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.
Certificate; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
James Hugo Johnston was appointed to the Board of Visitors at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute for a four year term beginning April 1, 1886. Johnston did not complete his term on the Board because his fellow members selected him to be...
School Conduct; Rules and Regulations; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
In 1886, for the first time, a separate booklet appeared listing rules and regulations governing the personnel at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. These guidelines covered the board of visitors, presidents, professors, and other...
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Robert Chissell, a native of Petersburg, Virginia graduated from the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1891 with a AB degree. He joined the faculty later that year as professor of math and history. He later went to medical school and...
Mechanical Building (Southern University, New Orleans, La.)
The Mechanical Department at Southern University was initiated on October 7, 1890 and by 1893 it was in full operation and had a three year course of study. There were 27 students in the...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Dairying--Study and teaching
Membership of a class in dairying. A year after the dairy department was established, there were twenty-five students-fourteen girls and eleven boys. The course covered two years; and that the school had its own building with water piping churns,...
Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Mechanical Building (Southern University, New Orleans, La.)
Southern University at New Orleans - Machine Room. The Mechanical Department at Southern University was initiated on October 7, 1890 and by 1893 it was in full operation and had a three year course of study. There were 27 students in the program....
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...
Miles Has Served as a Haven For Women's Educational Opportunities Since Its Inception. In the Academic Year of 1909-1910, the College Educated 139 Female Students (Out of a Total of 158 Students). Women Were Housed In the Women's Dormitory In...
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...
The Agricultural department was popular especially among the rural students, but the location of a site for the new agricultural school proved to be a problem. Beginning in the summer, 1890, the professor of the Agricultural and Mechanical...
