Photograph of Rev. Robert E. Bisbee, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1877

Collection:

Digital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)

Title:

Photograph of Rev. Robert E. Bisbee, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1877

Publisher:

Digital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)

Date of Original:

1877

Subject:

College presidents--Georgia--Atlanta
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Methodist Episcopal Church--Georgia--Atlanta

Location:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium:

black-and-white photographs

Type:

Still Image

Format:

image/jpeg

Description:

Black and white photograph of Reverend Robert E. Bisbee. Rev. Bisbee served as the seventh president of Clark University, from 1877 to 1881. Under his leadership the college was chartered as a university and the school acquired 450 acres of land in South Atlanta for a new campus. In 1869 Clark College was founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was named for Bishop Davis Wasgatt Clark, who was the first President of the Freedman's Aid Society and became Bishop in 1864. In 1877, Clark College was chartered as Clark University. In 1988 Clark University and Atlanta University combined to form the Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Local Identifier:

auc.003.indx1.00000000.pho0224.jpg

Metadata URL:

http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/rwwl/id/108

Rights Holder:

All images in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific object file name.

Holding Institution:

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Rights:

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