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17126African American Education Integrated multiracial grade school. c. 1890s-1910. Original silver gelatin print photograph. Mounted on board 8 x 10 in. Photograph dimensions: 6.75 x 8.75 in. Handwritten in blue ink on verso: "Grade School - St Joseph Mo. / Nina Case - Mother of Ninita P. Johnson & Harry E. Potter Jr." 44 students lined up in three rows with female teacher standing behind the last row. 12 of the students appear to be African-American children. Interestingly there is a large age range in the photograph as the youngest students' feet dangle off the ground while the oldest students appear to be several years older. This photograph comes from a rural school as one student in the front row has attended class that day barefoot. In the 19th century more women than ever before were entering the workforce as teachers; for rural teachers such as the one photographed here conditions could be challenging with as many as 60 students in one classroom and limited resources and support. Still women flocked to teaching as it offered independence and sense of purpose outside. Working in education gave many women a window onto a wider world of ideas politics and public usefulness. Mat condition: Light soiling; small losses to all four corners of mat; 1/4 in closed tear in left top edge of mat. Photograph condition: lightly toned; 1 annotation on front of photograph above student's head "X Nina Case"; otherwise photograph is in very good condition. unknown books
15507Booklet: Our Church Industrial High Schools for Negroes under the supervision of the American Church Institute for Negroes. New York: Abbott Press n.d. circa 1922. First edition first printing. 48 pages. Black and white photographic images of students classes and school grounds throughout booklet. Publisher's gray staple-bound card wrappers. Light wear to extremities and handling dents. Loss to upper right corner of back wrapper. No listings in OCLC Worldcat making it a rare find.<br/><br/>An account of the ten industrial high schools in the South that were supervised by the American Church Institute for Negroes. Summaries for each school include their number of students and teachers "students in World War" and expenses and immediate needs for the year 1922. For example the Fort Valley High and Industrial School sought $50000 for new dormitories. Crisp bright interior. Very good condition. A rare booklet that documents the developments and investments in African American educational advancements in early 20th c. America. unknown books
17125African American Education Integrated multi-racial 3rd grade class. Original silver gelatin print photograph. 1938. Class photograph with 29 students and 2 adults posed on steps in front of a brick school building. 5 x 7 in. Of the students 26 children are African-American and 3 are white. The adults who stand in the back row - one man and one woman-were likely the class teacher identified on the photo verso as Miss Korrine Kemp and the school Principal. This photo was taken just 16 years before the historic Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education which outlawed racial segregation in public schools in the US. Handwritten on verso: "Miss Korrine Kemp. 3rd Grade - 1938". Original stamp on verso from photo studio: "Photo by Carl J. Pierce / McCrory's Bldg." In very good condition. unknown books
16425Historically Black College. 1923. Photo and Memory Album disbound. Lane College. Jackson Tennessee. Album belonging to 1923 graduate Lessie Belle Spann. 90 pages front and back majority filled on 8"x8" pre-printed My Graduation Journal leaves. A detailed and engaging record of Spann's senior year and graduation including numerous photos of campus and friends along with her own hand-written commentary and pen-and-ink embellishments. Some photos cut and pasted within hand-made decorative motifs. Supplemented by ink dedications from her co-graduates as well as programs and artifacts pasted in from the year's events and photo prints of her professors cut and pasted as well. Early HBCU albums are rare especially with such extensive photo and written documentation.<br/><br/>Lane College was originally founded in 1882 as a high school to make "teachers and preachers" of the newly freed slaves. Its founder was Bishop Isaac Lane one of those newly freed slaves who quickly rose in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church after Emancipation. His founding makes Lane one of the earliest black-founded and run HBCUs. In 1923 at the time of this album Lane was still living and active in the church and the College President was his son James Franklin Lane who is featured in this album in printed photos and other references. Like most of the early HBCUs founded in the wake of the Civil War Lane's early mission focused on primary and secondary education and shifted to higher education in the early 20th century. In the early 1920s a college education was still a goal out of reach for most African Americans due to widespread discrimination economic inequality and the inherent inequality of opportunity endemic in the "separate but equal" doctrine of the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson. Historically black colleges and universities played a huge role in advancing equal education opportunities for African Americans including providing the education of 80% of all black American doctors dentists and Federal judges and leading in awarding black Americans with degrees in life sciences physical sciences mathematics and engineering. This album comes with two large approx. 4"x9" inch panoramic photos of students at work in physics and chemistry laboratories. <br/><br/>The owner of this album Lessie Belle Spann was born one of six children to parents Mary Ellen and John Wilson Spann and grew up in Tennessee near to Lane College. Her father was born in 1865 in reconstruction era Mississippi. As a 1923 graduate Spann gave the graduation Oration and was also the class historian. Spann has pasted at least 72 silver gelatin print photographs into this album many of them cut down to portraits from a larger size as well as numerous printed photos likely cut out of a school yearbook. The album pages are detailed and largely complete. One page is ripped down the middle put present. The entire album has been disbound and presents without boards or binding. Original double-punched holes provide an easy method for rebinding or storage. Rare and early artifact of an HBCU unusually complete. unknown books
