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WU ARC 2022-04 Dr. Charles Wesley Materials: Home

A finding aid for the Charles Wesley Materials at Wilberforce

Collection Overview

Collection Name: WU ARC 2022-04: The Dr. Charles Wesley Collection

Content Overview: This collection contains correspondence, articles, and conference materials related to the Presidency of Dr. Charles Wesley. It contains a series of letters leading up to the Wilberforce-Central State Split. The collection materials span 1932 to 1947.

Collection Size: 0.83 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)

Historical Overview: Dr. Charles Wesley (B. 1891 and D. 1987) was the eleventh President of Wilberforce University. His term lasted from 1942 to1947. He was then the first President of Central State University with a term lasting from 1947 to 1965. He was an accomplished academic, having graduated from Fisk University in Tennessee and later having earned a Master’s Degree from Yale and a Ph.D. from Harvard. He pioneered Black education and wrote fifteen books during his life.

Processed By: Daniel Willis, October 2022

Related Collections: WU ARC 2022-02 The Wilberforce-Central State Split Collection, WU ARC 2022-09 Charles L. Hill Collection

Container List

This section contains the container list for all of the items in the collection.

Container List

Box

Folder

Content

Date

1

1

Charles Wesley Recommendations

1940s

1

2

Wesley’s Correspondence with Bishop Frank Reed

1945

1

3

Wesley’s Correspondence with American Council on Education

1942-1946

1

4

Ohio General Assembly Resolutions

1946

1

5

Conference on Land-Grant Colleges for Negroes Materials

1943-1947

1

6

Wesley’s Correspondence (1 of 5)

1942-1947

1

7

Wesley’s Correspondence (2 of 5)

1942-1947

1

8

Wesley’s Correspondence (3 of 5)

1942-1947

1

9

Wesley’s Correspondence (4 of 5)

1942-1947

1

10

Wesley’s Correspondence (5 of 5)

1942-1947

2

1

Wesley’s Correspondence

1943-1947

2

2

Wesley’s Commencement/Student Degrees

1945-1946

2

3

Commencement Material/Correspondence

1942-1946

2

4

Wesley’s Correspondence

1942-1943

2

5

Wesley’s Correspondence

1946-1947

2

6

Wesley’s Correspondence

1943-1945

2

7

Wesley’s Correspondence

1945

2

8

Wesley’s Correspondence w/ Reverdy Ransom

1932-1946

2

9

Wesley’s Correspondence w/ Governor Frank Lausche

1946

 

Photos from Collection