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1935044928London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The first trade edition. Fading to the rear board apparently from damp but with no other damage. Clean and bright otherwise illustrated with tipped in plates in text illustration and 4 maps. Light wear and a few short tears and very minor chipping to jacket edges; unclipped. Size: Quarto 4to. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 044928. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1761045558Madrid: D. Gabriel Ramirez 1761. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full vellum mild discoloration small tear to rear cover a few scratches and surface marks. Lacking endpapers otherwise very clean and bright internally.180pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 045558. <br/><br/> D. Gabriel Ramirez hardcover books
184519523West Chester Pa.: Printed at the Office of the "Village Record 1845. Neat archival repairs on the verso to tears; paper stock browned; in very good condition. Broadside approx. 12 x 12 inches on laid paper roughly trimmed. A striking broadside advertising eight weekly lectures at "the Cabinet" beginning on Thursday the 23rd of January with tickets available at Wm. P. Townsend's Temperance Hotel the design of the course and the broadside itself are both suggestive of the contemporary trade in popular entertainment combined with education. Printed at the Office of the "Village Record, unknown books
180819596Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner; Lydia R. Railey ! for Bailey Printer 1808. Second Philadelphia edition the first appearing in 1803. Some foxing; a little chipped at the head of the spine calf a bit rubbed and the spine label just a bit worn at one corner; a very good copy. 12mo original calf red morocco label gilt lettering 4 140 pages. Engraved frontispiece four plates plus woodcut illustrations in the text. From an English work published by Newbery as early as 1762 but updated for an American audience; Karpinski attributes the work to Goldsmith Welch suggests Newbery as the editor of the English edition. Nipps Lydia Bailey 8; Welch 949.2; Karpinski page 149; Rosenbach 376 which notes updates for an American audience--including mention of Dr. Franklin of Philadelphia as well as in a passage on fossils "lately in the state of New-York the bones of an enormous quadruped have been discovered underneath the surface of the earth" this with a footnote "A complete skeleton of this animal is not to be seen at Peale's Museum in Philadelphia.--Ed. Published by Johnson & Warner; Lydia R. Railey [! for Bailey], Printer, unknown books
1972047073Delacorte 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. R. Crumb. Slight shelfwear tiny tear to dj t head of spine jacket price clipped and inner flap a little rumpled. Signed and inscribed by Stepanian "Mike" on the half title. Tips for avoiding prosectuion by America's foremost dope lawyer. Full page and vignette illustrations by R. Crumb. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: R. Crumb. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 047073. Delacorte hardcover books
1695045250Amsterdam: J. Louis de Lorme 1695. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf worn at the spine ends but sound. First signature loose and with a light dampstain to one corner scattered light foxing and occasional light dampstain in the right margin but mostly clean internally. The first French edition the same year as the English. With an engraved frontis and 24 plates of English kings at the rear. 8 310pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045250. <br/><br/> J. Louis de Lorme hardcover books
16275Robert R. Morton President of Tuskegee Institute Typed Letter Signed on official Tuskegee Institute letterhead. 1 page Dated March 9 1917. Robert R. Morton writes to W. A. Holmes of Virginia regarding funding for the school and to "help in the perpetuation of the Tuskegee Work" for "sixteen hundred Negro boys and girls." Tuskegee Institute is among the best known HBCUs founded by Booker T. Washington who himself was a graduate of HBCU Hampton. "I am taking the liberty of sending you also this note with the earnest hope that you may see your old way clear to help in the perpetuation of the Tuskegee Work. Having been born and raised in Virginia and having received so many kind consideration from the white people of that state I am making this very personal plea to them to help with this work especially at this time when I am just beginning tois new and very great undertaking. We want to assure you that any amount large or small will be most thankfully received and will help in the fitting of these sixteen hundred Negro boys and girls for service to the whitle and black peole of their communities." Very good condition with expected fold lines and handling creases. Discoloration at top corners; small loss at bottom left corner. unknown books
