C.P.T. White was the financial agent for the Friendship N.&I. College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, a religious institution operated under the auspices of the Baptists of York and Chester Counties which educated African American men and women....
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C.P.T. White was the financial agent for the Friendship N.&I. College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, a religious institution operated under the auspices of the Baptists of York and Chester Counties which educated African American men and women. White was also involved in other Baptist Church affairs. The C.P.T. White papers include information about Baptist church activities, including a notebook of minutes of the 26th annual Sandy River Baptist Sunday School convention held in 1912. There is a handwritten account taken from the first issue of the first minutes of Gethsemane Baptist Church held at the Gethsemane Baptist Church in Chester, South Carolina in 1867. In addition, the collection includes a program from the Women's Baptist Missionary and Education Convention which met in 1921, and an appeal for funds from White for Friendship N.&I. College in Rock Hill, S.C. Also included are a poem written by White, a card with his photograph, and a copy of an open letter from Carter G. Woodson in the
Journal of Negro History, 1927, with related cover letter.
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