Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Shown are the members of the college football team of 1899. The little boy, Virginius Johnston, was the team mascot and is holding the football. He was one of the sons of the president at that time.
Renovated View Of First President's House Until The Paine House Was Completed in 1968. The Building Was Razed In 1975 To Make Way For The New Administrative Building, Haygood-Holsey Hall.
Mary Branch graduated from the Normal Department at Virginia State Normal and Collegiate in 1897. She returned to the campus in 1905 as an instructor and remained until 1920. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of...
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...
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The football team for 1907. Standing on the top row, second from the left is George Lewis Alphonso Pogue of Fincastle in Botetourt County. He was President of the Athletic Association on campus. Standing beside him in the derby hat is Professor...
Faculty Housing; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
This is the oldest building standing on campus. Built in 1906-1907 as a residence for the president of the school, it was the second major building erected, the first being the Main Building (Old Virginia Hall, begun in 1883 and completed in 1888)....
Faculty Housing; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
This is the oldest building standing on campus. Built in 1906-1907 as a residence for the president of the school, it was the second major building erected, the first being the Main Building (Old Virginia Hall, begun in 1883 and completed in...
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...
Graduating Class; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The normal graduating class of 1908. Included on this photograph are reading left to right, first row Professor Phillips, Gandy, Rogers, President James Hugo Johnston, and the last two women on the right are Mary Branch and Anna Laura Lindsay.
College Degree; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
James Hugo Johnston, Jr.'s degree from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. James Hugo Johnston will go on to earn his bachelor's degree from Virginia Union University, and later his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, in...
Virginia Negro Teachers and School Improvement League; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The Negro Teachers' Association had been formed in 1887. One of the organizers was James Hugo Johnston, the second president of Virginia State University. The school improvement league was established at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate...
Cookery--Study and teaching--Louisiana; Home economics centers; Home economics students--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
The girl's Industrial department generally produced more graduates [with the exception of the high school and grammar school sections of the school], the Cooking department from its beginning experienced rapid growth. The feasibility of a cooking...
Rev. Hammond Was A Minister Of The Methodist Episcopal Church From The North Georgia Conference. He was Elected The Third President Of Paine College In 1911 And Served Until 1915. Bennett Hall Was Erected During His Administration.
Miles College's Second President William A. Bell (1912-1913) Ushered the School Through the Worst Years of the Depression, the Expansion of WWII, and Challenges of the 1950's. He was Elected to be President of Miles Memorial College Again in 1936.
James Hugo Johnston, Jr. was the son of the second president and a 1908 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. He received his AB degree from Virginia Union in 1913. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in history in 1937 from the...
