Confederate General; Battle of the Crater; Readjuster Party; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
William Mahone was a railroad engineer, a Confederate General, and a hero in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. After the Civil War he was one of the people who helped establish the Readjuster Party. The Party's support of the public...
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.
Newspaper Editor; Priest; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
George Freeman Bragg, Jr., was the twenty-year-old editor of the "Petersburg Lancet" when the cornerstone was laid for the new college in July 1883. His eighteen-year-old sister Carrie, was among the sixty-two students present on opening...
Paine Institute Held Its First Class On January 1, 1884, In Rented Quarters On Broad Street in Augusta, GA. Among The First Group Of Young People Present That Morning Was John Wesley Gilbert, Who Stepped Ahead Of The Others And Enrolled As 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...
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...
Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...
Promoting Healthy Living
In the interest of promoting healthy living in the state of Louisiana, Southern University, with the help of a grant from the General Education Board, cooperated with Ascension Parish in sponsoring a nutrition project. ...
Sept. 15, 1965 - May 19, 1971. 3-Ring Looseleaf Binder. Typed, One Side. No Secretary Signatures. Page Numbers for Some Dated Documents, But Not for Book as a Whole. Secretaries: Andrew E. Murray (Through June 1966); Edward B. Groff (Through...
A photograph of members of the College Bowling League’s first place team and individual trophy winners, consisting of North Carolina College faculty and staff members, are shown left to right: Irving Mc Collum, who received the trophy for the...
College presidents; Judges; Students; Universities & colleges;
Among the 500 Students Receiving Awards at the 1971 Commencement were "Students of the Year Jean L. Flagg of Henning, TN and Janet Watson of Nashville. Shown With Them are President A.P. Torrence and Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr of...
The Potbelly stove represented A symbol of warmth around which students and faculty members assembled as a family for renewing solidarity among themselves.
Miner frequently assumed the leadership during the period 1930-1950 in initiating the study of education and other community problems. Annual conferences were sponsored in cooperation with local educational organizations, to study these matters....
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities
Phi Sigma Phi Sorority – Phi Sigma Phi Sorority was organized in 1940 by eight women at Miner Teachers College for the propose of promoting greater love and friendship among the women of the College.
