Sherman Industrial Institute Explained

Sherman Industrial Institute
Location:Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Former Name:North Huntsville School
Schooltype:Black nonsectarian
Type:Private
Established:1891

Sherman Industrial Institute was a private, nonsectarian, elementary school for African Americans in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.[1] [2] [3] It was previously named North Huntsville School.

History

North Huntsville School organized in 1891. The name was changed in 1804 to honor Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman.[4] One of the school's sites was previously owned by the Freedman's Aid Society and had been home to Central Alabama Academy.

F. R. Davis served as principal of Sherman Industrial Institute.[5] Teachers at the school were African American.[4] In 1922, Sherman Industrial Institute was reported to have 5 teachers for its 180 students.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: December 22, 1911 . Annual Report of the Department of Education of the State of Alabama . 217 . Google Books.
  2. Book: United States Office of Education . Annual Report . 1914 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 611 . en . Nonsect. . Google Books.
  3. Book: Judd . Charles Hubbard . https://books.google.com/books?id=jPNEAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA102 . State Higher Educational Institutions of Iowa: A Report to the Iowa State Board of Education of a Survey Made Under the Direction of the Commissioner of Education . Eliot . Charles William . Williams . J. Harold . Hoke . Kremer Jacob . Education . United States Office of . Larson . Walter E. . Ryan . Will Carson . Nelson . Ernesto . Parker . Samuel Chester . 1917 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 102 . en . Sherman Industrial Institute . Google Books.
  4. Book: An Era of Progress and Promise, 1863–1910: The Religious, Moral, and Educational Development of the American Negro Since His Emancipation . 1910 . Priscilla Publishing Co. . Boston, MA . 359 . Sherman Industrial Institute . digital.ncdcr.gov.
  5. Web site: State Higher Educational Institutions of Iowa: A Report to the Iowa State Board of Education of a Survey Made Under the Direction of the Commissioner of Education . Judd . Charles Hubbard . Eliot . Charles William . Harold Williams . J. . Hoke . Kremer Jacob . Larson . Walter E. . Ryan . Will Carson . Nelson . Ernesto . Parker . Samuel Chester . 1917 .
  6. Book: December 22, 1922 . Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro . Negro Year Book Publishing Company . 276 . Google Books.

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