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A commencement program from the 1928 graduation class of Scribner High School.

The 1949 copy of The Flash, the yearbook of Scribner High School.

Program from the class reunion for the Scribner High School class of 1921, held at Scribner Jr. High, hosted by New Albany-Floyd County Schools.

William Greenly, a free Black man who lived in New Albany, self-published his play, The Three Drunkards, in 1858. The Three Drunkards is a short play about temperance and is widely acknowledged as the first published play by an African American.

Postcard published by J. H. Conner Drug Co., New Albany, Indiana, titled as the "School for Colored People, New Albany, Ind." Cataloged as Scribner High School, located at W. 1st and Spring Streets.

The damage to the Olden Street School in New Albany, Indiana by the the1917 tornado. Notably, Mamie Starks, a teacher at the school saved several children after freeing herself from the rubble of the destroyed school. Three people were killed there.

Griffin Street School students in front of Scribner High School with teacher Mamie Starks.

Obituary for the remarkable teacher Mamie Starks, who literally risked her life to save the lives of her students during the 1917 cyclone.

Ruth Bledsoe, discusses the lived experiences of Black Americans in New Albany and Louisville. Topics discussed include her moving to New Albany during the 1937 Flood, housing inequality for Black residents of New Albany, founding the first New…

Aletha Ross discusses her life as a Black woman in New Albany and Louisville in the early to mid 20th century. In the interview, she discusses her career as a teacher, memories of the 1937 Flood, the integration of New Albany schools, and her…