education

Address, delivered before the Georgia State Industrial College for Col...

A graduation address in which Arnett, A.M.E. bishop of South Carolina and Georgia, speaks about the social and educational achievements of African Americans and about prospects for future achievements and equal... More

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood Distri...

Significance: The Dodge House is an unusually well-preserved example of the architecture of Irving Gill; it is a culmination of his genius, a rare example of the early manifestations of the International Style,... More

A group of children standing in front of a christmas tree. Photograph ...

Black leather-bound photograph album featuring 36 black & white captioned prints and 46 black & white portraits of girls. The pages of the album following the portraits of individual girls are blank. 13 loose... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Gre...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Photograph album, Christ...

Black leather-bound photograph album featuring 36 black & white captioned prints and 46 black & white portraits of girls. The pages of the album following the portraits of individual girls are blank. 13 loose... More

Susan B. Anthony Papers: Scrapbooks, 1876-1934; Clippings, 1890-1934

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jesus before Pilate, a monograph of the crucifixion, including the rep...

First published, 1880, under title: Gesta Pilati. The "Acts of Pilate" (p. [37]-134) are also known as the "Gospel of Nicodemus". The "Report of Pilate" (p. [150]-174) is identical with the spurious text first ... More

Photograph, Special education class (Arabic class) at the Spafford Chi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lincoln School, 1000 Tuscola Avenue, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop ...

Significance: The Signal and Ordnance Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic c... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop ...

Significance: The Signal and Ordnance Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic c... More

Fairview School, Second & Washington Streets (moved to), Nicodemus, Gr...

See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district. Significance: Multiple locations and adaptive uses to fit contemporary community needs and activities. Unprocessed Fiel... More

Aurora Business College, 1206 Thirteenth Street, Aurora, Hamilton Coun...

Significance: Developed in the early part of the 20th Century, this three story brick commercial structure lies on the northeast corner of the Aurora Courthouse Square at the corner of 13th and M Streets. The ... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Fort David A. Russell, Red Cross Building, Third Street between Randal...

Significance: The Red Cross Building was constructed in 1941-1942 to house the F.E. Warren Branch of the American Red Cross. Formed in 1941 with the outbreak of World War II, this auxiliary of the Red Cross's ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Davidson College, Eumanean Hall, Davidson, Mecklenburg County, NC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NC-12-B-7 Building/structure dates: 1841-1849 Initial Construction

National Park Seminary, Aloha House, North of Linden Lane near corner ...

Significance: Aloha was constructed in 1898 as part of the school's first building campaign. It served as the Cassedy family residence and then became a dormitory for juniors. The original shingle-sided bunga... More

Morse School Annex, Sarah Street between Twenty-fourth & Twenty-fifth ...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps. Significance: The structure is a strange mixture of relatively new and daring structural concepts and a hopelessly outdated exterior shell. It is a "mule" w... More

[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing beside large globe...

H28542 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Rockwood Photo Co. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

University of South Dakota, University Hall, Clark Street, Vermillion,...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Westside School, Corner of Washington Avenue and D Street, Las Vegas, ...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built in 1922 with a northern addition built in 1927-1928 and a separate annex building addition in 1948, the Westside School receives its significance as the oldest remaining... More

Eighteenth District School, 1326 Hopple Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The original east wing of the school building was constructed in 1882. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of a thematic listing of properties desig... More

Law graduating class at Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Sixteen African-American law students standing on steps of building, wearing formal attire, some holding top hats.

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Significance: The Enumclaw High School is most significant as Enumclaw's sole reminder of its long educational heritage. However, like many schools in other small towns, the Enumclaw High School has served the... More

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Significance: The Enumclaw High School is most significant as Enumclaw's sole reminder of its long educational heritage. However, like many schools in other small towns, the Enumclaw High School has served the... More

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Significance: The Enumclaw High School is most significant as Enumclaw's sole reminder of its long educational heritage. However, like many schools in other small towns, the Enumclaw High School has served the... More

A gym. class, Henry St. Settlement, New York City. May 1910. Location...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Autobiography, including also reminiscences of slave life, recollectio...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, on the Internet Archive Web site, and on microfilm (Microfilm 34388). Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm

Pettigrew School, Across White River from Highway 16, Pettigrew, Madis...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The small community of Pettigrew, Arkansas is located forty-one miles east of Fayetteville, on Highway 16. The town is presently only a wide spot... More

Latham House, 1200 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Independent City, Vi...

Significance: While lacking in historical or architectural significance, Latham House is early to mid-19th century vernacular architecture in the original section and late 19th century vernacular architecture i... More

Latham House, 1200 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Independent City, Vi...

Significance: While lacking in historical or architectural significance, Latham House is early to mid-19th century vernacular architecture in the original section and late 19th century vernacular architecture i... More

Fort Totten, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City off Route 57, Devi...

Significance: The Fort Totten State Historic Site, administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota (State Historical Board), is one of the best preserved military posts of the Trans-Mississippi Wes... More

Dartmouth College, Reed Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH

Significance: Built in 1839, Reed Hall is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Dartmouth. The building was designed by Ammi B. Young who had designed the adjacent Thomas and Wentworth Halls eleven years ea... More

The Oaks, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskegee, Ma...

Significance: Constructed in 1899, The Oaks served as the home of Booker T. Washington, president and founder of Tuskegee Institute. The construction of the house served as a solid example of the educational p... More

[The gymnastic exercises of the students of Mekteb-i Sultani] / Abdull...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. School is now called Galatasaray Lisesi. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teacher portraits, Istanbul and environs,... More

Robert H. Allerton Estate, Monticello, Piatt County, IL

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

San Bernardino Valley College, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bern...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

Inman House, 415 East Main Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: The town of Vermillion owes its existence in part to Darwin M. Inman, a New Yorker who arrived in the Dakota Territory in 1874. He was a pioneer businessman, politician and educator. He opened a... More

Isaac Goodnow House, 2301 Claflin Road, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminste...

