Uploads from State Library and Archives of Florida, tagged teachers

William Boehmer teaching Seminole children at the government school: Brighton Reservation, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:16:47 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: JJS0608

Title: William Boehmer teaching Seminole children at the government school: Brighton Reservation, Florida

Date: ca. 1948

Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/245558

John G. Riley House Museum: Tallahassee, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:27:37 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PR12175A

Title: John G. Riley House Museum: Tallahassee, Florida

Date: 1999

General note: John Gilmore Riley was born a slave in 1857. After the Civil War, Riley received formal education and began teaching in Wakulla County in 1877. In 1892, he became principal of the Lincoln Academy until his retirement in 1926. This home was built by Riley for his family in 1890 on the edge of the Smokey Hollow neighborhood, an African-American residential area in Tallahassee. Through the hard work and dedication of many individuals and organizations, the property was restored and is now the John G. Riley House Museum.

Physical descrip: 1 slide - col.

Series Title: Print collections

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/10567

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Evelyn Stillwell teaches a ballet class: Sarasota, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:30:09 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: c017581

Title: Evelyn Stillwell teaches a ballet class: Sarasota, Florida

Date: January 1953

Photographer: Charles Barron

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: Department of Commerce collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/56780

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Mary McLeod Bethune

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:16:52 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PR00755

Title: Mary McLeod Bethune

Date: ca. 1910

General Note: One of the nation's prominent educators and civil rights leaders, Bethune's political career included appointments to the National Youth Administration by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and as a delegate to the founding conference of the United Nations by President Harry S. Truman. She established a school for girls in Daytona Beach that later became Bethune-Cookman College.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Series Title: Print collections

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/730

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