Sketch of First Two Buildings Erected for Ashmun Institute. Location of Original Sketch Unkown. Reproduced from Education for Freedom: A History of Lincoln University by Horace Mann Bond (1976).
Mills; Pre-Civil War; Industrial History; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
This is a view of Fleets Hill in 1883, as seen from Petersburg across the Appomattox River. This picture shows some of the many mills operating from water power along the Appomattox in Ettrick and Petersburg from the mid-1840s through the 1890s.
Mounted photos of 19th Century Lincoln University Alumni, With Hand-Written Notes Identifying Some of Them. Left to right: Row 1: William M. Hargrave, 1873; James C. Walters, 1870; (unidentified); Walter H. Brooks, 1872, ex 1873 Seminary; Row 2:...
William H. Miles Was Born a Slave In 1828 and Freed In 1854. He Joined the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) In 1855 and the Church Licensed Him to Preach in 1857. Over the Next 22 Years, He Lead a Church That Grew Into One of the Largest In the...
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.
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...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
College Degree; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
James Hugo Johnston, Jr.'s degree from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. James Hugo Johnston will go on to earn his bachelor's degree from Virginia Union University, and later his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, in...
James Hugo Johnston, Jr. was the son of the second president and a 1908 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. He received his AB degree from Virginia Union in 1913. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in history in 1937 from the...
Page 1 of History of the Teaching faculty employed at Southern University from its relocation in New Orleans along with their specialized field or department in which they served at Southern.
