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Ancella Bickley speaking at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park convention.

1. Ancella Bickley at NAACP-HFNHP convention

Ancella Bickley alongside another speaker at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park convention.

2. Ancella Bickley at the NAACP-HFNHP convention

Ancella Bickley speaking at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park convention.

3. Ancella Bickley at NAACP-HFNHP convention

Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.

4. Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

Looking east along the Potomac River on the Virginia (West Virginia) side. The ruins of the Armory can be seen on the left and telegraph poles line the damaged tracks. Two men, one leaning on a telegraph pole and another next to the house are not identified. The photograph was taken several weeks after the September,1862 battle when Stonewall Jackson's artillery shelled the town, forcing the Union troops to surrender.

5. Harpers Ferry Gap, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )

'121 D.(72) I.C. 121; Aug. 1, 1884, Friday 6-20 p.m.; Half mile out of Charles Town. Looking N.E. towards Harpers Ferry. Maryland Heights are on the left of the gap and Loudoun Heights on the right. Through the gap on the N. side can be seen the South Mt. The nearer ridge under Maryland Heights is Bolivar Heights and the still nearer ridge extending across the whole picture is Halltown Heights and was the fortified line chosen by Sheridan when he took command in '64. On the extreme right lie the farms through which we wandered in lanes and field in search of hay, finally camping 1/2 mile or more away from the pike.'

6. Looking N.E. towards Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Gen. no. 134, neg. by W, No. 56. Saturday 5:30 P.M.

7. Pleasure Island

Gen. no. 129, neg. by D, No. 76. Plate maker I.C. Saturday 2:30 P.M.

8. Gorge of Harper's Ferry from Bolivar Heights

Gen. no. 127, neg. by D, No. 75. Saturday 2:10 P.M.

9. Potomac River from Bolivar Heights

Gen. no. 125, neg. by W, No. 51. Saturday about noon.

10. Bolivar Heights and Gap of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Gen. no. 126, neg. by W, No. 52. Saturday 1:30 P.M.

11. Harper's Ferry from Bolivar Heights

Gen. no. 133, neg. by D, No. 78. Saturday 5 P.M.

12. Potomac and it's Southern Bank looking West

'128.53W.B; Town of Bolivar, and buildings of colored school; August 2, 1884, Saturday 2:20 pm.'

13. Harper's Ferry Gap

Gen. no. 79, neg. by D, No. 136. Date 1884, August 2. Saturday 6 P.M.

14. View of Harper's Ferry and Railroad Bridge over Potomac River Looking East

'122(73)D. I.C.; Aug. 2, 1884, Saturday 10 a.m. cloudy; Halltown a few miles S.W. from Harpers Ferry. Looking N.E. toward Harpers Ferry. The town of Loudon Heights can be just made out. Halltown is only a cluster of a few houses, a RR station, factory and a store. In the village we passed a pretty pond which would have made a good picture, but we hurried through on account of the proximity of the R.R. The building with the cupola is a school house.'

15. Halltown a Few Miles Southwest from Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'146.W.(61); August 4, 1884, Monday 5:50 pm'

16. Village of Harpers Ferry

'145.W.(60); August 4, 1884, Monday 5:45 pm'

17. View up Shenandoah River over Bridges

Gen. no. 147, neg. by W, No. 62. Date 1884, August 4. Monday 6 P.M.

18. View Up the Potomac from Maryland side of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Gen. no. 144, neg. by D, No. 85. Plate maker I.C., Date 1884, August 4. Monday 5:30 P.M. Cloudy.

19. Near View of Rocks of Maryland Heights at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

'142(83)D; August 4, 1884, 4 pm, Monday (sun)'

20. Town of Harpers Ferry and Jefferson Rock Looking North from Bank of Shenandoah River

'143; 84D; August 4, 1884, Monday 4:20 pm.'

