Named After Bishop Robert S. Williams Who Raised Construction Funds In Part From Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company (TCI). It Served as the Old Administration Building, Women's Dormitory, and Location For Home Economics Classes. Williams...
Campus Buildings; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Eggleston Hall was the first dormitory constructed for female students at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute now Virginia State University. The funds for the building were secured from the Noell Fund.
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...
ACADEMIC BUILDING (1908). Fisk University's first library. Built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, a businessperson. Designed by Moses McKissack, a black architect. (Still standing)
ACADEMIC BUILDING (1908). Fisk University's first library. Built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, a businessperson. Designed by Moses McKissack, a black architect. (Still standing)
The James Edward Shepard House was constructed in 1925 for Dr. Shepard with funds collected primarily from the citizens of Durham. This house served as his official residence until his death on October 6, 1947. It is the oldest building on the...
Education;
Education -- Law and Legislation;
Miner, Myrtilla;
Miner Teachers College
Myrtilla Miner’s school was inactive for a lack of funds between 1860 and 1871. A bill considered in the US Senate to incorporate the Institution for Colored Youth in Washington, DC, Feb. 17, 1863. This institution incorporated in 1863.
In...
African Americans -- Education;
Miner Normal School;
Miner Teachers College;
Mytrilla Miner;
Teachers, Training of
Illustration of Myrtilla Miner (1815-1864), founder of the Miner School, which became Miner Teachers College. Miss Miner was a native of New York, and had also taught planters’ daughters in Mississippi. Miss Miner became determined to improve the...
Founded in 1851, Miss Miner’s school became known under the following names: 1) Colored Girl’s school, 2) Miner Normal School, 3) Washington Normal School #2, 4) Miner Normal School (a second time), and 5) Miner Teachers College. The school was...
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teacher College -- libraries
President Eugene Clark had major concerns over the inadequacy of library facilities and collection. During the 1930s, The school's accreditation by the American Association of Teachers Colleges (AATC) was jeopardized because of these deficiencies,...
Miner Teachers College; Miner Teacher College -- libraries
During the 1940s, the library enjoyed improved financial support. It received an appropriation, which was supplemented with funds from the Student Cooperative Fund.