Significance: A good example of a rural attempt at high style (Philadelphia influenced) architecture, with Greek Revival detailing. This high style influence along with its sensitivity to proportion make it uni... More

Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminste...

Significance: A good example of a rural attempt at high style (Philadelphia influenced) architecture, with Greek Revival detailing. This high style influence along with its sensitivity to proportion make it uni... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Education Center, Arizona Avenue, Plattsbu...

Significance: Building 2670 provided facilities for the advancement of the academic, technical, and occupational education of military personnel of all grades and ranks in order to enhance their potential to th... More

Abraham Hall, 7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Built for the Benevolent Sons and Daughters of Abraham, this is a rare example of a late nineteenth-century benevolent society hall, the most outstanding example in the county. It was the focal p... More

William & Mary College, Main Bulding, College Yard, Williamsburg, Will...

Significance: The construction of this main building of the College of William and Mary was begun in 1695. It is the oldest known college structure extant in the country and has been attributed to Sir Christop... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Conversation lesson, subject - the chair

Photograph shows six boys and the teacher standing at the front of a classroom discussing a chair set on a table; desks and other students in the foreground, at the Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylva... More

Dartmouth College, Wentworth Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH

Significance: Wentworth Hall, with Thornton Hall which was built as part of the same project and is very similar, are the two oldest buildings surviving at Dartmouth. They were designed by Ammi B. Young and, a... More

George Washington School, Eleventh & Pennsylvania Avenue, Monaca, Beav...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The significance of the George Washington School is two-fold. First, the building was erected during a period of financial crisi... More

Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, A...

Significance: The Granite Mill, built shortly after the completion of the original canal, is the oldest industrial building in Augusta. The later Enterprise Manufacturing Company was the first large-scale mill... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-105 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000193

Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...

2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More

Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...

2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More

Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...

2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More

Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...

2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 ye...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jacob Tome Institute, Director's Residence, Tome Road, Port Deposit, C...

Significance: As the residence of the directors of the Tome School for Boys, the house was at the social and management core of school life. Architecturally, it is a fine, formal example of a Georgian Revival ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Director's Residence, Tome Road, Port Deposit, C...

Significance: As the residence of the directors of the Tome School for Boys, the house was at the social and management core of school life. Architecturally, it is a fine, formal example of a Georgian Revival ... More

Freeman School, Beatrice, Gage County, NE

Significance: The Freeman School was built in 1871 of brick, said to have been made on an adjacent farm. It is regarded as the oldest continually operated school in Nebraska (1872-1967), and was used occasiona... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

First Academy, New Street at Hancock, New Bern, Craven County, NC

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Joy Elementary School, 24 Margaret Street, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North ...

Survey number: HABS AK-131 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joy Elementary School, 24 Margaret Street, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North ...

Survey number: HABS AK-131 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Confederate State Capitol, Old Military Road (State Highway), Washing...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-3 Building/structure dates: 1828- 1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work

Notebook by Alexander Graham Bell, from January 20, 1910 to March 14, ...

Notebook by Alexander Graham Bell, from January 20, 1910 to March 14, ...

District School Number 1, North Greenbush Road, Troy, Rensselaer Count...

Significance: This is one of the oldest schools in Rensselaer County. President James Garfield attended school here. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-131 Unprocessed Field note ma... More

"Steamer Glass [i.e. class]" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant chil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Federal School House, End of Allgates Drive (Haverford Township), Have...

Significance: This one room schoolhouse is the oldest extant building in Delaware County erected specifically for educational purposes. It also was the location of the first public school in Haverford Township.... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from July 20, 1883 to October 6, 1884

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Girl in dress with white collar]

African American girl at elementary school affiliated with the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb / artist, James S. Reid...

View of exterior of the institution surrounded by images of the dormitories, the chapel, the director's room and other interiors, and a head-and-shoulders portrait of Joshua Foster. 8492L : U.S. Copyright Offic... More

Albany Schoolhouse, 2 miles north of Sebetha, Sabetha, Nemaha County, ...

Significance: The present limestone building of local stone was built at the close of the Civil War in 1866-1867 by the settlers who came here from New York State in late 1850. Survey number: HABS KS-20 Build... More

Letter from J. H. Spencer to Alexander Graham Bell, April 1, 1917

Preston School, 1251 Seventeenth Street, between Fort & Porter Streets...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2119 Survey number: HABS MI-402

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Coun...

Significance: This finely scaled Georgian Revival building was one of the original Tome School buildings, used as dining hall and then a gymnasium during Tome School occupancy, later as an officers' club by the... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Coun...

Significance: This finely scaled Georgian Revival building was one of the original Tome School buildings, used as dining hall and then a gymnasium during Tome School occupancy, later as an officers' club by the... More

St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More

St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, 1500 Indian School Road, Northwest, Albuquerq...

Significance: The Chapel, the Classroom-Dormitory Building and the Auditorium of St. Anthony's Orphanage stand as rare institutional examples of Mission Style architecture in New Mexico. They constitute a thre... More

Milford School, 3530 West Forty-sixth Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Coun...

Significance: Milford School was built to serve the elementary school children living in an area in the southwest section of Cleveland once known as "Kouba" for its large Czech population. It was one of a large... More

Milford School, 3530 West Forty-sixth Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Coun...

Significance: Milford School was built to serve the elementary school children living in an area in the southwest section of Cleveland once known as "Kouba" for its large Czech population. It was one of a large... More