African American universities and colleges
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Anderson family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS42
Scope and Content
The Anderson family photographs consist of albumen prints, a cabinet card, photographic postcards, and individual and group portrait prints in studio settings and exterior snapshots around the Atlanta, Georgia area. Most of the images are unidentified men, women, and children. Identified individuals include a cabinet card of Jessie M. Anderson, a postcard image of George Ballard, and portrait prints of Alberta Adams, Alberta Anderson, and Ella Mae Matthews. Of interest is a photograph of a...
Dates:
approximately 1920-1945
Long, Rucker, and Aiken family photographs and lithographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS32
Scope and Content
The collection documents the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social life of members of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 through the 1970s. The images document three generations of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families and visually chronicles their rise from slavery to social and political influence. It also provides visual documentation of African American life from Reconstruction to the late 20th century.
Dates:
1859-1979, undated
Maxey family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS37
Scope and Content
The collection includes photographs of Charles Lincoln Maxey, Sr., and other members of the Maxey family. The collection contains images of African American school groups at varying levels from one-room schoolhouses for elementary level children to college students. All are group photographs, primarily scenes posed before educational buildings, or graduation groups, and most are unidentified. Those identified include the Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, students at Fisk University...
Dates:
1910-1945