A photograph of wives of personalities associated with North Carolina Central University buildings, (left to right) Mrs. Bascom T. Baynes, Mrs. William H. Robinson, Mrs. Albert N. Whiting, Mrs. C. T. Willis Sr., and Mrs. James S. Lee.
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Hager, Walter;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Walter E. Hager (1895-1990) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1941. He earned is Bachelors in Science from the University of Nebraska in 1916; his A.M. from Columbia University in 1927, and his PhD from Columbia University...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Higbie, Edgar C.;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Higbie (1875- 1944) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1931. Dr. Higbie retired as President of Wilson Teachers College in February 1941, because of ill health. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1944.
Higbie was...
Washington (D.C.) – Public Schools;
Washington Normal School;
Wilson, James Ormond;
Wilson Normal School;
Wilson Teachers College
The college was named in honor of James Ormond Wilson (1825-1911). Wilson graduated from Dartmouth University. He was trustee of the Washington Public Schools from 1861 through 1869, and the second superintendent of schools for Washington Public...
Wilson Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College
Wilson Teachers College was established in 1873 as the Washington Normal School. The name was changed to James Ormond Wilson Normal School in 1913 in honor of the man who was superintendent of schools when Wilson Normal School was founded. Wilson...
Virginia Flintall, kneeling, a student from Manhattan, New York, demonstrates for (left to right) Bonnie Broadway, Oakboro, N.C.; Sarah Franklin, Durham, N.C.; and Mary Spivey, Montclair, N.J. These students participated in a water show at North...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Nixon, Richard, 1913 - 1994;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
Photograph of WTI President Cleveland Dennard with President Richard Nixon, when Nixon visited WTI in 1969. Nixon advocated improved and modern facilities for both WTI and FCC.
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
WTI President Cleveland Dennard speaking at WTI graduation, ca. mid-1970s. WTI awarded its first associate degrees in June 1970.
Signs and signboards -- Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Buildings
Washington Technical Institute;
Seals (numismatics) – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute
Second official seal of Washington Technical Institute. Source: WTI Yearbook, 1970, p.167.
WTI was created at a time when over 60% of the adult wage earners in DC had six or less years of formal education, and lacked the skills necessary to obtain...
College presidents -- Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
WTI President Cleveland Dennard with plans for new WTI campus. WTI was first housed at temporary quarters at the old Bureau of Standards campus at 4100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC. WTI President Dennard led the initiative to construct...
Signs and signboards -- Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Buildings
Washington Technical Institute;
Seals (numismatics) – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute
First official seal of Washington Technical Institute. Washington Technical Institute was intended to provide training opportunities leading to associate degrees and certificates in engineering and related technologies, business and related...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Johnson, Lyndon, 1908-1973;
Morse, Wayne, 1900-1974;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents.
Cleveland Dennard with President Lyndon Johnson, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-OR), and DC Mayor Walter Washington, at the signing of legislation establishing Washington Technical Institute and Federal City College [Public Law 89-791]. Title II of the...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Nixon, Richard, 1913 - 1994;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents
WTI President Cleveland Dennard with President Richard Nixon, when Nixon visited WTI in 1969. Nixon advocated improved and modern facilities for both WTI and FCC.
African American soldiers--Hospitals; Coolidge, Calvin, 1872 - 1933; Moton, Robert Russa, 1867 - 1940; Tuskegee Institute
From Left to Right:
Dr. Wm. Chaa. White, General Hartley A. Moon, General Robert E. Steiner, Lieutenant Governor McDowell, Governor W.W. Brandon, Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, Dr. Robert R. Moton, Honorable Edward Clifford, & the Honorable C....
Commencement ceremonies -- Washington (D.C.) -- University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Commencements;
University of the District of Columbia – Students
