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468: 381: 457: 446: 1726: 2699: 2711: 402:'s positive engagement with its students, and the encouragement he received from the school's superintendent of industries, John H. Washington, influenced Canty. Before he graduated from Tuskegee, Booker T. Washington hired him as an instructor for the institute's night school and blacksmithing shop. He graduated from the institute on May 29, 1890, and delivered a speech entitled, "The True Leader" at his commencement ceremony. In its coverage of the commencement, the 33: 494:(present-day Institute, West Virginia). Campbell had written Washington seeking a Tuskegee graduate to serve as superintendent of mechanics at the institute, and Washington recommended Canty for the position. Canty accepted and began his duties as the superintendent of mechanics at the institute on January 3, 1893. He was the third teacher to join the institute's faculty. West Virginia Colored Institute had been founded in 1891 under the 2675: 2687: 2482: 684: 2663: 602:. Canty resigned as superintendent of mechanical industries at West Virginia Colored Institute in 1914. Albert C. Spurlock succeeded him in this position. Canty continued to serve on the institute's faculty until his retirement in 1948. That year, Canty arranged for the construction of West Virginia State College's military training corps 545:. Following Hill's resignation, the institute's Board of Regents named Canty as the acting principal. While acting principal, Canty established the institute's first military training corps for students, which emphasized physical fitness and sports as major parts of its program. Following the onset of the 707:
structure. Following Canty's death in 1964, the house was purchased by West Virginia State College and became the only example of Neoclassical architecture on its campus. The house has been relocated three times and served as an office building and the campus health clinic before becoming the site of
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Following graduation, Canty was also hired as the institute's commandant and head of its night school for a year. As the institute's commandant, Canty received the title of "Colonel" as head of its military corps of students. He resigned his positions at Tuskegee to pursue a more lucrative position
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Canty married his first wife and former Tuskegee classmate and graduate, Sarah J. Harris, in 1891. She died at the Institute on August  20, 1894, at the age of 26. Canty credited her with his conversion to Christianity while a student at Tuskegee. Canty and Harris had three children together,
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By 1905, Canty's work at the institute consisted of superintending the school's mechanical industries and teaching mechanical drawing. Canty was one of three instructors when he arrived at the institute in 1893 and the school had 30 students, and by 1905, the institute had grown to 18 teachers and
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in 1922: the Overseas Navigation Corporation and the Overseas Trading Company. In 1950, West Virginia State College's ROTC unit honored Canty for his involvement in the college's military training corps program. Following an extended illness, Canty died at his residence in Institute in 1964 at the
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West Virginia State University was founded as the West Virginia Colored Institute in 1891, and was later known as West Virginia Collegiate Institute (1915), West Virginia State College (1929), and finally West Virginia State University (2004). Canty was titled acting principal during his tenure;
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in 1886 and graduated from the institute in 1890. After graduation, Canty served as the institute's commandant and head of its night school. When he returned to Marietta, he applied his trade in machinery at a carriage shop. After a year in Marietta, Canty received a letter from
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as a Sunday school superintendent and teacher at his church. He was also active in civic affairs, and served as an officer in the Institute Community Club and was a member and officer of El Cubo Club, a community civic organization in Institute.
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at the institute because "he felt that the boys needed discipline". Canty only had one rifle for the drill team, so he made the students carve their own wooden rifles. In 1894, Canty also taught in the institute's literary department.
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in 1922: the Overseas Navigation Corporation and the Overseas Trading Company. Canty served as the treasurer for both companies. The headquarters of both companies were located at 80 Wall Street in New York's
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instructors of mechanical industries. In September 1950, West Virginia State's ROTC unit honored Canty in a special ceremony for his involvement with the college's military training corps program. He had
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From his arrival in 1893 until the fall of 1898, Canty carried out the school's industrial work and education without assistance. As superintendent of mechanical industries, he taught blacksmithing,
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Canty's department of mechanical industries was located in the institute's Machinery Hall. It was expanded in 1903 and rededicated in 1904 as the A. B. White Trades Building, named for
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in Harpers Ferry. Canty and Lovett had five children together. Lovett died on October 20, 1963, at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, four months before Canty's death in 1964.
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From top to bottom: Exterior and interior views of the Machinery Hall in 1898, and exterior view of the building in 1910 following its expansion into the A. B. White Trades Building
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in Charleston. In May 1950, Canty's former department, then known as the Trade and Technical Division of West Virginia State College, held a banquet in honor of Canty and other
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By 1905, Canty owned a farm consisting of 100 acres (40 ha) nearly adjacent to the institute's campus. His home in Institute, known variously as the
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As an officer and director of Mutual Savings and Loan, Canty co-founded two companies to develop trading routes and relationships with Haiti, Africa, and
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at Shepherd Hospital in Charleston in August 1961. Following an extended illness, Canty died at his residence in Institute on February 16, 1964, of
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In 1907, Canty organized and helped set up the West Virginia Colored Institute's industrial and student display and the West Virginia exhibit at the
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In 1945, Canty participated as a fundraising captain in Institute in a fundraising initiative to raise $ 30,000 for the construction of a permanent
325:. His parents, James Munroe Canty Sr. and Adella Canty, were former slaves; Canty was the eldest child of two sons and three daughters. He attended 2771: 2756: 2741: 2638: 2881: 2158: 2118: 1769: 1686: 1643: 987: 928: 285:(present-day Institute, West Virginia). He was hired as the superintendent of mechanics and began his tenure there in 1893. Canty established a 1022: 1814: 2851: 2761: 2841: 2831: 2791: 1969: 1940: 1414: 859: 2448: 1440: 2826: 2251: 2210: 2806: 2801: 2781: 2776: 2766: 2751: 2746: 2243: 754:. He was survived by three of his daughters: Portia C. Dansby, Marcia C. Hammonds, and Grace C. Mitchell—and six grandchildren. 420:
Canty returned to Marietta and plied his trade at a carriage shop where machine work was done for two furniture factories and a
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or "The Magnolia", was built originally around 1900 and renovated in 1923 by Canty and his wife Florence into the current
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into Tuskegee's night school to earn his tuition and expenses for day school and was assigned to the institute's
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Later in life, Canty served as first vice president and as a director of the Mutual Savings and Loan Company in
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187 students. In that time, Canty's department had grown to include instruction in: blacksmithing, carpentry,
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gave him a newspaper containing an article about the institute's campus, faculty, and students. She contacted
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After continuing to follow his father into one trade after another, Canty joined other young men in attending
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After a year in Marietta, Canty received a letter from Booker T. Washington requesting that he write to
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list the spelling of his middle name as "Munroe," however, his name was sometimes spelled as "Monroe."
