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[Identification of item], Lawrence Chesterfield Bryant Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Lawrence Chesterfield Bryant Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1971.
Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, 1978
Encoded by Carrie Mills and Meghan Lyon, May 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 12-22-71, 2-10-78
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Dr. Bryant graduated from Shaw University with a B.S.S. degree in 1940. From then until 1947 he was a preacher, although he had no church. In 1947, he entered Howard University, receiving a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1950. Later he received a M.A. degree from New York University and a doctorate in education from the University of Virginia in 1959. He taught at Augusta County Training School, the Virginia Theological Seminary, Jackson College, and served as Academic Dean of Florida Memorial College before taking the position at South Carolina State College at Orangeburg.
Collection contains bound volumes of letters, documents, business records, research work, financial and legal papers, writings, and various other papers of Bryant. Most correspondence dates since 1968 and is personal in nature. Some material deals with his career and the compilation of his memoirs, but his writings deal with his position at South Carolina State College. Included are the records of his genealogical research on lives of African-American S.C. legislators. Dr. Bryant graduated from Shaw University in 1940 and received several more advanced degrees elsewhere.
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Certain volumes (13, 18, 19) are still in Bryant's possession due to their personal nature. Collection includes personal correspondence, genealogical records, a Religious Junior College proposal, and financial papers.