Draft:Wayman Institute
Wayman Institute was a school for African American students founded in 1890 by the A.M.E. Church in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Isaiah H. Welch was its first teacher.[1] It was named for Bishop Alexander W. Wayman. In 1915 it was merged into Turner College in Shelbyville, Tennessee.[2][3] The school closed and property sold in 1919. Funds from the sale were given to Turner College.[4][5] Turner College moved to Memphis but closed in 1935.[6]
The school was covered in W. N. Hartshornt of the Clifton Conference's publication An Era of Progress and Promise.[7] Wayman (1821 - 1895) wrote about his experiences in the African Methodist Episcopal church.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "African American Schools in Mercer County, KY · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
- ^ Bucke, Emory S. (1964). " The History of American Methodism". Abingdon Press. p. 547. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ Angell, Stephen Ward (1992). Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and African-American Religion in the South. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-57233-156-3.
- ^ "Wayman Institute · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
- ^ Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (2015-08-28). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-6067-2.
- ^ Murphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L. (2013-11-20). Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. p. 772. ISBN 978-1-135-51338-2.
- ^ "Era of Progress and Promise: Browse institutions by location | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ^ "A. W. Wayman (Alexander Walker), 1821-1895. My Recollections of African M. E. Ministers, or Forty Years' Experience in the African Methodist Episcopal Church". docsouth.unc.edu.