In 1895, the Chapel Was Built By Students Under the Supervision of the Reverend Henry Beard Delany, Who at the Time Was an Instructor of Carpentry and Masonry, Chaplain and Musician. The Construction Work Was Completed By William Haywood, Jerry...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
Ashmun Institute, Lincoln University (PA), Nineteenth Century African American Higher Education
Notebook Containing Handwritten Notes About Ashmun Institute and Lincoln University Events, Personnel and Students (in Isaac Norton Rendall's Handwriting) From 1853 Through 1879; Back Cover Has Information About Graduates Through 1907. Date...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
In 1907, George Washington Owens came to Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute as the second teacher of agriculture. George Washington Owens was the first African American to graduate from Kansas State College in Kansas. He came to Virginia...
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...
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...
John M. Ellison was an associate professor of sociology. He was a 1925 graduate of Virginia Union University. Dr. Ellison will become the first African American president of Virginia Union University.
African American Land-Grant College Presidents; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
1926 Conference of African American Land-Grant College Presidents. The first man on the first row, reading left to right is John M. Gandy, President of Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.
Conference for Colored Women (3rd : 1929 : Baton Rouge, La.); African American women
The conference of Colored Women was held on the campus of Southern University and A&M College in front of the Martin L. Harvey Chapel. [now called Southern University Museum of Arts [SUMA].
Conference of Presidents - Negro Land-Grant Colleges. Photographer worked for the Chicago Defender. Dr. Josehp S. Clark, president of Southern University seated fifth from left first row.
Ninth Annual Convention of the Presidents of Land Grant Colleges held at the Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, president of Southern University and A&M College [front row seated left].
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...
African American teachers--In-service training--Louisiana; Agriculture education--Louisiana
Improving Proficiency In Farming
The rapid trend toward the application of technology to farming was revolutionizing the agriculture industry. It was becoming difficult for those farmers who, unacquainted with modern farm practices, continue to...
African American teachers--In-service training--Louisiana; Reading (Primary)--Louisiana
Up-Grading Teachers in Service. Representatives of the Education Division discussing with teachers in the St. John Magnolia School procedures for improving reading habits of children.
