Date Original
1923-2004
Description
This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, printed material, photographs, ledgers, guest registers, and other miscellaneous material relating to the Fargo Agricultural School in the years 1923-2004.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Fargo Agricultural School was founded in 1919 by Floyd B. Brown, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. Located outside of Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, the private, coeducational school was for African Americans, and taught them agricultural and domestic skills, as well as academics. The school was sold to the state in 1949, and became the Fargo Negro Girls Training School, which operated until 1968. In the 1990s, the Brown-Fargo Agricultural School Museum opened on the school grounds. None of the original school buildings survived.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MG.02864
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Fargo Agricultural School collection, 02864
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Fargo Agricultural School Collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
