Supporting a Cause

Supporting a Cause. The Manassas Industrial School Historic Site. , The work to establish the Manassas Industrial School was supported by many well-known people. Their financial contributions and vocal support of the school were instrumental in helping Jennie Dean raise the funds needed to buy the land and construct the buildings., Oswald Garrison Villard, the publisher of the Saturday Evening Post, contributed funds to the building of the school. He also served as the chairman of the Manassas Industrial School Board from 1905 - 1913. , , Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Edward Everett Hale, an author and historian from Massachusetts, donated funds to the school. He also introduced Dean to many of his friends who also made donations. , , Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Emily Howland, an heiress and philanthropist from New York, contributed the final $1,000 dollars to pay off the land for the school A building on campus, Howland Hall, was named in her honor. , , Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist and philanthropist, made a grant to the school after it opened. The library on campus was named after him. , , Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Frederick Douglass, the great social reformer and orator, delivered the opening remarks when the school was dedicated on September 3, 1894. , , Courtesy of the Library of Congress