21. Rapids of Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'D(86.) I.C. 148; August 5, 1884, Tuesday 10:40 am'

22. Limestone Quarry

'149.W.(63); August 5, 1884, Tuesday 11:20 am'

23. Iron Furnace on Road from Harpers Ferry to Sharpsburg

24. View from Loudoun Heights of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar Heights, W. Va.

Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw.  Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.

25. Women of Niagara Movement, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

26. Large Ivy Covered Farm House Near Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

27. Bolivar Heights and Camp Hill at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Showing Three States, W. Va., Va., and Md.

28. Looking Down the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

L to R:  Isabelle Stewart, Raymond McNeal and Odetta Johnson display a Storer pennant sitting on the campus lawn. All three students are listed as Honor Students in 1916.

29. Storer College Students, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Railroad tunnel at end of bridge which crosses the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.

30. Bridge Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Doris Athalia Lee, sister of Cecelia Isabella Lee (Green), graduated from Storer College likely in the class of 1937.

31. Storer College Graduate, Doris Athalia Lee

James Henry Green Sr. received his AA diploma from Storer College in 1943, and he graduated from Storer College with his B.A. degree in 1946. He married Cecelia Isabella (Green) who attended Storer College for her Secondary School education.

32. Storer College Graduate, James Henry Green Sr.

Ancella Bickley, Governor Wise, and "Rusty" Webb standing together for a picture at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park convention.

33. Ancella Bickley at NAACP-HFNHP convention

Unidentified man stands on a railroad track with the Potomac River behind him, 'Armory building on original site to left'.

34. Harpers Ferry, Va. Before 1861

Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.

35. Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.

36. Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)

A group portrait of an adjutant of the regiment, front and center, with a young drummer boy on his left and flanked by several first sergeants during the Civil War. None of the subjects are identified.

37. Adjutant, First Sergeants and Drummer Boy of 22nd New York State Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

Room with chalk board and desks set up for Woman's Club meetings.

38. Woman's Club Meeting Room, Harpers Ferry District

Woman's Club Meeting Room, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

39. Woman's Club Meeting Room, Harpers Ferry District, W. Va.

A postcard of a few buildings at Storer College in Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

40. Storer College

Two women, two men, one boy, and several animals in front of a farmhouse.  Note on reverse suggests that this could be Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  Photo identified as Mable Strickland's home as a child, but does not indicate if she is in the image.

41. Mable Strickland's Childhood Home, Possibly Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Photograph of the fort's exterior. It was built in 1848 as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, then a part of Virginia. Storer College was a historically black college. The fort was on the campus of Storer College from 1909 to 1968.

42. John Brown's Fort on Storer College Campus, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

A bird's eye view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.

43. Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

View of Storer College campus and Harpers Ferry.

44. Aerial View of Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Glee Club in uniform at Storer College, a school for African-Americans.

45. Storer College Glee Club in Uniform, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Picture post card of Harpers Ferry.

46. Harpers Ferry from across the River, West Virginia

47. Staff Painting Room, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

48. View Below Storer College Campus, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

49. Harpers Ferry, W. Va. and the Water Gap

50. View Looking Towards Maryland Heights, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

51. Aerial View of Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

A view looking up the Potomac River.

52. Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Color postcard of a ca. 1918 touring car driving next to the the C&O Canal. The Harpers Ferry bridge crossing the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers is in the background.

53. Driving Along Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Near Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

View from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. showing several buildings on the Storer College campus including 1. Lockwood, 2. Brackett, 3. McDowell Shenandoah (?), 4. Franklin (Cook) House, and  5. Storer College Gym.

54. Looking Towards the Gap from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Cecelia Isabella Lee (Green) attended Storer College for Secondary School.  She married James Henry Green Sr., who graduated from Storer College in 1946.

55. Storer College Alumna at Jefferson Rock, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Nathan Cook Brackett played a significant role in the founding of Storer College. He served as principal for thirty years from 1865 to 1895.

56. Nathan Cook Brackett, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.