Jacksonville, AL –Per the JSU press department On 22 February 1883 Governor. Edward O’Neal signed a bill that established Jacksonville State University. State Normal School in Jacksonville, AL. With a state-appropriated $2,500, 200 in donations, a director, three professors members, one Janitor, 12 acres of property, a brick structure and 272 students Jacksonville State University was born.
Prior to the existence of the Statue of Liberty, a Washington Monument, Yosemite National Park, General Electric, automobiles, and twelve US states There was JSU. In the last 14 years they’ve survived many challenges, including the Great Depression, two World Wars several pandemics, and, at a minimum, two tornadoes. There have been some good times as well – ones that, according to the words of Pulitzer Prize winning alumnus Rick Bragg We wish that we had the ability to “press into the pages an old book” so that we “could be able to touch them once more.”
Experience all JSU’s greatest memories by exploring the Houston Cole Library’s digital archives that you can discover the historic image collection with accessible PDFs that can be searched of the older “Teacola” as well as “Mimosa” yearbooks as well as every single copy from The Chanticleer dating back to 1934 and many more.
