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.
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.
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.
Physical Description
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."
This yearbook is part of the following collection of related materials.
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.