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1670519 century Women Education Album with handwritten poems and inscriptions from many contributors around 1827 New York. 90 pages. 8 x 5 in. Original boards. 12 poems and writings to a young woman named Eliza. Several are dated 1827 New York. Poetry of friendship addressed to the owner: "Eliza thou hast vex'd me quite; for oh! that pen and ink! How couldst thou ask me for to write Til not my meat and drink-May be that I am half posess'd! But saying as I think The art of writing I detest-Confound the pen and ink!- I must not write I hate to write I cannot-will not-what! O! Yes sweet Miss For one sweet Kiss I'll write without one blot." Friendship albums were popular at this time amongst young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends. Also includes poetry "On Happiness and Contentment" "On the Beauties of Nature" "On the Mind" "On Man." The first entry is a handwritten essay "On Woman" that details the many benefits of women's influence on men. "Of all the manifold blessings bestowed upon man by his omniscient Creator tending to alleviate the miseries destined for him to undergo during his probationary existence here and the better to prepare him for eternal happiness hereafter none can be more highly estimable than those derived from the society of woman. By her genial influence the heart of man naturally prone to yield to the dictates of error is almost imperceptibly led into the paths of refinement where real pleasures only can exist and participates with her in the purer and more delightful affections fo the soul." Some light toning and foxing. Front hinge loose. Very good condition. unknown books
16391Girls' Education Original vintage cross-stitch sampler. Limington Maine. 1834. 11.5" x 15" in. Alphabet cross-stitched in capital and lower case letters with decorative embroidered border and information on maker stitched at bottom: "Elizabeth G. Brackett Limington Maine. Aged 10. in 1834". Samplers were valuable parts of girls' education from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries as it demonstrated both their skill in needlepoint and their achievements in literacy. From the 1800s the very first schools and academies for young women in America had their students create needlepoint pieces with decorative motifs such as verses or the entire alphabet being stitched on the sampler. The parents of these young women proudly displayed their embroideries as showpieces of their daughter's talent and status. In recent years these samplers have become important in museum collections as representations of early American female education. Capital alphabet "&" and numbers 1 through 7 in black thread. Capital alphabet and 8 9 and 0 in white thread. Lower case alphabet in gray; and student's name and date in light green. Toned. Few threads frayed at center right edge. Very good. 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
16201The Second Annual Report of the Education Society of Connecticut; and of the Female Education Society of New Haven. New Haven: Printed by Nathan Whiting. 1818. Original paper wrappers 9 x 6 in. 15 pages gently bound together center left edge. Pages are browned with small chips and creases at edges scattered foxing and small liquid stains that do not affect the text. 2 other copies on OCLC.<br/><br/>The pamphlet includes the Constitution and Mission of the Constitution of the Charitable Society of Connecticut: "to furnish pecuniary assistance to.young men of piety and promising talents" who intend to pursue religious studies at Yale College. It also includes treasury reports from the group and similar documents from The Female Education Society which also sought to provide monetary assistance for young men pursing religious studies. An interesting booklet documenting community support for young men's education in the years following the War of 1812. unknown books
16725Denmark Academy Catalog 1876-1877. Denmark Iowa. Pamphlet /Volume 8 of 17: Founded in 1843. Denmark Academy was coeducational from its inception. At first a small local school it reopened in in 1852 with a new building and began to attract students from further reaches. The first graduating class consisted of only 2 students both female. One was Emma Cooper who went on to serve as "Lady Principal." Very rare with no copies of this program in any institution or library as per OCLC Worldcat.<br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates from 5 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
