Marjorie Augusta Shepard was the daughter of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. She attended the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in 1910. She was a 1919 graduate of Fisk University. In 1922 she...
Mrs. Sadie Sawyer Hughley (right), Reserve Librarian at North Carolina College gives a final adjustment to a grecian art and literature display. This display located on the first floor of the library was arranged in conjunction with North Carolina...
Fisk University's first teachers. First row: Paul Cravath, E. Day, Minnie Spane.Second row: Mr. and Mrs. Crosby, Mr & Mrs. Cravath, Miss Semple, Mrs. Swallow, Miss Jonesy and Mrs. Spane. Third row: Mrs. Jackson, Hager, Miss Cravath, Ada Clap,...
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Myra Hill Colson was a graduate of the Art Department of Cheyney Institute in Pennsylvania. She also earned a B.S. from Fisk University in 1915. She joined the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in the department of science in 1917. She...
Brent, Gail;
Miss UDC Pageant;
University of the District of Columbia
Mount Vernon Square campus student Gail Brent was crowned the first Homecoming Queen of UDC in 1978.. The event was held at the Stouffers Hotel in Crystal City Va. This began a week long schedule of events, marking UDC’s first homecoming.
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Convocations..
UDC held its first annual convocation on September 27, 1995, in the University Auditorium. The purpose of the convocation, according to Mary Pittman, Executive Assistant to the President is, “To remember our roots, our history; the University...
Brent, Gail;
Miss UDC Pageant;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia Homecoming
Shown here Miss UDC for 1978, Gail Brent, and Runners Up, Consuela Portee, First Runner Up; Brenda Campbell, second runner up; Sara Rhodes, third runner up; Peggy Phelps, fourth runner up.
Wilson Hall, Erected in 1912, Was the First Resident Hall for Women, Serving Both Students and Faculty, at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School. The Dormitory Was Named in Honor of the School's First Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary L....
Hale Hall Was One of the Three Buildings Erected in 1927 at a Cost of $125,000, and Was Dedicated in 1935. The Building Was Named for the School's First President, William Jasper Hale.
Founders' Day commemorations; College administrators; College presidents; Universities & colleges;
Dr. Edward H. Hale, Son of the University's First President, the Late William J. Hale Presents a $1,000 Check to University President, Dr. A. P. Torrence and Vice President for Development Director, Dr. Calvin O. Atchison a Joint Gift to the TSU...
Clark, Felton G. [Grandison], b. 1903 d. 1970; Southern University and A & M College--Administration
Black and white photograph of Dr. Felton Grandison Clark. Southern's second President and son of Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark - [Southern's first president]. Dr. Felton Clark was Dean of the university from 1934-1938. He served as president of...
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.
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...
