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.
In 1896, St. Agnes Was Founded as a Facility For Negroes. It Was Located on Saint Augustine's Campus For the Raleigh Community. Mrs. Hunter, the Superintendent, Provided the Leadership For the Hospital That Served Approximately 75 Percent of the...
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...
Graduating Class; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The graduating class of 1907. George Lewis Alphonso Pogue is standing second from the right in the next to last row, with female graduates to his right and left. The one to his right (third from right on that row) is holding a hat with 1907...
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.
Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Building construction--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Laying of First Brick Work on Academic Building. The completion of this building gave it the credit of being the most complete school building in the State of Louisiana for Negroes. People came from all sections of the State to see this new state...
John M. Ellison was an associate professor of sociology. He was a 1925 graduate of Virginia Union University. Dr. Ellison will become the first African American president of Virginia Union University.
Wilhemina Hamlin was a native of Petersburg, Va. She had a B.S. degree in Education from Columbia University. She held a number of positions at Virginia State University and was considered one the finest instructors of education in Virginia.
College Faculty; Virginia State College for Negroes
Honored for writing the words and music of the college's Evening Song, orginally entitled "Hail Virginia State". Burleigh served as head of the Music Department from 1930 to 1933.
Mother of the College; Virginia State College for Negroes
Cora Z. Jones came to Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1888. Over the years she served as the matron for the girls, nurse and in general the mother of the college. She was from Louisa County, Virginia, and the dining hall at Virginia...
