Miner, Myrtilla;
Miner Normal School;
Moten, Lucy;
School principals – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
Lucy Moten, Principal of Miner Normal School and John Nalle, Supervising Principal of DC Public Schools, observe a student teacher from Miner School. Miss Moten took a “progressive” approach to training teachers, arguing that the function of...
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.
Miner, Myrtilla
Miner Normal School
Moten, Lucy
School principals -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
Lucy Moten, Principal of Miner Normal School and John Nalle, Supervising Principal of DC Public Schools, observe a student teacher from Miner School. Miss Moten took a “progressive” approach to training teachers, arguing that the function of...
Miner, Myrtilla
Miner Normal School
Moten, Lucy
School principals -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
The prominent African American educator, Dr. Lucy Moten (1851-1933), was the first African American principal of Miner Normal School. She served in this capacity from 1883 until 1921. At the time she was principal, Miner was a two-year public...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Miner Normal School; Miner Normal School -- Catalogs
The 1920s was an era in which there was an emphasis on reform and progress in education, and this was reflected in the curriculum offered at Miner. In 1921, Miner’s new principal, Eugene Clark, reorganized the curriculum of Miner Normal School,...
Miner Normal School;
Miner Normal School -- Buildings;
Washington Normal School;
Washington Normal School – Buildings
Miner Normal School (officially known as Washington Normal School # 2) held classes in the Franklin Building from 1873 (?) to 1907. This building was on the Southeast corner of 13th and K. NW. Designed by Adolph Cuss, the building was completed...
Miner Normal School
Miner Normal School -- Buildings
Washington Normal School
Washington Normal School -- Buildings
Miner Normal School (officially known as Washington Normal School #2) held classes in the Franklin Building from ca. 1873 to 1907. This building was on the Southeast corner of 13rh and K. NW. Designed by Adolph Cuss, the building was completed and...
Miner Normal School
Miner Normal School -- Buildings
Miner Normal School held classes at the Sumner School from 1907 through 1914. Sumner School was designed by Adolph Cluss and was built in 1872 to educate African American Students
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...
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.
Dr. Euphemia Haynes (1890-1980) had a distinguished career in Washington. She taught in the public schools of Washington, DC for forty-seven years and was the first woman to chair the DC School Board. She was a teacher of first grade at Garrison...
Education;
Education -- Law and Legislation;
Miner, Myrtilla;
Miner Teachers College
Myrtilla Miner’s school was inactive for a lack of funds between 1860 and 1871. A bill considered in the US Senate to incorporate the Institution for Colored Youth in Washington, DC, Feb. 17, 1863. This institution incorporated in 1863.
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