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Item A Statement of the History and Present Financial Conditions of the College(1903-08-05) Cline, William PinckneyThis is W.P. Cline's brief, hand-written, financial account of the beginnings of Highland/Lenoir College up to 1903 or so. It also includes a history of its predecessor, Highland Academy. The papers are in an archives folder (2.18.2.7 Cline, W.P.: Early History of Highland Academy 1903). The Rev. William Pinckney Cline was one of the founders of Lenoir College and served as professor of Latin and History from 1891 to 1901. After that he was chairman of the Board of Trustees for an additional five years during which he continued to contribute to the development of the college. He later served churches and church institutions in South Carolina. The Board of Trustees awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 1913.Item The History of the Founding of Lenoir College(1907-11) Yoder, Robert AndersonThis is a handwritten manuscript written by Robert Anderson Yoder, entitled "The History of the Founding of Lenoir College." R.A. Yoder is one of the four founders of Lenoir College and its first president (1891-1901). This item is written in a composition book with the Yoder papers in Lenoir-Rhyne's Archives (folder 5.1.1.20 College, Synod History).