A Historical Sketch of Lincoln University.

“Jubilee Year”—Fiftieth anniversary history of the United States’ first degree-granting historically black university

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Scarce fiftieth anniversary history of Lincoln University written by Prof. John Ballard Rendall who later served as its president from 1906 to 1924. Rendall was the nephew of 40-year university president, Isaac Norton Rendall. “He rounded out a ‘Rendall Administration’ from 1865 to 1924; ‘60 years save one—which witnessed the growth of the institution from a primitive beginning to a full grown college of recognized rank.’”¹

A complete outline of the school’s history from its founding as the Ashmun Institute through the post-Civil War years. It includes sections on its benefactors, trustees, and faculty. With portrait illustrations—including the 1904 faculty, vignettes of campus buildings, and wonderful before-and-after graduation photos of four students from Africa.

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