17182Kelly Miller. Educator-Author-Scholar-Orator. "Kelly Miller spent fifty-four years of his life at Howard University which was the center and love of his devotion. Without question he became generally accepted as the foremost advocate of Higher Education for Negroes." 1 sheet. 4 x 9.5 in. Photo-illustrate portrait of Miller. Dean of Howard University's College of Arts & Science. Miller earned A.B. and M.A. degrees at Howard University before becoming the first African-American person to attend Johns Hopkins University where he studied Mathematics Physics and Astronomy. Miller was a prolific writer of articles and essays and he assisted W. E. B. Du Bois in editing the official NAACP journal The Crisis. This was printed to commemorate 10 years since his passing on December 29 1939. Includes a ruler along one edge of paper calendar for first three months of 1950 and advertisements for Meadow Gold Ice Cream. In very good condition. Only 1 copy in an institutional or university collection according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
17163Education Photo album by Class of 1942 at Tougaloo College. 1938-1942. 78 original silver gelatin print photographs of the students taken in the 1930s-1940s Assembled later in the early 1970's to celebrate the 30th class reunion for Class of 1942 at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Ephemera from wedding invitations college brochures and a complete roster of the class. Original black boards. "Photographs" on front cover in gilt. 12.5 x 10.5 inches. Photographs and ephemera collected in protective sheeting with original 3-ring binding. Photograph size range from 2.5 in x 1.5 in to 10 x 8 inches. Scattered brief captions for photographs usually identifying the sitter. 39 names listed on the Class of 1942 roster with current address listed all across the South but also places as far away as New England Chicago and Los Angeles. A 1940s pamphlet for the school describes it as "the only A-rated college for Negroes and the only liberal arts college for Negroes in the state of Mississippi." Photographs of friends and classmates along with occasional photographs of campus. A few women pose outside Holmes Hall at Tougaloo and another photo offers an interior view of dormitory "Room 55" starkly decorated with a pair of twin beds a few pennants on the wall. Many photos of women posing in evening dresses about to leave for an event as well as casual snapshots of outings. In addition to images around Tougaloo students also visited friends at other Historically Black Colleges and Universities including Tennessee State University and Dillard University. Includes snapshots from trips and outings together around the country. Photos from Washingtion D.C. the Thousand Islands archipelago at the US-Canadian border Mackinac Island in Michigan and at Lake Michigan in Chicago. One image of 5 men of bicycles reads "From USS Alabama"; the Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and was an important battleship in the Pacific Theater in WWII. When the United States entered World War II in December 1941 the Navy's African-American sailors had been limited to serving as Mess Attendants for nearly two decades. However the pressures of wartime on manpower resources gradually forced changes; while the Navy remained racially segregated in training and in most service units in 1942 the enlisted rates were opened to all qualified personnel. In 1944 further strides were made when the Navy commissioned the first ever African-Americans officers. Tougaloo College is one of the United States' premier historically black colleges and universities HBCU in the nation. The school was founded in 1869. from 1871 until 1892 the college served as a teachers' training school funded by the state of Mississippi. Tougaloo remained predominantly a teacher training school until 1920 when the College ceased to receive aid from the state. Courses for college credit were first offered in 1897 and the first Bachelor of Arts degree was awarded in 1901. Some wear to outer hinges of album binder loose but holding. Content in excellent condition. unknown books
1959211036Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1959. 41p. card covers with black plastic comb binding 8.5x11 inches very good condition. Teaching guide for use with AFL-CIO parliamentary procedure manual 'How to run a union meeting' publication no. 81. AFL-CIO Department of Education unknown books
225364Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education n.d. Pamphlet. 92p. wraps 8.5x11 inches a few small stains on front wrap else very good condition. AFL-CIO Department of Education unknown books
1989198733Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1989. Pamphlet. 78p. wraps 8.5x11 inches very good condition. AFL-CIO Department of Education unknown books
1957140346Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1957. pp. 39-56 stapled wraps 4x7.25 inches very good condition. COPE publication no. 8. On fundraising for political action. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
