James Walker Hood papers, 1872-1918.
Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918.Part of the Cooperative HBCU Archival Survey Project (CHASP) to survey the archival collections housed in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Bishop; instrumental in establishing Livingstone College; ordained an African Methodist Episcopal Zion deacon 1860; consecrated a bishop 1872; founder and first bishop of the Carolina Conference; president of the convention of Negroes assembled at Raleigh in October 1865; delegate to the constitutional convention of North Carolina 1867; magistrate under the provisional government in North Carolina and later deputy collector of internal revenue for the United States; first black assistant superintendent of North Carolina Public Schools, 1868-1871; assistant superintendent, Freedmen's Bureau; founder, organizer and the first grand master, Grand Lodge of North Carolina 1870-1883; and author of One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.Materials include correspondence, speeches, newspapers, pahotographs, minutes of the A.M.E. Zion Church, and copy of Hood's book, One Hundred years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.Restricted access to materials.Finding aid is not available.James Walker Hood papers, The Heritage Hall, Livingstone College.African Americans Religion.African Americans North Carolina Religion.Editors, Translators, and other contributors:Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918. One hundred years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.Livingstone College, The Heritage Hall (Salisbury, N.C.)View this collection description in WorldCat.org: