GEORGIA CONFERENCE MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Georgia Conference Manual Labor School Board of Trustees minutes, 1835-1838

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Related Materials in This Repository

Emory College Board of Trustees minutes (Series 46)

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[after identification of item(s)], Georgia Conference Manual Labor School Board of Trustees minutes, Emory University Archives, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

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Processed by Nancy Hall Watkins, 2004.

Administrative History

The Georgia Conference Manual Labor School was organized by the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and chartered by the General Assembly of Georgia in 1834. The first students enrolled in 1835, and, by 1836, the Manual Labor School trustees had begun to favor the idea of extending the school’s charter to provide for a university-type educational institute authorized to award diplomas and to grant degrees in literary study.

To fulfill that new purpose, Emory College was organized by the trustees of the Manual Labor School under the authority of the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The new college was chartered by the General Assembly of Georgia, December 10, 1836. The original Manual Labor School was never a financial success and continued as a separate entity only until July 22, 1840. At a joint meeting of the Boards of Trustees of the Manual Labor School and Emory College on that date, the two Boards were merged and the Manual Labor School officially transferred all its assets and liabilities to Emory College.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains minutes of the school's Board of Trustees meetings from March 7, 1835 through December 15, 1838.

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Arranged by type of material.