Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection M95-2

Description

This document includes an address by Mary McLeod Bethune, president of the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls. Bethune was addressing the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church as she was signing the deed to give the board control of the institute.

Date

1931 (circa)

Contributors

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

Format

Speeches (documents)

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Education And Libraries

Subjects

African American universities and colleges--Florida--Daytona Beach
African American women--Florida--Daytona Beach
African Americans--Florida--Daytona Beach
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Girls (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Girls (Daytona Beach, Fla.)--Presidents

Geographic Term

Volusia County
Daytona Beach

General Note

Mary McLeod Bethune moved to Daytona Beach in 1904 to begin her own school. The one room school became known as the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls and taught reading, writing and home economics. Daytona Normal and Industrial School grew over the years, and in 1923 the school merged with the Cookman Institute of Jacksonville, a school for boys. The merger created Bethune-Cookman College (later Bethune-Cookman University) which continues to thrive in Daytona Beach.