Minute Books of the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Normal School, 1867-1874; 1891-1908

This collection contains materials related to the Baltimore Normal School for the Education of Colored Teachers, which was established by the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People. Bowie State University in Prince George's County, Maryland evolved from this school.

Items include three annual reports of the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People as well as a minute book of its Executive Committee, 1867-1869; a minute book of the Baltimore Normal School Committee, 1867-1870; two minute books of the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Normal School, 1867-1874 and 1891-1908; an 1868 letter to the Executive Committee of the American Freedmen's Union Commission from William J. Albert, the president of the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People; a letter dated 1871 June 8 to the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Normal School for the Education of Colored Teachers from the trustees of the estate of Nelson Wells; and an account book containing a record of receipts and expenditures on behalf of the Baltimore Normal School for the Education of Colored Teachers, including items for salaries and supplies.