James Hugo Johnston, Jr. was the son of the second president and a 1908 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. He received his AB degree from Virginia Union in 1913. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in history in 1937 from the...
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...
[Laundry/Riverside Hall]. This brick structure was built in 1922 as a one-story laundry facility. Some time before 1937 the building was renamed Riverside Hall. At that time, it was lengthened on its western end and a second story was added for...
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Luther Jackson a 1914 graduate of Fisk University joined the faculty at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1922. Professor Jackson would enjoy a long career as a historian of the African American experience in Virginia. Professor...
Campus Building; Virginia State College for Negroes
Tears where shed in 1937 when the original Virginia Hall was torn down. Demolition of the building was necessary for the construction of the new Virginia Hall.
The drawing was done by Samuel A. Madden a 1934 graduate of Virginia State College for Negroes. The monument was to be constructed using the bricks from the old Virginia Hall which was being torn down in 1937.
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, Yearbook, Students, Faculty
Yearbook. Leather Cover. Title page: The Lion, Published By the Class of June 1937, W.W. Layton, Editor-in-Chief. Microfilming and Digitization Funded By a Grant From the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
June 16, 1914 - April 30, 1953. Typewritten, Bound in Cloth Cover With Leather Spine and Corners, With Metal Binding System. Title Embossed in Gold on Spine. Page Numbers Printed in Blue Ink on Pages (1-232). Some Entries Indicate Minutes of...
This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, pilanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed in...
This building was named in honor of Clyde R. Hoey, Governor of North Carolina From 1937-1941. During Clyde R. Hoey’s governorship the state of North Carolina provided free textbooks for elementary schools, increased teacher’s salaries and...
