Creation Date
1883
Decade
1880
Subject
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, College presidents -- Alabama, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Presidents, James Gazaway Ryals (1855-1885)
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Description
The State Normal School was established on February 22, 1883 as Gov. Edward O'Neal signed into law a bill. James Gazaway Ryals, Jr. was elected as the first president in 1883. He graduated from Mercer University with distinctive honors in 1877. Photo identification by Alta Millican. (circa 1883)
Date Digitized
November 2017
Names of Persons Pictured
James Gazaway Ryals, Jr., James G. Ryals, Jr. [sic]
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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 12.2.
Identifier
http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1880/PSP1880collegepresidents_00012_2.tif
Technical Metadata
Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 1000 dpi. The file name is PSP1880collegepresidents_00012_2.tif; file size is 27.8 MB. Original image is 4 by 6 on matte photographic paper
Keywords
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, College presidents -- Alabama, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Presidents, James Gazaway Ryals (1855-1885)