Sketch of First Two Buildings Erected for Ashmun Institute. Location of Original Sketch Unkown. Reproduced from Education for Freedom: A History of Lincoln University by Horace Mann Bond (1976).
Map; View of Fleet Farms; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Drawn after the Civil War, the plat map shows Ettrick in 1867. The area called B.L. Robinson became the original site of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
College Seal; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
This original seal first appeared in 1885; but was never officially adopted as the school seal. However, elements of this unofficial seal were incorporated into the seal that was officially adopted and used from 1914 to 1991.
This building was located in New Orleans between Magazine and Soniat Streets. The original site for Southern University was in an old building on Calliope Street (No. 158) in New Orleans in 1881. This building had previously housed the Hebrew...
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...
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...
In 1907, George Washington Owens came to Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute as the second teacher of agriculture. George Washington Owens was the first African American to graduate from Kansas State College in Kansas. He came to Virginia...
Unbound, With Paper Front Cover (Part of Binding System, But Cover and Binding Rods Not Present); Fastened With String Through Three Holes. Most Pages are Typed, Both Sides. Page Numbers Printed in Top Corners (L-R). Original Signatures of...
Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Vocational training centers--Louisiana
[Industrial Building for Boys]. This brick structure was built in 1921. Also known as the Mechanical Arts and Industrial Arts Building. This two-story brick structure was originally identical to the Industrial Building for Girls. The building...
Sports; Basketball; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
A basketball game between Howard University and Virginia State University in Daniel Gym. The original part of Daniel Gym was constructed by a group of Valiant Volunteers and was completed in 1927.
Campus Building; Virginia State College for Negroes
Tears where shed in 1937 when the original Virginia Hall was torn down. Demolition of the building was necessary for the construction of the new Virginia Hall.
A Rendition Of The Paine College Flag, Designed By Mrs. Ruth B. Crawford, 1939 Alumnae. The Flag Was Adopted In April 1980 By The Board of Trustees. One Hand Is Black And One Hand Is White, Symbolizing The Union Between The White And Black...
A photograph of an unidentified man ringing the Bell Tower. The Bell Tower dates back to the original founding of the school and for decades the bell rung after athletic victories and symbolized the start of class. In 1989 the North Carolina...