1702041193Amsterdam: Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom 1702. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full calf gilt decorated spine hinges cracked but attached by cords modest wear at edges and spine ends with some chipping to leather. Some browning to endpapers and title and notes to front endpaper but otherwise clean and bright internally. Old spine label and bookplate from a seminary library and a few embossed stamps internally otherwise unmarked. 9 tipped in plates and numerous engravings in the text. A worn but attractive copy of this review of religion among the ancients by the great enemy of superstition - he discusses the origins of bull sacrifice bacchanals Archons and priests among the Greek and Romans and other ancient superstition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 041193. <br/><br/> Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom hardcover books
1647046538Amsterdam: Elzevirium 1647. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in modern full calf old ownership marks and a long pen mark to title modest foxing and age toning to pages clean overall and a nice copy. 8 80 192 119 1 60pp; 8 62 8pp. <br/> Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046538. Elzevirium hardcover books
1651046537Leiden: Joannis Maire 1651. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked. Scattered foxing and browning old catalog entry pasted to endpaper signature on title. A nice clean copy overall. 830pp index. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046537. Joannis Maire hardcover books
50433Philadelphia: Penn Monthly 1878. Offprint. First separate edition. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; printed blue paper wrappers; 12pp; errata slip bound in after final leaf of text. Rear wrapper neatly detached; old tide-line to upper margin of front wrapper; text tight and unmarked - a Good complete and sound copy. Signed in type and end of text by Charles F. Dunbar. Article reprinted from the April 1878 issue of Otis Kendall's Penn Monthly in which Stillé's original article had appeared two months earlier. Dunbar an eminent Harvard economist answers the criticisms of Stillé then provost of the University of Pennsylvania who had taken issue with the profferment of the Harvard Preliminary Examination for Women in the city of Philadelphia. Stillé's argument appears to have been based as much on parochialism as criticism of the exam's content; he was at this time working to raise the profile of Penn among elite American universities and resented the incursion of Harvard onto Penn's home turf. But Stillé evinces more than a little snobbery to say nothing of chauvinism in his assertion that ".no hot-house treatment which forces a precocious and unnatural development can ever produce that fruit which is the support and comfort of human life" - an assertion which Dr. Dunbar answers somewhat caustically: "These truths are well-worn and not denied but if they serve in connection any other purpose than that of a modest rhetorical embellishment it is because the relate to some fancied system quite different from that under discussion." <br/><br/>Despite widespread criticisms similar to the ones ably answered by Dunbar in the present essay The Harvard Examinations for Women - quite stringent covering a wide range of subjects and requiring their subjects to answer in at least two languages other than English - eventually became a national standard for the accreditation of young women who were unable whether for reasons of gender or circumstance to attend four-year universities. Stillé meanwhile became one of the University of Pennsylvania's historical icons; ".the extraordinary progress begun in his administration initiated the great expansion that was to continue under his immediate successors." DAB. The pamphlet appears uncommon - though widely catalogued in WorldCat nearly all holdings examined appear to be digital copies of the original held at Harvard's Schlesinger Library. unknown books
17041Women Education Handwritten Memory album from young woman in New England with handwritten poems and inscriptions 1847-1849. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 12 handwritten entries dating from 1847-1849 most from Norwich CT. Original brown leather boards. Front and back covers gilt detail in floral motif with gilt edges. 8 illustrated plates. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. "Around my path may lovely flowers Spontaneous show their bursting bloom On secaph pinecones pass thy hours Without one cloud thy soul to gloom." With entries female friends and male admirers alike. One entry from Oliver Sherman is annotated "A fine young man". Lacks spine yet boards still solid and holding. In very good condition. unknown books
