Moorland, Jesse Edward, 1863-1940
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found: NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University for His Papers, ca. 1790-ca. 1939(Moorland, Jesse Edward (1863-1940); Afro-American executive of YMCA, Howard University trustee, and collector of books relating to African Americans)
found: LC database, Sept. 25, 1996(hdg.: Moorland, Jesse Edward, 1863-1940)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 27, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Morland, Jesse Edward; Christian fellowship member, YMCA leader, civic leader, organization founder / official, community activist; born 10 September 1863 in Coldwater, Ohio, United States; completed Northwestern Normal University in Ada, Ohio; attended the theological department of Howard University; was ordained to the ministry in the Congregational Church and became the organizing pastor of a church in South Boston, Virginia, as well as secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Washington, DC (1891); joined William A. Hunton as secretary for Negro work with the Colored Men's Department of the YMCA (1898); became senior YMCA secretary, relocated to New York City with the office (1898-1923); was chairman of Howard University's board executive committee (1900's); gave Howard University his personal library collection, considered the largest and most comprehensive private collection of materials by and about people of African descent (1914); died 30 April 1940 in New York, New York, United States)
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1996-09-25: new
2015-05-10: revised
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