Film negative showing a group of well-dressed people gathered in front of Virginia Hall at Hampton Institute. White and African American men and women stand and converse in front of the brick, ivy-covered building. Several people stand on the fire escape, including a white man holding a camera taking a photograph of the scene. In the left background, a group of women sit and stand on a second-story balcony and look on. The Hampton Institute, originally the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, was founded in 1868 by the American Missionary Association to provide education for freed Black citizens after the Civil War. It was built on the grounds of a former plantation, known as Little Scotland. The school was legally chartered in 1870 and accredited as a university in 1984. Notable graduates include Booker T. Washington. Virginia Hall was built in 1873 as the main campus building., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Gift of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris, 2013., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 24, 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.466]
