Freedom fighter; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
John Henry Hill was born a slave in King and Queen County, Virginia, in March 1828. He escaped from the institution of slavery in 1853 and fled to Canada. He was very active in the Underground Railroad movement in Canada. After the Civil War...
Photograph of Booker T. Washington, His Wife and Children. From left to right, Ernest Davidson Washington, Booker T. Washington, Jr., Margaret Murray Washington, Booker T. Washington, Sr. and Portia Washington.
John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital;Tuskegee Institute
John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital Was Dedicated on February 21, 1913. The Result of a Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Mason of Boston, Mass., Wife of a Trustee of Tuskegee, the Building Was Named In Memory of Her Grandfather, Governor John A. Andrew of...
W. J. Hale, the First President of Tennesse Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School (Now Tennessee State University), Was Married to the Former Hattie E. Hodgkins in 1913. He Is Pictured Here With His Wife and Young Daughter. They Also Had...
Southern University and A&M College--History;
Southern University and A & M College-Administration
Southern University Founders Day March 9, 1938. Picture caption reads: 25 Years of Service - 24 Years of Growth. Image at far right is of President Joseph S. Clark alongside his wife Octavia H. Clark and son Felton G. Clark.
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.
Clark, Joseph S. [Samuel], 1871-1944; Clark, Octavia H. [Head], 1880-1959; Clark, Felton G. [Grandison], 1903-1970
The "Clarks "Standing left to right: Dr. Felton G. Clark [son and president of Southern University and A&M College], Dr. Joseph S. Clark [father, president emeritus of Southern University and A&M College and husband] and Mrs....
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...
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...
Founders' Day commemorations--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Standing left to right: Dean John Sebastian Jones, Academic department or Teachers training program and long time teacher in Lake Charles, Louisiana; Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, late President of Southern University and A&M College; Mrs. Octavia...
Page 1 of History of the Teaching faculty employed at Southern University from its relocation in New Orleans along with their specialized field or department in which they served at Southern.
