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President\u27s Home, Florence State Teachers College
No full textOn August 1,1939, ground was broken for a new president\u27s home at Florence State Teachers College. It would be located on Seminary Street and Morrison Avenue, facing Seminary Street. The home would be a 2-story brick corresponding in architecture with other buildings on the State Teachers College campus. There would also be a two-car garage connected to the back of the house. The Works Projects Administration completed the home in 1941, where Dr. and Mrs. James A. Keller became the first occupants. The landscape of the home was designed by the Olmsted Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1051/thumbnail.jp
Bennett Infirmary
No full textBennett Health Infirmary was first housed in three or four rooms on the ground floor of O\u27Neal Hall. Dr. T.L. Bennett, Jr. was appointed as university physician by Dr. Henry J. Willingham and served for 36 years (beginning in 1932 until 1968). The next infirmary was located in a white framed house (which has since been torn down). The first nurse was Mrs. Essie Knight, who had charge of 4 rooms-two for boys and two for girls. Eventually it was moved to Circular Road and also was known as the University of North Alabama Health Center. Now it is located inside Wilson Park Medical Arts Building on Seminary Street.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1056/thumbnail.jp
Collier Library Outside
No full textStudents walking outside of Collier Library in the rain.https://roar.una.edu/una_life_images/1015/thumbnail.jp
Rush
No full textSorority big sisters speaking pledges on pledge day.https://roar.una.edu/una_life_images/1017/thumbnail.jp
Bibb Graves Hall
No full textTwo students talking in front of Bibb Graves Hall. Notice the cars parked on the side of the building and the red light in the foreground. Streets used to run through campus until it became pedestrian friendly in the early 2000s.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1077/thumbnail.jp
Wesleyan Hall, Florence State Teachers College
No full textFlorence Wesleyan Hall became State Normal School at Florence on December 15, 1872, by an act of the State Board of Education. It served until 1930 as the administration building for 10 presidents. It also housed the Model Training School (1895-1923) and also had a chapel located inside.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1073/thumbnail.jp
Kilby Training School, 1922
No full textThe Model Training School was established along with the new Education Department at the State Normal School by Dr. T.J. Mitchell in 1885/1886. The training school consisted of grades one through sixth and was limited to 60 individual slots. A small tuition fee was charged. In 1889, Dr. James K. Powers became superintendent of the training school and Miss Jennie S. DeVoe became principal. By approval of the Board of Directors, the training school was established as a secondary part of State Normal College. In 1904, Miss Carlotta F. Burns became principal of the training school. In 1916, an addition of a three-month term was established to help student teachers with their practice teaching.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1067/thumbnail.jp
Students Eating at Table
No full textStudents sitting at a table eating pizza.https://roar.una.edu/una_life_images/1022/thumbnail.jp
Dr. James Abram Heard, State Normal School at Florence (1885-1886)
No full textDr. James Abram Heard was educated at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. After graduation, he studied law. He became a Methodist minister in 1843 and served a number of churches as well as cabinet appointments in the Alabama, North Alabama, and Memphis Conferences. He served as president of two Tennessee colleges becoming the nineth president of State Normal School at Florence in 1885. He only served one year as president, during which time he also organized the First Methodist Church of Sheffield and became its first pastor. He resigned the presidency in 1886 to devote full time to his ministerial duties. He dies in Florence October 15, 1896.https://roar.una.edu/una_president_images/1008/thumbnail.jp
Brandon Elementary School
No full textClass photograph of the Brandon Elementary School second grade in Florence, Alabama.https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_images/1230/thumbnail.jp