Jesse E. Moorland

CTL-E-4401 · Person · clergy · 1863-1940

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Black theologian, YMCA administrator, and Howard University alumnus and trustee (1907-1940) (1863-1940). Donated his 3,000-volume private library to Howard in 1914, founding the Moorland Foundation (now MSRC).

The record

Also known as: Jesse Edward Moorland, Rev. Dr. Jesse E. Moorland

Notes

RELP101 supporting entity: founding donor of CTL-E-0773.

Referenced by

Arthur B. Spingarn — related to → this record
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center — founded by → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorland%E2%80%93Spingarn_Research_Center

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