University Libraries General Collection
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Educational statistics of the NC Negro
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The Educational Statistics of the North Carolina Negro report produces statistics for the years 1884, 1892, 1898, 1908, and 1912. Categories include school population, enrollment, attendance, property value, and teacher salary. Data is compared across race (and gender, where appropriate). Of particular interest is the information on colleges and universities, which mentions Shaw University, Livingstone College, three Greensboro institutions (Bennett College, Immanuel Lutheran College and Theological Seminary, and The Agricultural and Mechanical College), and several others.
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NC Negro college survey [vertical file]
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This report contains information relating to the status of North Carolina Negro Colleges using data from 1929-1930. The report includes the survey questionnaire that was sent to the heads of twelve institutions and a tabulation of material received from those institutions. The respondents included both public institutions (such as A & T College, N.C. College, Fayetteville State Normal, and Elizabeth City State Normal) and private institutions (including Shaw University, J.C. Smith, Bennett, and Livingstone). Information on the physical condition of classrooms, dormitories, and laboratories is included. Also included are statistics for each institution's library. Financial resource information, such as the value of laboratories, endowments, expenses, and income is reported. The survey contains demographic information about students and faculty. There is also an overview of the North Carolina Negro population and statistics across various professions and industries, including teaching, medicine, theology, and agriculture.
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Public taxation and Negro schools
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The Public Taxation and Negro Schools pamphlet contains a paper written by Charles L. Coon, Superintendent of Schools in Wilson, NC. This paper was read during the Twelfth Annual Conference for Education in the South held in Atlanta, GA from April 14-16, 1909. The paper examines the impact of the Negro public school on the white taxpayer. Financial figures from the years 1906, 1907, or 1908 for eleven southern states are reported in categories including expenditures for teachers and total cost of Negro schools. The paper also mentions information from State Superintendent reports for North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The outside of the back cover quotes a statement by Andrew Carnegie regarding the financial contributions to southern schools in 1899, while the inside of the back cover lists additional publications of the Committee of Twelve for the advancement of the interests of the Negro race.
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The Guilford College history play [program]
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The program for the 1915 play by Josephine L. Rhoades which commemorated the 27th anniversary of the New Garden Friends School becoming Guilford College. Includes a complete cast list.
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The Guilford College history play [script]
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A complete play from 1915 telling the history of Quakerism in Guilford County down to the foundations of Guilford College. Many persons from Guilford College and North Carolina history are depicted.
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Yardley Warner, the freedman's friend
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Biography of Yardley Warner, who established the Greensboro suburb of Warnersville where freed slaves were allowed to purchase property for the first time in the city's history.
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[Greensboro College catalog, 1875-1876]
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This folder contains a catalogue of the officers and students who attended Greensboro Female College during the collegiate year of 1875-1876. The brochure includes tuition cost, uniform information worn by the students, visitation rules, list of students, faculty, and trustees.
