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Vermont Edward Allen, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1925
Senior photo of Vermont Edward Allen with a biographical note, printed in the 1925 Scarlet Letter yearbook. Allen was known to his classmates by the nicknames "Ethan" and "eight ball." Allen was a commuter student and the only black student in his…
Rutgers class of 1924 group photo, including Vermont Edward Allen
1925
Rutgers class of 1924 group photo, printed in the 1925 Scarlet Letter yearbook. Vermont Edward Allen is seen standing in the back row, directly in front of the large window on the right side of the photograph, his left arm raised and holding onto the…
Vermont Edward Allen, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1924
Junior photo of Vermont Edward Allen with a biographical note, printed in the 1924 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Albert E. O. Lynch, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1924
Senior photo of Albert E. O. Lynch with a biographical note, printed in the 1924 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Albert E. O. Lynch, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1923
Junior photo of Albert E. O. Lynch with a biographical note, printed in the 1923 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Robert R. Davenport, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1921
Senior photo of Robert Ritter Davenport with a biographical note, printed in the 1921 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Robert R. Davenport, junior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1920
Junior photo of Robert Ritter Davenport with a biographical note written in the form of a roast, printed in the 1920 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Photograph of Robert R. Davenport with fellow members of the Rutgers Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
1917
Photograph of Robert Ritter Davenport with fellow members of the Rutgers Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, printed in the 1917 Scarlet Letter yearbook. According to the yearbook, this Rutgers student group was the local branch of the National…
Paul Robeson, senior photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1920
Senior photo of Paul Robeson with a biographical note, printed in the 1920 Scarlet Letter yearbook.
Edward H. Lawson Sr., photo from the Scarlet Letter yearbook
1908
Junior photo of Edward Howard Lawson Sr. printed in the 1908 Scarlet Letter yearbook, page 64. Additionally, a note about Lawson on page 67, written in the form of a roast.
Veronica Henriksen high school senior photo
1940
Page 27 of the Plainfield High School yearbook for the year 1940, which includes Veronica Henriksen's senior photo. Henriksen is the third known black woman to attend Douglass College, graduating in 1944.
Julia E. Baxter senior photo from Quair yearbook
1938
Senior photo of Julia E. Baxter (later known as Julia Baxter Bates) printed in the 1938 Quair yearbook.
Evelyn Sermons senior photo from Quair yearbook
1949
Senior photo of Evelyn Sermons printed in the 1949 Quair yearbook.
Veronica Mary Henriksen senior photo from Quair yearbook
1944
Senior photo of Veronica Mary Henriksen printed in the 1944 Quair yearbook.
Photograph of Emma Andrews with fellow senior class officers
1949
Photograph of three officers of the senior class of 1949 at the New Jersey College for Women, printed in the 1949 Quair yearbook. From left to right: Emma Andrews (secretary), Margaret Wooge (class historian)
Anita Panitch (treasurer).
Anita Panitch (treasurer).
Photograph of Evelyn Sermons with fellow HEPS club members
1949
Photograph of Evelyn Sermons along with other members of the History, Economics, Political Science and Social Science Club (HEPS) at the New Jersey College for Women, printed in the 1949 Quair yearbook. Sermons is sitting on left.
Emma D. Andrews senior photo from Quair yearbook
1949
Senior photo of Emma D. Andrews published in the 1949 Quair yearbook.
Photograph of Klemmer Kalteissen
1919 approx.
Undated photograph of young Klemmer Kalteissen in a military uniform coat. Kalteissen served in the US Army from November 1917 until January 1919.
Flag, announcing lynching, flown from the window of the NAACP headquarters on 69 Fifth Ave., New York City
1936
Photograph of a flag flown from the window of the NAACP headquarters on 69 Fifth Ave. in New York City. The flag reads "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY."
Tags: NAACP, photograph
Portrait of Walter Francis White
1918-03
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Photograph of Walter Francis White printed in The Crisis magazine in March of 1918 when White joined the national staff of the NAACP as Assistant Secretary. White was approximately 25 years old at this time. He went on to head the NAACP as Executive…
Tags: NAACP, photograph, Walter F. White
Cross burning, Ku Klux Klan
1925
Harris & Ewing
Photograph of a Ku Klux Klan cross-burning ceremony produced by Harris & Ewing photo studio around 1925. The precise location of the ceremony is unknown. Harris & Ewing photo studio was based in Washington, DC.
Tags: KKK, photograph
Photograph of Veronica Henriksen with fellow Bees club officers
1944
Photograph of the Bees club officers at the New Jersey College for Women, printed in the 1944 Quair (Douglass College Yearbook). The Bees Club brought together commuters in an on-campus social setting. Veronica Henriksen is seated second from the…
Photograph of Evelyn Sermons singing in the choir
1947
Photograph of the choir at the New Jersey College for Women, printed in the 1947 Quair (Douglass College Yearbook), on page 111. Evelyn Sermons is pictured here singing with the choir (second row from the front, Sermons stands on the right).
Van Harlingen House
Photograph of the Van Harlingen House, Millstone, N. J., from the collection of Rev. A. Hansen. As printed in the Somerset County Historical Quarterly of July 1917.
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Will's Way marker dedication
2017-10-27
Rutgers University
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History Deborah Gray White and Presidential Term Chair in African-American History Marisa J. Fuentes, two key leaders of the Scarlet and Black Project, unveiled the temporary new marker for Will's Way on…
Tags: Marker, Old Queens, photograph, Will's Way
Will's Way dedication ceremony
2017-10-26
Rutgers University
Photograph of the dedication ceremony on October 26, 2017. Individuals depicted include Scarlet and Black Project's leaders Dr. Deborah Gray White and Dr. Marisa Fuentes, Chancellor Debasish Dutta, and former Chancellor Richard Edwards.
Tags: Old Queens Building, photograph, Will, Will's Way
Old Queens Bell
Rutgers University
Modern-day photograph of Old Queens Bell by Dennis Connors for Rutgers University. The bell was donated by Colonel Henry Rutgers in 1826.
Frelinghuysen Hall photograph
Rutgers University
Color photograph of Frelinghuysen Residence Hall, built in 1956 on Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.
Hardenbergh Hall photograph
Rutgers University
Color photograph of Hardenbergh Residence Hall, built in 1956 on Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.
Wood Lawn Mansion photograph
2014-04-16
Rutgers University
Photograph of the Wood Lawn Mansion, located on the Cook-Douglass Campus in New Brunswick. The mansion was originally built in 1830 by Colonel James Neilson (1784-1862) as a residence for his family. The mansion was later bequeathed to Rutgers…
Sojourner Truth Apartments photograph
Rutgers University
Color photograph of the Sojourner Truth Apartments, opened in 2016 and located at the corner of College Avenue and Hamilton Street on the College Avenue Campus.
Tags: campus building, photograph, Sojourner Truth
Colonel John Neilson Statue
2019-09-04
Rutgers University
Statue of Colonel John Neilson in Monument Square in New Brunswick, NJ
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Neilson Dining Hall
2009-04-16
Rutgers University
Photograph of James Neilson Dining Hall
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Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth
1864
Truth, Sojourner
Sojourner Truth cabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a…
Tags: photograph, portrait, Sojourner Truth
Livingston College Center
Rutgers University
Color photograph of the Livingston Student Center on Livingston Campus at Rutgers University.