16083Early Women Education. ALS n.d. but late 1700s to early 1800s Sending Miss Isabella Berkeley to a teacher. Autograph Letter Signed 3 pages folded on a single large sheet with the 4th side serving as the address panel. To "Dear Madam." From "E." Identified as Margravine of Anspach.<br/><br/>She writes in her hand in Part: "I send you Miss Isabella Berkeley the youngest of the young Ladies-Elizabeth will be very little at your house-as she becomes companionable and I shall always have her with me when I can-Isabella has some natural faults which would be rooted in this house-and which nothing but abiding with young women submitting to those who educate them can cure her of-she is inclined to be a very fine lady-curious and what I call fidgety--.she has a good heart and she is laborious liking to be employed-works well at her needle-is charitable humane-I wish her to be made read loud for half an hour every day-to teach her to articulate in speaking-she was a very sickly child-and must eat very little butter-no wine-no coffee.<br/>And in postscript "I would wish her to read religious or moral books-and abridgement of History in general. <br/><br/>Afterwards when the general chronology is placed in her memory-she will read the History of every different country with measure. ". unknown books
15274Women's Early Education. Report of the Commission Charged to examine memoirs relative to the education of women. Third Subject. - Morality. By Mr. Philis - Reporter. 1827. Paper boards. Folio size 13 in x 8.5 in. 68 pages of handwritten script in black ink. In this manuscript one of the earliest formal debates on the value of education for women the author radically concludes that formal education for women should be universally accessible: "We think that in whatever condition heaven has placed a woman" the author argues "from the daughter of the Prince to that of the most humble of the subjects there should be a similarity of ideas. When they are wisely explained the elements of Language and Calculations are they not necessary and indispensable to women in all stations" The author then reverses the very argument used against women's education-- that it is unnatural since motherhood is the only suitable destiny for women-- by arguing that education is exactly suited to "what nature formed women to be". "She knows she was created to fulfill duties and penetrated with a sense of those she has to perform she makes all she possesses of enlightened ideas talents and fortune concur in accomplishing them. This is what nature formed women to be and such a well directed education would make her. This is what would make a good mother of a family who would well know how to form daughters worthy of imitating her." Education in fact is as naturally suited to women as motherhood and ought to be the province of adult women and girls alike regardless of age or opportunity-- an ideal still worth fighting for even nearly two centuries later. <br/><br/>It begins with a deceptively leading question: "What is the sort of education most suitable to Woman and the most proper to render them capable of fulfilling their destination as Mothers of families"Although the opening query is limited by modern standards formal education for many children-boys and girls alike-was not considered necessary in this period let alone for adult women with responsibilities in the home. The argument that education would serve women in their motherly duties was a crucial tool for advocates of womens' enfranchisement. The Commission judges three memoirs submitted on this topic and this forms the structure of the manuscript: "The Education Best Adapted to Form A Good Mother of A Family Is That Received at Home"; "It is Well Known That The Bad Education Of Women Does More Harm Than That of Men Because the Want of Good Conduct in Man Proceeds Frequently From The Education They Received From Their Mother ."; and "To Instruct the Children One Must Enlighten the Mothers". Thus the manuscript is valuable not only for its radical ideals but for its historical benefit as an overview of attitudes towards women's education at the turn of the 20th century. Just one year prior in 1826 the first public high schools were opened for girls in New York and Boston; it would be another 13 years until the first woman earned a college Bachelor's degree.  Cover boards worn with light soiling and scattered stains. Even toning and light soiling throughout. Very good to good condition. unknown books
16759Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 14 of 17: Acts for the State of Massachusetts January 12th Session 1804 Incorporation of Bradford Academy Containing the original incorporation of Bradford Academy. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other option for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Only three examples of these early Incorporation Acts could not be found among Institutional Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. But this document predates Seneca Falls by 40 years and Bradford was among the very first institutions to educate women in the United States. unknown books
16751Women's Educational Movement. Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1886. A catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Not copy of this item could be found among Institutional and library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16750Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 4 of 17: Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1844. A very early catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Very rare to find items from the first decade of operation of this pionering Female Academy. There are no copies of this very early female education catalog in any institution or libraries as per OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 4 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
