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William E. Benson letter to Emily Howland
Title:
William E. Benson letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by African American educator William E. Benson, founder and treasurer of the Kowaliga School, of which Emily Howland was a trustee. Asks if Howland would be willing to defer the full repayment of a loan she made to the school; the year's poor crop yield had prevented Benson from raising as much money locally as he had hoped to. Discusses progress setting up the school.
Date:
1898-03-02
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Kowaliga School photograph
Title:
Kowaliga School photograph
Description:
Back row, standing: William E. Benson, principal of the Kowaliga School, and an unidentified woman, possibly Benson's wife. Front row, left to right: "Miss Pierce, Emily Howland, Isabel Howland.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William E. Benson letter
Title:
William E. Benson letter
Description:
Written by African American educator and businessman William E. Benson, founder of the Kowaliga School; addressed to the school's trustees. Discusses Benson's recent severe pneumonia and requests a year of paid leave during which he might recover. Includes a resolution of the "local trustees" (as opposed to those in the North) granting Benson this leave.
Date:
1915-10-02
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Clarence H. Kelsey letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Clarence H. Kelsey letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Clarence H. Kelsey, a leading New York City banker who, like Howland, was a trustee of the Kowaliga School. Discusses the reopening of the school in the wake of the death of its founder and principal William E. Benson, an African American educator and entrepreneur with whom Kelsey had had disagreements.
Date:
1915-11-01
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alexander Meadows letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Alexander Meadows letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Discusses meetings of the board of the Kowaliga School, of which Howland and Meadows were both trustees. Expresses support for Clarence H. Kelsey's plan for the school.
Date:
1915-11-10
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alexander Meadows letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Alexander Meadows letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Asks Howland for confirmation that the trustees of the Kowaliga School had selected John M. Chilton as the school's lawyer.
Date:
1915-10-27
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Kowaliga School photograph
Title:
Kowaliga School photograph
Description:
Titled "a general view of Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute." Shows five school buildings with labels written below them. Some buildings constructed after the picture was taken appear to have been painted in.
Date:
1895-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College