Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

Identifier:

030092

Title:

Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

Date:

1860~

Creator:

Ritchie, H. A.

Description:

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.

Subjects:

African American college students--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry., Portraits--S., Counties--Jefferson.

Personal Names:

Storer, John.

Corporate Names:

Camp Hill (Harpers Ferry, W. Va.), Storer College.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView, Storer College