Mills; Pre-Civil War; Industrial History; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
This is a view of Fleets Hill in 1883, as seen from Petersburg across the Appomattox River. This picture shows some of the many mills operating from water power along the Appomattox in Ettrick and Petersburg from the mid-1840s through the 1890s.
Leather Bound, Title on Spine: Library Lincoln University. 288-Page Ledger Book Containing Library Catalogue of Ashmun Institute and Lincoln University, signed by Wm. H. Miller of Lexington, KY (105 pages), With Additions Made to His Lists, and...
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, student organization
Constitution and Bylaws of the Garnet Literary Association of Lincoln University, Philadelphia: Loag Street Hall, 1867. Printed, Title Page Through Page 24, With 5 Blank Pages at End. Handwritten on First Blank Pages: "Amendments". The...
Chemical laboratories--Louisiana; Southern University and A & M College--Buildings
The scientific courses of the University were greatly aided by the Morrill Fund of 1890. The courses were taught largely to meet the conditions of the appropriation and to give the pupils "scientific agriculture and scientific...
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, student organization
Handwritten in Bound Record Book With Lined Pages, Cover Highly Deteriorated (Cardboard Covered With Marbled Paper, Leaather Spine and Corners). No Title on Spine; Handwritten Titles on Inside Cover and End Sheet. Page Numbers are Printed 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...
Ashmun Institute, Lincoln University (PA), Nineteenth Century African American Higher Education
Notebook Containing Handwritten Notes About Ashmun Institute and Lincoln University Events, Personnel and Students (in Isaac Norton Rendall's Handwriting) From 1853 Through 1879; Back Cover Has Information About Graduates Through 1907. Date...
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.
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...
June 16, 1914 - April 30, 1953. Typewritten, Bound in Cloth Cover With Leather Spine and Corners, With Metal Binding System. Title Embossed in Gold on Spine. Page Numbers Printed in Blue Ink on Pages (1-232). Some Entries Indicate Minutes of...
[Academic Building]. Built around 1917. Location: Was located on what is now Netterville Drive, east of the Mississippi River, adjacent to the old Administration Building. Purpose: During the early years, up through the 80s, it was a multipurpose...
In 1925, when the Reverend Edgar H. Goold Was President, the Bishop Tuttle School Was Established at Saint Augustine's College as a National Center Under the Auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church For the Training of Female Church Workers...
Typewritten, Bound in Cloth Cover With Leather Spine and Corners, With Metal Binding System (9.5" x 11.5"). Title Embossed in Gold on Spine. Page Numbers Printed in Blue Ink on Pages, Pages 141-390. Seot, 9, 1926-June 20, 1945....
Campus Newsletter; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The third attempt to establish a student publication at Virginia State was named The Campus Review. The earliest, the Clarion, lasted from 1914-1915. The second was the Crater Scroll, which ran from 1924-1925. The Campus Review was published...
