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This image depicts Porter Hall which was the first building on the campus of the Tuskegee State Normal School. This shows the development and beginning of an educational program for African Americans. This image depicts Porter Hall which was the first building on the campus of the Tuskegee State Normal School. This shows the development and beginning of an educational program for African Americans. The Tuskegee Institute, founded in 1881, provided students with academic and vocational training. The school was built to help prepare young blacks for life and working requirements, to help them become worthy citizens.
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A 1936 photograph of Bessie Smith
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Collected poems about the blues by Langston Hughes
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This document is an advertisement asking for donations from the Trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute towards their Endowment Fund. The advertisement shows images of work being done by Tuskegee graduates and former students to show the results of their education. They convey the message of graduates spreading “the Tuskegee influence.” The images depict steps of building a school, starting with a small shack, following with students raising cotton on the school farm to support the school, and ending with a well-built building. The advertisement explains that they are making an effort to add $300,000 to its endowment fund and are gladly accepting contributions. This advertisement shows the impact of these schools and how they made a difference in not only graduates' lives but also children's and future students' lives.
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The North American Sunday
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Portrait of Lydia Stow
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Page 89: “Had a talk in Northampton, MA. Stayed at Columbia hall.”
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Page 87: “Henry gave me an invite to take a sleigh ride which I gladly accepted. I went through Roxbury, MA, and Boston MA.”
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Page 84: "Ellen and myself left Dedham for Fall River MA. Went to visit Sophia’s school."
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Page 84: "Went to Dover, Ma to spend a few days,"
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Page 62: “So I passed on to the Normal House & there stopped a minute & then went with Mary (who has been with me all day) to the place where we stopped in the morning and collected our things as we return to Boston [Boston, MA] in a carriage with Mrs Morton Mary Swift E. Rogers & S. Wright.”
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Page 58: "The ride seemed quite short as before we reached L [Lexington, MA] we were joined by S.E. Locke & H. Mr. Damon the old standards – The pleasure of meeting I can always remember so I will not write as I cannot express it in appropriate words. Hannah has has full a flow of spirits as ever. About eight we were riding into old Lexington [Lexington, MA] I did not at first see much but anticipated much”
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Page 53: “Emily kindly offered to carry me to S.D.[South Dedham, MA] this morn”
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Page 51: “About seven this morning Mary & myself set out to walk to Aunt Smith’s from which place we were going to take some of them to transport us to South Dedham [South Dedham, MA]”
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Page 47: “Monday morning Emily was so kind as to see me a good portion of the way to South Dedham[South Dedham, MA]”
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Page 46: “This day has been spent as one of recreation went to Aunt Smith’s in the P.M. had a little chat then Ellen came home with me by Aunt Stow’s where we stopped to feast upon cherries. had quite a social time in F.R.[Fall River, MA]”
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Page 40: “At an early hour in the morning Aunt Smith and myself were on our way to S.D. (South Dedham, MA) We stopped at Dr. Brigg’s where we were directed to find a boarding place.”