191437555Sacramento: State Printing Office 1914. 1st printing thus. Not found in Rocq. Printed grey paper wrappers with multi-colored illustration to front wrapper stapled. Offset to front wrapper soiling to rear average wear. A VG copy. 2 64 2 blank pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic images as well as floor plans of divers school architecture found in the state. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>"The plan of this second booklet is to show in a graphic way some excellent examples of the different types of school buildings that are being constructed to-day in California ." State Printing Office unknown books
16719Friendship album with handwritten poems and letters in many hands to a young woman commemorating their time as schoolmates c. 1831. Most entries are from 1830s with locations from all over New England and the north east: Medford Windham Dunstable Derry and Nashua. 8.5 x 5.25 in. Gilt quarter morocco with marbled boards. Green marbled end papers. 76 pages. 36 entries handwritten from 1831-1899. Friendship albums became popular in America at this time especially among young women at female academies as the blossoming culture of sentimalism made its mark on personal relationships; young ladies and male friends alike would sign the albums to remember time spent together.<br/><br/>Album belonging to Elizabeth N. Patterson a young lady student with entries from several friends including this letter titled "To a School Mate": "How swiftly rolls the wheels of time. Four years have now elapsed since we parted from the school where we were taught from our childhood up; and I can say from my heart that they were as happy days as I have since experienced. Twenty one years have just closed upon me an dI take the opportunity as this--Album has been presented to me to record my grateful acknowledgements on its pages for the Blessing of health and the enjoyments of Parents to guide and direct me. The latter you have for past years been deprived. But may wisdom guide you and keep your path unobstructed through a long and happy life. If the care of family should be your lot you will recollect that the good government thereof leads to the comfort of communities and the welfare of states. Of every domestic circle woman is the centre. Hoe that scene of purest dearest joy home is the empire of woman. There she plans directs and performs the acknowledged source of dignity and felicity. Where female virtue is most pure female sense most improved female deportment most correct there is most propriety of social manners. The early years of childhood the most precious years of life and opening seasons are confined to woman's superintendence; she may therefore be presumed to lay the foundation of all the virtue and all the wisdom that enrich the . The wisdom of action is better than the wisdom of words; for in the moral sin the vegetable kingdom one may plant and another may water; but it is the light and warmth of living energy which like the brighter ray of heaven can alone give the increase." <br/><br/>Some call inspiration upon the writer such as the handwritten introduction to the album on the first page. "The sportive sulphs that couple the air unseen on wings that twiling weaves Around the opening rose repair and breath sweet incense on its leaves. With Sparkling cups of bubbles make They catch the ruddy beams of day And steal the rainbows sweetest shade their blushing favorite to array. They gather gems with sunbeams bright from floating cloud and falling showers They rob auroras locks of light To grace their own fair queen of flowers. Then take my flower and let its leaves Beside thy heart be cherished near While that friendly heart received the cordial wishes of friendship dear." <br/><br/>To Friend Elizabeth: "May all your years be spent in bliss and all your plans succeed Be but as happy as I wish and you'll be best indeed. While journeying through this vale of tears May peace and plenty crown your years Long may you live supremely blest Then die and be a Saviour's guest." Some reacted to the beautiful words written by peers in their own entries: "Now in my chamber by the dim light of a lamp I have reviewed those pages of thine Album whereunto so goodly a number of thy friends have let their hand a seal. There I beld what should always be seen in an Album wit eloquence learning and poetry". In very good condition. unknown books
17042Women Education Handwritten Memory Album from female student with 36 handwritten entries from friends and admirers at school in New York and Massachusetts 1876-1882. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 8.5 x 7.25 in. Original black leather boards. Gilt detail to spine and front cover. Filled with 36 entries nearly all of which appear to be young women who are friends and schoolmates including locations such as Holyoke and Northampton Massachusetts and several from New York and entries from Philadelphia Chicago and Colorado. Original owner Amy Vail was a student at Newburgh Female Seminary in Orange County NY and Miss Burnham's School in Northampton MA. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. "Aimee the French have as past of "to love" but at Snake Hill they proved more clever For having a lovable girl in the present they Christened her "Amy" for ever." "When around thee dying Autumn leaves are lying Oh! then remember ours And at night when gazing On the gay hearth blazing Oh! still remember me." One entry is signed "Your Loving Schoolmate" by Kittie Kennedy and she places her location "Newburgh GFS" at her closing a female seminary in Orange County NY. Several other entries are also located at Newburgh. At some point Ms. Vail switched schools as the earlier entries from 1876-79 tend to center around Newburgh while later entries from Northampton around 1881 specify "Miss Burnham's School." Spine is worn. In very good condition. unknown books
