DR. JAMES H. N. WARING (1861-1923) BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL EPHEMERA / SCRAPBOOK ARCHIVE, primarily related to the Colored High and Training School of Baltimore City when Dr. Waring was the principal, articles mostly date between 1902 and 1906, including invitations to parent meetings, programs for class exercises/graduation, football posters, copies of class and team photographs, and newspaper clippings, also featuring a program for a banquet for Booker T. Washington, LL. D. by the Baltimore Negro Business League on May 6, 1907, a Baltimore Negro Business League ribbon, a signed photo of Bishop J. Albert Johnson, who was the pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC at one time, a Howard University Spring Term 1873 report card for arithmetic for Waring, and various pamphlets and newspaper clippings of African American interest.
Catalogue Note: James Henry Nelson Waring was born on September 22, 1861 in Niles, Cass Co., Michigan to parents Reverend William Waring III (1833-1900) and Amanda Fitz-Allan Hill (1834-1920). During the Civil War, his father was appointed as Chaplain to the 102nd Michigan Volunteers, an African American infantry regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops in the Union Army. After the war, the family lived in Oberlin, Ohio before moving to Washington, DC, where William Waring was appointed as a clerk in the Sixth Auditor's office in 1871. 
J.H.N. Waring attended Howard University, receiving his Bachelor's of Arts degree in 1877 and his medical degree in 1888, and was awarded a Master's degree in 1897. He married Caroline (Carrie) A. Brown (1859-1927) on April 4, 1883 in Washington, DC, and the couple had seven children with one not surviving childhood. Waring became an educator and supervisor in the Washington, DC schools in the late 19th century and went on to serve as principal of the Baltimore Colored High and Training School in the early 20th century. He also served on the Howard University's Board of Trustees from 1907 to 1920. 
In addition to his educational work, Waring was an active member in the African American community, being a member of Colored Law and Order League of Baltimore, establishing the first Boy Scout troop for African American children in the District of Columbia, and operating a free medical clinic in the People's Congregational Church. He practiced medicine in Washington, DC, was a physician at Howard University, served as superintendent at Camp Pleasant, and worked with the Associated Charities of the District. During World War I and the Spanish flu epidemic, he was the educational secretary and physician at Camp Devens in Massachusetts. After the war, Waring practiced medicine in Hopkinton, MA, and he died on December 29, 1923 at age 62. 

As-found condition, some in good to excellent, many pieces in poor to fair with losses.