Miner Teachers College; Miner Teachers College -- football
The athletic program at Miner was generally limited through its entire history, especially in the area of intercollegiate athletics. Athletics was still underdeveloped in 1933. At the time, there was a lack of athletic tradition and support for...
Black and white photograph of Myrtle Dyson. The 17th "Miss Southern," a member of the Riverbend Players, YWCA, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She reigned as Miss Southern from 1947-1948.
Dr. James Edward Shepard (November 3, 1875-October 6, 1947) founded the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in 1910. He was the school's first president and served in that position from 1909 until his death on October 6, 1947. Prior...
University Secretary; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
William Rogers came to Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1903 to teach manual science. He retired in 1947, during his time he was the football coach, athletic director, and cashier. The university football stadium is named in his honor.
Anna Laura Lindsay was the first member of the faculty to teach music at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. She came to the "institute" in 1899 and remained head of the Department for thirty-one years. She also served on the...
Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...
Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and President of the College, the Board of Trustees appointed an Interim Committee(1947) consisting of Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and (not pictured) Miss Ruth G....
Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president of the college, the Board of Trustees appointed an Interim Committee (1947) consisting of Dr. Albert T. Turner, Dean of the School of Law, and (not pictured) Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean...
Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president of the college, the Board of Trustees appointed an interim committee (1947) consisting of Miss Ruth Rush, dean of women and (not pictured) Dr. Albert T. Turner, dean of the School of...
The James Edward Shepard House was constructed in 1925 for Dr. Shepard with funds collected primarily from the citizens of Durham. This house served as his official residence until his death on October 6, 1947. It is the oldest building on the...
Louis Jordan with unidentified woman holding the victory football from the 1947 Capital Classic football game between North Carolina College at Durham and Tennessee State. The football has an inscription that signifies North Carolina College’s...
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, Students, Faculty, Yearbook
Yearbook. Pre-Title Page: Deeds, Not Words. Title Page: The 1948 Lion, A Panorama of Campus Life, 1947-48, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Microfilming and Digitization Funded By a Grant From the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission...
Print Pamphlet Reporting on Student Senate; Contains List of Student Senators; Letter From Student President; Renovation of the Old Gym; Bonfire Fiasco; Inflation at McCauley (the Refectory); Cooperative House (Village Residence); Bringing Town to...
3-Ring Looseleaf Binder. Minutes Preceded By 5 Pages From 1943/44-1946/47, Apparently Documenting Faculty Attendance at Faculty Meetings and Faculty on Leave. Also Faculty List (ND). Minutes are Typed on One Side and Signed (For the Most Part) By...
Photographs, Outstanding People with a Fisk Connection
Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956). The sixth and first African-American president of Fisk University (1947-1956). Founded the renowned Fisk University Race Relations Institute in 1944.
PARK JOHNSON HALL (1954). Classroom building, named in honor of Robert E. Park, sociologist and Charles S. Johnson, sociologist and President of Fisk University, 1947-1956. (Still standing)
John H. Franklin (1915- ). Historian, educator, author. Class of 1935. Works include From Slavery to Freedom (1947), Racial Equality in America (1976) and Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin (2005). Awarded the...
