Lincoln University Pennsylvania, student organization
Handwritten in Bound Record Book With Lined Pages, Cover Highly Deteriorated (Cardboard Covered With Marbled Paper, Leaather Spine and Corners). No Title on Spine; Handwritten Titles on Inside Cover and End Sheet. Page Numbers are Printed in...
Page 1 of History of the Teaching faculty employed at Southern University from its relocation in New Orleans along with their specialized field or department in which they served at Southern.
6 1/2" x 4 1/2"b/w Photograph Mounted on Decorative 10" x 8" Board, With Names in Ink on Front, and Pencil List on Back. Notes on Back Initialled SHC (Sophy Cornwell, Librarian); Same Handwriting on Front. Date Uncertain. Names...
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...
Dr. Betts, A Minister Of The South Carolina Conference, Was Elected The Fifth President Of Paine College In 1917, And Served Until 1921. During His Administration, Paine Acquired Ninety One Acres Of Property; And The Southern Methodist General...
Reverend Edgar H. Goold Was the Fifth President. During Dr. Goold's Administration the Institution's Name Was Changed From Saint Augustine's School to Saint Augustine's College.
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Depicted here is the University Football Team for 1917. Standing on the top left is William Rogers, who served as the team's head coach. The Football Stadium was later named after him.
Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Building construction--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Laying of First Brick Work on Academic Building. The completion of this building gave it the credit of being the most complete school building in the State of Louisiana for Negroes. People came from all sections of the State to see this new state...
[Academic Building]. Built around 1917. Location: Was located on what is now Netterville Drive, east of the Mississippi River, adjacent to the old Administration Building. Purpose: During the early years, up through the 80s, it was a multipurpose...
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Myra Hill Colson was a graduate of the Art Department of Cheyney Institute in Pennsylvania. She also earned a B.S. from Fisk University in 1915. She joined the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in the department of science in 1917. She...
MAGNOLIA COTTAGE (1875). Built as a private residence. Purchased by Fisk University in 1917 for use as a music building, television and audio-visual center.