Claver College
Claver College was a Black Catholic institution of higher education in Guthrie, Oklahoma, founded in 1933 by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Joseph's Monastery in Tulsa.
History
[edit]Claver College was founded in 1933 by Sr Joseph O'Connor, a Benedictine religious sister from St. Joseph's Monastery in Tulsa, to serve the African American population of Guthrie, Oklahoma.[1][2] The college was supported with funding from Katharine Drexel (who had founded Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation's only Catholic HBCU, in 1925).[3] The college was named after Peter Claver, a Jesuit missionary and the patron saint of African-American ministry.[4]
The college, a night school, operated out of a building that also hosted a grocery store.[5] It ceased operations in 1944, and its former place of operation, the floodplain neighborhood of "Little Africa", was later destroyed. It has since experienced sustained restoration efforts.[6] The school is scheduled to be included in an upcoming book from Dr. Katrina Sanders, “The Rise and Fall of Black Catholic Education in a Changing South, 1886-1976”.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "St. Joseph Monastery | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". www.okhistory.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ Tinner-Williams, Nate (26 November 2021). "Remembering Claver College—the nation's second Black Catholic college". Black Catholic Messenger.
- ^ Stories of the Ages: Endangered Black History - Guthrie (2012-01-26), 2 January 2018, retrieved 2022-09-20
- ^ O'Dell, Larry. "Colleges, African American". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
- ^ Spaulding, Cathy (1989). "A century of care // Benedictine nuns have had a significant impact on state". Tulsa World.
- ^ "Planning of The Elbow renovation receives a $26,000 boost". Guthrie News Page. 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ "The Rise and Fall of Black Catholic Education in a Changing South, 1886-1976". Louisville Institute. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
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