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	Browsing item(s) in The Early History of Alabama State University\nBennett College History\nA Celebration of Fisk University Through Photographs, Programs and Publications\nGrambling State Black-Gold Collections\nDigital Library of Hampton University\nDigital Collection of Robert W. 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On this site will be a farm called "Ettrick Banks" later Virginia State University. This was the site of one of the... 2. 1770 "Ettrick Banks and Matoax" Map; Ettrick Banks and Matoax; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute A photograph of a plat map of "Ettrick Banks and Matoax" drawn around 1770. These two plantations will become Virginia State University. 3. 1834 Fleet Plantation House (Post card view) Campus Buildings; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Built for the owner of the Fleet Farm in 1834. The building became known as the Griffin House, after John Griffin bought the tract in 1879. It was purchased for Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute... 4. 1834 Fleet's Plantation House Campus Buildings; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Built for the owner of the Fleet Farm in 1834. The building became known as the Griffin House, after John Griffin bought the tract in 1879. It was purchased for Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute... 5. 1836 Deed Deed;Land Sale; Land Acquisition; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Record of the sale of the Fleet Manufacturing Company. The land became part of Virginia State University. 6. 1852 Plat Map Plat Map; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Plat map showing 125 acres of land which became a part of the school farm in 1925. 7. 1860 John and David May's Deed Deed; Land Sale; Land Acquisition; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute The deed for the sale of the property belonging to Uriah Wells. Some of this property would later become part of Virginia State University. 8. 1860 John May's Deed Deed; Land Sale; Land Acquisition; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute The deed for the sale of the property belonging to Uriah Wells. Some of this property would later become part of Virginia State University. 9. 1864 William Mahone 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.... 10. 1865 Ettrick Mills 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... 11. 1865 Henry Johnson Slave; African American; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Henry Johnson was born a slave around 1835 on the Fleet Plantation. He later became the butler at the Fleet Plantation house. After the Civil War Mr. Johnson became a wagoner. 12. 1865 Home of Henry and Malinda Johnson Henry Johnson; Malinda Johnson; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute The home was built by Henry Johnson in 1865 after the end of the Civil War on Rome Street in Petersburg, VA. Henry Johnson had been born a slave on the old Fleet Plantation, now the site of Virginia State... 13. 1865 Malinda Johnson Slave; African American; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Malinda Johnson was from Petersburg, VA. She was a slave, property of a Major P. Branch. She married Henry Johnson and in 1854 gave birth to William Henry Johnson, their only child. 14. 1867 Plat Map 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. 15. 1871 Rosetta McCray Hill African American; Freed slave; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Rosetta McCray was born a slave in Petersburg, Virginia. Her father John McCray was able to acquire her freedom in the 1840s. She married John Henry Hill and bore two children before leaving Petersburg... 16. 1873 John Henry Hill 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... 17. 1882 Bill that Established Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Bill of Charter; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute This Bill established the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. CHAP. 266-An act to incorporate the Normal and Collegiate Institute, and provide for the support of the same. 18. 1882 Alfred W. Harris Politician; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute Alfred W. Harris was a member of the House of Delegates from 1881-1888. He presented the Bill to establish Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute now Virginia State University. 19. 1882 Annual Report Virginia School Report; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute The annual report of the university from the superintendent of public instruction. 20. 1882 Artist rendering for the main building Architectural Drawing; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute This is the drawing for the main building to be constructed at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 383 item(s)  page 1 of 20 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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