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.
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.
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.
Business education; Southern University and A & M College--Students
The busy Commercial Department. Miss Totty conducts a "Rhythm Drill" while other students engage in filing, machinery, and transcription from facsimilies.
This Is a Photo of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Alpha Beta Chapter Taken in 1939. This Sorority Was Organized at Tennessee A & I College February 9, 1931. The Advisor Was Mrs. Martha Brown.
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...
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, Yearbook, Students, Faculty
Yearbook. Title Page: The 1939 Lion, Presented By the Senior Class of Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Microfilming and Digitization Funded By a Grant From the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
Zora Neale Hurston (standing), a famous African-American novelist, playwright, folklorist and anthropologist at a North Carolina College for Negroes football game. Zora Hurston was a professor in the Drama Department at North Carolina College for...
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...
The College Flag Serves As A Visible Symbol Or Allegiance, Pride, Respect, And A Rallying Point; The Pictorial Account Of The Founding Black And White Leaders, And Goals Of Those Who Enter. Designed By Mrs. Ruth B. Crawford, 1939 Alumna.
More Than Seven Hundred Children Used The New (Then) Warren A. Candler Memorial Library For The Established Community Project. Librarian, Sarah I. Walton Wallace.
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...
