. in LC]; name chg. in 1930 to Carson-Newman College)" [SOURCE: "Carson-Newman University." Library of Congress Name Authority File, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014122518.html. Accessed 7 Aug. 2018.] "found: Carson-Newman name change becomes official, webpage posted February 11, 2013, viewed September 16, 2014: (Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City became Carson-Newman University. February 11 was chosen for the official name change to coincide with the same date in 1851. The school was known then as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary and has undergone several name changes since then. Carson-Newman College has been in use since 1930) {http://www.wate.com/story/21099105/carson-newman-name-change-becomes-official}:" [SOURCE: "Carson-Newman University." Library of Congress Name Authority File, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014122518.html. Accessed 7 Aug. 2018.]
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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Also In
Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-083p-8r77