Sports; Basketball; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A basketball game between Howard University and Virginia State University in Daniel Gym. The original part of Daniel Gym was constructed by a group of Valiant Volunteers and was completed in 1927.
Gardening Class; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A group of students enrolled in a gardening class, taught by George Washington Owens. The crop, English peas. This appears to be a staged photograph judging by the clothing.
Undine A. Smith, a native of Petersburg, Va. and a graduate of Fisk University. During her long career at Virginia State University, she taught hundreds of students. Included in this group were people such as, William Billie Taylor and Camilla...
Model School; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
A group of students, their teacher and the president pose in front of the university model school. The model school will later become the elementary school.
Freedom fighter; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
John Henry Hill was born a slave in King and Queen County, Virginia, in March 1828. He escaped from the institution of slavery in 1853 and fled to Canada. He was very active in the Underground Railroad movement in Canada. After the Civil War...
Campus Organization; Virginia State College for Negroes
The Choral Society, (college choir) 1931 conducted by Alston Burleigh. The pianist for the group sitting next to Mr. Burleigh on the front row is Undine Smith Moore.
Recreation; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A group of young ladies enjoying themselves at the beach. Third from the right is Miss Amaza Meredith, who will establish the fine art department at Virginia State in 1935.
Community Activity; Virginia State College for Negroes
A group of young ladies from the black high school system in Virginia in 1939. They were on campus for the annual black high school basketball championship, which was held at Virginia State.
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.;
Miner Teachers College
J. Francis Gregory, an English instructor at Miner. was largely responsible for student drama at Miner. He was responsible for organizing and directing the Little Theatre group at the College.
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, Associate Professor of English,...
The Literati Club Was Founded in the Fall of 1932 by Miss Zelma L. Redmond. This Organization Sought to Create a Special Desire for Speech Improvement by Making Students Increasingly More English-Conscious; Encourage Creative Activity and to...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Librarians; Libraries (Rooms); Research facilities
Make Greater Use of The Library! It's Yours!!!
Image shows the southeast corner of the beautiful and spacious Library, and a group of students getting out...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Barbershop quartets;
The Southern University Quartet toured Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina during the summer, singing Southern into the hearts of the citizens of these...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
Sheriff's deputies are moving forward toward the Administration Building, a tear gas canister has just been bowled into the group of students and was immediately thrown back. The canister exploded over the heads of the State Police officers...
