TY - GEN AB - First known as Biddle University, Johnson C. Smith University was founded in 1870 on Beatties Ford Road. Colonel W.R. Myers donated the land. The school was named for its financial benefactor, Mary Biddle. On March 1, 1923, the school changed its name to Johnson C. Smith University in honor of another donor. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company AU - A. M. Simon DA - 1940 ID - 1122 KW - Schools, Colleges, Universities and Colleges, Universities and Colleges North Carolina L1 - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1122/files/CP_2002_04_424.jpg L2 - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1122/files/CP_2002_04_424.jpg L4 - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1122/files/CP_2002_04_424.jpg LK - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1122/files/CP_2002_04_424.jpg N2 - First known as Biddle University, Johnson C. Smith University was founded in 1870 on Beatties Ford Road. Colonel W.R. Myers donated the land. The school was named for its financial benefactor, Mary Biddle. On March 1, 1923, the school changed its name to Johnson C. Smith University in honor of another donor. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company PY - 1940 T1 - Johnson C. Smith University TI - Johnson C. Smith University UR - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1122/files/CP_2002_04_424.jpg Y1 - 1940 ER -