16760Early American Women's Education Movement. Catalog of the Officers and Members of The Seminary For Female Teachers. Salem Massachusetts. Printed at the Register Press. April 1839. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today-This is an important point but seems awkwardly placed. Maybe either use the phrase "into secular higher education" in first sentence or in next sentence say "In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education<br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 10 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
16451Catholic Girls' School Ugbrook England. Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrook. Chudleigh: J. E. Searle 1841. This book contains the regulations approved by the Right Reverend the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England for the Catholic Girls School at Ugbrook. Uncommon to find formal women's education regulations from this early in the 19th century. Very good. 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
16752Women's Educational Movement. Chowan Baptist Female Institute Catalog 1877-1878. The Chowan Baptist Female Institute became Chowan College in 1910 when it began awarding baccalaureate degrees. Unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 10 years before Seneca Falls.Not copy could be found among Institutional Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16586Women's College Photo album of a young woman college student including 85 Gelatin silver print photos taken from 1919-1922. Includes images of women's dormitories schoolmates and details extracurricular programs such as social dances and boating excursion. Most photos from Washington state. 7 x 10 1/2 in. Original black cloth boards. 23 pages filled with 85 black and white photos of various sizes ranging from 2.5 x 1.5 in. to 5.5 x 3.5 in. Three are loose photos. Inscribed on inside front cover: "From Papa Merrie Christmas 1921."<br/><br/>A major facet of this young woman's life was her education as she includes more photos and captions that reference this than anything else. The album owner shows great pride in her dormitory room in which she is shown reading in a chair with a Harvard pennant prominently affixed tot he wall behind her. "Taken in my room "77" 1922". Another image shows the view from window in this room: "Lookout Mt" taken from my window '77'". This time was so important for her that she even takes care to remember the room numbers of her roommates and other fellow students such as: "My old roommate of 1919 Room 44" and "Miss Fiddler Roommate "Room 28" Summer School 1920". She even notes that one former classmate who "roomed in "27" 1921-22 was "A Good Kid". Also includes one photo of four students in a Home Economics high school class.<br/><br/>Album also includes images of her friends and family and recent memories from World War I including one handsome 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 photo of two soldiers in WWI-era uniforms kneeling with their firearms. A smaller photo of a man in military uniform dated 1919 includes this caption: "In days of old 'do you remember the telephone office' and those letters Ha! Ha." The album's owner certainly had a sense of humor and often includes nicknames inside jokes and playful asides. "I looked like this the Summer of 1920. But those times are over." Next to a photo of people out boating she writes: "Out on the lake.Washington" and "Some bunch of "chickens". And in a series of photos in which she models fancy clothes she writes: "Do you think I look natural" She also includes humorous outtakes of her friends such as "W.L. asleep after the dance Ha! Ha!" and notes family members work machinery very helpful technology at the time "Malcolm's little old machine". Very good condition. unknown books
16658Women Education 19th Century Handwritten composition notebook of a young woman filled with poems and verses in many hands dating from 1862-1863. Includes poetry about studying for school examinations and writing compositions. 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Original green boards. 78 pages full of handwritten poems and verses. Handwritten on front end page: "Katie E. Kimmens. Providence 11th Mo. 1862."<br/><br/>"A week before Examination" "One has a headache one a cold One has her neck in flannel rolled; Ask the complaint and you are told 'Next week's examination'.One bangs the books then grasps them tight And studies morning noon and night As though she took some strange delight In these examinations/ The books are marred defaced and thumbed The brains with midnight tasks benumed Still all in that account is summed Next week's examinations" "Compositions" "Some have a lesson hard to get And have not even seen it yet Ask when what tis that makes them fret "Oh dear tis Composition Day"!