Howe Institute (Tennessee)

The Memphis Baptist and Normal Institute was a historically Black college founded in 1888 by Peter Howe of Illinois.

It was one of the earliest private educational facilities for African Americans in Memphis.

The campus consisted of the original Howe Building, then an Industrial Shop, which gave space for the printing and sewing departments, and then a Teacher's College building, along with the Clara Howe Dormitory for girls.

[1] In 1908 there were 12 faculty besides Reverend Fuller, and its departments were: Literary, Industrial (sewing, printing, basketry), Ministerial, Missionary Training, and Stenography and Typewriting.

[2] The Howe Institute had no endowment and relied on support from tuitions and donations.