Photo Album of African American Colleges and Students, 1919-1926

Summary

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1919-1926

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet (32 photo album pages)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Photo Album of African-American Schools and Students, ms3955, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 32 pages of photographs on black scrapbook paper featuring pictures of students and college school buildings from Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina. These schools incude Immanuel State College in Macon, Georgia, Boggs Academy in Keysville, Georgia, Georgia Normal and Agricultural College in Albany, Georgia, as well as the Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. Humorous clippings and written commentary is interspersed throughout the book, with postcards featuring city scenes from Atlanta, Elberton, and Augusta, Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

African American universities and colleges -- Alabama
African American universities and colleges -- North Carolina
African American men -- Photographs
African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Georgia
African American universities and colleges -- Georgia
African American educators -- Georgia

Names:

Johnson C. Smith University
Boggs Academy
Tuskegee University

Places:

Tuskegee (Ala.) -- Photographs.
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Photographs.
Elberton (Ga.) -- Photographs.
Augusta (Ga.) -- Photographs.

Preferred citation:

Photo Album of African-American Schools and Students, ms3955, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.