Robert Whitby photographs, ca. 1944-1970.

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Robert Whitby photographs, ca. 1944-1970.

Photographs documenting African American residences and businesses in Austin as well as campus buildings at Huston-Tillotson College (Austin) and Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8050339

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Johnson C. Smith University

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Founded April 1867 at a meeting to the Catawba Presbytery, Biddle Memorial Institute was chartered in 1869 as a private men's institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church; named for Major Henry Biddle; changed name in 1876 as Biddle University; in 1923 name changed to Johnson C. Smith University; became a four year college in 1924; women were admitted to the senior division in 1932 and to the freshman class in 1941 making the college fully co-educational. From the description ...

Huston-Tillotson College

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Huston-Tillotson College is the result of the merger of Sam Huston College and Tillotson College in 1952. Tillotson College began in 1895 as a secondary school in Austin, Tex., sponsored by the American Missionary Association of the Congregational churches; chartered in 1877 Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute opened 17 Jan. 1881, following the completion of Allen Hall, "the first building in the State of Texas for the higher education of Negroes"; named Tillotson College in 1909 after the...

Whitby, Robert, 1914-1978

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African American photographer, of Austin, Tex. From the description of Robert Whitby photographs, ca. 1944-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954402 ...