Painted in 1873 by Edmund Havel, Queen Victoria's court painter. Left to right (men): Benjamin Holmes, Isaac Dickerson, Thomas Rutling, Edmund Watkins, Left to right (women): Mabel Lewis, Minnie Tate, Ella Sheppard, Jennie Jackson, Julia Jackson,...
HENDERSON A. JOHNSON GYMNASIUM (1950). Named in honor of outstanding Fisk athlete, coach, dean of men and director of physical education. (Still standing)
HENDERSON A. JOHNSON GYMNASIUM (1950). Named in honor of outstanding Fisk athlete, coach, dean of men and director of physical education. (Still standing)
SPENCE / WORK HOUSE (1884). Formerly the home of Adam K. Spence, second principal of Fisk University and John W. Work, Fisk University professor, composer, and Director of the Jubilee Singers. (Still standing)
SPENCE / WORK HOUSE (1884). Formerly the home of Adam K. Spence, second principal of Fisk University and John W. Work, Fisk University professor, composer, and Director of the Jubilee Singers. (Still standing)
Matthew Kennedy (1921-). Concert pianist, composer. Class of 1946. Graduate of Julliard School of Music, professor of music at Fisk University, director of the Jubilee Singers, 1957-1968, 1971-1973, 1975-1986.
Beth M. Howse (1943- ). Librarian. Class of 1965. Distinguished by a vigorous sense of service to Fisk since 1970. Continues to serve as Special Collection Librarian since 1975.and as director of the Fisk University Mini-College since 1984....
John W. Work III (1901-1967). Educator, composer. Class of 1923. Served the University for forty years as director of the Jubilee Singers, professor of music and conductor of the Men's Glee Club. His father and uncle wrote the Fisk University Alma...
Front row (L-R): Waverly Jennings; Floyd Jackson; Henry Holland; James Waters; Emmerson Spry; Walter Ross; Henry Brown; Joseph Taylor; Horace Cromwell. Second row (L-R): Unknown; Joseph Hobbs; John Davis; James Walkins; Jonathan Wharton; Russell...
Classroom in the Demonstration School, B. K. Bruce Building, Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie. Student-teacher is Joseph Alexander Wiseman (1907-1978), who later went on to become the first director and founder of the Bowie State...
This group sang on WBAL radio three times a week with The Stevedore Quartette from Virginia. Members are (L-R): Charlie Cornish; Carroll Waters; Charlotte B. Robinson, Director; Andrew White; Eldridge Waters.
Standing (L-R): Marion Waller; Carroll Waters; Charlotte B. Robinson, Music Director; Eldrige Waters; Andrew White; Kenneth Lane. Charlotte Robinson taught at the school for over 30 years and composed the Alma Mater song.
