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Title
1923
Leland
University
Subject
Leland College (Baker, La.)
Description
Leland
University
owes
its
existence
to the
wise
forethought
and
broad
generosity
of
Holbrook
Chamberlain
, a
resident
of
Brooklyn
,
New
York
.
Chamberlain
came
to
New
Orleans
for the
purpose
of
establishing
an
institution
of
higher
learning
for
Blacks
of
Louisiana
.
Leland
University
was
founded
in
1870
.
Leland
University
was
named
after
the
wife
of
Chamberlain
,
whose
father
was
Elder
John
Leland
of
Cheshire
,
Massachusetts
.
Leland
University's
charter
extended
to
all
people
regardless
of
sex
or
color
, but the
institution's
first
educational
recipients
were the
descendants
of the
black
race
. The
school
, at
first
a
primary
grade
gradually
advanced
to
grammar
and to
high
school
instruction
and for
some
years
chiefly
provided
for the
preparation
of
teachers
to
supply
the
needs
of
public
and
private
schools
then
springing
up
in
all
the
Southern
states
.
Principals
instead
of
presidents
headed
the
institution
from
1870-1876
.
Leland
originated
and was
carried
on for the
purpose
of
promoting
Christian
education
among
the
people
of
Louisiana
. The
site
of
Leland
University
was
situated
on
St
.
Charles
Avenue
between
Audubon
Place
and
Audubon
Park
in
New
Orleans
.
Author/Creator
Unknown
Holding Library
Southern
University
and
A&M
College-Archives
Department-John
B
.
Cade
Library
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jpeg
Date.Original
2013-05-19
Identifier
his.1923.pho0080.jpg
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