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Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor,  Storer College.

1. Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

Seated is W.E.B. Du Bois. Standing, from left to right, is J. R. Clifford, L. M. Hershaw, and F. H. M. Murray.

2. Niagara Movement Leaders at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw.  Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.

3. Women of Niagara Movement, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

4. John Brown's Fort on Campus of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

5. Staff Painting Room, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

(From postcard collection legacy system.)

6. Mosher Hall, Men's Dormitory at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.