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  1. 6 days ago · predated the Civil War. As a girl, Laura Spelman Rockefeller with her family helped runaway slaves as part of the Underground Railroad. Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary was renamed Spelman College in 1884 in honor of Laura's parents. John D. Rockefeller continued to give money and land to both Spelman College and its counterpart for men,

  2. Apr 13, 2024 · Rockefeller’s lack of opulence was also evident in his home life. He had married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman in 1864, and together they raised their children, Bessie, Alice (who died as an infant), Alta, Edith and John Jr., in a devoutly Baptist household.

  3. Apr 30, 2024 · In 1864 he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman (1839 to 1915), who would bear him four daughters (one of whom died at the age of 13 months) and one son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., who would ...

  4. 4 days ago · Campus-wise, the list praises Spelman for its "architecturally significant buildings" like Rockefeller Hall, built in 1886 and named in honor of longtime antislavery activists Laura Spelman Rockefeller and her parents, Harvey Buel and Lucy Henry Spelman, and the 1927 Sisters Chapel, the college's religious and spiritual center.

  5. Apr 21, 2024 · Donations from industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, beginning in 1884, assured the school’s security and growth in its early decades. The school was named Spelman Seminary for Rockefeller’s wife’s mother. It began awarding college degrees in 1901 and became Spelman College in 1924.

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  6. May 2, 2024 · Check in at the front desk to set off for the 45-minute round-trip climb. Carillon tours are capped at 15 guests. The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and its sister instrument at Riverside Church in New York City, both dating from the early 1930s, were the masterworks of the Gillett & Johnston bell foundry of Croydon, England.

  7. 3 days ago · Glencoe, IL 60022. Directions. Open Today, May 7, 2024. 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Alex Johnson is the University Carillonist of the University of Chicago. There he teaches a studio of 20 students and regularly plays the 72-bell, 100-ton Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at Rockefeller Chapel. Alex regularly performs across the world and gives ...

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