| LC control no. | n 83178164 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Shaw University |
| See also | Predecessor: Shaw Collegiate Institute |
| Beginning date | 1875 |
| Located | Raleigh (N.C.) |
| Field of activity | African Americans--Education (Higher) |
| Found in | Its Alumni directory, 1982: t.p. (Shaw University) p. 4 (located in Raleigh, N.C.) NUCMC data from Shaw University for Photographs, 1889-1995 (Oldest historically black university in the South founded in 1865 as Raleigh Institute; renamed Shaw Collegiate Institute in 1870 in honor of benefactor, Elijah Shaw, of Wales, Mass.; in 1875 an act of the North Carolina General Assembly chartered the university as The Shaw University; originally founded to teach freedmen theology and Biblical interpretation, however within 15 years of its founding the institution began to broaden its curriculum) |
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