1972218573Washington DC: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1972. Small four panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good condition. Call for union women to get active in politics. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
1996245816Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1996. Pamphlet. 84p. wraps very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Flier advertising the documentry "A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom" laid in. AFL-CIO, Department of Education unknown books
WALTER-FILM002147No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 5 x 7"" 12 x 17 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. The original attached paper blurb on the verso describes this image of Howard Hughes as that in which he is about to give a speech for the event described below: 10 14 July 1938: Howard Robard Hughes Jr. along with a crew of four departed Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn New York on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere. His airplane was a Lockheed Super Electra Special Model 14-N2 registered NX18973. Aboard were Harry P. McLean Connor co-pilot and navigator; 1st Lieutenant Thomas L. Thurlow United States Army Air Corps navigator; Richard R. Stoddart a field engineer for the National Broadcasting Company NBC radio operator; Edward Lund flight engineer. Lieutenant Thurlow was the Air Corps' expert on aerial navigation. Stoddart was an expert in radio engineering. Thurlow Stoddart and Lund were also rated pilots. Before they took off from Floyd Bennett Field the Lockheed was christened New York World's Fair 1939 in keeping with an agreement that Hughes had made with Grover Whalen and the fair's organizers. Photo is dated 1/15/38 and is for his speech upon arriving after the flight. ACME photo stamp is on verso as is stamp for Ref. Dept. N.E.A. which at the time referred to the National Education Association. Shows minor use NEAR FINE. unknown books
192121397El Paso Texas: Not Published 1921. The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to and a few items from Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin 1888-1969 author historian & collector ".one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles MO. did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 at the time called El Paso School for Girls; Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove Mo. in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967 the 22-acre campus had more than $1000000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications most of which were concerned with the field of education. The above material from her obituary; This wide-ranging diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum where she collected military autographs uniforms photographs paraphernalia weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols 1896-1973 American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long 1881 - 1958 diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge his great-grandfather Templin was sending in appreciation of his " defense of Religious Freedom "; Federico de Onis Sánchez 1885 - 1966 Spanish writer and literary critic taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames 1871-1954 American politician engineer soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges 1873-1945 Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts 1881-1964 Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth president of Bradford Academy regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs publisher writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman economic historian at Columbia Univ. asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford with suggestions; Bertha Baur 1858-1940 directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman Assoc. Dir. University of Chicago regarding research work on childrens' reading habits information; Dr. William S. Gray 1885-1960 American educator and literacy advocate also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell Teachers College Columbia University regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major later colonel Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. later major-general Ray. T. Maddocks; Robert E. McKee Sr. 1889-1964 major U.S. contractor engineer builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel later Brig. General Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis 1890 1958 news reporter author the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin Jr. 1906-1998 ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve serving from April 2 1951 to January 31 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman 1913 - 1979 American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre Jean-Guy Sylvestre OC FRSC 1918 -2010 Canadian literary critic librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins 1911 -2005 officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton justice of the Texas Supreme Court regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles Jr. b. 1915 was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city El Paso Texas 3 letters; Ángela Acuña de Chacón Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda Municipal President mayor of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1907-1989 Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart 1907 - 1981 United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford 1921 - 2006 United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris 1914-1996 President of the University of Dallas American