Community Activity; Virginia State College for Negroes
A group of young ladies from the black high school system in Virginia in 1939. They were on campus for the annual black high school basketball championship, which was held at Virginia State.
A Rendition Of The Paine College Flag, Designed By Mrs. Ruth B. Crawford, 1939 Alumnae. The Flag Was Adopted In April 1980 By The Board of Trustees. One Hand Is Black And One Hand Is White, Symbolizing The Union Between The White And Black...
African Art Collection Once Housed In Haygood Hall. The Gentleman In The Photograph Is The Late William Elmo Tabb Who Made The Collection While Doing Missionary Work In The Belgian Congo And Liberia. In The Four Divisions Of The Collection...
Bennett College -- Campus Building; Buildings; College Buildings; Library
Erected in 1939 and Named For Trustee Member Thomas F. Holgate, a Professor of Mathematics at Northesten Unversity. The Buiding Was Designed By Odis Clay Poundstone an Architect From Atlanta, Ga.
From 1939 through 1943, Dr. John Hope Franklin Was a Member of the Faculty at Saint Augustine's College, Where He Was a Professor of History and Engaged in Research. Although This Was His Second Teaching Position, He Had Begun Writing "From...
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students;
World War, 1939-1945.
Graduates of Miner Teachers College who served in the military during World War II.
World War II was accompanied by increased employment opportunities for students, military inductions, teaching shortages, and the increasing desire of many male...
Harriet Tubman Hall, built in 1919, is the oldest building on campus. Originally designed to house female students, it is currently home to approximately 162 women of all class levels.
Julius Lester (1939- ). Author. Class of 1960. Gained success as a children's author in 1969 with the publication of To Be a Slave, a Newbery Honor Book, and Black Folktales. Subsequent works continued to show his interest in African-American...
Bennett College -- Campus Building; College Buildings; Buildings; Library
Kent Hall Was Established in 1884 to Educate Young Black Girls in the Domestic Arts of a Christian Home. This Buiding Also Served as the Library for the College Until 1939.
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...
More Than Seven Hundred Children Used The New (Then) Warren A. Candler Memorial Library For The Established Community Project. Librarian, Sarah I. Walton Wallace.
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...
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.
