Marshal Shepherd Catalogs
MSS 00079
Special Collections Research Center
0.01 Linear feet
1897 - 1909
Contains photocopies of catalogs from Bladenboro High School, 1897-1898 and 1899-1900, and photocopies of catalogs from Stinceon Institute and Commercial School, 1903-1904 and 1908-1909. Also contains biographical information about Marshal Shepherd.
Marshal Shepherd (b. 1865) was an educator and a farmer in Robeson County, North Carolina. He spent several years teaching across Robeson County, including at Bladenboro High School. In 1902, Shepherd opened Stinceon Institute and Commercial School (later known as Orrum School) in Orrum, North Carolina.
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Shepherd, Marshal B., 1865-
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Acquisitions Information
Received from Marshal Leroyce Shepherd (son), April 1975
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Marshal Shepherd catalogs, MSS 79, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note
Marshal Shepherd (b. 1865) was an educator and a farmer in Robeson County, North Carolina. He spent several years teaching across Robeson County, including at Bladenboro High School. In 1902, Shepherd opened Stinceon Institute and Commercial School (later known as Orrum School) in Orrum, North Carolina. Stinceon Institute was the first rural high school in lower Robeson County. Students learned English, algebra, Latin, French, music, commerce, and agriculture. In 1907, the institute became a public school.
Shepherd fathered six children with his first wife, Rochelle Frink. One of these children, Marshal Leroyce, received a degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State College in 1933, and later became an instuctor in N.C. State's Military Department and Assistant Director of Extension. After Rochelle's death in 1918, Shepherd married Eliza Singletary.
Scope and Content Note
The
Marshal Shepherd catalogs consist of copies of catalogs of
Bladenboro High School,
Bladenboro, North Carolina (
1897-1900) and
Stinceon Institute and Commercial School (
1903-1904 and
1908-1909),
Orrum, North Carolina. The collection also includes biographical information about Shepherd.
Related Material
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University Archives Reference Collection Biographical Files, UA 50.3.50
Bladenboro High School (Bladenboro, N.C.).
Shepherd, Marshal B., 1865-
Stinceon Institute and Commercial School. (Orrum, N.C.)
Bladenboro (N.C.)
Catalogs
Orrum (N.C.)
Robeson County (N.C.).
Schools--North Carolina--Photographs
Schools--North Carolina--Robeson County--History
Marshal Shepherd catalogs
1897 - 1909
Catalogue of Bladenboro High School, Bladenboro, N.C.
MSS.2
MSS 79
1897 - 1898
Catalogue of Bladenboro High School, Bladenboro, N.C.
MSS.2
MSS 79
1899 - 1900
Stinceon Institute and Commercial School
MSS.2
MSS 79
1903 - 1904
Catalogue: Stinceon Institute and Commercial School, Orrum, N.C.
MSS.2
MSS 79
1908 - 1909
Article from
The Robesonian Historical Edition:
Orrum Was Built Up Around Church And Boarding School,
MSS.2
MSS 79
1951 February