- Collection:
- Paine College Library Digital Collection
- Title:
- 1882 Bishop Lucius Henry Holsey, Founder
- Publisher:
- Paine Institute
Paine College - Date of Original:
- 1882
- Subject:
- African American universities and colleges
Paine Institute
Founders - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Born Into Slavery On July 3, 1842 Near Columbus, Georgia; Bishop Holsey Of The C.M.E. Church And Local Resident Of August, Was the Prime Mover In The Founding Of Pain College. In 1882, As a Fraternal Messenger, He Appeared Before the General Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South, And Pleaded For A College For His People - Paine College Was The Result. His Daughter, Kate M. Holsey, Was A Member of the First Graduation Class Of 1886. Later, in 1900, both Paine College (Augusta, Georgia) and Morris Brown College (Atlanta, Georgia), conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Bishop Holsey.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/PCLD/id/18
- Additional Rights Information:
- Physical rights of the images in this collection are retained by the Collins-Callaway Library, Special Collections/Archives of Paine College, or are protected by copyright. To order an item or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Library Director at 706-821-8361.
- Original Collection:
- Collins-Callaway Library/Special Collections and Archives
- Holding Institution:
- Paine College. Library
- Rights:
