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Box 3

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Educational Materials: Frank A. DeCosta's Background, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Collection Overview

Contains "The Frank A. DeCosta Family," biographical essay.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: "Why I Came to Lincoln", circa 1930

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Collection Overview

Re DeCosta's award winning essay published in the "Lincoln News."

Dates: circa 1930
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Lincoln University transcript, 1927-1929

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Holds documents re DeCosta's educational experiences as student, teacher, and administrator.

Dates: 1927-1929
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Lincoln University Commencement, 1931, 1961

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Collection Overview

Includes leather-bound program of graduation ceremonies (1931) and program from Annual Banquet (5 Jun 1961)

Dates: 1931, 1961
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Photocopies of American Missionary Association records, 1931-1940

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Collection Overview

Includes applications, recommendations, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1931-1940
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Avery Institute, Charleston, SC, 1927, 1938-1940, 1943, 1978, 1990

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Collection Overview

Holds various documents; cards, commencement exercises; photocopied photograph of male faculty (c. 1939); certification of AMA work experience (1943) and program from opening of Avery Research Center (1990).

Dates: 1927, 1938-1940, 1943, 1978, 1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Atlanta University transcript, 1933-1935

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Holds documents re DeCosta's educational experiences as student, teacher, and administrator.

Dates: 1933-1935
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Columbia University transcript, 1936-1938

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Holds documents re DeCosta's educational experiences as student, teacher, and administrator.

Dates: 1936-1938
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Service Records, 1943

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Collection Overview

Contains AMA (19 Mar 1943) and Lincoln University (24 Mar 1943) service records

Dates: 1943
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:

Educational Materials: Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1942

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Collection Overview

Includes notification of award and correspondence regarding disbursement

Dates: 1942
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 2: Education and Career / 2.1 Educational Materials:
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