/ One's last and cannot find her pen Another has no paper then The cause of this but ask of them And each in sighing tones will say "Oh dear tis Composition Day"!/ One rises with the morning light Takes up her pen begins to write; And seems to take some strange delight When e'er she hears a scholar say "Oh dear tis Composition Day"! Includes poems by well-known writers such as Lord Tennyson "St. Agnes Eve" and "Come Not When I Am Dead" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "The Village Blacksmith" and Thomas Hood "The Bridge of Sighs". Also includes poems about the perils of war "The Soldier's Dream of Home" and the difficulty of losing a parent: "I cannot call her Mother" "The marriage rites are over And though I turned aside To keep the guests from seeing The tears I could not hide I . my face in smiling And led my little brother To greet my father's chosen But I could not call her Mother." Light toning to first page and occasional light stains throughout. Very good condition. unknown books
16455Elizabeth P. Hughes. The Education of Welsh Women. London: W. Speaight & Sons 1887. 8 pages. Elizabeth Philips Hughes was a pioneering Welsh educator and the first principal of the Cambridge Training College for Women later renamed to Hughes Hall in her honor. Hughes had a dedicated lifelong interest in women's education in Wales and she served as secretary of the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales; she also helped found a teachers' college in Barry Wales in 1914. This pamphlet documents a speech given by Hughes at Cardiff January 1887 at the first Public Meeting of the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales. Cover chipping at edges. Comes with document on The Education of Girls in Wales which lists six pamphlets published by the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales. Very good condition. unknown books
16755Women's Education Movement. New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College Catalog 1881. Tilton NH. The catalog has 36 pages of courses personnel and other information including tuition and fees. The most expensive were Piano and Voice Culture which were each $12 per semester. The seminary exists today at Tilton School. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16728Women's Education Movement. Burlington Female Seminary Catalog 1850-1851. Decorative cover states it was founded in 1835. An early owner "Lizzie Lathrop" has signed her name on the top right comer of the cover. Perhaps a new student of the school as her name is not listed among the pupils. The minimum ago for admittance was 12 years old which was actually the gold standard at the time when most boarding schools and some colleges nature admitted pupils from age 8 or younger. The senior class curriculum is the same for all pupils. It includes Latin Chemistry GeometryPhilosophy of Rhetoric Intellectual Philosophy Physiology Kame's Elements French Moral Science and the Constitution of the United States. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates from just 3 years after Seneca Falls. unknown books
16748Women's Education Movement. Goddard Seminary Catalog 1877. Pamphlet Catalog for the 1877 class of Goddard Seminary a coeducational school in Barre VT. Including the names of students. Goddard College began in 1863 in Barre Vermont as the Green Mountain Central Institute and in 1870 was renamed Goddard Seminary. Founded by Universalists Goddard Seminary was a four-year preparatory high school primarily for Tufts College. For many years the Seminary prospered. But the opening of many good public high schools made many of the New England academics obsolete. The trustees added a Junior College to the Seminary in 1935 and in 1938 Goddard College was chartered. It remains progressive Universalist institution. There are no copies of this very early female education catalog in any institution or libraries as per OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16737Album Women Education Very large book filled with handwritten memories 35 photos 18 large illustrations and mementos from a girl student in St. Louis Missouri as she graduates elementary school in 1925 proceeds through high school and begins studies at the University of Missouri. 77 handwritten inscriptions and autographs from friends classmates and teachers. Entries dated 1924-1929. "School Friendship Book." Designed and illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. copyright 1910. Original paper boards. 9 x 6 in. Embossed cover with image of a formal entranceway. 