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Storer College Track team in uniform by building.

601. Group Portrait of Storer College Track Team, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Storer College Football team in uniform near building.

602. Group Portrait of Storer College Football Team, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Picture taken at Haywood Shepard Memorial Ceremony

603. Haywood Shepard Memorial Ceremony

Governor's Conference at Storer College. Pres. McDonald sitting in bottom row.

604. Group Portrait of Governor's Conference

(From postcard collection legacy system.)

605. Mosher Hall, Men's Dormitory at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Published by Union News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

606. Anthony Memorial Hall Storer College; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Now located on the campus of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. John Brown and his followers captured this fire engine house at Harpers Ferry and defended it against the U.S. Army until captured by Col. Robert E. Lee on October 18, 1859." Published by Kelley's Studio. (From postcard collection legacy system.) Since the time this caption was written the "fort" has been moved to the lower town, closer to it's original location.

607. John Brown's Fort, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Published by Louis Kauffman & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

608. Anthony Memorial Hall, Storer College; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Looking north-west up the Potomac River, several landmarks and structure such as Storer College, the Armory and the Hill Top Hotel can be seen.(From postcard collection legacy system.)

609. View From Maryland Heights of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Seated is W.E.B. Du Bois. Standing, from left to right, is J. R. Clifford, L. M. Hershaw, and F. H. M. Murray.

610. Niagara Movement Leaders at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Five of the college buildings on Storer College campus are depicted on this post card.  Buildings include: Brackett Hall, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall, Mosher Hall, Anthony Memorial Hall, and the President's House.

611. Buildings at Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Crowd gathered for the stone laying ceremony on Camp Hill at Storer College

612. Laying Corner Stone of Lewis W. Anthony Industrial Building, Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

View from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. showing several buildings on the Storer College campus including 1. Lockwood, 2. Brackett, 3. McDowell Shenandoah (?), 4. Franklin (Cook) House, and  5. Storer College Gym.

613. Looking Towards the Gap from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

M.S. Briscoe was a Storer College Alumnus, class of 1924.  He received his A.B. degree from Lincoln University, and his A.M. degree in Zoology from Columbia University.  He was a Biology Instructor at Storer College in 1930

614. M.S. Briscoe

Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, Redman studied at Storer and at the Boston Conservatory.  He was a jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer.  Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

615. Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus, Class of 1920

Wheaton was the first African American to graduate from the University of Minnesota Law School.  He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1898.

616. John Francis Wheaton, Storer College Alum 1882

Houston Brooks graduated from Storer College in 1950 and received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and Veterinary Physiology from Iowa State University.

617. Houston Brooks, Storer College, Class of 1950

Nnamdi Azikiwe was a Storer College alumnus, class of 1926.  He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

618. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Storer College Alumnus

Sylvia Bishop graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and was the first African-American woman licensed to train thoroughbred horses in the U.S.  Her home track was the Charles Town Race Track, W.Va.

619. Sylvia Bishop, Storer College Alum.

J.R. Clifford graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. in 1874. He was the first African-American Attorney in West Virginia.  Clifford also published the newspaper, "The Pioneer Press" in Martinsburg, W.Va.

620. J.R. Clifford, Storer College Alum.

Redman (1900-1964) was a prominent jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and composer.  Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, he graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. in 1920, and he also graduated from the Boston Conservatory.  Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

621. Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus

Coralie Franklin Cook (1861-1942) was born into slavery and eventually became the first descendant of a Monticello slave known to have graduated from college.  She graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. in 1880.  She later taught elocution and English at the college and then taught at Howard University.  Cook was also known for her activities relating to the Civil Rights Movement.

622. Coralie Franklin Cook, Storer College Alum

Cecelia Isabella Lee (Green) attended Storer College for Secondary School.  She married James Henry Green Sr., who graduated from Storer College in 1946.

623. Storer College Alumna at Jefferson Rock, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Doris Athalia Lee, sister of Cecelia Isabella Lee (Green), graduated from Storer College likely in the class of 1937.

624. Storer College Graduate, Doris Athalia Lee