Dogan, Matthew W.
Person
Brief Biographical Note
Matthew Winifred Dogan was born in 1863 during the Civil War in Mississippi. He attended Rust College in Mississippi but had to leave and teach school in order to earn money for college. In 1886, he returned to college and graduated at the top of his class. His appointment to the faculty at Rust was followed [by] a mathematics instructorship at Central Tennessee College, later called Walden College, in Nashville. He received his PhD from New Orleans University in 1910. He was president of the Standard Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools and the Teachers State Association of Texas. He died at home in Marshall, Texas on June 17, 1947. [Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File record]
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Matthew W. Dogan Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2024-018
Dates:
1935-1942
Content Description
This collection contains correspondence and personal papers documenting the life and career of Matthew Winifred Dogan (1863-1947), educator and former president of Wiley College (now Wiley University), a historically Black college in Marshall, Texas. The collection includes letters sent to and from Dogan concerning matters at Wiley and his family life; notes and outlines for addresses he gave; financial and legal documents such as his will and correspondence about outstanding personal loans;...