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Description

1. 1 lin. ft. (9 volumes)

Summary

1. There are nine scrapbooks documenting Coleman's achievements throughout his career. The scrapbooks contain minutes, newspaper clippings, letters, certificates, speeches, reports, press releases, and newsletters primarily related to his work outsite of his pastorate with St. Philip's Episcopal Church.

Subject

1. Education > New York (State) > New York
2. Coleman, John Milton, 1901-1961
3. Education > Aims and objectives
4. African American clergy
5. African American Methodists
6. School management and organization > New York (State) > New York

Call number

1. Sc MG 417

Note

1. Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

1. Ellen Coleman Brooks

Biography (note)

1. Born in 1901 in Blackstone, Virginia, Reverend John Milton Coleman became the first African American appointed to the New York City Board of Education. In 1933 Coleman succeeded Reverend C. Peterson Boyd as the rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York. A decade later he became the first African American appointed to the Executive Board of the National Council of St. Andrew of the Episcopal Church. In 1958 Mayor O'Dwyer appointed Coleman to the New York City Board of Education and he was subsequently reappointed to the board by Mayor Wagner, but had to resign after serving for three years due to ill health. He died in 1961.

Processing action (note)

1. Accessioned
2. Cataloged

Author

1. Coleman, John Milton, 1901-1961.

Title

1. John Milton Coleman scrapbooks, 1888-1985.

Biography

1. Born in 1901 in Blackstone, Virginia, Reverend John Milton Coleman became the first African American appointed to the New York City Board of Education. In 1933 Coleman succeeded Reverend C. Peterson Boyd as the rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York. A decade later he became the first African American appointed to the Executive Board of the National Council of St. Andrew of the Episcopal Church. In 1958 Mayor O'Dwyer appointed Coleman to the New York City Board of Education and he was subsequently reappointed to the board by Mayor Wagner, but had to resign after serving for three years due to ill health. He died in 1961.

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Research call number

1. Sc MG 417