Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife March 7 1863

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy on March 7, 1863

Althea Gibson

One quote from the famous Venus Williams sums up what Ms. Gibson did for this world, “For players like myself and a lot of other African American players on the tour, Althea Gibson paved the way for us”. Ms. Gibson was the first African American woman to win the Wimbledon and U.S. Championships in 1957, and the French Open and three double titles at Wimbledon in 1958. She worked as the Athletic Director at Lincoln University and, after retiring from tennis, toured with the Harlem Globetrotters.

1923-1927, 1929-1931: Nathan B. Young

7th & 9th President 1923-19271929-1931

2010 Sonia Kovalevsky Math for Girls Day Report

Report for the Fifth Annual Lincoln University Sonia Kovalevsky Math for Girls Day that was held on April 23, 2010 from 8:00am to 2:00pm on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO.

2.2 Lincoln University History Club, 1934-35, Lloyd Gaines is in the back row, third from left

The usually reserved and shy scholar made a name for himself at Lincoln; joining the Alpha Phi Alpha social fraternity and becoming a member of the History Club and the Student Government, where he served as President for his senior class.

2.1 Boone County Courthouse, Columbia, Missouri

July 10, 1936 was an extremely warm day in central Missouri when Lloyd Gaines, accompanied by his attorneys, arrived at the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri to begin deliberations in the historic Gaines v Canada case.

Clearing Up Confusions about Religion and Evolution

A number of confusions plague the debate concerning religion and evolution. Included here are the belief that religion and science must be incompatible and the thesis that evolution is evidence for atheism. Clearing up these confusions helps remove obstacles to genuine dialogue, while acknowledging that difficulties remain.

2.3 Eddie Mae Page, Friend of Lloyd Gaines in Chicago

During this time Lloyd Gaines took meals at the home of Eddie Mae Page; a friend from St. Louis. Running low on funds, he stayed at the Alpha Phi Alpha house where members took up a collection for him. On a rainy night, March 19, 1939, Lloyd Gaines told friends that he was going to buy stamps and would be right back. To this day, Lloyd L. Gaines has never been located.

Postcard: Lincoln Institute Jefferson City, MO

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The Thought Leaders Roundtable Discussion about Race Relations in Missouri

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1938 Pauline Julianne Combs

1938-1939 Miss Homecoming

1937 Lincoln University Yearbook

Yearbook of Lincoln Institute and its later name Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.) for the academic year 1936-1937. Includes photographs of students, faculty, staff, campus buildings, class notes and histories.

Creating A Research Writing Environment With Personalized Library Instruction

Inman E. Page Library participated in the ARCL's Assessment in Action project led by Academic Librarian kYmberly Keeton. This is the final project poster presented by Ms. Keeton at ALA's 2016 Annual at Orlando, Florida. The poster shows how one faculty library group comes together to explore assessing students’ writing intensive projects in three academic semesters within a scholarly learning space at a Historically Black College University.