Tennessee Medical College Stocks
This collection includes two stock certificates for 21 shares in the Tennessee Medical College. The stocks are made out to Dr. C.C. Lancaster. The document states that the shares are capital stock with an "annual Dividend of Five Dollars on each Share of Fifty Dollars." The stocks are guaranteed for seven years from the date of the original issue. The certificate is signed by the treasurer, the President of the Board of Directors, and the Secretary for Tennessee Medical College.
Dates
- 1890 July 5, December 9
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection includes two stock certificates for 21 shares in the Tennessee Medical College, signed to Dr. C.C. Lancaster.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Tennessee Medical College was founded by Dr. Cawood in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1889. Originally for male students only, the college opened its doors to female students in 1904. Lincoln Memorial University purchased the medical college in 1905 and maintained it until 1914 when the school was closed due to financial difficulties.
Dr. Charles C. Lancaster was born on October 29, 1851, to Edwin R. Lancaster and Susan Lancaster. He was educated at the Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond. He married Bell C. G. Alderson (1855-?) on October 1, 1879, in Russell, Virginia. After Bell's death, he married Margaret Ely Pattison (1867-1897) on September 2, 1885, in Buck County, Virginia. Dr. "C. C." Lancaster died on February 3, 1891 at the age of 39. He is buried in the Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This collection is in one folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection was donated by Edwin R. Lancaster in 1945.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository