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réf. 16083Early Women Education. ALS n.d. but late 1700s to early 1800s Sending Miss Isabella Berkeley to a teacher. Autograph Letter Signed 3 pages folded on a single large sheet with the 4th side serving as the address panel. To "Dear Madam." From "E." Identified as Margravine of Anspach. She writes in her hand in Part: "I send you Miss Isabella Berkeley the youngest of the young Ladies-Elizabeth will be very little at your house-as she becomes companionable and I shall always have her with me when I can-Isabella has some natural faults which would be rooted in this house-and which nothing but abiding with young women submitting to those who educate them can cure her of-she is inclined to be a very fine lady-curious and what I call fidgety--.she has a good heart and she is laborious liking to be employed-works well at her needle-is charitable humane-I wish her to be made read loud for half an hour every day-to teach her to articulate in speaking-she was a very sickly child-and must eat very little butter-no wine-no coffee. And in postscript "I would wish her to read religious or moral books-and abridgement of History in general. Afterwards when the general chronology is placed in her memory-she will read the History of every different country with measure. ". unknown books
réf. 16725Denmark Academy Catalog 1876-1877. Denmark Iowa. Pamphlet /Volume 8 of 17: Founded in 1843. Denmark Academy was coeducational from its inception. At first a small local school it reopened in in 1852 with a new building and began to attract students from further reaches. The first graduating class consisted of only 2 students both female. One was Emma Cooper who went on to serve as "Lady Principal." Very rare with no copies of this program in any institution or library as per OCLC Worldcat. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates from 5 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
réf. 16726Cleveland Female Seminary Catalog 1856-1857 Cleveland OH. Founded by Rev. Eli N. Sawtell. Sawtell the seminary opened on 3 May 1854 an earlier enterprise by the same name had been established in April 1837. Located in a new $50000 building the school commanded a hefty $300 annual tuition. The seminary had 2 major departments Preparatory which admitted girls under 12 years of age and Academic for those over 12. Emphasis was placed on teaching both languages and science so students could over 12. Emphasis was placed on teaching both languages and science so that students could acquire a wholesome mental discipline. In 1865 a Telegraph Dept was established to provide instruction in the principles of telegraphy for students in natural philosophy and chemistry It was reincorporated in 1871 as the Cleveland Seminary for Girls at which time it acquired the rights and privileges of a college including the authority to grant degrees but closed in 1883. Not in OCLC Worldcat. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today-This is an important point but seems awkwardly placed. Maybe either use the phrase "into secular higher education" in first sentence or in next sentence say "In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates less than a decade after Seneca Falls. Very rare with no copies of this program in any institution or library as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
réf. 16750Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 4 of 17: Bradford Female Academy Catalog 1844. A very early catalog from one of the most important historical female academics. Contains names of current students and an outline of the curriculum. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other options for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Very rare to find items from the first decade of operation of this pionering Female Academy. There are no copies of this very early female education catalog in any institution or libraries as per OCLC Worldcat. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates 4 years before Seneca Falls. unknown books
réf. 1672219th cent Girls Education Mathematical notebook for girl grammar school students in Providence Rhode Island c. 1876. Handwritten arithmetic problems fill each page of the book. 8 ¼ x 7 in. Original boards. 214 pages. Unpaginated. First 30 pages of notebook were later repurposed to record Deaths and Marriage notices clipped from newspapers for friends and family from 1879-1884. Handwritten label on front cover "Deaths and Marriages". Original owner name written inside front cover "Laura E. Healy Room No. 2 Point Street Grammar School September 6th 1876." Book is filled with handwritten math problems and their solutions. Some of them are challenging practical situations while others are more straightforward. "In an orchard ¾ of the trees are apple trees 1/10 peach trees and the remainder Pear trees which are 20 more than ⅛ of the whole. How many trees in the orchard" "How many rolls of paper 9 yards long and 1 ½ ft wide are required to cover 4 sides of a room 18 ft x 16 ft and 9 ft high. Deducting 8 feet off for windows and doors." "Bought a shawl for $18. How shall I mark it so that I may make a dis. of 10% and yet sell for $18". "Divide 6 ⅓ by 9 ½." "Divide 427 by 833 and the quotient by 7/10." "What is the interest of $567 from Jan. 7 1870 to July 27 1872 at 9%" Includes a loose handwritten note in child's hand addressed to Miss L.H. between her and a friend: "You be the gal which I adore Your beauty none surpasses I guess by gosh I love you more than buckwheat cakes & 'lasses". On the same note she responds: "That is foolish and you know it. Pass this back." Boards very worn. Loss to tail of spine. Discoloration around newspaper clippings. Good condition. unknown books
