Photographs of Students at UNCF-Sponsored HBCUs, Likely 1950s—1970s

Louisiana and likely others, 1970. Thirty-nine photographs: sixteen measuring 11 x 13 ½ inches, mounted on heavy cardstock; twenty-three measuring 8 x 10 inches, mounted on mats measuring 11 x 14 inches. With Fine contrast; some damage to edges; overall Near Fine.. Thirty-nine photographs, mainly showing African American college students on campus: at lectures, studying, chatting, and especially in science classes—many are portraits of students with various scientific implements, from microscopes to telescopes. One photo shows William J. Trent, Jr., at a fundraiser for the United Negro College Fund; two are captioned “Dillard” and “Xavier”, likely the two Louisiana universities that are UNCF member institutions. The UNCF is an organization that provides college scholarships mainly to Black students and grants to a number of HBCUs. Trent founded the organization in 1944 with Tuskegee President Fredrick D. Patterson and educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune; he was the executive director of the organization from 1944 to 1964, suggesting that the photographs are promotional and date to this period.