Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School was a private segregated boarding school for African American students established in 1884 in Miller's Ferry, Alabama, U.S. The school was founded by the Northern Presbyterian Church, and had an on-campus training hospital for student nurses.[1]
| Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School | |
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 Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School main building (c. 1910) with principal C.H. Johnson | |
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Miller's Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama, U.S. | |
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| School type | Private boarding school, normal school, industrial school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Northern Presbyterian Church |
| Established | 1884 |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen |
History
editThe school was funded by the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen, and supported by the Northern Presbyterian Church.[1][2] In 1908, the school had 303 enrolled students and 14 teachers.[1] Many of the teachers were from Knoxville College.[3] The Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School taught programs in music, nursing, domestic science, sewing and dressmaking, carpentry, blacksmithing, printmaking, and the study of laundry.[3] In 1914, the campus had one main building, four dormitories for students (separated by gender), teacher housing, a laundry building, a printshop, a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop, a sewing building, and a training hospital.[3] C.H. Johnson served as principal in 1910.[1] Isaiah Hamilton Bonner, a former student of the school, served as principal in 1917.[2][4]
The Alabama Department of Archives and History hold photographs and records of the school in their library archives.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c d Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910. Boston, MA: Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 226. OCLC 5343815.
- ^ a b Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States. United States Bureau of Education. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education. 1917. pp. 92–93.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c "Alabama Textual Materials Collection: Catalog of the Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School in Wilcox County, Alabama". Alabama Department of Archives and History. 1914.
- ^ Murphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L. (November 20, 2013). Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. p. 450. ISBN 978-1-135-51345-0.
- ^ "Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection: Students standing beside a school bus at Miller's Ferry Mission School in Wilcox County, Alabama". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Alabama Textual Materials Collection: Advertisements for the Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School in Wilcox County, Alabama". Alabama Department of Archives and History.