Yearbook of Wiley University, 1888

One of 5 yearbooks in the title: Catalogue available on this site.

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Yearbook for Wiley University in Marshall, Texas includes information about the college, student body, professors, and organizations. The yearbook is for the school year 1887-1888 and the calendar at the end of the yearbook is for the school year 1888-9.

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32 p. ; 23 cm.

Creation Information

Wiley University 1888.

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This yearbook is part of the collection entitled: Wiley University Yearbooks and was provided by the Wiley College to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1325 times, with 11 in the last month. More information about this yearbook can be viewed below.

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Wiley College

Wiley College partnered with the Portal to provide access to a few of the earliest Wiley University (as it was known then) yearbooks. as well as a biography of College President Matthew W. Dogan. Wiley College was founded in 1873, and is one of the first predominately African-American Colleges west of the Mississippi River.

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  • Main Title: Yearbook of Wiley University, 1888
  • Serial Title: Catalogue
  • Added Title: Year Book of Wiley University, Marshall, Texas, 1887-'88, With Announcements for 1888-'89

Description

Yearbook for Wiley University in Marshall, Texas includes information about the college, student body, professors, and organizations. The yearbook is for the school year 1887-1888 and the calendar at the end of the yearbook is for the school year 1888-9.

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32 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes

"Founded in 1873 by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E. Church." There is a stamp on the front cover in black ink: "This book not for circulation."

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Wiley University Yearbooks

Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Isaac Wiley founded one of the oldest historically black colleges west of the Mississippi River in 1873. These photos and information depict the college, students, professors, and organizations.

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  • 1888

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  • 1887 - 1889

Added to The Portal to Texas History

  • May 13, 2010, 1:29 p.m.

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  • May 18, 2010, 8:14 a.m.

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Wiley University. Yearbook of Wiley University, 1888, yearbook, 1888; Marshall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth89204/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wiley College.

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