Map; Appomattox Indian Town; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
A photograph of a plat map showing the location of one of four Appomattox Indian Towns. On this site will be a farm called "Ettrick Banks" later Virginia State University. This was the site of one of the Indian Towns attacked by Nat...
Correspondence; Employment; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
A letter from James M. Colson, to Alfred W. Harris about the availability of employment at the newly chartered Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
Model School; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
A group of students, their teacher and the president pose in front of the university model school. The model school will later become the elementary school.
A group of sixth grade pupils about 1896. In the center of the group, standing in the doorway, may be seen the instructor, Miss Ellender Joseph, a Southern graduate, about 1889.
The Negro Teacher's Association and School Improvement League; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A joint meeting of Negro Teachers' Association and the School Improvement League. Both of these groups had been formed by faculty members from the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
A 1918 photograph of Domestic Science students, (first row left to right) Cecelia Leon Cooper, Margaret Louise Johnson ( teacher), Carrie Mable Walden, Allean Cooperdeen Burgus, unidentified woman, (second row left to right) Gelia Ruth Darnell,...
Gardening Class; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A group of students enrolled in a gardening class, taught by George Washington Owens. The crop, English peas. This appears to be a staged photograph judging by the clothing.
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.