190 pages. Book includes space to enter information on their Class including motto colors and flowers Classmates Faculty Favorite Studies Societies "Stunts & Jokes" "Proms-Dances-Hops" Sports Holidays Reunions Kodak Snap-Shots and Commencement. Female student records her commencement from Cote Brilliante School her activities at Central High School and few mementos from the start of her college education. <br/><br/>77 handwritten notes and poems addressed to Ms. Domini. "I wish you health; I wish you wealth I wish a golden star; I wish you heaven after death; What could I wish you more" Many of the entries have a comical element. One signs off as Krazy Kat a popular very early comic strip cartoon. "Your head reminds me of a big block of wood." Others have advice on dealing with young suitors: "Do a girls dirty Do it with grace When a fellow trys sic to kiss you Slap him in the face. Your classmate Irish". "Dearest Marie If you ever get married And you hubby gets cross Pick up a rolling pin And tell him whose boss. Your friend Mounted Police." Additional 11 page book of Autographs dated 4/9/24 from when Domini was in 8th grade at Cote Brilliance. Includes 35 photos of fellow classmates; most have handwritten captions identifying the subject but one has the caption underneath: "Puzzle: Who are the girls" Final pages of the book include 18 large drawings and illustrations nine of which are hand colored full-length drawings of fashionable young women with short bobbed haircuts and wearing short knee-length dresses with captions such as "O-o-oo That 'innocent' look" and "Have you seen the Dancer of Paris" Some are signed as works by members of the Art Appreciation club while one drawing of a forlorn-looking young lady includes the caption: "Drawn by Helen Hudson in a study hall. This is all she had to do."<br/><br/>Includes an autograph letter on studying and living on campus at University of Missouri Columbia written to "Shorty" a school friend identified by photos in the album dated Jan. 31 1929. "Dearest Shorty-.We sure have missed you but I hope you have having as good a time as I am. I am about run down not bragging from business to do & scandal to tell you.Your name was called on the Varsity Hockey team and congrats to you.We are having a hike 5 mi. Sat. morning & I am one of the new hike leaders.Don't mind if I write in a hurry as I have another letter to write and gobs of studying. I didn't make my grades at all & am paralyzed so far as activities is concerned.Basketball tournament starts next week & must be at practice. I passed my Jr. English Exam & I am rid of that obstacel now. I may get thru this Univ. I don't know. I hope you get to go to school & even if you don't you can have heaps of fun. We will have a keen game Sat. rite here with Okla. & I wish u could see it.Of course I'm in a hurry as I didn't get home till 12:15 last nite & been so busy today. All of Read is getting along keen & so many changes of rooms. Write to me. Lovingly Sis."<br/><br/>Album includes many pages of memorabilia and ephemera related to athletics and school life including the Girls Athletic Association. "Every girl in the school is a member of the Girl' Athletic Association the primary purpose of which is to promote health. The organization stimulates interest in healthful outdoor and indoor activities which lasts not only as long as the girls are in school but in after life as well.each girl chooses at least one outdoor athletic activity each term.tennis hiking golf hockey and swimming. All the girls play baseball." Over 20 pasted clippings and loose cutouts of members of the basketball and football teams. Loose red felt banner "Cardinals Nat'l League Champs 1926". 7 tickets to football and baseball games and area Kennel Clubs. 33 additional press clippings and cutouts about general school topics in "Clippings and Press Notices" section. 25 clippings of jokes and funny stories pasted in Stunts & Jokes area in addition to handwritten entries. "Love me little Love me long Don't flirt be-Cause it's wrong."<br/><br/>First page shows photo of Cote Brilliante School and another building labeled Central High "My Alma Mater". Includes certificate of qualification for admittance to high school 6 high school report Cards and 1 Report Card from the1928-9 school year at College of Arts & Science at the University of Missouri Columbia. Handwritten notes detailing Commencement exercises from Cote Brilliante School on January 22 1925. 8 programs and invitations for other school events. 6 birthday Christmas and holiday cards. 3 programs for school productions. 1 blue and white ribbon. Ribbon and card for City Art Museum in St. Louis pasted in to book. 4 pasted cutouts of teachers. Owner's plate printed inside from cover. This book belongs to "Marie J. Domini 4569 Sh Ferdinand Ave. St. Louis Missouri // Graduated from Cote Brilliante School Jan. 22 1925." Cover is worn hinges loose. Very good condition. unknown books
