Melvin N. Fraizer Declamatory Prize Contest programs, Storer College
Entry/Object ID
ARC951
Scope and Content
Programs for Melvin N. Frazier Declamatory Prize Contest at Storer College, dating from 1920 to 1943 (1st through 21st). No program for 1942. 1943 is not given a number like the others were. Programs are pasted chronologically (except for 1939 which is out of order) in the book "Report of the Commissioner of Navigation: Treasury Department 1884." "Melvin N. Frazier" written on spine of book.
Winners are marked on many of the programs. On the last page and inside back cover is a list of debate winners from 1950 to 1953.
Storer College was the first West Virginia college open to African Americans.