anti-Communist activist 2 notes; Karl Robin Bendetsen 1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis 1901 - 1989 American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter Deputy Director of Central Intelligence CIA; Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001 fourth dean of Barnard College 1947-1952 and the College's first president - this is the last letter dated 1962 and in it Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas 1892 - 1968 two-term Democratic United States Senator 1939-1951 from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark 1890 -1954 better known as Bennett Champ Clark Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945 later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller 1878 -1958 and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time some with old tape marks in the corners some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album not here; old fold lines ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator whose contacts spanned the United States and the world. . Unique. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
192925609European Origin: No Publisher Noted 1929. Containing approximately 90 black and white photographic images of varying sizes; from 1 1/4" square to 3 ½" x 5 ½" postcard size; most of them average about 2 ½" x 3 ½." Mostly these are candid photographs of the life of young boys and men in Austria and Germany with internal dating on some of the photographs of 1929 to 1935 and additional place and dating information on some. There are photos of children mostly young boys at class and later as young men on class trips hiking cycling; with adult chaperones; for the older boys the educational duties appear to be supervised by Christian religious male instructors only. Also containing a few group photographs of men students priests; and some church interior views. Some of the images have the photography studio rubber stamps on the reverse of the state pharmacy in Rottweil. Five of the images are commercial images of architectural landmarks in Vienna. The photographs are corner-mounted not glued into two hardcover albums with black paper pages side-string tied. One album measures 6" x 8 ¼" and the other 7 ½" x 10 ½" approx. size; both albums with art-deco themed cloth covers. Some edge tips wear and soiling to the album bindings; photographs are generally sharply taken detailed and in very good condition. Photograph Albums. Photo Album. Very Good. No Publisher Noted hardcover books
1707319th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed from female student dated May 25 1854. 4 pages folded from single sheet. 6.5 x 5.25 in. Written by student Eloise Hemstreet to her parents. She writes about her school which she feel is one of "the best of schools and one of the edens of the earth." She writes on her interest in astronomical observations and how she is looking forward to looking "at the eclipse through the telescope." She mentions "the college" and talks about the health and wellness of both male and female classmates at the Institution. Additionally she mentions that the College was getting a new roof. Research indicates Eloise was born in 1833 making her 21 at the time of this letter. She became a teacher thus was likely studying for the education profession as she wrote this letter. In the latter half of the 19th century women in America had growing access to higher education especially in the professional training to become teachers. For many women working as a teacher was the key to independence-both financial and socially. Hemstreet went on to teach in New York and Wisconsin where in 1861 she made $16 for teaching a summer session. Toning around bottom left edge and corner of page 1. Original fold lines with small 1/2 inch tear along outer edge of horizontal fold line on all pages. Very small tear 1/2 cm. along top edge of pages. Else in very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1707719th c. Women Education Autograph Letter Signed from Student at Augusta Female Seminary in Staunton VA 1853. Letter from a female student to her father. 2 pages 8 x 6.5 in. Dated "Mar 2nd 1852". Comes with original mailing envelope. Envelope has blue seal from "Augusta Female Seminary" on rear flap. She writes on health updates and asks for her Mother to sew her some items. "Dr. Laud came up to see me yesterday and examined my foot. He said he would send me some bismuth and he wanted me to have my foot rubbed every night." The Augusta Female Seminary was founded in 1842; in 1923 it became Mary Baldwin College. The school maintained its original mission to serve women and in 2017 the institution welcomed its first residential men to campus joining day students and graduate students which had been co-educational since the mid-1970s. Today Mary Baldwin University is the oldest institution of higher education for women in the nation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and it is home to the only all-female corps of cadets in the world. Writing on envelope and page 2 is very faded. In good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1707919th c. Women Education Two-Way Autograph Letter Signed on 2 pages between the head of Bethlehem Female Seminary and the guardian of one student. 10 x 7 ¾ in. Dated April 12 1813 and April 22 1813. The original letter is from the Guardian of Eliza Climer student at Bethlehem Female Seminary to Rev. Andrew Benade "Director of the Seminary at Bethlehem" to send Ms. Climer to Philadelphia "as soon as a convenient opportunity offers." He receives a response written on the same sheet below the initial letter on April 22 1813 from the new director Louis Hillner. Stating in part: "I have delivered your letter to Miss Eliza Climer directly to her; but instead of her being pleased with her soon leaving the Seminary she lamented and wept and insisted upon me to write a few lines to you and beg of you whether you would give her leave to stay in this seminary for some time longer. As she rose my whole compassion I could not do otherwise as to give her the promise to write to you. I am of the opinion dear Sir that it would indeed be for her best if she could stay here at least six months longer and I am convinced that if it is in your power dear Sir you will readily grant the petition in her behalf. You will be so kind as to let me know your intention on this head as soon as is convenient to you and I shall then act according as you think proper." The Bethlehem Female Seminary is the earliest established institution of female education in the United States tracing its roots to 1742 when it was first established in by Countess Benigna Zinzendorf. The Seminary began as an elementary educational institution for young girls starting at ages five or six years old. In 1785 due to increasing demand the Bethlehem Female Seminary reorganized as a secondary educational institution that became known as the Moravian Female Seminary. The newly reorganized female seminary also became open to all denominations. In 1913 the Seminary officially became a college and in 1954 merged with a male institution to become the coeducational Moravian College. Weakened along original fold lines. Repairs in 9 places with archival paper repair tape. Text remains clear and legible. Overall in good to very good condition. An incredible and early Female Education history. unknown books
1707619th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed by a mother to a her daughter at Ipswich Female Seminary MA.1866: 4 pages folded from a single sheet. 8 x 5 in. Original mailing envelope with stamp and address. She writes on the girl's academic studies as well as the regulations with living in student life. ": "I am glad to hear from you so often & that you are getting along so well.I am satisfied that you try to have good lessons.I think it would be a good plan for you to go with a Latin class - if you will not have to work too hard." She also writes: "I do not expect you can always be perfect. I know that you will not break any of the rules of the school knowingly.I don't know as I understand what you wrote about Mrs Coats not allowing you to buy things to eat if it was that you should not go to the stores & buy treat I think she is perfectly right but I suppose she would have no objection to your having something from home." Ipswich Female Seminary was founded in Massachusetts in 1828 and the school's focus was on preparing girls for careers as teachers and missionaries. It offered a "rigorous curriculum" including study of English arithmetic geography chemistry human physiology history the natural sciences religion vocal music and calisthenics and placed an emphasis on "standards of personal conduct and discipline." As part of their preparation students practiced teaching with guidance from school instructors. Ink is slightly faded. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
17071Emily Hodgson. Women's education and suffrage activist. Autograph Letter Signed by Hodgson on December 31 1863. 14-page letter on from the seminary days of author Emily Hodgson profiled by close friends and suffragists Frances Willard and Mary Livermore in A Woman of the Century 1893. 8 x 5 inches. 14 pages of lined white stationary. At this time Hodgson was a student at the prestigious Ipswich Female Seminary an early school for girl students where she wrote in lively prose about the New Year's party she prepares to surprise her classmates and hints at her early literary ambitions. About living in a dormitory and celebrating New Year's Eve with other students: "Such a gay time as the six damsels that board in this house are having tonight! As we are all ''young ladies" Mrs. Cowles has given us permission to sit up till quarter past twelve. I was commissioned to provide refreshments arrange the table etc. and really I feel quite proud. None of the girls except my assistant have as yet seen it and I know they do not expect to see quite such a grand affair grand for Boarding school . " New Years Eve don't come but once a year" I hear one of the girls exclaiming. I know they are coming to see why I am so long- Sure enough- and now they are gone." <br/><br/>About her early writing attempts: "I have had a letter come from an old teacher of mine. And I know you won't think me vain if I send it to you for as you fly so hard to have me do well and are the means of my enjoying myself so much and giving what enjoyment I am able to others around me I know it will please you to see that I sometimes succeed . she like Mrs. B is not ordinary woman . she is a very finely educated lady. and I feel pleased that she should like my feeble endeavors. The lady Miss Briggs who writes the note enclosed has been composition teacher here for a long time. You would hardly judge from this not which is far from a good letter from her that was very easy and elegant with her pen. She has written three or four prize essays and won the prizes."<br/><br/>Ipswich Female Seminary was founded in Massachusetts in 1828 and the school's focus was on preparing girls for careers as teachers and missionaries. It offered a "rigorous curriculum" including study of English arithmetic geography chemistry human physiology history the natural sciences religion vocal music and calisthenics and placed an emphasis on "standards of personal conduct and discipline." As part of their preparation students practiced teaching with guidance from school instructors. Mild toning and a few light stains. All sheets except 1 have minor tape repairs at folds. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
