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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
16993Photo Album Women Education Album from student at Wellesley College filled with 143 original silver gelatin print photographs. Chronicles a young woman's educational path from high school through college and onto her later work as a teacher. Dated 1911-1919. Photos of various sizes from 2 x 3" to 4 x 9.5". Original black cloth boards. 9 x 12". 100 pages. Many photographs of Wellesley College its campus and traditions. Photo of Lake Waban and the campus chapel. Image of a house labeled "Wellesley 1911-1912" placed in album next to photo with 3 young women with their arms full of books standing outside the same house labeled "Students". 6 women bundles in hats and coats on a snowy street: "Off for math exam". Others show young women reading books and studying outside eating meals together and enjoying campus life. Includes 5 photos of the "Senior Hoop Rolling" tradition on May Day 1912. Photos of friends lovingly labeled with nicknames such as Chub Selina Honey and Marion. Includes photos from many locations around upstate New York including the Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes regions: Frontenac Point Minnewaska Mohonk and Yankee Lake. Also photos from Digby a small town in Nova Scotia Canada. In addition to the images of Wellesley there are photos of several other academic institutions. Images of academic interiors labeled Drawing Room Mr. Wilson's Room Assembly Room Physics Lab Library and Hall at M.H.S. Group photo of a 16 boys wearing "M" shirts and 3 coaches posing with a trophy and banner reading: "OCIAA Relay Race 1912". Building labeled "Harmony Hall" next to a photo of 14 women with the caption "Inmates of H.H. 1913". 2 large group photos with women in white dresses and a banner "ETA Clionian" one labeled 1914. The ETA Clionian Sorority was active on the SUNY New Paltz campus then a state teachers' college. Later photos appear to be from when the album owner transitioned from being a student to working as a teacher. Young groups of children are photographed together with the handwritten captions "Primary" or "Intermediates". One photo shows a school production with many children on a decorated stage wearing Pilgrim costumes. Building labeled Quassaick Hall. I page detached. Very good condition. unknown books
17164Women Education Scrapbook from a woman student at co-educational Oswego State Teachers College NY filled with 155 pieces of ephemera including newspaper clippings full-issues of the campus paper ticket stubs programs invitations and more. 1941-1942. Original paper wraps. 15 x 11 inches. 80 pages. Large color image of fall foliage on front cover. Originally belonged to Marjorie O. Walker of Woodridge NY. Some of the clippings are annotated with a few lines identifying friends and classmates in the articles: "this is one of my classmates" and "they're all swell singers". 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. 1939-1940 Report card with classes in Child Development History of civilization Composition and Speech Intro to Science Art 102 Essentials of Music and Recreational Activities. Pamphlet advertising 1941 Summer Session at Oswego State Normal School. Student Handbook Personnel Directory and Student Directory for 1941-1942 Schoolyear. Newspaper clippings that report the school's status upgrade to a degree-granting university such as the 1942 headline reads "Oswego Normal becomes State Teachers College." Other ephemera includes newspaper articles on Epsilon Pi Tau fraternity Sigma Pi Rho sorority and many on campus music groups. Many typed correspondence and notices regarding the Bel Canto singing group on campus of which the album owner was a member. Halloween Party invitation.<br/><br/>Numerous clippings from before and after America entered WWII refer to escalating tensions fears and home front defensive preparations. A 1941 headline reads "Co-operation is needed to bring victory in War / Dr. Salisbury says Educational Institutes would be hit if Nazis should win." Interesting that was printed in February 1941 before the US formally declared war. That same month there's another clipping calling on male students at Oswego to register for the selective service the Draft. An article from early 1942 declares "Better type of community seen as a result of war" and goes on to say: "Whether Oswego is bombed or not the air raid warden set-up an build a better type of community both now and in future years when peace comes." Other clippings from the months following the Pearl Harbor attack give a glimpse into the deep-seated fears that Americans felt in the early days of WWII: "Bombing of our Cities Expected by Defense Head.We must expect more ships sinking off our shores more military reverses and bombing of our cities." The war effort even affect construction plans at the school. In January 1941 there was a major fire that destroyed parts of campus and by the following year "War holding up Normal School's Building Program / Unable to get materials for remodeling auditorium new dormitory." Armistice Day program for 1941 presented in conjunction with the American Legion and US Coast Artillery. <br/><br/>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. Pages are thin with a few very small closed tears at edges. In very good condition. unknown books
1711719th c. Women Physical Education C.L. McCluer Stevens. "A Unique School" for girls that focuses on physical education described in an original 1897 article from The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly Volume 6 1897. Unbound. p. 589-594. 9 x 6.5 inches. Article about a school for girls that focuses on physical education Bergman Österberg Physical Training College in Dartford UK. Martina Bergman-Österberg pioneered teaching physical education as a full subject within the English school curriculum with Swedish-style gymnastics at its core. Bergman-Österberg was an advocate of women's emancipation directly encouraging women to be active in both sport and education. Dartford was one of the first physical education instructor's college in England Osterberg had founded one earlier. "Madam Osterberg's is intended to be a training-school for the body . Its raison d'etre to produce as nearly as may be women who shall be physically perfect." She only admitted students with above-average intelligence and education an aptitude for natural science a sound constitution and character a pleasing appearance and considerable zeal and devotion. After completing the course graduates of the college were virtually guaranteed employment in girls schools throughout the country. <br/><br/>Six photo-illustrated images of the school grounds and gymnasium the headmistress girls cycling and playing basketball. Basketball was invented in America in 1891 and in 1893 Bergman-Österberg returned from a visit to the United States and informally introduced one version of basketball to her students. In the article the sport is described in a rather novel way: "a new and exceedingly fascinating sport called 'basket-ball.' This really splendid game about which a good deal will probably be heard in England in the near future is an importation from America." Light brown stains along inside edge of pages. In very good condition. An article about a unique girls' academy. unknown books
17109Women Education Scrapbook from a young woman studying at Stephens College Columbia Missouri and Kansas State Teachers College 1921-1943. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin photos and 43 pieces of ephemera including numerous certificates two cloth Varsity letters report cards. 39 pages. Original cream boards with embossed detail to front cover. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Photos range in size from 2.5 x 2" to 8 x 10". Originally belonged to Mary Jane Hinshaw. Scrapbook documents Hinshaw's life from infancy to adulthood. Hinshaw was an active and popular student. Comes with membership card for Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority; party invitations and dance cards from Sigma Tau Gamma Delta Sigma Epsilon and Alpha Delta. Silver gelatin photos of family school photos and a vacation in the western United States with images of sweeping landscapes and dramatic rock formations.<br/><br/>In 1941 Hinshaw graduated from a two-year program at Stephens College and began studying at Kansas State teachers College with coursework in Library studies. Commencement invitation for Stephens College 1941. Report card from Stephens College 1940-1941 with coursework in Survey of English Literature Intermediate French English History Introduction to Psychology General Sociology Appreciation of Music Physical Education Educational Psychology and Elementary French Conversation. Three later report cards from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia 1941-1943 with marks in Teaching History of Education American History 1492-1817 Library Administration Cataloguing and Classification Reference Book Selection Library word with Children Literature of H.S. Subjects. Comes with one handwritten postcard from a Stephens College classmate who went on to pursue studies at the University of Wisconsin: "I am having a glorious time-It certainly isn't like Stephens much much better."<br/><br/>Album begins with Baptism and Birth announcements and photographs of her as a small child. Class photos of her in elementary to high school. Cutouts and information on Marysville High School where Mary Jane Hinshaw's father served on the Board of Education. Vibrant green cloth "M" varsity letter felt Bulldog and Debate letter. Founded in 1833 Stephens College is the second-oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college in the United States. The Kansas State Normal School Emporia was established in March 1863 and it is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. The first class graduated two women; and the in 1977 the college was renamed Emporia State University. Tear with loss above right portrait adhered to first page. 1 page detached. Front hinge is loose. In good to very good condition. unknown books
16935Women's College Photo album from student at Georgia State College for Women class of 1923. Album includes time she was at school with images of classmates around school buildings. 138 photographs of various size approximately 1 x 1" to 3.5 x 2.5". Photos are dated from 1919-1926. Original black textured cloth boards. 8.25 x 11". "Photographs" gilt on front cover. 100 pages. Hand lettered on first page: "Marion Tye / Devereux / GA". Images of young women at leisure between classes. One page labelled "Roomies / Terrell Annex - Room 211" has photos of friends captioned "A Queen of hearts" "Flossie" "The Black Sheep" and "My Gurls." Page 7 features small cutouts of women's portraits arranged in a "23" configuration likely containing images of all members of the class of 1923. Georgia State College for Women was founded in 1889 as the Georgia Normal & Industrial College as a women's institute; and in 1917 it was authorized to grant 4-year degrees to women pursuing teaching degrees. It is now Georgia College recognized as one of the best undergraduate teaching programs in the US South. The remaining pages are filled with memories of friends and family. Some include interesting trips from nearby locations such as Lake Junaluska North Carolina and "Mt. City" Mountain City GA. A photo of 8 young men wear "Landa Park" tanks. One photo of a man playing saxophone with caption "Alabamy Bound." Many of the remaining photos are of young children. As this figure attended a teacher's college these photos could likely be from students she later taught. 2 pages detached 3 loose photos. Good to very good condition. unknown books
16645Women Education College Photo album of 1940s woman student at Madison College James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia. 42 Gelatin silver print original photos dating from 1926-1944. Displays daily life and diversions for young college students in the early 1940s before the start of America's involvement in WWII. Photographs of various size from 2 x 3 in. to 5 x 7 in. Original cloth board covers with hand colored detail of red and yellow tulips and "Lest I Forget" to front cover. 18 pages with photographs 84 pages in total. <br/><br/>Belonging to Ellen Stulting a student at all-women's Madison College from around 1940-1942. Several photos of friends around campus such as one image of a small group labelled as the "Spotswood Gang" in reference to one of the residence halls. During the winter of 1941-42 session: "Snow woman made by some of the girls". One friend signed her class portrait "Poodly". Also includes photographs of the University of Virginia including Minor Hall Alderman Library East Range Scott Stadium and the Rotunda. Photo of a 12 young men from Theta Tau initiation a professional fraternity for those studying engineering. Two photos of The Green Lantern restaurant located "17 miles west of Winchester VA". Madison College was founded in 1908 as an all-women's university; it has been known as James Madison University since 1977. Original owners name handwritten on the inside front cover: "Ellen Stulting/ May 1944". Missing back cover. unknown books
16962Women's Education Photo album from woman student at co-educational Williamette University 1913-1915. Images come from campus events student plays and various outdoor locations around the college's location in Salem Oregon. 53 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 1.5 x 2.5" to 3.25 x 4.25". Many of the photos include brief captions identifying the location or event. Images dated from 1913-1915. Original black leather boards. 11 x 14 in. "Photographs" on cover with gilt detail and embossed flower motif. 32 pages last 14 blank. Photo of first page shows "Williamette University" spelled out on an earthen embankment. Willamette University was founded in 1842 as a coeducational institution and its first graduate was a woman. Album is full of images of women and men students learning and working together. Unsent color postcard of Eaton Hall at Williamette University. Many of the photographs focus on women students although there are many with mixed genders. Photo of a a group of women outside with books looking for birds labeled "Ornithologists". Photos of girl classmates "Gertrude-Alice / Inseparable friends". Even though Williamette was a co-educational college there were several university rules restricting contact between men and women students outside the classroom. One of the rules from the 1870s stipulated that women and men had to maintain a one-block distance between them while walking to class. Despite this young men and women worked together to form professional and personal connections. Photo of a man and woman seated at an outdoor table with an open book in front of them: "They said they were studying Zoology". In another image 3 men and 1 woman sit together writing and studying at a table with Corvallis Oregon written on a large bulletin board behind them. Photos specifically from graduation events. "Seniors 1915 Party at Grahams" 30 figures crowd behind a round table and over half are women. Photos from commencement day. 5 women in cap and gowns line up on a sidewalk. Flanked by two smaller snapshots from "The Campus Serpentine" in which the graduating class can be seen talking in a line around the campus. <br/><br/>Photos of different social events around the school and community. "Soph-Frosh Formal Reception 1913": over 50 young men in suits and women in long gowns and gloves pose around a lighted archway. "Kloshe Kitchen Force 1914" with 3 men and 1 woman in an industrial kitchen. The Kloshe Klub was a popular spot for students at the time. "Junior Feed in Gym": around 20 figures seated on either sides of a long table. "The gym feed aftermath" shows a team 9 women and men laughing together on an outdoor veranda. "A Quartette of Folk Dancers" "A Junior Quintette". The following page shows dancers in action in "A Fancy Minuet". Performing a play outside the school with specific images labelled "Queen Mary Enthroned" "Yes here is Marie also Ann" and "In Battle Array" from different points in the production. Some of the captions contain inside jokes or references. "The Father of 'Rats'" written under a photo of 4 women falling over from laughing with 1 man all around a pile of chopped firewood. Outdoor life around the college such as at Silver Creek an Oregon State Park. "'Cooed' Life at Silver Creek" Women wash dishes at an outdoor campsite. Two figures read books: "We like canoeing but sometimes we study". Another set of photos show people crowded at an outdoor table and seated on the grassy spot with picnic plates. "A full table under the Lausanne Maples". Very good condition. unknown books
17167Women Eduation Music Saroni Herrman S. "The Twin Sisters. An Operetta adapted to the use of Female Colleges Schools Exhibitions &c." Musical Score. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1888. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Original boards. 101 pages. "The Twin Sisters" is considered by some to be the first American operetta. The work is scored for women's voices only and the cover of this edition prominently notes that it is "adapted to the use of female colleges schools exhibitions &c." The Operetta features six women characters along with chorus parts. Born in Germany Herrman Saroni was an American composer and author. He published an early American music journal Saroni's Musical Times in New York from 1849 to 1851 while also being among the first in the city to organize concerts of exclusively chamber music. Saroni's composing and writing output was impressively varied: works of parlor music and dances scholarly histories of Western music and poems and short stories that appeared in women's magazines. In 1852 he left New York and three years later he founded the Columbus Symphony Orchestra the second-oldest orchestra in the country. Interior hinges loose but holding. In good to very good condition .Only 2 copies of this volume are held by any library or institution in the world according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
17014Women Education Handwritten Album Memory album from student at Female Academy in Springfield MA. 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. Filled with 44 handwritten inscriptions dated 1876-1882 from classmates teachers and friends. 4.25 x 7 in. Original leather boards. 114 pages. Gilt "Autographs" and decorative detail to front cover. Two original illustrations of a bird one in color. Most entries are signed from schoolmates in Springfield 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. Included is an entry from teacher Myra F. Hoffman who writes: "That your work in life may be always as cheerfully and faithfully performed as now is the wish of your friend and teacher."Â Many inscriptions directly reference school life. A entry from 1877 is titled "Schoolmate": "In your list of real friends My name I wish to see. And if a lasting friend you wish That friend you will find in me." Others sign off "Your Seat-mate" and one of 1882 is from "Your Sincere Friend and Classmate" and another "Friend and Schoolmate." One quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do that which is assigned thee" says Emerson "and though canst not hope too much or dare too much." Interestingly one entry from 1877 entries is signed "Shang Hai China."Â Loss to leather spine though hinges are sound. Front and back cover are attached. Good to very good condition. unknown books
17120Women Education Photo album from female student at Lasell College the first two-year college for women in America. 108 original silver gelatin print photographs. Circa 1905-1906. Photographs of various size from 2 x 3" to 4 x 6". Snapshots of young women students in their dormitory performing theater productions celebrating May Day traditions and in cap and gown for graduation exercises. Images of Lassell Campus in Newton MA. Original black cloth boards. 10 x 12.5 inches. 48 pages. Photographs from inside dormitory rooms show a 1906 calendar and ephemera from other local colleges such as Harvard University; in one image the girls visit nearby Wellesley MA. Original owner Leila Hoffman. Founded in 1851 as the Auburndale Female Seminary Lasell was the first two-year college for women in the country at a time when a woman's place was considered to be in the home not in the classroom. Lasell was renowned as an academically rigorous institution and prestigious school with a highly scientific approach to domestic work art and music. As an innovative institution known for a radical approach to women's education at the time Lasell also administered the Harvard exams and offered law courses for women. In 1932 Lasell officially became Lasell Junior College and in 1989 the school was chartered as a four-year institution Lasell College. In 1997 Lasell became co-educational and opened its doors to men. The campus is situated in suburban Newton Massachusetts eight miles from downtown Boston. In very good condition. unknown books
17157Women's Education Photo album from woman student at Kent Sate Normal College 1916-1917. Filled with 73 items: including 44 photographs of images of the campus fellow students elementary school classes and various social outings around Ohio. Also includes 48 pieces of ephemera including ribbons programs information on the school and event tickets. 12 x 9.5 in. Original boards. 50 pages. 44 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 2 x 3" to 3 x 5". Rich captions for the photographs identifying friends and teachers such as Miss Corbett and Miss Dunbar locations around campus such as Merrill Hall the Library Loury Hall and Moulton Hall an outing at Brady Lake and an Independence Day picnic in 1917. Interesting ephemera including ribbons commencement programs sheet music postcards and even an astrological horoscope. Items from organizations including the Y.W.C.A. local theaters and Portage County's War Fund. This album was compiled in the period when the US first entered World War I on April 2 1917. The late 19th and early 20th century was an important period in formalizing teacher training and creating pathways for more women to attend Normal Schools and Colleges. By the 20th century nearly 75 percent of America's teachers were female a pattern surely seen in this album filled with women classmates and instructors. Kent State Normal School was established in 1910 as an institution for training public school teachers. In 1915 the school was renamed Kent State Normal College when it began offering four-year degrees. Today the college offers degrees in many disciplines and is known as Kent State University. In very good condition. unknown books
17012Women College Handwritten Album Autograph album from the first women's college in Virginia .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. 55 handwritten inscriptions from women students at Hollins Institute Hollins VA dated from 1884-1886. Original brown leather cover. 7.5 x 4.75 in. "Autographs" in gilt on front cover. 34 pages of handwriting. Original owner of memory book was Josephine Engelke from Brenham TX. Signatures of students of the all-women's Hollins Institute which later became Hollins College. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. All entries concern Hollins Institute which was the first women's college in Virginia. Many of them are made out to "Josephine." Lillie Strouse has written "Remember your roommate." another girl Lelia L has written "Never forget Hollins' Charming board which was composed of nine of Hollins nicest girls." One of the entries written by Emma Ina Johnson reads "Never forget the. grand time Mr. Cocke had getting us straight." Charles Lewis Cocke is properly known as the founder of Hollins. Hinges loose. Slight vertical warping to covers. Very good condition. unknown books
17016Girls' Education Handwritten Memory album with 18 handwritten entries from friends and classmates of Female Student in Bear Lake MI. 1888-1892. 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. Decorative cover with color portrait of a girl holding a letter and gilt title "Autographs." 5 x 8 inches. 80 pages. Original 6 x 4" black and white photograph portrait of original album owner pasted to inside front cover. "Edith LaRue" handwritten in blue ink along bottom edge. Color illustrations pasted in throughout. Loose portrait photo of a young man. 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. As is typical of the time most of the entries are non-personal pieces of poetry often with the recipient's name filled in several spots to "personalize" the entry. "Your album is a garden spot Where all your friends may sow. So I will plant for get me not And see if it will grow." Entries include several from "Your schoolmate and friend" or the like. Several decorative cutouts pasted in throughout the album of hands books letters birds bouquets and the American flag. Only last few pages are attached to binding. Dampstaining to top right corner of pages towards middle to the back. In good to very good condition. unknown books
16825Memory album with photographs newspaper clippings and rare mementos from a high school girl in 1930 in Ohio. 23 original gelatin print photos approximately 4.5 x 2.75 in. Signatures and handwritten inscriptions from over 100 classmates teachers and friends. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 9 x 6 in. Original boards. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" in gilt and illustrations of flowers and a young lady on the front cover. 190 pages. Original owner's name and high school written on label printed inside front cover: Gertrude M. Avery Graduated from Bowling Green Senior High "1930". Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto Photographs Autographs Class Officers Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Programmes Social Events Press Notices Gowns Presents Jokes and Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. One newspaper clipping lists all of the graduates who were bound for college; notably 18 of the names listed are women.<br/><br/>75 signatures and handwritten inscriptions from classmates. Many include short lines about friendship and school memories. "School days are your happiest days Enjoy them while you're young And become old another day". "Count me as a brick in your chimney of friendship." Some write a shorter but more personal line: "A fellow sufferer in English". Many look towards their futures as wives: "May your life be bright and sunny and your hubby fat and funny." "Come and see me hubby April 28 1935". "When you are married and living at your ease Remember you have a friend who is single and does as pleases. -"Al" Aline Allison". Several sign off with colorful nicknames such as Zoot Midge and Bud. 18 photos of classmates. People are identified by given names although one is simply labeled "pals" though not the context. Many photos appear to be outside of a large school building and two images show "our bus" including the driver and all 28 students who rode it. Two show young ladies labeled "me" Elthel & Maria standing in slacks. Two others shows the subjects in costumes "Lyle & Sally" are dressed in vintage costumes and "Paul Smith" appears to wear a dress and pearl necklace on the following page. 15 additional signatures from classmates p. 120.<br/><br/>22 signatures from teachers and 3 photos. Also portrait of the album owner and photo of her and friend in their Graduation Dresses. 50 pieces of ephemera including programs for musical performances and school plays. Napkins paper flowers press clippings about school dances. Ticket to the Senior Day Steak Roast at City Park. 3 invitations including enveloped pasted in with commencement invitation inside. Includes a handwritten list of gifts received such as: Three Dollars Modernistic Vanity Looking Glass Fancy Hanger and Perfume Atomizer. 4 cards and letter that accompanied gifts pasted in. Scarlet and gray ribbons in school colors. Check receipts for items related to academic fees and class finances. Newspaper clippings list school events and graduation announcements. "Seniors Look Like Gay Nineties Making Whoopee Whoopee Whoopee!" Also a notice about a girls basketball tournament: ".the last game of the girls interscholastic basketball to be played in Bowling Green." Final pages include newspaper clippings of school friends marriage announcements from the years following their graduation. Light scuffs to cover. Some wear to interior front hinge. Very good condition. unknown books
17119Women Education Scrapbook from woman student at Connecticut Agricultural College 1919-1923. Filled with 215 handwritten notes and signatures from classmates; 119 pieces of ephemera including mailed letters greeting cards ticket stubs and newspaper clippings; and 88 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 1 x 1 inch to 3 x 5 inches. 62 pages. Original blue boards. 12.5 x 17 inches. University seal printed in center of front cover. Front cover personalized with original owner's name printed in bottom right corner "Marion V. Toole '23". Filled with images and ephemera from the Conn. Ag. College campus now the University of Connecticut located in Storrs CT. <br/><br/>Filled with photographs of friends and classmates around campus and at the dormitories. Photographs of Whitney Hall dormitory and residents labelled "Whitney Hall tribe" Koons Hall and nearby bodies of water. Other campus activities are also photographed such as sledding a co-ed Basketball team swimming and a tug-of-war tradition-the "Freshman-Sophomore Rope Pull." Photographs of young men practicing military drills in a field; in the early days after WWI military preparedness remained an issue of national concern. Other photos of local travel to Springfield MA; Sachem's Head on the Connecticut Coast; Kingston Rhode Island; and the "Eastern State Exposition." Also have photos of doctors at New Haven Hospital-perhaps a photo of a friend or former classmate. <br/><br/>215 signatures notes and autographs from friends and classmates. Most contain a short line or two on shared memories friendship or future plans. "You're all right Marion and I wont' forget it in a hurry." Many of the notes are from dormitory friends and include inside references to rules regarding their communal living: "Here's to my roomie who goes to dinner and supper late. I wonder why I'll never tell". "Oh girls! Put on the lights. There's something on my bed. 1AM." "Lights out at 10:15 PM and breakfast at 6:45 AM." The dormitory was evidently a strict place with many rules as there is even a typed note included addressed to residents of a women's dormitory regarding tidiness: "The girls rooms must be kept neat and tidy if the condition of the rooms does not improve daily inspection will be necessary."<br/><br/>Unique and diverse ephemera from all aspects of a college student's academic life and extracurricular activities. Report card with coursework in Military Sc. & Drill English Zoology Home Ec. and Phys. Ed. Many items from clubs or extracurricular groups in which Marion Toole participated: Green felt clover for 4-H; metal pin from the Boys and Girls Club; 1920 Membership Card for American Red Cross Third Red Cross Roll Call; Shakespeare Club. Numerous ticket stubs and receipts. Cutting with panoramic view of the historic campus in the 1920s; Valentine's and Christmas Cards; programs; and sentimental items such as a ribbon from a special box of chocolates. Includes schedules and newspaper clippings regarding football games against Boston University U Mass Holy Cross and Rhode Island. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School; women began attending classes just 10 years later in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893. In 1899 the name changed to Connecticut Agricultural College; and in 1939 the college became the University of Connecticut. A few pages with tears or small losses at edges. In very good condition. unknown books
17017Women Education Photo Album Elmira NY Female College Class of 1862 album. 42 original photographs each aprox 1.5 x 1.25 in. Nearly all photos are identified with handwritten captions. 114 pages 53 pages overall have been used for photos writing or both. All entries dated 1861-1862. Light brown leather boards. 8 x 5.25 in. Titled on cover with gilt design of an autograph book and a quill pen surrounded by ivy "Autographs." The book is full of signatures and small oval portraits of the girls who were the 1862 class of Elmira College. Along with signatures of her classmates the owner of this book has some signatures from people of the town of Elmira New York Augustus W. Cowles President of the collegeand other other instructors. One page has been illustrated with the outline of a pile of letters into which girls have written their names addresses and messages. It would be several decades more before Academic yearbooks as we know them now with photographs and names of individual students and graduates became common. At this time the typical "Annual" was a small catalog that acted as a memento of students attending and also as advertising with general business catalog information concerning the school inside. School photos of any kind were highly uncommon. This student's personally made yearbook containing photographs and names of a large portion of her classmates as well as teacher's and college president is an extremely unique women's educational history item. Leather on spine is mostly absent or pulling away though internal hinges are sound. Good to very good condition.<br/><br/>The New York-area college is the oldest still in existence which granted degrees to women equivalent of those given to man. Elmira College was first conceived on in 1851 with the intention of creating a college that would grant degrees to women equal to those of men. The first students arrived in October 1855 though the rooms had not yet been completely furnished and the furnace was not yet working. Also not all of the students were ready for college-level work. In September 1855 Rev. Augustus W. Cowles visited the campus and the following year was offered the position of president. Vassar's first president modeled the acceptance requirements and curriculum of his school upon those of Elmira. The members of the first graduating class received diplomas in 1859 only 2 years before this album was created. The college faced a difficult beginning. The student body was minuscule; in 1884 only three students were in the graduating class. Two reasons for this situation were the national tumult caused by the Civil War and the opening of other colleges that admitted women. Dr. Cowles believed that a problem was the perception that Elmira was only on the level of a boarding school. He stressed hiring better professors to secure larger graduating classes. . unknown books
