Flyer; Regular Republican Party; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Flyer listing all of the candidates running for office on the republican party ticket for the nation and state. This kind of activity is what led directly to John Mercer Langston being fired from his job as president of the Virginia Normal and...
Anna Laura Lindsay was the first member of the faculty to teach music at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. She came to the "institute" in 1899 and remained head of the Department for thirty-one years. She also served on the...
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Football game in progress on the front campus of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. The five-story Old Virginia Hall stands in the background.
College Catalogue; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The first catalogue of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. State officials, were in such a hurry to eliminate the college program at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute that the new catalogue was printed before the official...
College Degree; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
The last degree of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. It was awarded to Francis M. Cooley of Marion, Va. who went on to have a long teaching career.
Graduation; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
These six young men, pictured in caps and gowns with diplomas in hand, were the last six to receive bachelor's degrees from Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1902. Following this graduation the state of Virginia abolished the college...
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...
Virginia Negro Teachers and School Improvement League; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The Negro Teachers' Association had been formed in 1887. One of the organizers was James Hugo Johnston, the second president of Virginia State University. The school improvement league was established at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate...
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...
The Negro Teacher's Association and School Improvement League; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A joint meeting of Negro Teachers' Association and the School Improvement League. Both of these groups had been formed by faculty members from the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
Commissioned Officer; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.
Virginus Johnston was a 1913 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. Virginus was one of five Virginia State University graduates to be commissioned an officer in the 92nd division during World War I.
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...
