| LC control no. | n 50075128 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Lincoln University (Pa.) |
| Variant(s) | Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. Lincoln University (Chester County, Pa.) LU |
| See also | Ashmun Institute |
| Biography/History note | Established in 1854 |
| Beginning date | 1866 |
| Located | Chester County, Pa. |
| Found in | Its Catalogue, 1902/03. Education for freedom, 1976: p. 242 (Ashmun Institute; dedicated 12-31-1856) p. 263 (name of Ashmun Institute changed in 1866 to Lincoln University) English Wikipedia website, viewed Jan. 10, 2013 (Lincoln University (LU) is the United States' first degree-granting historically black university. Founded as a private university, since 1972 it is a public institution. It is located near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1854 Rev. John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker, founded Ashmun Institute, later named Lincoln University. They named it after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. They founded the school for the education of African Americans, who had few opportunities for higher education) |
| Not found in | God glorified by Africa, 1859: t.p. (Ashmun Institute) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2002068272 |
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