Mars Hill College Collection on Joe Anderson

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Title

Subject

Anderson, Joe
Mars Hill College--History
Slavery

Description

This digital collection includes notes about Joe Anderson and his family, as well as letters and published articles about the story in which the enslaved man was taken to Asheville as collateral for a debt owed by Mars Hill College's founders.

Source

Mars Hill College Records - A, Box 1

Publisher

Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University

Date

1926-1946, no date

Rights

These images may be viewed, downloaded, and printed for personal and educational use, but any commercial use is prohibited without permission from the Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University. Questions may be directed to the Archivist at (828) 689-1262 or archives@mhu.edu.

Coverage

Madison County, North Carolina

Collection Items

"College Pays Tribute to the Memory of Joe"

This article from an unidentified newspaper describes a ceremony at Mars Hill College in which Joe Anderson's ashes, which had been removed from a local cemetery, were reburied on campus with an inscribed granite marker.

Believe It or Not - by Ripley, "A Human Being Taken in Payment for a College"

This is a cartoon representing Joe Anderson and telling the story of his being taken into custody as payment for Mars Hill College's debt.

"Human Taken in Payment for College Building"

This is an article that tells the Joe Anderson story and describes the ceremony that honored him in October, 1932 when his ashes were dug up and moved to the Mars Hill College campus and reburied with a granite marker.

"Education the Antidote for Prejudice"

This is an article written by W.D. Weatherford for The Southern Workman. It uses the Joe Anderson and Mars Hill College story as a starting point to talk about overcoming prejudice against African Americans. W.D. Weatherford presented some version of…

"A Human Being Taken in Payment for a College"

This undated manuscript by Mary Johnston Avery tells the story of Joe Anderson being taken as payment for a Mars Hill College construction debt and follows the story to the 1932 dedication of a monument to Mr. Anderson.

"Slave Given as Debt Bond to Start School"

This article talks about the early history of Mars Hill College on the occasion of its annual Founder's Day and mentions the Joe Anderson story as an example of how poor the school was at one point.

Letter of Spencer B. King, Jr. to Mr. George Digges

This is a letter from Spencer B. King, Jr., Assistant Dean of Mars Hill College to Mr. George Digges of the Buncombe County Courthouse asking for documentation of the story that Shackleford and Clayton had a court order for the seizing of Joe…

Letter of Spencer B. King, Jr. to Mr. J.E. Swain

This is a letter from Spencer B. King, Jr., Assistant Dean of Mars Hill College to Mr. J.E. Swain, Clerk of Superior Court, Buncombe County asking Mr. Swain to help find evidence in the court records about Shackleford and Clayton levying Joe Anderson…

Letter of Spencer B. King, Jr. to Mr. J.E. Swain

This is a letter from Spencer B. King, Jr., Assistant Dean of Mars Hill College to Mr. J.E. Swain, Clerk of Superior Court, Buncombe County thanking Mr. Swain for his help in searching for evidence in the court records about Shackleford and Clayton…

Letter from J.E. Swain to Mr. Spencer B. King, Jr.

This is a letter from J.E. Swain, Clerk of Superior Court, Buncombe County to Mr. Spencer B. King, Jr., Assistant Dean of Mars Hill College saying that he had not found any evidence in the court records about Shackleford and Clayton levying Joe…

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