United States. National Bureau of Standards;
Washington Technical Institute
The WTI campus was on the site formerly occupied by the National Bureau of Standards. Beginning in 1967, the old testing laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards were modified into technical classrooms; government offices remodeled with...
Wilson Normal School;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Buildings
In 1911, Congress appropriated funds for a new building, which was constructed at Eleventh and Harvard Streets, NW, and completed by 1912. The new building was occupied in 1913, under the name – James Ormond Wilson Normal School, who was...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings
Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...
Carter, Lisle;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Dr. Lisle Carter (1926-) was the first President of UDC. He served from 1977 through 1982. He earned his BS from Dartmouth College, NH in 1945, and his LLB from St. John’s College, in 1951. Prior to serving as UDC’s president, he had been...
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia -- Buildings;
University of the District of Columbia -- Libraries
The Learning Resources Division (LRD), housed in Building 42, continues to make effective of instructional technology a high priority. A Center for Instructional Technology and Distance Learning was established, as a place where faculty can bring...
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Buildings
WTI’s administration building and student center was dedicated in 1973. By this time, WTI was located on a 21 acre wooded site north of Van Ness Street north of Connecticut Avenue, NW
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents.
Dr. Cleveland Leon Dennard (1929-1992) was the founding president of the Washington Technical institute, a predecessor to UDC. Dennard was appointed to the post by president Lyndon B. Johnson at a time when the city’s government functions were...
John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital;Tuskegee Institute
John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital Was Dedicated on February 21, 1913. The Result of a Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Mason of Boston, Mass., Wife of a Trustee of Tuskegee, the Building Was Named In Memory of Her Grandfather, Governor John A. Andrew of...
National Council of Nego Women Meeting at Bethune-Cookman College. the Founder, Mary McCleod Bethune, Is in Front Row Center; The Present President, Dorothy Height, Is Second From Left on the Back Row and Eva Bowman Is at Far Right on Front Row.
Business people; Cosmetics industry; Beauty shops;
Eva L. Bowman Was Appointed the First Black Beauty Inspector and Examier of Cosmetology For the State of Tennessee, Traveling All Over the State Inspecting Beauty Shops. She Was Active in Politics, Organizing the Southwest Civic League, an...
The First Faculty of the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School, 1912 Included Three Graduates of Atlanta University, Three Graduates of Fisk, One Graduate of Hampton, One Graduate of Howard and Two Graduates of Northrern Universities....
