College presidents -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teacher College
Clark, Eugene A.
Miner Normal School
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents
school principals -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
Eugene A. Clark (1883-1962) was the last principal of Miner Normal School and the first president of Miner Teachers College. Born in Washington DC, he received his degrees from Williams College and Miner Teachers College (1908). He taught in the DC...
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...
Education – Washington (D.C.)
Incorporation. -- Washington (D.C.) – Miner Normal School;
Miner Normal School;
Teaching -- Washington (D.C.)
Announcement of the incorporation of Miner Normal School, July 1876. This was a privately-funded institution, which was created after Miner ended its relationship with Howard. In 1877, the independent Miner Normal School was established in the...
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...
As part of the centennial celebration of Myrtilla Miner founding the school, Miner Teacher College officials and descendants of Ms. Miner held a ceremony at her gravesite, at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Georgetown. Dr. Garnet Wilkinson, First Assistant,...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Normal School;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and Alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students
Miner Teachers College, formerly Miner Normal School, graduated its first class in 1933, as a teachers college. Miner officially became a Teachers College in 1929.
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students;
World War, 1939-1945.
Graduates of Miner Teachers College who served in the military during World War II.
World War II was accompanied by increased employment opportunities for students, military inductions, teaching shortages, and the increasing desire of many male...
Miner Normal School
Miner Normal School -- Buildings
Miner Normal School first held classes at this Georgian structure in 1913. Built in 1913, the Miner Normal School building was located at 2565 Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC. This building was home to Miner Normal School (1913-1929), Miner...
Miner, Myrtilla;
Miner Normal School;
Miner Teachers College
Program marking the 100th anniversary of Myrtilla Miner founding her school, which later became Miner Normal School, and then Miner Teachers College in 1929.
As part of the centennial celebration of Myrtilla Miner founding the school, Miner Teacher College officials and descendants of Ms. Miner held a ceremony at her gravesite, on March 7, 1951, at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Georgetown, DC.
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
Miner Building
After the District of Columbia Teachers College (DCTC) was formed in 1955 through the merger of Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College, DCTC
held classes at the Miner building (the site of the former Miner Teachers College). The Miner...
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,...
Miner Normal School;
School principals – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School;
Turner, J. Arthur
J. Arthur Turner, who had taught “Natural Sciences” at Miner, was the third principal of Miner Normal School. He served at Miner from 1926 through 1930. He resigned to accept a similar position at Stowe Teachers College in St. Louis, MO, where...
Briggs, Martha
Clark, Eugene A.
Miner, Myrtilla
miner Normal School
Miner Teachers College
Moten, Lucy
School principals -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
Smith, Mary P.
Turner, J. Arthur
Whitehead, Matthew
Pictured here are four of the seven principals/presidents of Miner Normal School/Miner Teachers College. These individuals provided day to day leadership of the school from 1851 to 1951. The seven principals/presidents were: 1) Myrtilla Miner...
Application form for admission to attend Miner Normal School, 1924-1925 (with Miner Normal School catalog). Miner Normal School would become Miner Teachers College in 1929.
Miner Normal School;
Student Publications – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Normal School
The students published several student newspapers over the years at Miner Normal School and Miner Teachers College. These include the: Transient Spectator (March 1900) seen here; the Intelligencer (Feb. 3, 1900), the Valedictory (June 1900), and...
Ellen O'Connor served as Secretary of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth. She wrote this biography of Myrtilla Miner, founder of Miner Normal School, based on Miss Miner's personal papers, the recollections of Ms. Miner's...
College Theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.
One of the most important productions of the Miner Dramatics Club was “The Life of Myrtilla Miner, a play written by Dr. Paul P. Cooke, then an English instructor, and presented during Miner’s Centennial Observance in March 1951
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents;
Whitehead, Matthew
Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last president of the Miner Teachers College, before it merged with Wilson Teachers College to become part of the District of Columbia Teachers College, in 1954 in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s...
