Burwell T. Harvey, Jr. collection
Scope and contents
Dates
- 1900-1973
- Majority of material found within 1953-1971
Creator
- Harvey, Burwell Towns (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Biographical note
Burwell Towns "B.T." Harvey, Jr. (1892-1971) was a chemistry and physics professor at Morehouse College. He is best known for his remarkable winning record as Morehouse College's baseball, basketball and football coach. Harvey's career as a coach started at Morehouse College in the fall of 1916 when President John Hope sought to find a coach for the school's baseball, basketball and football teams. As coach, Harvey led the football and baseball teams to four championships each, he also led the basketball team to a phenomenal eleven championships, records that were unrivaled by any other Negro college at the time.
During his time at Morehouse College, he founded and edited the Morehouse Journal of Science, which provided information about the achievements and contributions of African Americans to the field of science. Harvey was commissioner of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for 25 years, an association founded in 1913 to regulate athletics among the Black colleges in the Southeast. Harvey also founded and published Bench Talk Heard, a weekly newsletter chronicling Black college sports and professional Black athletes.
Biographical timeline
Chronology
- 1892 July 18
- Born in Griffin, Georgia to Bruwell T. Harvey, Sr. and Sadie Lovett Harvey; first of two sons
- 1916
- Received a B.S. degree from Colgate University
- Hired by Morehouse College Presdient John Hope to coach football, basketball, and baseball and to teach chemistry and physics
- 1916, 1920-1922
- Morehouse College football team championship years, coached by Harvey
- 1916-1926, 1929
- Morehouse College basketball teams championship years coached by Harvey
- 1918, 1920, 1924-1925
- Morehouse College baseball team championship years coached by Harvey
- 1918 June 18
- Married Ethel Mae Wynn
- 1919 July 12
- First child born, Ethel Towns Harvey
- 1921 July 28
- Second child born, Emma Jeanette Harvey
- 1924 January 20
- Third child born, Sadie Elizabeth Harvey
- 1927
- Recieved A.M. degree from Columbia University (General Education Board Scholarship)
- 1928-1940
- Founded and edited the Morehouse Journal of Science
- 1929
- Retired as Head Coach for Morehouse College to devote more time to teaching chemistry and physics
- 1934
- Became Chairman of Chemistry Department, Morehouse College
- 1941-1966
- Commissioner of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
- 1942
- Became the Director of the Science Workshop for Alabama State Department of Education at Atlanta University
- 1968-1969
- Published Bench Talk Heard, newsletter on Black sports
- 1971 October 15
- Died in Atlanta, Georgia at age 79
Extent
6 Linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Creator
- Harvey, Burwell Towns (Person)
- Title
- Burwell T. Harvey, Jr. collection, 1900-1973
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Stacy R. Jones, 2002.
- Date
- 2002
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. Repository
111 James P. Brawley Drive, SW
Atlanta 30314 USA
404-978-2052
404-978-2109 (Fax)
archives@auctr.edu