réf. 16758First Women's Education Movement Old Dominion Institute Catalog 1860-181. Pamphlet/ Volume 12 of 17:Annual Announcement of the Old Dominion Institute Catalog For The Year 1860-1861. Richmond VA. Contemporary Note on the first blank page. The Catalog includes a description of the school textbooks mode of instruction tuition and list of pupils of 1859-1860.Rare with No copy found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
réf. 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. 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. 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
réf. 16753Women's Education Movement. Western Female Seminary Catalog 1868-1869. Oxford OH. Western Female Seminary was founded in 1853 as a daughter school of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts. Its first principal Helen Peabody and most of the early faculty had been students and teachers at Mount Holyoke. Mary Lyon Residence Hall on the Western campus is named for Mount Holyok's founder Mary Lyon. It later received a charter and became Western College an all-female institution. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. Not in OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
réf. 16720Women Education Commencement Memory Book from a female student at Brooklyn Heights Seminary class of 1907 filled with 17 photos 15 unique mementos and hand-written recordings of her commencement experience and school memories. "My Commencement." New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1904. Entries from 1906-1910. Original blue cloth boards. 8 x 5 in. Gilt detail to spine and front cover. 239 pages. "This book will be found to be a convenient form in which to keep a record of one's commencement and all the interesting facts connected with it including accounts of the exercises brief sketches of the teachers the classmates newspaper clippings etc. The keeping of such a record will afford a great deal of entertainment not only at the time when it is all fresh in the mind but in future years when it will serve to recall many pleasant memories which otherwise would be forgotten." Memory albums were quite popular in America at this time especially among young women at female academies who would fill out books to remember time spent together. Records Antoinette Butler's social life and academic record including her studies in French German Latin Physics Chemistry Geometry History and Literature. Hand-drawn diagram of the commencement stage page 30 records of all her friend's commencement gowns "white handkerchief linen embroidered in Japan with the wisteria pattern" and "white ruffled mull dress trimmed with val lace. Made Empire with straps over the shoulders." 6 photos of classmates with entries in their own hands pasted into book. Also includes 11 photos of teachers and staff including two African-Americans identified as the Janitor and Janitress. Includes areas to enter information on the book's Owner their School the Commencement Exercises the Class Classmates and Reunions. Includes a short handwritten history of the school Brooklyn Heights Seminary. "Miss Brigham who was associated with him was a wonderful woman in every way. Every girl who was under her influence feels the uplifting force to this day and has imparted one small part of it to her children. After Miss Brigham's death in a railroad accident a Memorial hall was erected to her memory in connection with the Young Women's Christian Association.The curriculum which includes Kindergarten and one year of college work embraces almost every department of education." A note from her grandfather pasted in congratulating her on her graduation: "My darling granddaughter Antoinette - On this happy occasion that marks one of the transitional specks of your life I gladly transfer to your keeping one fo the the most precious souvenirs of the sainted grandmother whom you have only known through the loving memories of your own dear father and of the two aunties - one translated to the heavenly life - who with myself have watched with intense interest your development in to a lovely and helpful womanhood. God bless you my child! Grandfather." Includes entries from several reunion gatherings around New York at venues such as the Women's University Club on Madison Square; and gatherings as they transitioned to adult lives: "This was a purpose for giving a silk stocking 'shower' for Marjorie Speers who had just announced her engagement to Gilbert Browning. She is the first one of our class to be engaged." Also pasted into book: 3 images of the school; report card; commencement invitation; commencement program; a color printed card "With Love and Devotion"; 8 newspaper clippings regarding the graduating class; the yellow silk ribbon which tied her diploma; the tulle bow which tied her commencement flowers; lovely hand-colored Class Day Program; 1 letter addressed to "My beautiful lady No longer the school girl!" handwritten speech that Butler gave during the Class Day Program. Inscribed to owner on front end page: "To miss Antoinette Reeve Butler Dec. 25 1906. Merry Christmas from Uncle Will & Aunt Hallie". Pages 139-196 197-207 adhered together due to water damage. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16718Women education Sports Album of female students at The Baldwin School for girls in Brywn Mawr PA from 1903-1905. Photo album with 111 cyanotype photographs of various sizes ranging from 2 in x 1 in. to 4 in x 2.5 in. Original paper boards. 40 pages. 5.5 x 7.25 in. Album records the life of young students at the all-female Baldwin School including their activities in sports such as basketball and field hockey time spent living in the dormitories and extracurricular diversions with school friends. The school was founded in 1888 as "Miss Baldwin's School for Girls Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College" as there was an increasing movement to create formal education opportunities for young ladies across the country. Images of the social lives of students at the residential academy. Includes photos of a pastoral drive "View from my window 1903" and two photos of the interior with one clearly showing a banner for Harvard University. Photos of student life such as the 1904 "Freshman Cake-Walk" and a picture with a small dog the "4th class mascot". Many photos in which girls dress in overalls as if they were pioneers or farmers. "Yours-Truly" written under photo of figure in pants jacket and tie. Images from a trip to Newport Rhode Island to visit Fort Adams and a female friend called "Teddy." Many photos document the sporting life and outdoor activities for students most notably of field hockey games and practices including team photoswith team members identified as "Hoot" and "Tat" among more conventional names. Photo captioned "At the 6th or 7th game" that shows a playing field which is being walked over by women in ankle-length dresses and there are other photos of hockey practice. Another photo shows a girl walking with field hockey stick in hand: "'Husky' Smith 1904". Photo of Basketball practice outside of a school building and girls holding rackets on on either side of a tennis net. Photos of the girls sledding down a snowy hill. Name of original owner handwritten in black ink on label on front cover "Mrs. Samuel J. Gummere 2 Regent Street Worcester Mass." Boards worn at extremities. Images very crisp. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16728Women's Education Movement. Burlington Female Seminary Catalog 1850-1851. Decorative cover states it was founded in 1835. An early owner "Lizzie Lathrop" has signed her name on the top right comer of the cover. Perhaps a new student of the school as her name is not listed among the pupils. The minimum ago for admittance was 12 years old which was actually the gold standard at the time when most boarding schools and some colleges nature admitted pupils from age 8 or younger. The senior class curriculum is the same for all pupils. It includes Latin Chemistry GeometryPhilosophy of Rhetoric Intellectual Philosophy Physiology Kame's Elements French Moral Science and the Constitution of the United States. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates from just 3 years after Seneca Falls. unknown books
réf. 16814High school girl's English notebook with handwritten original essays on Shakespeare and George Eliot from 1920-1921 academic year. 10 x 8 in. Original black cloth boards. 116 pages. Entries from 1920-1921. Handwritten in ink on inside front cover "Nellie Johnson CCHS '24". Clinton Community High School in Clinton IL. First homework entry dated December 14 1920. Includes chapters on grammar literature devices and poetry. 2 large hand-drawn literary analysis diagrams. Chapter book reports with teacher's corrections and very interesting full-page hand-drawn "Diagram of Plots" on George Eliot's "Silas Marner". "At the New Year's party Priscilla said she was obliged to the same gowns and Nancy because she was five years older than her. And at the first sight of Godfrey Cass that Nancy saw and her arrival there then the Squire came in and gave a loud greeting to her father." Diagram highlights 3 major plot points: The Reward The Substitute and The Theft. Hand-drawn chart of rising action for Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Includes original essays on "Character Sketch of Portia" and "The Treatment of the Jews". "Antonia was a rich merchant in Venice. He owned several large ships which would sail to other countries and procured cargo of spices and other merchandise. Shylock the Jew as a wealthy Jew but all he had was money and jewels. That was all he could own." "Outlines of Parts of Speech" such as nouns verbs participles and pronouns. "Personal pronoun is a pronoun that shows by its form whether it denotes the person speaking the person spoken to or the person spoken of." Final section contains notes on "Narrative Poetry" and defines terms such as meter stanza and scansion. Includes original poem "Nature Pictures". "I. The sun came up upon the left out of the sea As the sun raised the next morning It looked like it came out of the sea because the ship was so far from land that there was nothing else in sight only the sea so it looked like it came out of the sea. // II. And on the night went down into the sea. This picture was almost like the one where the sun come up out the sea only the sun was sitting and made a reflection on it." Boards are worn. Clean interior. Good to very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16766Women's Education Art History Original handwritten essay on "Art North of the Alps" and biographic entries for 50 of the most important European artists from a woman Professor at a girl's academy in 1889. Notebook of a female art lecturer in 1889 at Mt. Auburn Institute for girls with essay on northern European art and short biographies of 50 of the important artists from this region. Handwritten label on front cover: "Jean Sprunger Lea. Art Lecturer. Mt. Auburn Institute '89. Cin Ohio". 