16709Handwritten original novel. By M. L. titled"Rose A Tale in the Time of Queen Margaret." 1868. Handwritten in ink. Dedicated on first page "To my dear Father and Mother from their ever loving daughter Mary". 7 x 4.5 in. Original quarter black morocco boards. 158 Handwritten pages. Gilt detail to cover and "Rose" on spine. A remarkable original novel written by a young girl at a time when formal education was not common for girls. This story reveals an educated mind in both the realms of writing and is history as this novel is set in medieval England. "The sunny month of July had come and Edward had begun his troubled reign. A short period of quiet had begun in which the people were to enjoy a rest before fresh trouble and bloodshed should begin. The fields were filled with waving grain and the woods were fresh and green round the old castle of Dunkirk." Page 155. Light toning. Writing on some pages has faded but still legible. Very good condition.<br/><br/>The novel takes place in medieval England. "The setting sun was sending a flood of light over the hills and distant mountains and over the old castle of Dunkirk making the river Wharfe shine like gold when a little boat shot swiftly out of a turn in the river and came towards the castle. There were two men in it the older man was seated at the stern wrapt in a long dark cloak and having his hap pulled over his face so that only a pair of dark twinkling gray eyes showed below it" page 1.<br/><br/>One of the protagonists is a beautiful teenager about the same age as the author along with a cast of other characters including Lords and Dukes. "She was a most lovely girl. A quantity of dark brown hair that curled around a neck and face of most lovely form and complexion and a mouth of beautiful expression helped to form a face both sweet and lively But the most striking feature was a pair of almost black eyes fringed with long dark lashes. They were full of expression sometimes merry with laughter and again deep and thoughtful. Rose Murray was about seventeen years old at this time she was niece of the Lord of Dunkirk and having hardly any relations except him had always lived with him. Ever since she could remember those old towers had protected and sheltered her" page 8. "Rollin entered a large hall with a huge staircase on one side. Going up the stairs he passed into a passage and after numerous turning and ups and downs he opened a great door and passed into a good sized room. In the middle of this was a round table and on it were papers and books. At one end of the room was a recess with a window with a broad window slit. There was a little shelf on which were a few written books and writing materials.As Rollin entered a gentleman with a paper in his hands look up from his writing and smiling said 'Well Rollin have you had a pleasant time at London and what have you learned while you were gone of the queen's intentions and of what the Duke of York is going to do'" page 5-6.<br/><br/>The tale has adventure suspense and a happy ending. "The patched eye one seemed anxious to go on by his motions urging them to proceed. Rose watched him closely and at last saw him while his companion's backs were turned hold the lantern in such a way as to let his whole figure be distinctly seen and motion them to go back quickly it seemed so to Rose at least. She told this to her companion who was anxiously considering what should be done next" page 99. "And now for the next hour or two before the gray dawn came Lord John and Rose sat talking over all that had happened while they had been apart" page 149. unknown books
1670719th cent Women education Album with 38 handwritten entries from friends and admirers of a young lady in 1827 Pennsylvania. 8 x 6.5 in. Original boards. Gilt detail to spine and covers. "Louisa M. Partridge" on gilt black leather label on front cover. Green marble end papers. 140 pages. 4 drawings and 1 vivid small watercolor of a rose and open book. Entries marked as being recorded in Middletown Norwich Mt. Lebanon and Woodstock. Clipping pasted to inside front cover: "Definition of a lady's album. - An instrument of torture invented by some cruel fair one to rack the brains of her male acquaintance."<br/><br/>Friendship albums became popular in America in the 1820s as the blossoming culture of sentimentalism made its mark on personal relationships especially those of young women finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends. "O bless the hours when first I met That winning smile of thine! It soothed the lingering long regret of auld lang syne." "To Louisa Let them tell of the joys that e'er can be found In the gay round of pleasure where riches abound Let them picture with Janey's best art the delight Found in tipping nowhere and now there the bright Flowers of beauty as through life we move But give me the smile from the friend that I love.". unknown books
16708Friendship album with 18 handwritten entries in multiple hands to a young woman from 1859-1892. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zeld n.d. 7.5 x 5 in. Original black leather boards. Embossing and gilt detail to spine and front cover. 240 pages. 