Confederate General; Battle of the Crater; Readjuster Party; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
William Mahone was a railroad engineer, a Confederate General, and a hero in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. After the Civil War he was one of the people who helped establish the Readjuster Party. The Party's support of the public...
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.
Bill of Charter; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
This Bill established the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. CHAP. 266-An act to incorporate the Normal and Collegiate Institute, and provide for the support of the same.
Agricultural facilities--Louisiana; Southern University and A & M College--Buildings
The Agricultural school was established in October, 1891. The first superintendent was Board member, Professor Hugh Jamison, Jr., who was married and had several children, and served from August 21, 1890, until his death in 1899. The clearing of...
Women's Missionary Council Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South Funded And Established A Project For Girls As An "Annex" To The Paine Campus In 1902. The Two Industrial Buildings And Bennett Hall Were Part Of The Project.
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Dairying--Study and teaching
Membership of a class in dairying. A year after the dairy department was established, there were twenty-five students-fourteen girls and eleven boys. The course covered two years; and that the school had its own building with water piping churns,...
Virginia Negro Teachers and School Improvement League; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The Negro Teachers' Association had been formed in 1887. One of the organizers was James Hugo Johnston, the second president of Virginia State University. The school improvement league was established at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate...
Faculty Member and Alumnus; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Amaza Lee Meredith was born in Lynchburg, VA in 1895. She earned a certificate in Rural Education in 1915 from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. She returned to the Univeristy and in 1922 graduated with a Normal Degree as...
In 1925, when the Reverend Edgar H. Goold Was President, the Bishop Tuttle School Was Established at Saint Augustine's College as a National Center Under the Auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church For the Training of Female Church Workers...
More Than Seven Hundred Children Used The New (Then) Warren A. Candler Memorial Library For The Established Community Project. Librarian, Sarah I. Walton Wallace.
Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore was one of the six incorporators of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, now North Carolina Central University. Dr. Aaron Moore a graduate of Shaw University was Durham’s first black doctor. Dr. Moore...
Portrait Of Dr. Albert E. Smith, the Sixth President of SC State, Then Named South Carolina State College, Served From 1986-1992. Under Smith's Leadership, the University Experienced Increase In Enrollment, a Restructuring of Academic Divisions,...
Portrait of Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr., The Ninth President of SC State, Served From 2003-2007. Hugine Developed an Alumni Heritage Endowment Fund to Allow the University to Create a Perpetual Fund to Be Used For Scholarships, Capital Improvements, and...
Dr. Julius Chambers became the eighth chancellor of North Carolina Central University on January 1, 1993. Dr. Chambers received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history From North Carolina College at Durham in 1958 and he was the first alumnus to serve...
Portrait of Dr. Leroy Davis, The Eighth President of SC State, Served From 1996-2002. Davis Established the First University Staff Senate and a New Tenure and Promotion Policy Was Developed. 'The Stateite Creed' Was also Under Davis' Tenure. In...
