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Immanuel Lutheran College Collection

The Immanuel Lutheran College Collection contains handwritten and printed materials chronicling the events leading to the establishment of this Lutheran college for black teachers and ministers in Greensboro, as well as its early years. A few items relating to the college can also be found in the Jackson Printing Company Collection (https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/ghm%3AMssColl173).

A plea to educate colored Lutheran girls
This speech advocates for the admission of girls to the new Immanuel Lutheran College in Concord, North Carolina. It was delivered at the private session of the Immanuel Conference in Salisbury, North Carolina, on July 8, 1903.
Request to establish a school for blacks in North Carolina
This letter requests permission of the Missouri Synod to establish a school for blacks in North Carolina.
The Christian college: Its importance for this and the life to come
This speech was delivered by N.J. Bakke at the commencement of Concordia College in Conover, N.C., on June 21, 1894.

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