Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Vocational training centers--Louisiana
[Industrial Building for Boys]. This brick structure was built in 1921. Also known as the Mechanical Arts and Industrial Arts Building. This two-story brick structure was originally identical to the Industrial Building for Girls. The building...
BOYD HOUSE (ca. 1915-1920). Formerly the residence of Henry Allen Boyd, president of Citizen’s Bank in Nashville. Served as a dormitory, Honors Center and campus office building. (Still standing)
In 1896, Dr. Melden was appointed as President of the university. His administration came to an end with his resignation being tendered to the Board of Trustees at its meeting on May 12, 1896.
Dr. Myron W. Adams began his affiliation with Atlanta University in 1889 as a Professor of Greek. Due to the illness of President of Edweard Ware, Adams was given the role as acting president in 1919. However, he was not formally elected to the...
On June 29, 1910 Dr. S.E. Idleman was elected president of both Gammon and Clark University. In 1912, near the end of the tow-year period of two institutions operating under a single administration, the Board of Trustees elected Dr. Idleman as a...
Dr. Wilbur P. Thirkield served as head of the Theology Department of Gammon Theological Seminary of Clark University during 1883. He served in this capacity from 1883 to 1888. In 1888, The Reverend Thirkield was elected to be the first president...
At a board's meeting held on July 1, 1904, Dr. Crogman was elected president of, the first black president of the University. He served as president until June 1910.
In 1867, Edmund Asa Ware became the Freedmen's Bureau superintendent of education. He helped to establish Atlanta University. As president of the Board of Trustees, Ware became president in 1869 of the new institution, Atlanta University. he...
