In 1897, Benson Library, Often Referred to as Benson #1, Was Completed and Made Possible By a Gift of $1,600.00 From Miss Mary Benson of Brooklyn, New York. This Building Was Constructed Under the Supervision of George E. Hayes, An Instructor 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.
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...
High School Teacher; College Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Dannie Starr graduated from Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1928. Her career at Virginia State included time teaching at the university high school and as a member of the college faculty after 1940. She later married Charles Townes.
Blueprint of Campus Master Plan; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
In 1928, the University engaged Charles M. Robinson to develop a campus master plan. Mr. Robinson used three factors in putting together this site plan, the univeristy overlooks the Appomattox River, the number of acres, and the curriculum. For...
Founder's Day; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
George Freeman Bragg was present on the day of the laying of the cornerstone of Audience Hall (renamed Virginia Hall) at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in July 1883. This Founder's Day addressed the early years and beginning of...
The Graduating Class Of 1928. Photographed Are - Miss Rupert B. Blanchard, Alice Copeland, Edward Daniel Davis, Lola T. Cade, Charles Goode Gomillion, Robert Lucius Holsey, Eugene Demenelin, Samuel Armstrong Peters, Lucile Davis, Samuel Butler...
[Martin L. Harvey Chapel/Auditorium]. This brick structure was built in 1928. Resembling a monumental one-story structure but actually two stories in height, the brick auditorium building is composed of two masses- -a moderately sized rectangular...
1928 Lincoln University Yearbook; Commencement Issue of Lincoln News. Digitization Funded By a Grant From the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
Campus Building; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The First Unit of the Old Gym was constructed during the 1920s. This first stage was completed as a result of efforts of the Valiant Volunteers alumni, students, and faculty who donated time, labor, and $8,000. Later the building was named for...