8 x 6.5 in. Original paper boards. 66 pages last 20 are blank. Written on first page: "Senior Art Lecturer from January to June '89. Cincinnati Ohio". Comes with two typed mimeographed copies of essay Art North of the Alps from a former owner. Includes biographies of Van Eyck Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein Rubens Van Dyck and Velasquez among others. Mt. Auburn Institute was established in 1856 as a Family School for Young Ladies. The school took pride in their History and Literature departments and offered special courses in art music and culture at a time when higher education for girls was considered novel and unnecessary. "Art North of Alps. Teutonic German Dutch Flemish Spanish French and English art. In the beginning of the 18th century art underwent a revolution. the Gothic style was introduced with it's airy lightness boldness and grace. Some of the best specimens of the Gothic art are the nave o the Cathedral of Frieburg a heavy structure the minister of Strasburg completed 1275 finest example of Gothic fretted work and the choir o the cathedral of Chartres finished 1264. On their choir brought fourth the history of the Redemption." Biographies of some of the most important figures in European art history. "Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 was born in Nuremburg. His father was a goldshith and brough up his son in the same trade. Young Durer when he reached the age of twenty-one travelled as far as Venice and saw many of the Italian masterpieces.He has left many writings as well as paintings - Among these are scientific works on Geometry and Astronomy--Venice offered him a salary if he would come there-Antwerp did the same but he couldn't leave his beloved Nuremburg." Some additions or corrections made in pencil by original owner. Inscription from later owner on first page. Rust mark from paperclip on inside front cover and p. 1. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16813Girls' Education Handwritten original essays on literary figures from a female high school student. 25 illustrations of literary historical figures and their homes including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow John Greenleaf Whittier Charles Dickens Paul Revere Sir Walter Scott and James Russell Lowell. c. 1912. Original black boards and red cloth spine. 84 pages. 9 3/4 x 8 inches. Illustration all 8 x 5 1/2 in. "Freshman English and Sophomore English Note-book. Mildred Benjamin" written on first page in blue pen. Handwritten biographical reports of all those with aforementioned portraits. Also includes incomplete entries for Tennyson and George Eliot. "John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Haverhill Mass.the house still stands in which Whittier was reared.Whittier was taken with illness while visiting at the home of his friend.he had a slight paralytic stroke which produced a difficulty in taking food o medicine and it was plain that he could not be removed to Annesbury where he had always hoped to die. He was conscious to the last and was grateful to everyone. He had little acute pain. He lay all night in peace and died in the morning."Charles Dickens: "The boy Charles was not strong but nevertheless before he was ten years old he was obliged to earn his own living. He was placed in a blacking warehouse an old ramshackle house near the Thames. The scenes in which he was brought up were the most degrading ones possible.During this time he spent much of his time in the reading room of the British Museum.In 1842 he made his first trip to America. Just before going he wrote Oliver Twist in which he exposed the abuses of the poor law system." Press clippings on final pages for articles on Charles Dickens and John Greenleaf Whittier. Images of Longfellow's birthplace in Maine Whittier's birthplace and homes in Massachusetts "Gadshill" Dickens's home Sir Walter Scott's estate and "Elmswood" Lowell's home in Cambridge MA. Final press clipping contains a chapter of Ralph D. Paine's novel The Cross and the Dragon published 1912. Cover and spine detached from pages. First and last page toned foxing on first portrait of Longfellow else clean. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 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. 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. 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
