DeLong, Mary A. [Ann] Craig, 1865-1960; Southern University and A & M College--Students
Black and white photograph of Mary A. Craig DeLong. She was Southern's first student to enter the premises at Southern University when it was chartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Secretary; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Charles James Daniel was born in Orange County, Virginia. Before coming to the Institute he had studied at Howard University, and was a graduate of the Richmond Institute in 1878. He taught school in Louisa County, Virginia, and from 1882 to...
The Normal Program Trained Students For Teaching. Photographed Are - (First Row) Willie Sherard, Cynthia Ryans, Ella Holsey, Frances Thompson, Ruth Holsey, Irene Mattox, Lula Ross, Andrew Cobb. (Second Row) William Young, H. L. Stallworth,...
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...
Academic Building; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Vawter Hall was constructed in 1908 as the industrial building. Vawter Hall was also used as a ladies dormitory and the school dairy. The building is an H style Georgian with an above ground basement. The building was designed by Harrison Waite...
The Vawter Industrial Building; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Vawter Hall is the second oldest building at Virginia State University. Constructed in 1908, it was the dairy, the science building, and also a dormitory for female students. The building was designed by Harrison Waite and named for Capt. Charles...
Dr. Hunter Created a Second Program Known as Liberal Arts Which Included the Classics, Greek, Latin, Literature, Algebra and Geometry. As a Post Civil War Institution, Saint Augustine’s Offered Both Curricula in Keeping With Liberal Arts and...
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.
6 1/2" x 4 1/2"b/w Photograph Mounted on Decorative 10" x 8" Board, With Names in Ink on Front, and Pencil List on Back. Notes on Back Initialled SHC (Sophy Cornwell, Librarian); Same Handwriting on Front. Date Uncertain. Names...
High School Teacher; College Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Dannie Starr graduated from Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1928. Her career at Virginia State included time teaching at the university high school and as a member of the college faculty after 1940. She later married Charles Townes.
The Agricultural department was popular especially among the rural students, but the location of a site for the new agricultural school proved to be a problem. Beginning in the summer, 1890, the professor of the Agricultural and Mechanical...
Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...
Mr. Charles H. Boyer Became the First Dean of Saint Augustine's College. Dean Boyer Brought Knowledge of the Classic, Greek, Latin, Religion and Music to the School. Professor Boyer Teaches Greek to Miss Sadie Delany in 1925.
Laundry Building; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Constructed in 1927 as the campus laundry. The building was designed by Charles M. Robinson. The building follows the pattern of construction underway at the university at that time.
Campus Buildings; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Seward Hall was the second dormitory constructed for male students at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute now Virginia State University. The funds were secured by the Noell Fund. The building was the Georgian Revival Style, and was designed...
