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He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He studied at [[New Orleans University]] and played baseball.<ref name=tsha>https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/davage-matthew-simpson#:~:text=Davage%2C%20Matthew%20Simpson%20(1879%E2%80%931976).&text=Davage%2C%20black%20educator%20and%20Methodist,1879%2C%20in%20Shreveport%2C%20Louisiana.</ref> He married Alice Vera Armstead in 1904.<ref name=tsha/> He was business manager for the ''[[Southwestern Christian Advocate]]'' from 1905 to 1915.<ref name=tsha/> |
He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He studied at [[New Orleans University]] and played baseball.<ref name=tsha>https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/davage-matthew-simpson#:~:text=Davage%2C%20Matthew%20Simpson%20(1879%E2%80%931976).&text=Davage%2C%20black%20educator%20and%20Methodist,1879%2C%20in%20Shreveport%2C%20Louisiana.</ref> He married Alice Vera Armstead in 1904.<ref name=tsha/> He was business manager for the ''[[Southwestern Christian Advocate]]'' from 1905 to 1915.<ref name=tsha/> |
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He corresponded with [[W. E. B. Du Bois]] who sent him an autographed copy of Du Bois' speech "The Revelation of St. Orgne the Damned".<ref>https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b087-i542</ref> He was the |
He corresponded with [[W. E. B. Du Bois]] who sent him an autographed copy of Du Bois' speech "The Revelation of St. Orgne the Damned".<ref>https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b087-i542</ref> He was the president of Samuel Huston College from 1917 - 1920.<ref>https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/z1v13nzj</ref> He was photographed at the charter signing of [[Huston-Tillotson College]].<ref>https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3ef51144897745558e272d36e3a50f9e</ref> The [[Amistad Research Center]] at [[Tulane University]] has a collection of his papers.<ref>https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/796</ref> |
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The New York Public Library has a photograph of him published in 1922.<ref>https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-95e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99</ref> |
The New York Public Library has a photograph of him published in 1922.<ref>https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-95e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99</ref> |
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Matthew Simpson Davage (June 16, 1879 - ?) was an educator who served as president of George C. Smith College (1914-1916), Haven Institute, Samuel Huston College, Rust College, and Clark University (1924 - 1941).
He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He studied at New Orleans University and played baseball.[1] He married Alice Vera Armstead in 1904.[1] He was business manager for the Southwestern Christian Advocate from 1905 to 1915.[1]
He corresponded with W. E. B. Du Bois who sent him an autographed copy of Du Bois' speech "The Revelation of St. Orgne the Damned".[2] He was the president of Samuel Huston College from 1917 - 1920.[3] He was photographed at the charter signing of Huston-Tillotson College.[4] The Amistad Research Center at Tulane University has a collection of his papers.[5]
The New York Public Library has a photograph of him published in 1922.[6]
Davage Auditorium at Clark University is dedicated to him.[7]
References
- ^ a b c https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/davage-matthew-simpson#:~:text=Davage%2C%20Matthew%20Simpson%20(1879%E2%80%931976).&text=Davage%2C%20black%20educator%20and%20Methodist,1879%2C%20in%20Shreveport%2C%20Louisiana.
- ^ https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b087-i542
- ^ https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/z1v13nzj
- ^ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3ef51144897745558e272d36e3a50f9e
- ^ https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/796
- ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-95e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- ^ plaque
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