18 handwritten entries dated 1859-1892 from locations in Pennsylvania Lebanon Reading and Virginia Manassas Middlesex County Richmond. Lines for Miss Mary: "Then while this book is filling up and while still exhausting life sweet life; You will perceive that all intend; to leave a token from a friend. Then when you turn from leaf to leaf And when your heart is free from grief Forget not then a thought to lend; That this was written by a friend." Friendship albums were popular at this time amongst young women and they gathered entries from classmates at female academies and young male admirers alike. <br/><br/>A Wish to Miss Mary Titus "May all the days forever be Just as the healt of man Be all life's roses offered thee Without our piercing thorn May earth's best blessings on the rest To thee may peace be given And be they every moment bless With all the smiles of heaven As is this wish I wish again That life to you may be the same." Not all entries were poems; some were short messages with a signature while other include longer essays. "Good nature is the very air of a good mind the sign of a large and generous soul and the peculiar soil in which virtue prospers. May you my dear Mary evermore seek to cultivate it. Then rest assured that like the . which when exposed to the sun is said to drink in and regain the rays of light and reflect them in the dark the gloomiest walks of life lill be irradiated by the thinning beauties of Good Nature sanctified." Full title page with publisher information heavy toning and discoloration. unknown books
16720Women Education Commencement Memory Book from a female student at Brooklyn Heights Seminary class of 1907 filled with 17 photos 15 unique mementos and hand-written recordings of her commencement experience and school memories. "My Commencement." New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1904. Entries from 1906-1910. Original blue cloth boards. 8 x 5 in. Gilt detail to spine and front cover. 239 pages. "This book will be found to be a convenient form in which to keep a record of one's commencement and all the interesting facts connected with it including accounts of the exercises brief sketches of the teachers the classmates newspaper clippings etc. The keeping of such a record will afford a great deal of entertainment not only at the time when it is all fresh in the mind but in future years when it will serve to recall many pleasant memories which otherwise would be forgotten." Memory albums were quite popular in America at this time especially among young women at female academies who would fill out books to remember time spent together.<br/><br/>Records Antoinette Butler's social life and academic record including her studies in French German Latin Physics Chemistry Geometry History and Literature. Hand-drawn diagram of the commencement stage page 30 records of all her friend's commencement gowns "white handkerchief linen embroidered in Japan with the wisteria pattern" and "white ruffled mull dress trimmed with val lace. Made Empire with straps over the shoulders." 6 photos of classmates with entries in their own hands pasted into book. Also includes 11 photos of teachers and staff including two African-Americans identified as the Janitor and Janitress. Includes areas to enter information on the book's Owner their School the Commencement Exercises the Class Classmates and Reunions. Includes a short handwritten history of the school Brooklyn Heights Seminary. "Miss Brigham who was associated with him was a wonderful woman in every way. Every girl who was under her influence feels the uplifting force to this day and has imparted one small part of it to her children. After Miss Brigham's death in a railroad accident a Memorial hall was erected to her memory in connection with the Young Women's Christian Association.The curriculum which includes Kindergarten and one year of college work embraces almost every department of education." A note from her grandfather pasted in congratulating her on her graduation: "My darling granddaughter Antoinette - On this happy occasion that marks one of the transitional specks of your life I gladly transfer to your keeping one fo the the most precious souvenirs of the sainted grandmother whom you have only known through the loving memories of your own dear father and of the two aunties - one translated to the heavenly life - who with myself have watched with intense interest your development in to a lovely and helpful womanhood. God bless you my child! Grandfather."<br/><br/>Includes entries from several reunion gatherings around New York at venues such as the Women's University Club on Madison Square; and gatherings as they transitioned to adult lives: "This was a purpose for giving a silk stocking 'shower' for Marjorie Speers who had just announced her engagement to Gilbert Browning. She is the first one of our class to be engaged." Also pasted into book: 3 images of the school; report card; commencement invitation; commencement program; a color printed card "With Love and Devotion"; 8 newspaper clippings regarding the graduating class; the yellow silk ribbon which tied her diploma; the tulle bow which tied her commencement flowers; lovely hand-colored Class Day Program; 1 letter addressed to "My beautiful lady No longer the school girl!" handwritten speech that Butler gave during the Class Day Program. Inscribed to owner on front end page: "To miss Antoinette Reeve Butler Dec. 25 1906. Merry Christmas from Uncle Will & Aunt Hallie". Pages 139-196 197-207 adhered together due to water damage. Very good condition. unknown books