16202Henry M. Pierce "Address to the Second Graduating Class of the Rutgers Female College; delivered in The West Presbyterian Church Rev. Dr. Hastings' on Sabbath Evening May 31st 1868. By Henry M. Pierce LL.D. President of the College. New York: Agathynian Press. 1868. Inscribed on inside end page "Compliments of H. M. Pierce President". Blue wrappers. 16 pages. 9 ¼ x 6 in. While Rutgers had a "Female Institute" for higher education since 1839 the school was accredited to award four-year degrees in 1867 and became Rutgers Female College with a location on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. An important piece of history from one of the earliest four-year colleges open to women. unknown books
16559Women's Education Chapone Hester; Gregory John; Pennington Sarah. Chapone on the Improvement of the Mind; Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughters; Lady Pennington's Advice to her Absent Daughters; with an additional Letter on the Management and Education of Infant Children. London: Scott Webster & Geary c. 1827. Marbled leather boards. 32mo approximately 3.25" x 5.5" inches. 262 pages. Two engravings a frontispiece with tissue guard and a title page illustration. First edition in very good condition of this omnibus of foundational works in women's education. The individual texts brought together in this publication were all wildly successful and went through multiple editions in both Europe and the United States. While "conduct books" aimed toward's women's self-improvement became popular in the mid-19th century this edition is remarkable for encouraging rational understanding and free thought in young women through a proper education Chapone as well as defending a woman's right to follow her conscience over blind obedience to marriage vows or social codes Pennington who divorced her husband and was cut off from her children. This illustrated edition of Mrs Hester Chapone's conduct book. Written for her niece who was 15 years old at the time. Throughout the letters Chapone encourages rational understanding through reading history and literature. She explicitly states that sentimental novels are to be avoided. With four illustrated plates and an illustrated title page. The topics discussed range from economy government politeness religion as well as the heart and affections. Chapone's Letters were written when the popularity of advice or conduct books were at its peak. It had over 28 editions printed and first editions are extremely rare this is an early edition. including a French translation. unknown books
16622Women Education Photo album from all girls' school with 23 images of sports leisure and extracurricular activities. Gelatin silver print Photos dated 1916-1918. Original green cloth boards with "Photo Sketches" on the front cover. 14 card-stock pages. 6.25 x 7.5 in. Original black and white photos in various sizes from 2 x 2.75 in. to 3.5 x 5.5 in. Handwritten captions and dates with every photograph. Includes one program for a school stage production of "Blue Beard". Various photos from the St. Mary's School campus including many images of students pursuing extracurriculars such as sports and leisure in addition to photos of the grounds and some faculty.<br/><br/>Photo album of Ms. Rachel A.M Carpenter of Saint Mary's School in Wantage located in Southern England. Photos include images of the field hockey cricket and tennis teams; friends in school uniforms at leisure; and swimming in "the Baths". Friends are noted with their full names initials or nicknames such as "Tufty". Includes three cast photos from a school production of "Blue Beard" which was performed during summer term 1918.St. Mary's School was founded in 1873 as a girls' school and was at the forefront of the women's education movement in Britain. Just nine years earlier there were only 12 public secondary schools for girls in England and Wales and it wasn't until 1918 that compulsory schooling was required for children up to 14 years of age for both boys and girls. unknown books
17080Small archive of 4 Autograph Letters by a student from Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem PA. Dated 1872 to 1874. All letter from student Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rickster to her friend Dora Campbell of York PA. Each letter is 4 pages 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ in. Each letter comes with original mailing envelope. Letters dated Sept. 30 1872; Feb. 25 1873; Feb. 7 1874; and April 6 1874. Lizzie writes on schoolwork and social activities such as winter sleigh rides. She writes to her friend about translating German words and phrases and Lizzie excitedly anticipates getting her photograph taken so that she can exchange portraits with Dora. <br/><br/>Writing about her studies and future beyond seminary in letter from Sept. 30 1872: "It did seem very funnie sic to resume my studies but I as it had to be done I made up my mind to hurry and do it so that I can get through soon. Then for a long rest from sorry and care free. I remember how you used to look forward to that time but yet your school days were your best days for when you leave school then trouble commences if not at once very soon and then we get married and have little ones to take care of and various other duties making our life one of anxiety and care." In the 1873 letter Lizzie mentions German translations for the first time: "Dora your 'Brief' translated from German means letter." She mentions German translations in the next letter as well as other studies: "Let me see if you can make out this German until next time and if you can write and tell me what it means. I have to take a singing lesson this afternoon and I haven't' looked at my piece since last time." In the final letter Lizzie writes about school and anticipates an upcoming visit between the friends. "Our school will begin again on Wednesday.I'm am going to have some pictures taken this term and if you give me some of yours I will give you one of mine. Just think three months until I see you. I can scarcely wait." The handwriting in the final letter is much looser possibly since this student had just been on school vacation or perhaps showing growing closeness and more informal relationship between the friends. <br/><br/>The Moravian Seminary traces its roots to the earliest institution of female education in the United States-the Bethlehem Female Seminary founded in 1742 by Countess Benigna Zinzendorf. <br/>BFS originally only provided primary education but due to overwhelming demand for secondary education institutions for women in 1785 BFS reorganized as a secondary educational institution that became known as the Moravian Female Seminary. In 1913 the Seminary officially became a College and in 1954 merged with a male institution to become the coeducational Moravian College. All letters tender along original fold lines from mailing. In very good condition. An incredible and early Female Education history. unknown books
1707819th c. Women's Education Archive consist of 4 Autograph Letters and 1 Autograph Note by a girl student at Chowan Baptist Female Institute in Murfreesboro NC. 1878. The 4 handwritten letters are addressed from Josephine Somers to her younger brother "Allie" in Matthews County VA. The letters are dated Jan. 1878; April 14 1878; May 1878; and June 9 1878. In the first letter Josephine writes on school life and encourages her young brother's education: "I pay you very many complements for your writing. I think you can write very well. You have improved very much and I hope you may continue to improve. You must keep trying to learn. I am trying to learn all I can. I study with all my might I think I am doing very well." In the May letter she writes on school life and social outings: "I went on the excursion and had a very good time. We went on Saturday so you see we did not take any school time to go. We went to Chowan County and we went ashore and had a picnic we had ice lemonade and cake besides other things." She also writes about the upcoming journey home at the end of the schoolyear: "I expect I will have to come home by myself. Yates is going to Princesann Princess Anne Co. after school is over. Yates and I will part in Norfolk and we may part forever for all I know. The final letter has a more alarmed tone as Josephine urgently asks her brother for information on their Mother's health. "Aunt Becky wrote me a letter last week and said Mother was sick and I have been very uneasy ever since. You must write soon and tell me if she has stopped her chills. I was sorry to hear that she was sick. You must tend to her good until I come home and then I will take care of her."<br/><br/>The Autograph note is filled with notes poetry names of her classmates and her school and doodles on two sides of a sheet of paper. At this time handwritten memory albums were a common way for female classmates to remember their school times together. Young ladies would live at boarding houses or dormitories while pursuing their studies and the lines of poetry on this page would have been copied into pages of friend's keepsake books before they parted ways for their hometowns at the end of the academic year. The May 1878 letter directly addresses the heartache at leaving school friends behind when returning home. "Yates and I will part in Norfolk and we may part forever for all I know." <br/><br/>Chowan Baptist Female Institute was founded in 1848 as a four-year women's college first opening its first class with just 11 students. The curriculum included algebra arithmetic astronomy botany drawing English composition and grammar French geography guitar history Latin logic "natural and moral philosophy" needlework painting and piano. Today the institution is known as Chowan University. Letters have original fold lines. January letter has chips along edge not affecting text. Small 2 inch portion of May letter cut out. Small tears to the note edges . Overall in very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
16766Women's Education Art History Original handwritten essay on "Art North of the Alps" and biographic entries for 50 of the most important European artists from a woman Professor at a girl's academy in 1889. Notebook of a female art lecturer in 1889 at Mt. Auburn Institute for girls with essay on northern European art and short biographies of 50 of the important artists from this region. Handwritten label on front cover: "Jean Sprunger Lea. Art Lecturer. Mt. Auburn Institute '89. Cin Ohio". 8 x 6.5 in. Original paper boards. 66 pages last 20 are blank. Written on first page: "Senior Art Lecturer from January to June '89. Cincinnati Ohio". Comes with two typed mimeographed copies of essay Art North of the Alps from a former owner. Includes biographies of Van Eyck Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein Rubens Van Dyck and Velasquez among others. Mt. Auburn Institute was established in 1856 as a Family School for Young Ladies. The school took pride in their History and Literature departments and offered special courses in art music and culture at a time when higher education for girls was considered novel and unnecessary. <br/><br/>"Art North of Alps. Teutonic German Dutch Flemish Spanish French and English art. In the beginning of the 18th century art underwent a revolution. the Gothic style was introduced with it's airy lightness boldness and grace. Some of the best specimens of the Gothic art are the nave o the Cathedral of Frieburg a heavy structure the minister of Strasburg completed 1275 finest example of Gothic fretted work and the choir o the cathedral of Chartres finished 1264. On their choir brought fourth the history of the Redemption." Biographies of some of the most important figures in European art history. "Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 was born in Nuremburg. His father was a goldshith and brough up his son in the same trade. Young Durer when he reached the age of twenty-one travelled as far as Venice and saw many of the Italian masterpieces.He has left many writings as well as paintings - Among these are scientific works on Geometry and Astronomy--Venice offered him a salary if he would come there-Antwerp did the same but he couldn't leave his beloved Nuremburg." Some additions or corrections made in pencil by original owner. Inscription from later owner on first page. Rust mark from paperclip on inside front cover and p. 1. Very good condition. unknown books
17121Co-educational College Photo Album Original owner's name "UW" and "1911" handwritten on inside front cover. 115 photographs of various sizes from 1.5 x 3 in. to 5 x 7 in. Includes many images of outdoor recreation such as hiking and boating perhaps on Lake Mendota campus life and agricultural scenes. Most photos lack captions but some locations are labeled such as outings to the Flambeau River Park Falls WI; Ellsworth WI; and the Boise River. Images of Bascom Hill and North Hall on the historic University of Wisconsin campus. One real photograph postcard shows women students seated outside and is captioned "'The Sun Bath' Co-eds at UW". Some photographs show the inside of male dormitories on campus decorated with pennants for Wisconsin and Rose Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute IN. Includes several photos of manual and agricultural labor such as baling hay. <br/><br/>Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848 University of Wisconsin-Madison was the first public university established in Wisconsin and remains the oldest and largest public university in the state. At the time this album was compiled research teaching and service at the UW was influenced by a tradition known as "the Wisconsin Idea" which holds that the boundaries of the university should be the boundaries of the state and that the research conducted at UW-Madison should be applied to solve problems and improve health quality of life the environment and agriculture for all citizens of the state. This Progressive-era policy applied the expertise of the state's university to social legislation that benefited all the state's citizens; it led to classic programs such as regulation of utilities workers' compensation tax reform and university extension services; sometimes expressed in the maxim that "the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state". Glue reside from some removed photographs. 1 page detached. 5 photos loose. In good to very good condition. unknown books
17108Women's Education Scrapbook from woman studying Teaching at Nebraska Wesleyan University NWU 1925-1931. Filled with 352 pieces of ephemera for school societies dances and socials sporting events Christmas cards stage plays and commencement activities. Dozens of colorful and creative invitations and dance cards. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends. 100 pages. Original textured cloth cover. 11 ½ x 14 inches. Large golden color seal in center of front cover "Universitas Wesleyana Nebraskae 1887". Originally belonged to Melba Johnson. 33 handwritten notes and signatures from friends recalling fond memories together at university. "Remember our many good times together. Our trip to Palmyra etc." "Lots of love to a dear Delta Phi sister." "Remember the first time I met you Hope to be your 'sister' someday." <br/><br/>Filled with letters party invitations dance cards and other ephemera from a popular college student. Vibrant yellow felt cutout of school mascot Prairie Wolves on first page. Letters noted as "Rush Week Invitations" to Alpha Epsilon honor society for agricultural biological and food engineers Delta Phi Alpha Delta Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Sorority Kappa Delta and Gamma Mu Upsilon. Other included organizations with ephemera are Beta Kappa Theta Alpha Phi National Theatre Honor Society Kappa Sigma Pi Phi Kappa Tau and Gamma Beta Kappa. Also ephemera for social events from the YWCA Young Women's Christian Association. Also includes ticket stubs to various shows and performances and some ephemera from The University of Nebraska's football program. Clipping from Nebraska v. Pittsburgh game in 1928 and 1929. Program for 1926 "Nebraska Wesleyan Home Coming Day" Football game against Peru State College and clipping from a NWU game against Hastings College. Program for 1927 Commencement and ticket to 1928 Commencement; Invitations to subsequent commencement ceremonies included in scrapbook. Membership card and pin for Nebraska State Teachers' Association which she joined after graduation; Johnson went on to work at Norfolk High School in Norfolk Nebraska after earning her teaching degree. <br/><br/>Nebraska Wesleyan University was founded in 1887 and the first graduating class was four women in 1890. The school is located in the former town of University Place Nebraska. Today it is part of Lincoln Nebraska. In the late 1920s when Johnson was attending school Nebraska Wesleyan was a college of liberal arts with schools of art business and education and a music conservatory. In very good condition. unknown books
17138Women Education Scrapbook from woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College filled with 142 pieces of ephemera including report cards correspondence newspaper clippings and event programs. 1939-1942. Includes documents from both Oswego State Normal School and later material from Oswego State Teachers College which the school was renamed in 1942 when it began to grant 4-year bachelor's degrees. 15 x 11 inches. Original paper wraps. 76 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Many official documents from the school including the 1940 admission letter to the school which also mentions the demand for this type of education: "Since we have a waiting list of applicants for admission we must have the enclosed blank properly filled out within ten days." Course schedule with Art 101 Mat 104 English 101 Music and Education classes. Followed by a report card for coursework in Child Development History of Civilization Written Composition General Math Essentials of Music Essentials of Art and Recreational Activities. Documents outline regulations for boarding with Landladies and roommates. 1939 Student Handbook and 1940-1941 Student Directory. <br/><br/>Numerous items also hint to social life and excursions off campus. Color postcards of the campus and surrounding tourist attractions including the New York State Naval Militia Grounds Old Fort Ontario The Pontiac Hotel East River Drive and Oswego River. Full issues of The Oswegonian the school newspaper; interesting newspaper clipping about a Korean national student at Syracuse University who spoke at Oswego about the Japanese occupation of Korea. Programs for stage plays and musical performances. Sheets of printed fight songs for football games and other athletic events. Pin handbill and patriotic napkin from Alpha Delta Sorority. The final pages of the album are filled with clippings and notices regarding a catastrophic fire which caused an estimated $100000 in damages in January 1941. From a special issue of the school paper: "Carrying coupling and manning hoses students of the Oswego Normal school worked shoulder to shoulder with firemen to supply t he lifeline of water which finally checked the rapidly spreading flames that at firs appeared beyond control." Despite the destroyed portion of campus there are numerous documents regarding "Business As Usual" around campus and an updated exam schedule to accommodate classes which met in the destroyed building. The State University of New York at Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School; this institution embraced and popularized some of the most innovative teaching methods of the day. The school led the Oswego Movement of educational reform in the United States which sought to emphasize that every aspect of the child's life contributed to the formation of their personality character and capacity to reason. These educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences sense perception and the student's self-activity. In 1942 the New York state legislation elevated Oswego from a Normal School to the 4-year bachelor's degree-granting Oswego State Teachers College. In 1948 Oswego became one of the State University of New York's charter members. To meet the expanded need for specialized instruction the institution broadened its academic perspective to become a full-fledged arts and sciences institution in the SUNY system and featuring a range of liberal and professional studies by 1962. In very good condition. unknown books
189125493<p>"<i>.neither have the right to inflict punishment or impose restrictions that will maim or injure the health of the children. As to the particular case under consideration I cannot believe that you are unduly severe or that your restrictions and exactions will hurt a robust stubborn pupil.</i>"</p> <b>EDUCATION. GEORGE N. SHEPARD.</b>Autograph Letter Signed as Chairman of the School Board to Mary D. Webster October 5 1891 West Epping New Hampshire. 2 pp. and envelope.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p> <i>West Epping N.H.</i></p><p> <i>Oct. 5 1891</i></p><p><i>Dear Miss Webster</i></p><p> <i>Yours of the 3d inst. is at hand.</i></p><p> <i>Your school supplies as ordered are sent by mail this morning. We have no Swinton's Second Readers now on hand therefore I put in for you a McGuffy's Second Reader which I hope will serve your purpose.</i></p><p> <i>In relation to authority of teachers you perhaps already understand that they have the same as parents while the children are under their care and that neither have the right to inflict punishment or impose restrictions that will maim or injure the health of the children.</i></p><p> <i>As to the particular case under consideration I cannot believe that you are unduly severe or that your restrictions and exactions will hurt a robust stubborn pupil.</i> <2> <i>Of course you will be expected to discriminate so as to properly modify your discipline to suit each particular case and be especially tender with such as are weak and frail physically or mentally. Try to place yourself in the same relation to the children under your care and instruction as that of a faithful conscientious mother possessed of good sound common sense who while she loves her children with a true and motherly love is profoundly impressed with the importance and necessity of restraining them and of training them in habits of studiousness and industry as well as all the other useful activities and you will have a guiding principle that will never lead you very far in wrong methods.</i></p><p> <i>My decision then is this you have a right in general to deprive a pupil of part of the regular noonday intermission and mid-session recesses to make up delinquencies provided that you substitute a sufficient number of recesses by himself alone. This is indeed a most fitting discipline to apply to a pupil who stubbornly and persistently wastes in idleness the time regularly assigned for study.</i></p><p> <i>Yours truly</i></p><p> <i>G. N. Shepard</i></p><p> <i>Ch. Sch. Bd. of Epping.</i></p><p><b>George N. Shepard</b> 1824-1903 was born in Epping New Hampshire and educated in the public schools and at Hampton Academy. He married Rowena Lawrence Thyng 1823-1911 in 1845. He taught school was a land surveyor and served as a justice of the peace. By 1860 he was listed as a farmer living with his wife and four children. He represented West Epping in the state legislature from 1860 to 1862. During the Civil War he rose to the rank of captain in Company I of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry from 1862 to 1865. He was wounded at both the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Cold Harbor. Afterwards he returned to farming then engaged in the mercantile and lumber business. He was postmaster of West Epping from 1876 to at least 1895 and chairman of the school board from 1886 to at least 1895.</p><p><b>Mary D. Webster</b> 1854-1935 was born in New Hampshire. By 1870 both she and her older sister Sarah 1848-1929 were school teachers still living with their parents in West Epping Chester township southeastern New Hampshire. By 1910 the two unmarried sisters still lived together in Chester township but Mary listed her occupation as farming at home.</p> books
