Paine Institute Held Its First Class On January 1, 1884, In Rented Quarters On Broad Street in Augusta, GA. Among The First Group Of Young People Present That Morning Was John Wesley Gilbert, Who Stepped Ahead Of The Others And Enrolled As The...
Bishop Aaron Hunter Was Born In April 26, 1854 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He Graduated From Amherst College in 1876 and Union Theological Seminary in 1879.
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Robert Chissell, a native of Petersburg, Virginia graduated from the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1891 with a AB degree. He joined the faculty later that year as professor of math and history. He later went to medical school and...
Faculty Member; Alumni; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
James Phillips graduated with an AB degree from Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1897. After joining the faculty, he held a variety of positions, including instructor of modern languages and belles-letters. Mr. Phillips was very active...
Mary Branch graduated from the Normal Department at Virginia State Normal and Collegiate in 1897. She returned to the campus in 1905 as an instructor and remained until 1920. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of...
Graduating Class; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The graduating class of 1907. George Lewis Alphonso Pogue is standing second from the right in the next to last row, with female graduates to his right and left. The one to his right (third from right on that row) is holding a hat with 1907...
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Edna Colson was born in 1888 to James and Kate Hill Colson. She graduated from Peabody High School in 1904 and Fisk University in 1908. She continued with her education earning a B.E. from Fisk University, a B.S. from Teacher's College and a...
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.
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...
Cooking Class; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The cooking class of 1922. According to the picture only the 8 young ladies graduated. Ester Isabelle Tate, first from the right, was the instructor for the class. This photo was taken from the papers of Mrs. Rebecca Butcher Piout.
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Otelia Shields Howard was a graduate of Fisk University in 1921. She edited what was called the Campus Review which was published in 1929. Her father, James Shields, was in the first class that graduated from Virginia Normal and Collegiate...
Booker T. Washington, is Hampton's Most Honored Graduate. After Hearing About a School for Colored People, He Set Off and Arrived at Hampton. He Enrolled at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute on October 5, 1872. He Studied to Become a...
Clarence Wilson Entered Tennessee A & I State College in 1945 on a Basketball Scholarship. Wilson Captained the Tigers From 1945-1949. During These Four Years, He Was Selected All-Mid-Western Conference Team. Under the Guidance of Coach...
