Identifier: 25822752.4742.emory.edu
Title: Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race (electronic resource): embracing addresses, lectures, biographical sketches, sermons, poems, names of universities, colleges, seminaries, newspapers, books, and a history of the denominations, giving the numerical strength of each : in fact, it teaches every subject of interest to the colored people, as discussed by more than one hundred of their wisest and best men and women : illustrated with beautiful half-tone engravings
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Haley, James T Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. Mind and matter Settle, William B., former owner. GEU Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950, former owner. GEU Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, former owner. GEU
Subjects: African Americans African Americans African Americans
Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Haley & Florida
Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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chool was then moved into a buildingknown as the Gun Factory, on South College street, where it re-mained for two years. This building had been used by the FederalArmy as a. hospital, and the Government returned it to the owners.This made it necessary to seek another location. Attempts weremade to purchase property, but there being prejudice by the whitepeople against having a school for Negroes in their neighborhood, itwas no easy matter to secure such property as was desirable. Atlength the present site on Maple street was purchased, and theschool moved, in 1868, into the only building on the ground, whichwas entirely inadequate to accommodate the students who attendedduring the year. The building was repaired during the year, andthe chapel and boarding hall erected by the Freedmens Bureau.These buildings afforded ample room for the school for several years.In 1872 the number of students was such that additional buildingsbecame necessary, and a band of students, known as the Tennes-
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29(3 AFRO-AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. seans, sung in the North, and raised nearly all the money for thelarge, four-story building, which is now the main school building.Other buildings have been added, as the Model School and WebsterHall, the latter used for industrial purposes and dormitories, theblacksmith, carpenter, and machine shops. Other buildings andgrounds have been added by purchase. Rev. Bishop Walden has re-cently purchased what is known as the Hurley Place, joining on therear of the original purchase, which, with other additions, gives am-ple grounds for other buildings, which are greatly needed to meetthe recpjirenients of the literary departments and African Training. School. In 1880 the building for the Meharry Medical Departmentwas opened, and in 1880 the Dental and Pharmaceutical building wasfirst used for these departments. In its early history, the college was only a primary school. Theobject was to prepare teachers and preachers as rapidly as possible,to meet the grea

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