- Collection:
- Paine College Library Digital Collection
- Title:
- Bishop Lucius Henry Holsey, 1882
- Date of Original:
- 1882
- Subject:
- African American universities and colleges
College presidents
Associations, institutions, etc.
Portraits - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A portrait of Bishop Lucius Henry Holsey. 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/PCLD/id/18
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Physical rights of the images in this collection are retained by the Collins-Callaway Library, Special Collections and Archives of Paine College, or are protected by copyright. To order an item or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Collins-Callaway Library.
- Original Collection:
- Paine College, Collins-Callaway Library, Special Collections and Archives
- Holding Institution:
- Paine College. Library
- Rights:
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