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but lost by a few votes. From the age of 16, Canty worked as the principal butcher at his father's
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Canty served as the first vice president and a director of the Mutual Savings and Loan Company in
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the West Virginia State University Athletic Hall of Fame. The Canty House was listed on the
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on Canty's behalf and subsequently informed him that if he relocated to the institute in
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however, West Virginia State University considers previous principals as its presidents.
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of 1895, after which, Canty continued to care for his mother who remained in Marietta.
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and a military training corps for students, which evolved to become the institute's
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from an early age, and worked numerous trades with his father, including as a
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Canty House
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rifles for the training corps. The training corps later became the school's
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Superintendent of Mechanical Industries at West Virginia State University
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at a local church on his father's farm. He also co-founded a
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including their daughter Portia. Canty's father died in the
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American educator, school administrator, and businessperson
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James Munroe Canty was born on December 23, 1865, in
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in its buildings. In his first year, Canty established a
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from an early age and worked with his father, who was a
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In the early summer of 1898, the institute's principal
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with education in agricultural and mechanical studies.
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Canty's 1964 death certificate and obituaries in the
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He began working in a 2265:– via West Virginia Archives and History. 1713:"Mutual Savings and Loan Company Advertisement" 408:described Canty as "a first class blacksmith". 2033: 1553: 1506: 1475: 1463: 1433: 1355: 1330: 1299: 1242: 1230: 1218: 1175: 1151: 2511: 1966:"Death Record Detail: Florence Lovette Canty" 1602:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 1906 1079: 2867:Presidents of West Virginia State University 1813:. New York. September 19, 1922. p. 27. 2191:"Tuskegee Graduates and Their Achievements" 1067: 316: 2518: 2504: 2353: 1613: 1045:"Office of the President: Past Presidents" 31: 2528:West Virginia State University presidents 2188: 1993: 1991: 1989: 1987: 1960: 1958: 1574: 1131:. New York. February 9, 1905. p. 2. 1123:"Living Examples of Tuskegee's Influence" 856:"Death Record Detail: James Munroe Canty" 2413:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 2397:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 2244:United States Department of the Interior 2201:(1). Boston: Charles Alexander: 94–103. 1852:"New Trading Company Formed in New York" 1013: 1011: 1009: 974:"Pioneer State Negro Educator, 98, Dies" 850: 848: 846: 844: 842: 840: 682: 379: 376:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 362:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 360:factory. There, a female student at the 266:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 215:Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 2772:20th-century African-American academics 2757:20th-century African-American educators 2742:19th-century African-American academics 2427:from the original on September 18, 2020 2229: 2213:from the original on September 18, 2020 2051: 2039: 2027: 815:In his 1905 autobiographical sketch in 728: 2882:West Virginia State University faculty 2724: 2337:from the original on November 11, 2016 1984: 1955: 1929: 1523: 1401:"ROTC Honors James Canty At Institute" 811: 809: 650: 2499: 2315:History of Education in West Virginia 2311:"The West Virginia Colored Institute" 2305: 2269: 2081:from the original on October 27, 2020 2065:"Bond Issue Flayed as Unfair to City" 1937:"Death Record Detail: Sarah E. 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June 4, 1939. p. 11. 830: 712:on September 23, 1988. 665:Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 636:United States Shipping Board 412:in the mercantile business. 7: 2877:Tuskegee University faculty 2817:American Congregationalists 1902:The Brooklyn Standard Union 1642:. May 3, 1950. p. 20. 1279:. May 30, 1890. p. 6. 10: 2898: 2872:Tuskegee University alumni 2054:, pp. 2–3 of the PDF. 2030:, pp. 1–2 of the PDF. 692: 663:On March 3, 1897, in 400:Margaret Murray Washington 305:age of 98. His residence, 244:Canty was born in 1865 in 2535: 2411:(15). Tuskegee, Alabama: 2280:D. 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West Virginia State University
John H. Hill
James McHenry Jones
Marietta, Georgia
Institute, West Virginia
Canty House
Alma mater
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
West Virginia Colored Institute
Marietta, Georgia
public school
carpenter
butcher
ironworker
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Booker T. Washington
James Edwin Campbell
West Virginia Colored Institute
Farm, West Virginia
drill team
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Charleston, West Virginia
British Guiana
Canty House
National Register of Historic Places
Marietta, Georgia
public school
carpenter
butcher

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