réf. 16846Photograph Album Women Scrapbook from female athlete and popular student at Oberlin College with over 200 silver gelatin print photographs and 190 pieces of ephemera from 1933-1937. Includes photos and memorabilia from Princeton Yale West Point and Northwestern University. Photographs in various sizes mostly 3 x 4.5 in. Original black boards. 10.5 x 15.5 in. Seal for Oberlin College in gilt center front cover. Spaces for handwritten entries on: Faculty and Student Autographs Class Officer Curriculum Publications Athletics Songs and Cheers Clubs and Societies Social Whirl Dramatics Musicales Junior Week Events Senior Week Events Personals and Miscellaneous. Scrapbook belonging to active student Janice Carkin who graduate from Oberlin College in 1937. Notice from a local press announcing her graduation and field of study. "Miss Carkin majored in physical education. She will join the faculty of the University of Vermont in September."Photos of Oberlin Campus Views with Warner Conservatory The "Arb" arboretum First Church Keep Cottage Crane Swimming Pool Gibson's "a favorite hangout" and Opening at Hanna Camp. Many images of her life with female friends at Oberlin. There are many snapshots all around Keep Cottage recording the dormitory rooms and lives of students. She has photos of "My Room No. 27" at Keep Cottage with images of fellow students in their rooms doing their hair lounging around together and studying. Photos of girls sunning on the lawn wearing their bathing suits. "Keep backyard--any nice afternoon". A later year Room 18 shows a large Yale placard on the wall. Many photos show women pursuing outdoor activity such as bicycling and swimming. "Jan and I took a hike one day in October." "Good old Ohio landscape!" under a photo of a bare farm field. 5 programs for Oberlin commencement week including the baccalaureate sermon Senior breakfast and Opening exercises. Photos of graduation day. "And then came graduation -- and we're really seniors!!" Wearing cap and gowns. Images of ceremony and afterwards with friends. "Farewell Oberlin!" "After commencement a perfect week on Lake Erie". Carkin was an outstanding student at Oberlin as a newspaper clipping lists Janice Carkin as a student nominated to be listed in the national Who's Who book of notable college students. 1936 National Oberlin Mock Convention for the Republicn Presidential Nomination. Comes with registration card fro Janice Carkin as a member of the Tennessee delegation. Many interesting invitations for parties and programs including a 3-d color cutout of a woman in a rickshaw cart holding a tiny paper umbrella that opens up; dance cards filled with names of suitors. 12 programs for theater and musical productions including "Electra" by Sophocles Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer" and "Tristan and Isolde" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. 4 copies of Oberlin Review from 1937. 2 issues of "The Elephant" Oberlin College Republican newspaper from 1936. 5 clippings and programs on an international educational initiative in Shansi Province of China. "Oberlin-in-Shansi is pioneering with its two departments the Agricultural and Industrial through one of which the students must pass." Member of Oberlin's YWCA with programs for numerous services and events. Sports memorabilia from time as student athlete and enthusiastic supporter of women's sports. Student Activity Fee Book years 1933-1934 and 1935-36; these booklets could be used to gain entry to football baseball and basketball games Track meets and Glee club concerts. Newspaper clipping that identifies Carkin as the Captain of the West Point Women's Field Hockey team. Note to Janice reads: "A great game is all anyone can ask & I know we'll have it". Program for 1937 Winter Sports Banquet. Also many photos showing their enthusiasm for the athletic rivalry between Princeton and Yale. Photos attending the Yale-Princeton game from numerous years in which the young women wear either Yale Bulldogs on their sweaters or Princeton Tigers. Memorabilia from other schools such as Princeton and Yale school fight cheers West Point and Naval Academy. Purple pennant for Northwestern University. Western Union telegraph to album owner. "Will be cheering for Yale. Congratulations Best Wishes Success Love Mother and Dad." Many more pieces of ephemera include press clippings of teachers and administrators invitations and a homemade valentine. Full of interesting content on the life of a popular female student at Oberlin College. Some wrinkling on pages with bulkier items pasted in. Good to very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16829Handwritten Memory album from a girl junior high student in mid-1920s Arkansas. Handwritten inscriptions from 45 classmates and friends. Entries from 1925 to 1927. 16 pages. My Memories of School Days. New York City: C. R. Gibson & Company 1924. "Roses are red Violets are blue Think of me and I'll think of you!" Hand-writtten recordings of the school song for West Side Junior High in Little Rock AK. "Here's to West Side Dear of West Side Your the school we love the best Wit your colors gaily flying You have always stood the test When we leave you We believe you will always be our greatest pride And we will show you how much we owe you Will always boost for you our Dear West Side." Comes with October 1934 issue of "West Side Junior Life" student newspaper. Pages are filled with poems and lines from classmates over the years. Many of the inscriptions are pithy short poems or lines. "Dear Charlene I wish you health I wish you wealth I wish you gold in store I wish you heaven after death What could I wish you more" "In your mud puddles of affection Let one tad pole swim for