17020Women Education Handwritten Composition book of young lady filled with handwritten poems and essays. 119 handwritten pages including a 2-page index at the conclusion. Entries dated 1873-1874. Original boards. Floral decorative pattern in white blue and gold on both covers page edges gilt. 9 x 7.5 in. Signed "Miss L. Sargeson" on first page. Filled with handwritten poems and essays including work by Edgar Allen Poe James Montgomery William Wordsworth Charles Dickens Elizabeth Browning Shakespeare Washington Irving and Oliver Goldsmith. Also short fiction such as "The Monk" part of Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy first published in 1765 and reprinted several times in the 19th century for teaching elocution.  Copying essays poetry stories and compositions was the standard teaching tool throughout the 19th century. The exercise taught handwriting spelling grammar knowledge of literature and other subjects of the material and elocution. The handwritten notebook also contains scientific material including a composition on "The Eye" investigating the properties of the human eye and eyes of other animals and animals that have no eyes such as "the starfishes have are mere sensitive points dimly conscious of forms." Also historical material including a composition on the Ancient Greek city Thermopile and a letter from Protestant Reformer Martin Luther to his son. This composition book is an excellent example of a young lady's schoolwork in the mid-19th century. 13 pages have stray marks or scribbles from a later hand in purple blue and orange ink; most marks are in margins and do not affect text legibility. Vertical tear to first page at top left edge along binding. Losses and damage to spine. Good to very good condition. unknown books
1709619th c. Education Handwritten letter from Principal of Vermont Methodist Seminary and Female College in Montpelier VT. July 18 1874. On official letterhead for the Seminary. 4 pages. 8 x 5 inches. Principal of the school J.C.W. Coxe writes to a colleague in shock over his sudden dismissal. Stating in part: "I cherish very pleasant memories of your kindness in the past and trust that nothing may grow out of this matter to mar our friendship.I regard the action of the Committee as neither just kind nor courteous.Up to the meeting of the Comm. In May I had never received any intimation that the Comm. or the patrons of the school were dissatisfied with my administration.I had been repeatedly assured that the Comm. Neither desired nor designed any change.until your dec. waited on me with a notice that my services were no longer required.I should have estimated it a relief to have retired from the school but to my suggestion to that effect many of my brothers said "No!" At that time I could have easily adjusted my affairs to a change and retired with no discredit secured work elsewhere and been unembarrassed by any such difficulties as now beset my way." Despite his overall frustration with the situation Coxe writes"I have no other wish than for the prosperity of the school." This was a period of changes for the institution which was founded earlier as Newbury Seminary; in 1868 it expanded as Vermont Conference Seminary and Female College in 1868 and just three years later in 1871 it was again renamed Vermont Methodist Seminary and Female College. At this time educational opportunities for women were expanding as more women began working in field of teaching and education. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. 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
17043Women Education Handwritten A schoolgirl's memory album with 20 handwritten entries and 39 pieces of ephemera 1842-1877. 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. Signed "C.F. Key / January 19th 1842" on first end page. 9 x 7.5 in. Green marbleized boards with red leather binding. 64 pages. 20 handwritten inscriptions. 24 pieces of paper ephemera primarily engravings and images from newspaper clippings such as one depicting "Her majesty leaving Buckingham Palace June 28 1838" and medieval images such as "Marriage of Henry the 6th." Includes 15 color wax seas from friends and schoolmates mostly women. Seals include music ledgers personalized initials trees and animals such as dogs and lions. Large hand-drawn pencil illustration of a small thatched-roof building in a forest. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today.<br/><br/>Handwritten entries on topics such as Happiness and The Bride. Many entries have to do with marriage and domestic life such as "A Lady's Choice of Husband": "The man who would my heart engage Must not be forty years of age His statue of the middle size His features pleasing to my eyes. His brown must seldom wear a frown In manners neither fop nor clown." One entry it titled "Making Love": "What's making love said Jane what can it mean Pray Charles can you make love I'n now sixteen Errors I make make scones make amends Make samplers tippets and make bosom friends But as to making love; I really doubt it. At least I know not how to set about it. Ah charming girl said Charles that kind confession bespeaks a stock of love in your possession Love is not science by not art is shown But the most sweet confession ever known." Binding loose with loss to foot of spine. First 2 pages and last 3 pages detached. In good condition. unknown books
17040Women Education Memory album of signatures and sentiments from friends and classmates of young woman in Massachusetts 1835-1896. 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. 45 pages written overall and some additional pages of handwritten verse and an article cutout for an event of Henry Ward Beecher laid in. Entries date 1835-1897. Most are from the areas of Deerfield Exeter Brentwood and Lowell in Massachusetts. 8 x 6.25 in. Original green leather boards. Gilt edges and gilt detail to spine and covers. Personally embossed with "Caroline Marshall" original owner in gilt to the cover and an illustration of a harp. Includes frontispiece engraving of girls gathering flowers. One page has 3 miniature watercolors surrounding an entry; one page has a hand-colored illustrations of flowers. The person who originally gave her the album as a gift has written on the first pages "Miss Marshall This Album is a beautiful emblem of your own character." 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. One entry composed personally to Miss Marshall is from a Harvard University student. "Go forth thou little book! Go forth-and gather thy store- Oh! many a token which friendship leaves here May long to the heart of thy owner to be dear When the friendship or friend is no more." Also includes entry from a student at prestigious Philips Exeter Academy. In very good condition. 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
