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: S H Kress AU - C. C. Moon DA - 1918 ID - 1536 KW - Schools, Universities and Colleges North Carolina, Colleges, Universities and Colleges L1 - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1536/files/CP_2000_04_052_13a.jpg L2 - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1536/files/CP_2000_04_052_13a.jpg L4 - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1536/files/CP_2000_04_052_13a.jpg LK - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1536/files/CP_2000_04_052_13a.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: S H Kress PY - 1918 T1 - Johnson C. Smith University TI - Johnson C. Smith University UR - https://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1536/files/CP_2000_04_052_13a.jpg Y1 - 1918 ER -