17080Small archive of 4 Autograph Letters by a student from Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem PA. Dated 1872 to 1874. All letter from student Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rickster to her friend Dora Campbell of York PA. Each letter is 4 pages 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ in. Each letter comes with original mailing envelope. Letters dated Sept. 30 1872; Feb. 25 1873; Feb. 7 1874; and April 6 1874. Lizzie writes on schoolwork and social activities such as winter sleigh rides. She writes to her friend about translating German words and phrases and Lizzie excitedly anticipates getting her photograph taken so that she can exchange portraits with Dora. <br/><br/>Writing about her studies and future beyond seminary in letter from Sept. 30 1872: "It did seem very funnie sic to resume my studies but I as it had to be done I made up my mind to hurry and do it so that I can get through soon. Then for a long rest from sorry and care free. I remember how you used to look forward to that time but yet your school days were your best days for when you leave school then trouble commences if not at once very soon and then we get married and have little ones to take care of and various other duties making our life one of anxiety and care." In the 1873 letter Lizzie mentions German translations for the first time: "Dora your 'Brief' translated from German means letter." She mentions German translations in the next letter as well as other studies: "Let me see if you can make out this German until next time and if you can write and tell me what it means. I have to take a singing lesson this afternoon and I haven't' looked at my piece since last time." In the final letter Lizzie writes about school and anticipates an upcoming visit between the friends. "Our school will begin again on Wednesday.I'm am going to have some pictures taken this term and if you give me some of yours I will give you one of mine. Just think three months until I see you. I can scarcely wait." The handwriting in the final letter is much looser possibly since this student had just been on school vacation or perhaps showing growing closeness and more informal relationship between the friends. <br/><br/>The Moravian Seminary traces its roots to the earliest institution of female education in the United States-the Bethlehem Female Seminary founded in 1742 by Countess Benigna Zinzendorf. <br/>BFS originally only provided primary education but due to overwhelming demand for secondary education institutions for women in 1785 BFS reorganized as a secondary educational institution that became known as the Moravian Female Seminary. In 1913 the Seminary officially became a College and in 1954 merged with a male institution to become the coeducational Moravian College. All letters tender along original fold lines from mailing. In very good condition. An incredible and early Female Education history. unknown books
1707819th c. Women's Education Archive consist of 4 Autograph Letters and 1 Autograph Note by a girl student at Chowan Baptist Female Institute in Murfreesboro NC. 1878. The 4 handwritten letters are addressed from Josephine Somers to her younger brother "Allie" in Matthews County VA. The letters are dated Jan. 1878; April 14 1878; May 1878; and June 9 1878. In the first letter Josephine writes on school life and encourages her young brother's education: "I pay you very many complements for your writing. I think you can write very well. You have improved very much and I hope you may continue to improve. You must keep trying to learn. I am trying to learn all I can. I study with all my might I think I am doing very well." In the May letter she writes on school life and social outings: "I went on the excursion and had a very good time. We went on Saturday so you see we did not take any school time to go. We went to Chowan County and we went ashore and had a picnic we had ice lemonade and cake besides other things." She also writes about the upcoming journey home at the end of the schoolyear: "I expect I will have to come home by myself. Yates is going to Princesann Princess Anne Co. after school is over. Yates and I will part in Norfolk and we may part forever for all I know. The final letter has a more alarmed tone as Josephine urgently asks her brother for information on their Mother's health. "Aunt Becky wrote me a letter last week and said Mother was sick and I have been very uneasy ever since. You must write soon and tell me if she has stopped her chills. I was sorry to hear that she was sick. You must tend to her good until I come home and then I will take care of her."<br/><br/>The Autograph note is filled with notes poetry names of her classmates and her school and doodles on two sides of a sheet of paper. At this time handwritten memory albums were a common way for female classmates to remember their school times together. Young ladies would live at boarding houses or dormitories while pursuing their studies and the lines of poetry on this page would have been copied into pages of friend's keepsake books before they parted ways for their hometowns at the end of the academic year. The May 1878 letter directly addresses the heartache at leaving school friends behind when returning home. "Yates and I will part in Norfolk and we may part forever for all I know." <br/><br/>Chowan Baptist Female Institute was founded in 1848 as a four-year women's college first opening its first class with just 11 students. The curriculum included algebra arithmetic astronomy botany drawing English composition and grammar French geography guitar history Latin logic "natural and moral philosophy" needlework painting and piano. Today the institution is known as Chowan University. Letters have original fold lines. January letter has chips along edge not affecting text. Small 2 inch portion of May letter cut out. Small tears to the note edges . Overall in very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1707419th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed by student at Young Ladies' Institute in Granville Ohio. 3 pages on folded sheet. 