This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, pilanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed in...
This building was named in honor of Benjamin Newton Duke, philanthropist, and tobacco business owner. Mr. Duke made substantial financial contributions to the college during its early development. The Benjamin N. Duke Auditorium was constructed...
Dr. Howard Chidley conversing (left to right) with Mrs. Louise H. Elder, wife of President Alfonso Elder, Mrs. Chidley, Dean of Students, James Stewart and Dr. Alfonso Elder in B. N. Duke Auditorium.
This building was named in honor of William Gaston Pearson, a businessmen, educator, an incorporator of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, and one of the original organizers of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. ...
This building was originally named in honor of Richard L. McDougald. Richard L. McDougald was an alumnus, former president of the North Carolina Central Alumnus Association, civil leader, banker, financial contributor and devoted supporter of the...
The James Edward Shepard House was constructed in 1925 for Dr. Shepard with funds collected primarily from the citizens of Durham. This house served as his official residence until his death on October 6, 1947. It is the oldest building on the...
James E. Shepard Memorial Library, named in honor of Dr. James Edward Shepard, founder and first president of North Carolina Central University. James E. Shepard Memorial Library was constructed in 1950, annexed in 1976, and renovated in 1997 and...
The Howard J. Chidley Residence Hall was named in honor of Dr. Howard J. Chidley, a minister at First Congregational Church in Winchester, member of the Board of Trustees from 1916 to 1921 and financial contributor and supporter of the National...
This building was Named in honor of Ruth Gwendolyn Rush, Dean of Women, teacher of education, and director of Student Teaching (1926-1948). She gave thirty-eight years of service to the university. Ruth Gwendolyn Rush Residence Hall was...
This building was named in honor of Louise M. Latham, teacher and former Dean of Women from 1948 to 1968. Louise M. Latham Residence Hall was constructed in 1957 and renovated in 1996.
This building was named in honor of Annie Day Robinson Shepard, devoted wife of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University for her contributions and years of service to the students and the university. Mrs. Shepard wrote...
Dr. Julius Chambers became the eighth chancellor of North Carolina Central University on January 1, 1993. Dr. Chambers received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history From North Carolina College at Durham in 1958 and he was the first alumnus to serve...
Mrs. Swalin shows the book, Symphony Stories to school children at a performance of the North Carolina Symphony Children’s Concert Program held at North Carolina College Gymnasium.
A photograph of male students in the “Rusty Seven” club, (front row left to right) Matthew Bond, Frank Batts, and C. Wyatt Graces, (Back row left to right) David Jeffery, Andrew Neville, McKinley King, and Louis Austin.
