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- IDNO:
- 036580
- Title:
- Group Portrait at Educational Conference, Atlanta, Ga.
- Date:
- 1937/03
- Description:
- A conference photo in Atlanta, Georgia. Back Row: Collier (Fla. Normal & Ind. Institute), Starks (Benedict Coll.), Dansby (Jackson Coll.), Clark (Va. U.), McDonald (Univ. Storer), Bacoats (Leland Coll.). Front Row: Daniel (Shaw U.), Nelson (Dillard U.), Read (Atlanta Univ.), Dr Frank W. Padelford, Dr. Frank A. Smith.
- IDNO:
- 036581
- Title:
- Haywood Shepard Memorial Ceremony
- Date:
- 1931
- Description:
- Picture taken at Haywood Shepard Memorial Ceremony
- IDNO:
- 036582
- Title:
- Group Portrait of Governor's Conference
- Date:
- 1901
- Description:
- Governor's Conference at Storer College. Pres. McDonald sitting in bottom row.
- IDNO:
- 042672
- Title:
- Looking Down the Shenandoah River from Camp Hill; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Published by W.E. Dittmeyer. (From postcard collection legacy system.)Lockwood House on the Storer College campus can be seen at the top of Camp Hill, left side of the image.
- IDNO:
- 049435
- Title:
- Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1936
- Description:
- The church, built in 1889 through 1896, held worship services for Storer College students and its own congregation of mostly African-American residents from Harpers Ferry and Bolivar. It was named for New England minister and abolitionist, Reverend Silas Curtis, who was one of the moving forces in establishing Storer College. He served as a Trustee in the early years of the school.
- IDNO:
- 049436
- Title:
- Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca.1936
- Description:
- Named for Silas Curtis one of the first Trustees of Storer College in 1868. The church constructed 1889 -1896, held services for the Storer College students and it's own congregation.
- IDNO:
- 049437
- Title:
- Side View of Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1936
- Description:
- Built over a period of seven years, 1889-1896, the building project suffered many financial setbacks. A money gift from the Silas Curtis estate for whom the church is named, assured its final completion.
- IDNO:
- 049734
- Title:
- Buildings at Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Five of the college buildings on Storer College campus are depicted on this post card. Buildings include: Brackett Hall, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall, Mosher Hall, Anthony Memorial Hall, and the President's House.
- IDNO:
- 049735
- Title:
- Laying Corner Stone of Lewis W. Anthony Industrial Building, Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1903
- Description:
- Crowd gathered for the stone laying ceremony on Camp Hill at Storer College
- IDNO:
- 049764
- Title:
- M.S. Briscoe
- Description:
- M.S. Briscoe was a Storer College Alumnus, class of 1924. He received his A.B. degree from Lincoln University, and his A.M. degree in Zoology from Columbia University. He was a Biology Instructor at Storer College in 1930
- IDNO:
- 049765
- Title:
- Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus, Class of 1920
- Description:
- Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, Redman studied at Storer and at the Boston Conservatory. He was a jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer. Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
- IDNO:
- 049766
- Title:
- John Francis Wheaton, Storer College Alum 1882
- Description:
- Wheaton was the first African American to graduate from the University of Minnesota Law School. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1898.
