Miner Teachers College; Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities; Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha – the first of the “Greek organizations” at Miner, established in 1934. The charter members formed the Keys Club in 1934, which was really an interest club of AKA. Marjorie H. Parker was the President and later the first...
Senior Honorary Society; Virginia State College for Negroes
Any student who has been in residence at Virginia State College for at least six (6) semesters and whose name has appeared on the general college honor roll for six (6) semesters was recommended for membership in Iota Sigma Lambda Honorary Society.
Photographs, Outstanding People with a Fisk Connection
Arna Bontemps (1902-1973). Poet, novelist, essayist, educator, librarian. Author of God Sends Sunday (1931) and Black Thunder (1936). Wrote several children's books with Jack Conroy, including Sam Patch (1951). Received the Jane Addams Children's...
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...
Dr. John Hope was the first African-American president of both Atlanta University and Morehouse College. in 1906, he succeeded Dr. George Sale as president of Atlanta Baptist College. On July 1, 1929, he succeeded Mr. Myron Adams as president of...
Interracial Faculty Of Paine College In 1936. Photographed Are (Top Row): Edythe Irene Tate, W.C. Ervin, Ethel Polk Peters, Thelma Stevens, James W. Brown, Mark O. Fax, James A. Gabriel, James Childs, Mary Catherine Gartrell And Lonnie C. Hamilton.
Interracial Faculty Of Paine College In 1936. Photographed Are (Top Row): Lawrence R. Harper, Emma Catherine Ware Gray, Fred Lynn Steely, Ruth L. Bartholomew, And William L. Graham. (Second Row): Eugene D. Raines, Marguerite Waafner Steffan,...
Miles College's Second President William A. Bell (1912-1913) Ushered the School Through the Worst Years of the Depression, the Expansion of WWII, and Challenges of the 1950's. He was Elected to be President of Miles Memorial College Again in 1936.
Cloth bound "Record" Book With Leather Corners & Spine. 500 Printed Page Numbers, Pages 178-498 are Blank. Some Items are Folded and Pasted in; Some Loose in Back of Book. Starting Approx. 1935 (p. 123) Minutes are Typed and Pasted...
The Graduating Class Of 1936 (continued). Photographed Are: Thomas E. Smoot - Aiken, S.C., Verma Morman - Augusta, GA., Naomi Beatrice Littles - Augusta, GA., Addie Holt - Augusta, GA., Miss Freddie Stone - Augusta, GA., Raymond C. Norris - Wagner,...
The Graduation Class Of 1936. Photographed Are: Tibbye R. Brown - Macon, GA., Annie Mae Brown - Augusta, GA., Mattie Belle Braxton - Augusta, GA., Alyce V. Battey - Augusta, GA., Daniel H. Collins - Darlington, S.C., Leroy A. Brown - Augusta, GA.,...
The Paine College Quartet Visited Cities In Georgia, North And South Carolina, And Tennessee. Their Harmony And Artistic Ability Were Praised By Thousands Everywhere They Appeared. Photographed, From Left To Right, Are: Robert Screen, First...
