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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.

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] The Amistad Research Center at Tulane University has a collection of his papers.[3]

The New York Public Library has a photograph of him published in 1922.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b087-i542
  3. ^ https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/796
  4. ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-95e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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