A Historic Resource Study for Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Gozdzik G, Bergeron S, Jewell J, Kivigan J. 2002. A Historic Resource Study for Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
This study covers the history of Storer College in Harpers Ferry, including the founding of the Freewill Baptists, the abolitionist denomination that founded the school, the Freewill Baptists' struggle to secure land and funding for the college in the aftermath of the Civil War, and the school's history through 1963 when the school grounds were given to the National Parks Service.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gozdzik, Gloria; Bergeron, Susan; Jewell, James; Kivigan, Jack
- Date of Issue
- 2002
- Units
- HAFE , HIST , NCR
- Keywords
- historic resource study, history program