me." "When you're in the kitchen frying meat think of me and my big feet." "If you're within and I'm without I'll think of you without a doubt." Some broke with this convention. "I do not know any poem but I pity the person that worries their head off to get one." Other include more personal notes on their memories together. "Remember our Spanish Class and the study hall before it." Two newspaper clipping portraits of school friends pasted into book. Two large pencil drawings-one of an infant child playing with a toy and one of a fashionable young lady going for a walk. Junior Membership card for the The American National Red Cross in Little Rock AK issued 9/4/25. Handwritten list of 52 girl classmates. Partial image of school from newspaper clipping pasted to inside back cover. West Side Junior High School was founded in 1917 as an educational establishment and a community center. The West Side building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16878Women Education Handwritten memory and scrapbook form a Texas high school girl 1923-1925. Filled with over 25 handwritten inscriptions from friends and teachers as well an original handwritten story about the graduating class 85 silver gelatin print photographs and 85 pieces of ephemera including ribbons party invitations and press clippings. Original cloth boards. 10.25 x 7 in. "The Girl Graduates Record Book." Designed by Victor de Kubinyi. New York: Barse & Hopkins copyright 1920. Embossed detail flower motif on front cover. 190 pages. Photo dimensions 4.5 x 2.75 in. Album belonged to Ola Chamberlain of Goree TX. Table of Contents lists pages in which handwritten memories can be recorded on: Class Yell Motto Class Officers Autographs Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Social Events Vacations Athletics Presents Jokes & Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. Second page includes photograph of school building labelled by album owner: "Goree High School The Prison". Photographs of friends with colorful nicknames such as Lilliums Hankie and Shot Gun and a few lines about their character. "Pie Face. He still says he is a member of the class. He is the star of the basketball team of nearly all counties." "Preacher. Life's a jest and all things show it / I though so and now I know it." "Shot Gun. He makes it to school about once a week." In one photo she's drawn a text bubble coming from the mouth of a lone figure reminiscing on the day that image was taken: "We did get to go somewhere that day after all didn't we hon Busy that was some grand picnic eh old dear And just think of the many adventures that my old straw derby hat in photo has accompanied us on!" 22 handwritten inscriptions from friends and classmates; some write short poems while other recall their shared memories and some give compliments on the owner's academic accomplishments. "Remember me early; Remember me late; Remember the day you went to the lake." "Dearest Ola Our memories from Child-hood days have gone on through High School days. Now as we must say good bye to those old days the memories we shall never forget. In our arithmetic class you were always at your best. Nowa s you are going from school life into life's school may you find all your problems as easy as they were. " "To know you was to love you. Well I know you and the result was inevitable. The only regret I have is I have known you only two years of high school work.In the classroom especially math you are a wizard-ess." "I'll never forget the first time I met you. We were in the seventh grade and you come to visit our school. You thought we were very mean didn't you I liked you then but I didn't think of you becoming my best pal nor did I dream of the many good times we were to have together.you have proved to be a true pal and a real sport; and I'll always love you." 4 inscriptions from teachers which touch upon future wishes for students. "Life's School is open to you. I your teacher am sure of one thing-that you will learn life's lesson s well even as you have learned them in olde Goree HS.; and will be successful in all your undertakings." Original handwritten story in the Class Prophecy section titled "And How It All Came Out" that explains the life paths for all fo the students in the graduating class. The story is presented as a supernatural vision that the Texas high school student experienced. "My mind wandered back to old Goree High School and the buoyant hearts it held in 1924-'25. Suddenly I caught sight of a flower. 'Why there's our class flower' I almost shouted. Eagerly I plucked it and tested its fragrance. The odor seemed to give me a magic power. I examined one petal closely and a strange vision stole over me. When I regained my senses I was in a crowded New York Department Store.'Oh I'm head of the ladies glove department in this joint' yawned Gladys after our greetings.Next I found myself in a little West Texas town standing in front of a small and dingy office which bore the label of "Sheriff".the Sheriff was a young women of twenty who greeted me.and she told me that Franklin White was Mayor of the town while Norine was his private secretary.As I sat talking with my two friends their faces seemed suddenly to grow dim and to fade from my sight. A moment later I found myself back int eh little retreat with only the naked stalk of our class flower remaining." Recordings of the Class Motto "Out of school life into life's school." Photos of class officers President Poet and Reporter and different groups such as The Spanish Class the Pep Club and the "Senior Girls." 