Sports; Basketball; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A basketball game between Howard University and Virginia State University in Daniel Gym. The original part of Daniel Gym was constructed by a group of Valiant Volunteers and was completed in 1927.
Black and white photograph of Robbie Smith. Miss Smith, reigned as the " Most Beautiful Girl" from 1927-1928. The idea of selecting "the most beautiful girl" was initiated in 1927 in conjunction with the first annual ball at...
Laundry Building; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Constructed in 1927 as the campus laundry. The building was designed by Charles M. Robinson. The building follows the pattern of construction underway at the university at that time.
Dedicated on October 19, 1927, the Hall Was a Gift From Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Anderson of Dallas, Tx. Who Gave $12,000.00. Dr. Anderson Was a Graduate of the Medical Department Class of 1885. It Was Used for Instruction in Gross and Microscopical...
Doxey Alfonzo Wilkerson had a A.D. Degree in English from the University of Kansas. He came to Virginia State in 1927. He was the acting director of the high school and professor secondary education in 1929.
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Hager, Walter;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Walter E. Hager (1895-1990) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1941. He earned is Bachelors in Science from the University of Nebraska in 1916; his A.M. from Columbia University in 1927, and his PhD from Columbia University...
Campus Buildings; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Eggleston Hall was the first dormitory constructed for female students at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute now Virginia State University. The funds for the building were secured from the Noell Fund.
Feb. 11, 1925 - June 25, 1927. Tooled and Embossed Leather Cover; Book 6. Handwritten Lined Pages With Printed Page Numbers. Followed Earlier Minutes of the Executive Committee -- See Above, 1909-1912. Only 32 of the 289 Numbered Pages are...
Hale Hall Was One of the Three Buildings Erected in 1927 at a Cost of $125,000, and Was Dedicated in 1935. The Building Was Named for the School's First President, William Jasper Hale.
Photographs, Outstanding People with a Fisk Connection
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938). Poet, essayist, lyricist. Legendary poet who wrote the universally admired work, The Creation (1927). With his brother, co-authored The Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing. Served as the Adam K....
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...
Miss State College Receives Sister Institutions A Scene From the Masque, "The Balanced Wheel", Presented by the Students in Dramatic Art on Founders Day.
