"Dr. Sledd Paid Final Tribute," The Atlanta Constitution, p. 16A (March 19, 1939). Retrieved November 4, 2015. (subscription required)
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Hose was accused of the murder of a white man, and the rape of the dead man's wife. The matter of Hose's guilt or innocence has been hotly contested over the years since. See Joel Williamson, The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South Since Emancipation, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, pp. 259–261 (1985). Retrieved November 3, 2015; and also Edwin T. Arnold, What Virtue There is in Fire: Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, pp. 173–177 (2009). Retrieved November 3, 2015. For a brief summary of the Hose lynching, see E.M. Beck & Stewart E. Tolnay, "LynchingArchived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine," New Georgia Encyclopedia (April 30, 2009). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
Pleasants, Gator Tales, p. 10. The four existing institutions that were merged to form the new University of the State of Florida in 1905 were the University of Florida at Lake City (formerly known as Florida Agricultural College until 1903), the East Florida Seminary in Gainesville, the St. Petersburg Normal and Industrial School in St. Petersburg, and the South Florida Military College in Bartow. After consolidation of the four schools into the new entity, only the new Gainesville campus would remain open after the 1905−06 academic year. "The University of Florida," Science, vol. 22, no. 563, pp. 473–474 (October 13, 1905). Retrieved December 12, 2015. (subscription required)
Carl Van Ness, "Florida's Sledd Affair: Andrew Sledd and the Fight for Higher Education in Florida," Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 326−329 (2009). (subscription required) After the Board of Control selected Sledd as the first president, the board granted Sledd the authority to nominate the faculty members, but retained final approval authority regarding all faculty appointments. In the end, the board ratified every one of Sledd's faculty nominations. Proctor & Langley, Gator History, p. 25.
Hose was accused of the murder of a white man, and the rape of the dead man's wife. The matter of Hose's guilt or innocence has been hotly contested over the years since. See Joel Williamson, The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South Since Emancipation, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, pp. 259–261 (1985). Retrieved November 3, 2015; and also Edwin T. Arnold, What Virtue There is in Fire: Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, pp. 173–177 (2009). Retrieved November 3, 2015. For a brief summary of the Hose lynching, see E.M. Beck & Stewart E. Tolnay, "LynchingArchived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine," New Georgia Encyclopedia (April 30, 2009). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
"Negro Professor Boycotted," Boston Evening Transcript, p. 20 (November 5, 1902). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
"Reform in Norfolk," Baltimore American, p. 5 (September 23, 1902). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
Proctor & Langley, Gator History, p. 27. For a contemporary Florida newspaper notice and account, see "First President," The Evening Independent, p. 1 (January 28, 1933), retrieved November 4, 2015, and Associated Press, "World News in Brief," The Palm Beach Post, p. 1 (January 31, 1933).
University of Florida Foundation, Named UF Facilities, Andrew Sledd Hall. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
University of Florida Foundation, Named UF Facilities, Henry H. Buckman Hall. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
University of Florida Foundation, Named UF Facilities, Andrew Sledd Hall. Retrieved November 4, 2015. Sledd Hall was originally known as "New Dormitory" when its construction was completed in 1929. Id.
"New Professor At Emory. Professor Andrew Sledd Chosen for Chair of Latin," The Atlanta Constitution, p. 3 (November 23, 1897). Retrieved November 3, 2015. (subscription required)The Atlanta Constitution heralded Sledd's hiring as "a valuable acquisition to the educational forces of Georgia." Id.
"Sledd-Candler," The Atlanta Constitution, p. 9 (March 23, 1899). Retrieved November 5, 2015. (subscription required)
Hose was accused of the murder of a white man, and the rape of the dead man's wife. The matter of Hose's guilt or innocence has been hotly contested over the years since. See Joel Williamson, The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South Since Emancipation, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, pp. 259–261 (1985). Retrieved November 3, 2015; and also Edwin T. Arnold, What Virtue There is in Fire: Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, pp. 173–177 (2009). Retrieved November 3, 2015. For a brief summary of the Hose lynching, see E.M. Beck & Stewart E. Tolnay, "LynchingArchived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine," New Georgia Encyclopedia (April 30, 2009). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
"New University Teachers Ready," The Atlanta Constitution, p. 1 (September 14, 1914). Retrieved November 3, 2015. (subscription required) The creation of the Candler School of Theology was funded, in part, with a million-dollar endowment of Emory University by Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler, who was Sledd's uncle by marriage. The Candler School was named for Sledd's father-in-law, bishop Warren Akin Candler, who was Asa Candler's younger brother. Reed, "Emory College and the Sledd Affair," p. 491.
