Marion Graded School
School card for Marion Graded School in McDowell County, North Carolina with a handwritten note on the far left of the card that says, "This building burned on the night of 2/20/1925. Insurance $6,000" and a typed note on the back of the card that says, "Paragraph from Co. Supt.'s letter: "The colored people were having a school program and in some way yet undetermined the building caught fire and in a few minutes burned to the ground. It was impossible to save the building or contents."
- Title
- Marion Graded School in McDowell County, North Carolina
- Description
- School card for Marion Graded School in McDowell County, North Carolina with a handwritten note on the far left of the card that says, "This building burned on the night of 2/20/1925. Insurance $6,000" and a typed note on the back of the card that says, "Paragraph from Co. Supt.'s letter: "The colored people were having a school program and in some way yet undetermined the building caught fire and in a few minutes burned to the ground. It was impossible to save the building or contents."
- Identifier
- fisk_rf_sf_scnc_02669
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- McDowell County
- School Name
- Marion Graded School
- Item Number
- NC 487, NC 2022
- Application Number
- 13-A
- Acreage
- 2
- Teacher Type
- 6
- Year of Establishment
- 1921-22
- Total Cost
- $12,000
- Negroes Contribution
- $1,250
- Public Contribution
- $9,150
- Rosenwald Contribution
- $1,600
- Subject
- Julius Rosenwald Fund--Buildings, African American schools--History--20th century, African American schools--Marion Graded School
- Source
- Rosenwald Fund Card File, The Julius Rosenwald Fund Archives, 1918-1948, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library
- Publisher
- John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library
- Date
- 1917/1948
- Rights
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- Format
- Still Image