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'''Mayers' Industrial School''' was a school for African Americans in ]. It last operated circa 1902 to 1905. It was at 606 Payne Street. A photograph of the school is extant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/digital/collection/p265301coll9/id/950/|title=CONTENTdm|website=cmdc.knoxlib.org}}</ref>
| name = Mayers’ Industrial School
| location = 606 Payne Street,<br /> Knoxville, Tennessee
| country = United States
| other_names = People's Industrial School,<br /> Mayers Industrial School,<br /> Myers' Industrial School,<br /> Mayers’ Industrial High School
| schooltype = Private
| type = Black Religious
| religious_affiliation = ]
| established = c. 1904
}}
'''Mayers' Industrial School''' ({{Circa|1904}}–?) was a private elementary and high school for African American students in ], U.S.. It was funded by the ]. The Mayers' Industrial School was also known as '''Mayers’ Industrial High School''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mayers’ Industrial High School |url=https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/digital/collection/p265301coll9/id/950/ |website=Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library}}</ref> '''Myers' Industrial School''',<ref>https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/digital/collection/p16311coll7/id/253/</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=September 13, 1911 |title=Colored Building Quite Attractive |work=] |via=Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library |oclc=12008657}}</ref> and '''People's''' '''Industrial School'''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=United States Office of Education |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoFKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555 |title=Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States |date=1917 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=555 |language=en |chapter=Mayer's Industrial School}}</ref>


== History ==
Documented as Myers' Industrial School in this source. Programs included sewing. Their work was displayed at an Appalachian Exposition in 1911.<ref>https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/digital/collection/p16311coll7/id/253/</ref> The preceding newspaper account from 1911 would appear to contradict the school last operating 1902-1905?
The school was founded as the People's Industrial School in {{Circa|1904}} by the principal Mrs. F.C. Mayers (also known as Flora E. Mayers), and it was owned the ].<ref name=":2" /> It contained dorms for boarding.<ref name=":2" /> The school offered programs in sewing, woodworking, and cooking.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1908, the school name changed to Mayers' Industrial School.<ref name=":2" /> Their student work was displayed at an ] in 1911.<ref name=":1" />


A school photograph is included a collection at the Knox County Public Library.<ref name=":0" />
Further reading: https://search.worldcat.org/title/few-facts-concerning-the-establishment-and-history-of-knox-county-reformatory-knox-county-industrial-school-the-john-tarleton-institute-1895-1939/oclc/35073287

Coverage of it from inreliable source: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnknox/School%20History_H.html says founded 1897. Reform School. Next to Tarleton property and eventually joined / merged?


==See also== ==See also==
⚫ *] in Knoxville, Tennessee<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Tarleton, John |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tarleton-john |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/robert-booker/2019/03/20/knoxville-orphanages-included-home-friendless-babies/3206791002/</ref>
*]
⚫ *] in Knoxville, Tennessee<ref>https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tarleton-john</ref><ref>https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/robert-booker/2019/03/20/knoxville-orphanages-included-home-friendless-babies/3206791002/</ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 23:23, 4 November 2024

Black religious school in the United States
Mayers’ Industrial School
Location
606 Payne Street,
Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
Information
Other namesPeople's Industrial School,
Mayers Industrial School,
Myers' Industrial School,
Mayers’ Industrial High School
School typeBlack Religious Private
Religious affiliation(s)Presbyterian Board of Missions
Establishedc. 1904

Mayers' Industrial School (c. 1904–?) was a private elementary and high school for African American students in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was funded by the Presbyterian Board of Missions. The Mayers' Industrial School was also known as Mayers’ Industrial High School, Myers' Industrial School, and People's Industrial School.

History

The school was founded as the People's Industrial School in c. 1904 by the principal Mrs. F.C. Mayers (also known as Flora E. Mayers), and it was owned the Presbyterian Board of Missions. It contained dorms for boarding. The school offered programs in sewing, woodworking, and cooking. In 1908, the school name changed to Mayers' Industrial School. Their student work was displayed at an Appalachian Exposition in 1911.

A school photograph is included a collection at the Knox County Public Library.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mayers' Industrial High School". Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library.
  2. https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/digital/collection/p16311coll7/id/253/
  3. ^ "Colored Building Quite Attractive". The Knoxville Sentinel. September 13, 1911. OCLC 12008657 – via Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library.
  4. ^ United States Office of Education (1917). "Mayer's Industrial School". Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 555.
  5. "Tarleton, John". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/robert-booker/2019/03/20/knoxville-orphanages-included-home-friendless-babies/3206791002/
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