Hamilton, West A.;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae
Many Miner alumni achieved prominence in the community, both in teaching and other fields of endeavor. Brig. Gen. West A. Hamilton owned a printing company and served as a member of the DC School Board for 21 years until he retired at age 81.
Dr. Euphemia Haynes (1890-1980) had a distinguished career in Washington. She taught in the public schools of Washington, DC for forty-seven years and was the first woman to chair the DC School Board. She was a teacher of first grade at Garrison...
Application form for admission to attend Miner Normal School, 1924-1925 (with Miner Normal School catalog). Miner Normal School would become Miner Teachers College in 1929.
Miner Normal School
Miner Normal School -- Buildings
Miner Normal School held classes at the Sumner School from 1907 through 1914. Sumner School was designed by Adolph Cluss and was built in 1872 to educate African American Students
Miner Normal School
Miner Normal School -- Buildings
Miner Normal School first held classes at this Georgian structure in 1913. Built in 1913, the Miner Normal School building was located at 2565 Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC. This building was home to Miner Normal School (1913-1929), Miner...
Miner Normal School;
School principals – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School;
Turner, J. Arthur
J. Arthur Turner, who had taught “Natural Sciences” at Miner, was the third principal of Miner Normal School. He served at Miner from 1926 through 1930. He resigned to accept a similar position at Stowe Teachers College in St. Louis, MO, where...
Miner Normal School;
Student Publications – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Normal School
The students published several student newspapers over the years at Miner Normal School and Miner Teachers College. These include the: Transient Spectator (March 1900) seen here; the Intelligencer (Feb. 3, 1900), the Valedictory (June 1900), and...
Founded in 1851, Miss Miner’s school became known under the following names: 1) Colored Girl’s school, 2) Miner Normal School, 3) Washington Normal School #2, 4) Miner Normal School (a second time), and 5) Miner Teachers College. The school was...
Miner frequently assumed the leadership during the period 1930-1950 in initiating the study of education and other community problems. Annual conferences were sponsored in cooperation with local educational organizations, to study these matters....
Miner Teachers College
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Soroities
Prior to 1934, the DC Board of Education did not sanction Fraternities and Sororities. Mrs. Mary McNeil, a sympathetic Board member, was instrumental in the Board’s decision to allow Miner to have sororities and fraternities.
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teacher College -- libraries
President Eugene Clark had major concerns over the inadequacy of library facilities and collection. During the 1930s, The school's accreditation by the American Association of Teachers Colleges (AATC) was jeopardized because of these deficiencies,...
Miner Teachers College; Miner Teacher College -- libraries
During the 1940s, the library enjoyed improved financial support. It received an appropriation, which was supplemented with funds from the Student Cooperative Fund.
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- choral organizations
From 1930 through 1950, Miner Teachers College developed its music and dramatic departments. The College Choir was formerly known as the College Glee Club. Each spring the College Choir presented an annual concert, which was one of the cultural...
Miner Teachers College; Miner Teachers College -- football
The athletic program at Miner was generally limited through its entire history, especially in the area of intercollegiate athletics. Athletics was still underdeveloped in 1933. At the time, there was a lack of athletic tradition and support for...
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities
Phi Sigma Phi Sorority – Phi Sigma Phi Sorority was organized in 1940 by eight women at Miner Teachers College for the propose of promoting greater love and friendship among the women of the College.
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities
Delta Sigma Theta – The Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was authorized to make charter members of the Beta Iota Chapter. The charter members were initiated by the Alpha chapter on February 14, 1936. The charter members, who had...
