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.
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Myra Hill Colson was a graduate of the Art Department of Cheyney Institute in Pennsylvania. She also earned a B.S. from Fisk University in 1915. She joined the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in the department of science in 1917. She...
A 1918 photograph of Domestic Science students, (first row left to right) Cecelia Leon Cooper, Margaret Louise Johnson ( teacher), Carrie Mable Walden, Allean Cooperdeen Burgus, unidentified woman, (second row left to right) Gelia Ruth Darnell,...
High School Teacher; College Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Dannie Starr graduated from Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1928. Her career at Virginia State included time teaching at the university high school and as a member of the college faculty after 1940. She later married Charles Townes.
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...
Paine College; Teacher; Presidents; College president
Rev. Tomlin Was A Teacher From 1919 Until 1921, And Acting President From 1921 Until 1923. He Was Named The Sixth President Of Paine College In 1923 And Served Until 1929. Under His Administration, Epworth Hall, A Dormitory For Men; And Mary Helm...
Sports; Basketball; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The 1929 women's basketball team was coached by Miss Lucille Lewis. Miss Lewis would later marry Mozart Frazer and would be known all over the world as "Teacher Frazer".
African American teachers--In-service training--Louisiana
Workshops and Clinics:
In compliance with the theory that one of the most effective means of promoting self-improvement of teachers is to provide opportunities for them to attack jointly problems growing out of their professional situations,...
African American teachers--In-service training--Louisiana; Africian American librarians
Library Workshop for Teacher Librarians: Elementary and High School teachers from twenty-four parishes attending a workshop for teacher librarians. Financed by a grant obtained from the General Education Board, the workshop was designed to...
Charles H. Wesley (1891-1987). Teacher, historian, administrator. Class of 1911. Won distinction as an administrator and historian at Howard University, as president of Wilberforce University and as a founder and president of Central State...
This building was named in honor of Clyde R. Hoey, Governor of North Carolina From 1937-1941. During Clyde R. Hoey’s governorship the state of North Carolina provided free textbooks for elementary schools, increased teacher’s salaries and...
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...