8 photos of the class dressed in colonial era costumes for a performance or event titled The Virginia Reel. Includes Commencement invitation and programs. 7 certificates for perfect attendance and 1 Texas Public School Report Card with grades in Geometry English Physics Civics Economics and Arithmetic. She also received marks in "Home Report" from her parents in subjects of Cooking Care of Stock General Farm Work Providing Fuel Washing Dishes and Obedience. Newspaper clippings about the boys baketball team and the games in Knox Country against Rochester and Stamford. "Goree Basketeers Win County Title". Photographs of the team members in uniform. Many handwritten memories of parties and fun events recorded by album owner: "On Wednesday nite.the Senior girls motored out to Gladys' to spend the nite." Pressed sweet pea flower dated May 15 1925. First two pages detached. Front hinge detached. Toning to edges of pages. Some pages quite brittle pages with small chips at edges. Good condition. unknown books
réf. 16084Early Women Education ALS Jn Howard. Preston. Nov. 29 1823. To his daughter Sarah "My Dear Child." 3 pages Autograph Letter Signed folded from a large sheet with the 4th page showing the original stampless address panel. Usual holes where original wax seal was torn off. She writes in her hand in Part: "My dear child I had great pleasure in reading your letter to your Brother-and the more-when I understood that you had not only written it but composed it. I feel persuaded you will try to profit every Day by the kind and good instruction of your Cousin and Tutoress:--you must never esteem anything too difficult which you are set to do. If you were the King's Daughter you would have to learn in patient submission; and how much more ready should you be to do so in your situation in Life! Your dear mother and I have always been glad to see your fondness for reading but you must try always to understand and remember what you read-as it is not the quantity of reading but duly improving it which is the thing to be desired-and that makes it of real worth.Believe me dear Sarah we do not forget you but love you much tho' you are at a distance from us--" A touching and encouraging letter from a progressive parent whose interest in his daughter's education is clearly more than the polite drawing room variety. unknown books
1682réf. 046918Dublin: Joseph Ray 1682. Second Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in contemporary leather extensive contemporary notes to front endpapers one endpaper with the upper right corner torn. Quite clean internally - in two parts a third was published in 1689. 14 70 8 154pp The first and second parts of Ware's extensive and pernicious forgeries of church history intended to stir up anti-Catholic anti-Irish and anti-Jesuit sentiment. They played a large role in the absurd stories surrounding the Popish Plot and many of Ware's creations continued to pollute reformation history into the 19th 20th and even 21st centuries. Ware was the son of a prominent historian and used his father John's name to legitimize the documents that he "found" - one of the most long lived forgeries was a Cranmer letter at the beginning of part two which entered into Cranmer's works and was preserved for centuries through misattributions by historians such as John Strype and wishful thinking. Rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046918. Joseph Ray hardcover books
1881réf. 045065Philadelphia: Cottage Library 1881. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Publishers black cloth wear at corners and spine ends. Slight scattered foxing and mild browning internally. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045065. Cottage Library hardcover books
1855réf. 75393Indianapolis IN.: Austin H. Brown State Printer. Very Good-. 1855. Softcover. This report is soft-bound in light blue wrappers with black printing to the upper cover. The covers show soiling toning and light edge-wear. The string-binding is solid. The contnets are bright and generally clean but with some scattered foxing. . Austin H. Brown, State Printer paperback books
1907réf. 22702No Place Listed: Not Published 1907. A single-sided small broadside program for this event; listing players and their pieces: Miss S. Frerich and Miss E. Frerich; Miss F. May Miss M. Gregory Miss G. Hassenfratz and Miss E. Spurgeon; Miss Schwarzwald; Miss K. Muth; Mr. A.J. Fish; playing a variety of classical pieces by Schubert Moszkowski Clementi R. Schumann Arditi Von Weber more; approx. 5 1/2" x 8" size; top corner clipped; light wear; paper darkened; in very good condition; interesting early 20th century musical education history ephemeral item. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. Not Published books
réf. 1095Steinbeck John. New York University Division of General Education. BOOK ADVERTISING. Materials handbook for the Seminar on Book Advertising Spring Semester 1947. Tabloid size newsprint pages stapled including advertising rates for various American newspapers and examples of book advertisements. Nice full page ad for CANNERY ROW. Fine condition. unknown books
réf. R13C-02324MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS unknown books