Creation Date
1893
Decade
1890
Subject
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Presidents, Jacob Forney (1868-1902)
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Description
Jacob Forney IV was a member of the first graduating class of the Jacksonville State Normal School. After graduating from SNS in 1886 he received an A.B. degree in 1889 and an M.A. degree in 1892, both from the University of Alabama. Forney was the Noble Institute for Boys principal 1890-92 then he was assistant at the State Normal School as well as teacher of mathematics a year before becoming the president of the school in 1893. In 1899 he left to become the first appointee to the Chair of Psychology and Pedagogy in the School of Education at the University of Alabama. Forney Hall, men's dormitory on the State Normal School campus, was named in honor of President Forney and wife Mary C. Forney. The original was courtesy of C.W. Daugette, Jr. (circa 1893)
Date Digitized
August 2017
Names of Persons Pictured
Jacob Forney IV
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Rights
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Location
The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 1, Item 24.
Identifier
http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1890/PSP1890collegepresidents_00024.tif
Technical Metadata
Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 575 dpi. The file name is PSP1890collegepresidents_00024.tif; file size is 11.2 MB. Original image is 5 by 7 on glossy photographic paper
Keywords
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Presidents, Jacob Forney (1868-1902)