Items

• The Torch Yearbook 1923, Pg. 4
  Picture of John Hope.
• The Torch Yearbook 1923, Pg. 20
  Picture of Benjamin Elijah Mays.
• Candle in the Dark book sleeve; 1967
  Cover of A CANDLE IN THE DARK, Edward A. Jones's history of Morehouse College. Word of achievements of Morehouse College transcended national borders with the debut of A Candle in the Dark, the college’s first written history authored by Dr. Edward A. Jones, Morehouse College French Professor from 1927 to 1977 and Chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages from 1930-1977 and 1926 alumnus, in 1967. The “Candle in the Dark” slogan was adapted as the name for the College’s annual awards ceremony and fundraising gala with the progress of the college living up to its motto “et facta est lux” which means “and there is light”.
• Maroon Tiger 11(6)
  March 1936 issue of Morehouse newspaper
• The Torch Yearbook 1923, Pg. 16
  Picture of Kemper Harreld.
• The Athenaeum, 1924 February, Pg. 118
  Picture of Howard Washington Thurman.
• The Athenaeum, 1924 February, Pg. 118
  Picture of James Madison Nabrit, Jr.
• Samuel Howard Archer, Sr
  Portrait of Samuel Archer
• Benjamin Mays
  Dr. Benjamin E. Mays gives speech. Written on recto: Member of the Board Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.
• John Hope, circa 1920
  President Hope and Dr. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, first academic dean of Morehouse College, appointed in 1912.
• John Hope
  Portrait of Dr. John Hope, the first African-American president of both Atlanta University and Morehouse College. In 1906, he succeeded Dr. George Sale as president of Atlanta Baptist College. On July 1, 1929, he succeeded Mr. Myron Adams as president of Atlanta University. He died February 20, 1936 in Atlanta.