The Reverend Jacob Brinton Smith, DD Was Born March 1, 1822. He Was Ordained Deacon on December 25, 1845 by The Right Reverend Bosworth Smith, Bishop of Kentucky, Who Was Presiding Bishop From 1865 to 1884. In 1867, The Reverend J. Brinton Smith...
Two Years After the Close of the Civil War, Saint Augustine’s Normal School and Collegiate Was Incorporated in July, 1867. The School Opened in January 1868 at the Union Army Barracks on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, But Known Then as...
African American; Educator; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
He was the first science teacher at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute now Virginia State University. Mr. Colson was an 1883 graduate of Dartmouth College. He served as acting principal in 1885 replacing the first principal James...
Principal; Female; African American; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Kate Hill Colson, was the oldest child born to John Henry and Rosetta Hill. After the Civil War they returned to Petersburg, and Miss Hill attended the St. Stephen's Normal School in Petersburg. She was one of the first African American school...
The Normal Program Trained Students For Teaching. Photographed Are - (First Row) Willie Sherard, Cynthia Ryans, Ella Holsey, Frances Thompson, Ruth Holsey, Irene Mattox, Lula Ross, Andrew Cobb. (Second Row) William Young, H. L. Stallworth,...
Alumni Publication; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
The journal was published by the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Alumni Association. This was the first journal edited by a female, Miss Mabel A. Harris, a 1889 Normal School graduate.
Five Graduates For The Class Of 1899. Seated Are Agnes Elizabeth Davis, Julius Caesar White And Lula Wilson. Standing Are Priscilla Ladson And Mary Belle Bougs.
A Black & White Photograph of Beulah Baptist Church, a Site of Classroom and Class Sessions of "Alabama Colored Peoples University" (1887-89) and "State Normal School For Colored Students" (1889-1900). This Photograph Was...
Ellen O'Connor served as Secretary of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth. She wrote this biography of Myrtilla Miner, founder of Miner Normal School, based on Miss Miner's personal papers, the recollections of Ms. Miner's...
This Photograph Gives an Overview of the Campus of the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School in 1916. Pictured are (1) Main or Academic Building, (2)Wilsonian Hall, a Dormitory For Women, and (3) Men's Hall, the Dormitory For...
Antioch School of Law; District of Columbia School of Law; District of Columbia Teachers College; Federal City College; Miner Normal School; Miner Teachers College; University of the District of Columbia; Washington Normal School; Washington...
The UDC Digital Archives Collection contains images documenting the history of UDC and its predecessor institutions from 1851 to the Present. Therefore, in addition to the University of the District of Columbia (founded in 1976), institutions...
Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School Became a College in 1922, and the First Graduating Class to Use the New College Name Was in 1924. Picture Here are Walter P. Denny of Lebanon, Tennessee; Aeolian Lockert of Clarksville,...
Henry Allen Boyd Was Editor of Nashville Globe Newspaper From 1905-1959. Napier and Boyd Successfully Helped to Persuade the State to Build the Negro State Normal School in Davidson County. A Member of the Nashville's Negro Board of Trade, Boyd...
