Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Myra Hill Colson was a graduate of the Art Department of Cheyney Institute in Pennsylvania. She also earned a B.S. from Fisk University in 1915. She joined the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in the department of science in 1917. She...
Recreation; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A group of young ladies enjoying themselves at the beach. Third from the right is Miss Amaza Meredith, who will establish the fine art department at Virginia State in 1935.
Bennett College -- Campus Building; Buildings; College Buildings; Presidents
Wilbur F. Steele Hall Was Completed in 1922 and is One of the Earliest Buildings on Campus. It Was Designed as a Dining Facility. The building Was Named in Honor of Wilbur F. Steele, the President of Bennett College From 1881-1889. In 2004 the...
African Art Collection Once Housed In Haygood Hall. The Gentleman In The Photograph Is The Late William Elmo Tabb Who Made The Collection While Doing Missionary Work In The Belgian Congo And Liberia. In The Four Divisions Of The Collection...
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, Yearbook, Students, Faculty
Yearbook. Pre-Title Page: If the Son Shall Make You Free, Ye Shall Be Free Indeed [Photo of Statue of A. Lincoln With African American Child. Title Pages (Double Page Spread): The Lion Nineteen Hundred Fifty Three, Published By the Senior Class of...
Photographs, Outstanding People with a Fisk Connection
Aaron Douglas (1900- 1979). Painter, muralist. Important visual artist during the Harlem Renaissance. Illustrated James Weldon Johnson's book of poetic sermons, God's Trombones. Founded the Art Department at Fisk University and taught there for...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings
Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...
Portrait of Dr. Barbara R. Hatton, the Seventh President of SC State, Served From 1992-1995. Hatton Was the Only Woman to Serve as University President. During Her Tenure She Was Instrumental In Converting Felton Laboratory School Into a State of...
Dr. Edward N. Wilson, sculptor and chairman of the Art Department, is working on an over-sized bust of the late John Spencer Bassett, former professor of History at Trinity College, now Duke University. This work was commissioned by Duke...
