Oakland Elementary School Record of Examination, 1891

Oakland Elementary School Record of Examination, 1891

Tennessee; African American women; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African American teachers--History; African American school children; African American school principals; African Americans--Education--Southern States; Schools--Records and correspondence; Student records--Knoxville

Various records associated with Oakland School that once operated in the Oakland Community of Knoxville, Tennessee; Personal Narratives, Educator Profiles, Newspaper Articles, Photographs and school records. The school served North Knoxville's Black students from around 1895 to 1965. It was rebuilt in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. The building is now owned by the City of Knoxville and operates as a community center.
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Names included in the Record of Examination, 1891:
-Teacher-
J.B. Lillard

-Students-
Augg, Maggie | Augg, Pearl | Bishop, George | Bishop, Rachael | Bishop, Fannie | Buckner, Jonah | Buckner, Laura | Burgan, Mary | Burgan, Nelson | Coleman, Lula | Crippen, Annie | Crippen, Alora | Crippen, Louisa | Crippen, Marshall | Curd, Charley | Elders, Ida | Elders, | Bartholomew | Fuggatt, Jerome | Fuggatt, Johnny | Fuggatt, Isaac | Fuggatt, Martha | Fuggatt, Rebecca | Fuggatt, Thomas | Fuggatt, Ordeal | Frazier, David | Gibbs, Alice | Gibbs, Brownlow | Gibbs, Johnny | Gibbs, Pearly | Gregory, Johnny | Gregory, Frank | Gregory, Charley | Gregory, Walter | Hale, Demmie | Hudelston, Audora | Hudelston, Elnora | Howard, Laura | Howard, Louisa | Howard, Paschal | Hughes, Johnny | Jennings, Fannie | Majors, Julia | McFarling, Lizzie | McMillan, Fannie | Miller, Martha | Miller, Maggie | Sharp, Kizzie | Wells, Susan | Wells, Harriet | Wells, Hettie | Weaver, Bertha | Weaver, Lydia | Woods, Lucy

Black in Appalachia

Calvin M. Clung Collection, Austin High School Class of 1965
Newspapers: Chattanooga News, The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville News Sentinel, Highland Weekly News, Chattanooga Daily Times, Knoxville Tribune, Greeneville Democrat Sun
Knox County School System, Tennessee State Library & Archives, United States Census Bureau

Black in Appalachia

1891 - 1965

William Isom II

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United States--Tennessee--Knoxville