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...
Antioch School of Law; District of Columbia School of Law; District of Columbia Teachers College; Federal City College; Miner Normal School; Miner Teachers College; University of the District of Columbia; Washington Normal School; Washington...
The UDC Digital Archives Collection contains images documenting the history of UDC and its predecessor institutions from 1851 to the Present. Therefore, in addition to the University of the District of Columbia (founded in 1976), institutions...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- District Of Columbia Teachers College
Pursuant to the US Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the DC Board of Education merged Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College to form DC Teachers College. Both Miner and Wilson were two viable colleges, so...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College--Faculty;
Whitehead, Matthew
Associate Director Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last President of Miner Teachers College, and Dean of DCTC. He received his AB from Johnson C. Smith University; his MA from Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.D, New York University....
Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...
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...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
The Truesdale School, named in honor of George Truesdell, a one-time Commissioner of the DC, is located at Eighth and Ingraham Streets, NW, in Washington, DC. For several years, it was the laboratory school of Wilson Teachers College. After Wilson...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings
Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...
Cooke, Paul P.;
District Of Columbia Teachers College
Dr. Paul Cooke taught English and directed several plays at both Miner Teachers College and DCTC. He served as president of DCTC from 1968 through 1974.
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.
In...
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...
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 – 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...
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.
