Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor, Storer College.
Subjects:
Counties--Jefferson., Portraits--S., and African American college students--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry.
Personal Names:
Storer, John.
Corporate Names:
Storer College. and Camp Hill (Harpers Ferry, W. Va.)