Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the year 1869
Contributors: Ashley, Samuel Stanford, 1819-1889; North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Education; Schools; Public schools; Universities and colleges; School management and organization
Other titles: N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Report, 1869.; Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, 1869.; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Report of the Superintendent for 1869, submitted to Governor W.W. Holden, provides a broad overview of the status, progress, and shortcomings of the educational institutions throughout the state. Various colleges and the University of North Carolina report general enrollment and administrative statistics. Next is a report of the Chatham Educational Association and various organizations dedicated to establishing Freedmen's schools, including the American Missionary Association, American Union Freedmen's Commission, 25 state schools, and various religious denominations. The Board of Education's report contains information about financial and land holdings, and specifics about school curriculum, teacher certification, textbooks and facilities. The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind reports conclude the work.
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This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the year 1869. Raleigh : M.S. Littlefield, state printer and binder, 1869. 120 p. : ill. Spine title: N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Report, 1869. Caption title: Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, 1869. Report submitted by "S.S. Ashley, Superintendent of Public Instruction"--P. 1.

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