1708719th c. Women Education Archive of 6 handwritten letters from a student at Lewisburg Seminary an all Women academy in Pennsylvania. 1868-1869. She writes on her education to become a teacher tuition and family matters. 5 letters come with original mailing envelopes. 8.25 x 5.5 in. Each letter is 3 or 4 pages long; final letter is only 1 page. The letters are dated: December 27 1868; January 9 1869; February 3 1869; February 13 1869; February 27 1869; February 1869 original mailing envelope is postmarked March 1. Lewisburg Seminary was the female branch of the University at Lewisburg now known as Bucknell University. In all of her letters student Libbie Grant talks on the importance of her education. In the first letter she offers to help her recently widowed brother but that school was also a priority for her: "If you want to keep house the rest of the winter I will come tome and do my best. It will seem so hard to board right away. I don't know how I can stay here all next term without seeing any of you but shall content myself if you don't wish me to come. It is for my own benefit to get an education." In the January letter she lists subjects she is taking in school: "I study Grammar Physiology Geography and Astronomy." She gives a lengthier update in the February 3 letter: "I get along very well in my studies much better than I did last term. Miss Brown said there was a mistake made in my report and Scripture is excellent also Spelling. I do not get as homesick as I did last term." In one letter Libbie writes on how nervous she is regarding her future: "When I think of the future I feel sad to think I must wander from place to place." She is likely referring to various places where she would work as a teacher. In the February 13 letter her teacher Miss Brown adds a line about Libbie's next steps likely where she will work as a new teacher: "I trust she will succeed in getting a pleasant school for the summer."<br/><br/>Libbie also writes on financial matters requesting money from her brother for tuition and clothing. She stresses the necessity of new clothes which seem "unnecessary" to her brother Robert Grant residing in rural upstate New York; this highlights some one of the different social challenges that young women from rural backgrounds faced while living in and attending schools in cities. In the February 13 letter she writes about how she needs money for clothes to wear and new shoes; she is clearly distressed as her brother residing in Neversink NY seems unconvinced that new shoes and Church appropriate clothing is necessary. "I write this with my eyes full of tears for I know your thoughts. I know you think these re all unnecessary. They would be if I were home and I could get along with less." Miss Brown's addendum on the following page affirms Libbie's need of money and assures her brother that these items are necessary and his sister is "exceedingly economical." Lewisburg Seminary was originally the female branch of the University at Lewisburg which later became Bucknell University. In 1852 the Female Institute was established to exclusively educate women at the University. All letters in very good condition. A lovely collection of letters from a young woman studying to be a teacher in the 19th c. unknown books
17025Women Education Handwritten notebook from girl student learning about Botany and Zoology in 1857. Filled with 68 pages of notes and essays on plant and animal biology. 68 pages handwritten. Original green marble boards with brown leather spine. 9 x 7.25 in. Title plate on cover lists original owner "Louisa Woodson". List sales address in London. "Sold at the Depository of the Home and Colonial School Society 16 St. Chad's Row Gray's Inn Road."Â "Instructions to Student" printed on inside front cover with notes on how composition book should be used. "These Journals are intended to contain a record of the daily course of instruction and occupation through which Students pass whilst at the Institution. It is expected that particular attention should be paid to the plainness and legibility of the writing; to the grammar spelling and punctuation; and also to the general arrangement and neatness of execution." All entries dated to 1857. Weekly written class schedules included throughout notebook listing coursework in Reading Scripture Language Numbers Writing Natural History Domestic Economy Dictation and Geography. Student includes notes and short essays on topics including animal and plant life. "Lesson on the Whale: The most remarkable peculiarities of the whale tail are as follows - though they inhabit water and never leave it they are not fish but mammals breathing air by lungs and therefore coming to the surface to breath." "Botany Leaves. Leaves are flat extended objects growing on the stems and consisting of two parts namely the stalk and blade known by botanists as the petiole and lamina." Also includes entries on the Gospels and notes on her own general academic performance from the past week: "6 errors in Gram. & Comp.; 4 omissions. This journal bears evidence of great carelessness." Other entries are on topics such as: The Elephant The Whale Tribe What Buds Are The Gourd Tribe Botany Roots and On Shells. "Tribe" is used here synonymously with genus or scientific family. Comes with 3 loose handwritten documents 2 concerning plant life. Boards are worn spine is detached though signatures hold. 1 page fully detached. Good condition. unknown books