7 x 4.5 in. Dated "Tuesday 4th 1873." With Original mailing envelope with return address of the Institute printed and original postal stamp on envelope "Mar 3". A young female student "Allie" writes to her mother in Columbus Ohio. Handwritten in purple ink. Allie writes to her mother about her medical history amid an outbreak of Measles and Mumps at school. She writes in part: "I thought I would write and ask you if I have ever had the Measles as we have them in school now. If I have not I don't want to have them here. One of the girls is going home Saturday. She is exposed and has never had them & she is going home to have them. This is a mighty poor place to get sick. I never thought the Measles ended in such serious things as they do sometimes that is if you get cold. The girls were talking about the different way in which they effect persons. The mumps are raging too." She also writes on dormitory life and missing her family. "I am very homesick & got the blues but then that is nothing new as I have them all the time & I can't get rid of them mo matter what I do. My box is all gone but a little piece of bitters but we are not in a hurry to get rid of that for we will not get any more so good for a while. Those Quinces were splendid that I made much better than I expected they would be. When I wrote to England I sent them my picture which I had taken in this fall" The Young Ladies' Institute was chartered in 1858 and later developed into The Shepardson College for Women; in 1900 Shepardson was incorporated into Denison University. Original fold lines. In very good condition. This early letter is a unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1707519th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed by student at Western Female Seminary in Oxford OH. Dated "Oct. 19th 1879". Four pages folded from a single sheet. 8 x 5 in. Student "Kate" writes to her mother about student life and the recent gubernatorial elections and upcoming presidential elections; this significantly shows one woman's interest in political affairs years before she was allowed to vote. "The principal topic here for the last week has been the election. I was disappointed that Ewing did not gain but from the way the Republicans carried on after they heard the returns one might have supposed it was the first time they were ever victorious and the last time they time they expected to be.It will be so nice to be at home next Presidential Election." She also writes about going to "the Exposition" and on music performances: "Miss Leonard was so anxious for me to stay a thte musical that I thought too bad to disappoint her after she ahd practiced with me so long." Last page has cross-text writing over it a creative way that writers with limited paper supply could make space for a few more lines. Western Female Seminary was founded in 1853; in 1904 its name changed to Western College for Women. The school grounds are now part of Miami University's Western Campus. Light toning and few stains to last page. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1707219th c. Women Education Autograph letter signed by student Sarah Hooker at Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton MA. Dated Dec. 24 1844. Four pages folded from a single extra large sheet with original wax seal still attached. Letter addressed to her mother in Falmouth MA. Place identified as "Norton Seminary Boarding House" a boarding house for students at Wheaton Female Seminary now known as Wheaton College founded in Norton MA in 1834. The letter specifically mentions founder and President Mr. Wheaton: Cousin M's sickness is really quite an event. She does not seem to gain strength at all. Mr. Wheaton who loves her as if she were his own daughter is almost discouraged." She writes on her academic studies: "I have everything convenient for studying but good pens." <br/><br/>She also shares her concerns about the quality of her schoolwork and writing as well as social aspects of school life such as making friends and getting along with her roommate. "I dread my compositions here more than anything. Some of the young ladies write so beautifully. I am very glad you have decided to let me take lessons. I wanted to move on account of improving in my singing. I practice the scales. I am going to try to improve all my advantages to the utmost. When I first came here the girls the wild ones thought as I was "green" I would be a good tool for their jokes. So every moment there was a good opportunity one of them in particular would say or do something to make me appear confused. It would come frequently at table and I invariably made her appear exceedingly mean. Not intentional but in clearing myself I made her of course look blank.There does not seem to be one of the girls who dislike me. There are many first rate ones." "My room-mate I like a little better.She is a very pleasant girl. She loves to have fun and frolic as well as ever. Poor girl she has had to go through the fire like the rest of us." Not uncommon for this time portions of the document have crossed text in order to maximize writing space and indicating that the student wrote a longer letter than the page could hold. Original fold lines and light toning. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
