New Digitized Materials Online

Thanks to our most recent grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission we have added additional digitized archival materials to our collection on the HBCU Library Alliance’s site “celebrating the founding of the historically black college and university.” These include the 1867 library catalogue for Ashmun Institute and Lincoln University, several Faculty Minute books (covering the years 1872-1943), and some early class books and yearbooks (1900, 1901, 1923, 1928-31).

Melvin Tolson appears in the 1923 yearbook (“The Paw”) and Langston Hughes in the 1929 yearbook (“Lincoln Phi Delta Theta News”) as graduating seniors, while Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe appears in the 1931 yearbook (“The Lion”) as a graduate instructor. Unfortunately, Thurgood Marshall’s picture never made it into the yearbook, probably because he had to drop out for a while after an accident and did not graduate with his class.

Over the next few weeks we will also upload additional faculty minute books to the site – through the mid-1970s. The rest of the yearbooks (through the mid-1970s) will come later, as well as the minutes and other materials of the Garnet Literary Society. Lots to look forward to! To go to the collection, click here.