[Girls' 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.....
[Girls Education] [Japan] Photograph album from a girl student in Japan, c. 1926. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin print photographs of classmates, school activities, and social outings. Original cloth and red boards. 10 x 7.5 in. “Photo Album” printed on front cover. Pasted label on the final page with.....
[Women Education] Photo album of girls primary school, 1931-1938. 8 3/4 x 12 in. Original blue cloth board covers. 58 Gelatin silver print black and white photos of various sizes from 2.5 x 3.5 in. to 5.5 x 4 in. Follows a class of girl students over the course of.....
Handwritten project book from primary school student. Story of the Pilgrims. 1905. Child’s notebooks with original yellow card-stock boards, bound in green cloth. 7 in x 6 in. 17 handwritten pages. Gilt title on front cover and spine. Includes drawings and pasted images of Plymouth Rock, Native Americans, ships, and.....
[Women Education] [Europe] Identification Card for Sophia State Girls’ High School (Софийска държавна Дъвиуеска гимназия), 1916. Sophia is the largest and Capital city of Bulgaria. 4.5 x 3.25 in. Original blue cloth folder. Identification photo of teenge girl pasted inside, dated 19.III.1916. Original silver gelatin print, 2.75 x 2 in.....
[Girls' Education] Science Laboratory with 6 figures around a table filled with special equipment. c. 1920s. Real photo postcard. 3.5 x 5.5 in. From unknown European country. 4 girls in matching uniforms stand around a table, engage in experiments, and write observations in their notebooks. 1 uniformed young man stands.....
[19th cent Girls Education] Mathematical notebook for girl grammar school students in, 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.....
Large photo album depicting life around Grinnell and Clear Lake, Iowa. Approximately 490 photos of various sizes, from 1" x 1.5" to 3.5" x 5.5", with most on the larger side. Black cloth covers 10" x 12" inches, and are detached. Front cover has the red pennant of Grinnell College.....
Friendship album with handwritten poems and letters in many hands to a young woman commemorating their time as schoolmates, c. 1831. Most entries are from 1830s with locations from all over New England and the north east: Medford, Windham, Dunstable, Derry, and Nashua. 8.5 x 5.25 in. Gilt quarter morocco.....
An archive of correspondence of the first generation of educated women in India. 60 letters totaling 190 handwritten pages from between 1930 and 1943 in British colonial India by young women native to the Indian subcontinent. In 1931, Indian female literacy hovered under 3% making this group of girls exceptionally.....
[Photo Album] [Education] Co-educational Primary School in Tokyo. Three-Wood Common Elementary School,1941, during World War 2, right before Pearl Harbor. Photo Album of Gelatin silver print photos. Original textured paper wrapper. Album opens right to left. 6.9 x 9.75 in. Album cover is dated “March of the 15th year of.....
[Women Education] [Medical School] Photo archive of women students at Duke University School of Medicine, Class of 1950. Consist of 23 original Gelatin silver print black and white photos. 3 x 4 ¼ inches. c. 1940s-1950. Images show students at work in blood banks, in labs, studying, and relaxing between.....
[Photograph Album] [Women] Scrapbook from female athlete and popular student at Oberlin College, Ohio 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.....
[Women’s Education] [Penn State] First women enrolled in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. October 17, 1934. Original silver gelatin print press photograph. 8 x 6 in. Original press caption typed on image verso. “Taking a Man’s Course. Alexandra Tillson, the first girl to enroll.....
Princeton University “Princeton Alumni Weekly” Princeton, N.J. Sept. 24, 1968. Vol. LXIX, No. 1. Titled, “The Education of Women at Princeton: A Special Report; On the Desirability and Feasibility of Princeton Entering Significantly into the Education of Women at the Undergraduate Level.” Inscribed by the Author on cover. In 1968.....
[Early Women Education]. Autograph Letter Signed on verso of a Handbill regarding Ragged Schools, April 13, 1868. Rev. H. Newton—Vicar of St. michael’s Mission Schools, Lant Street writes to a donor about the work of the Ragged schools. Verso is a broadside for “The Lant Street Ragged Schools for Boys.....
[Woman Education] Photo album from student at Skidmore Women’s College NY from 1935-1937. Filled with images from Skidmore campus in Saratoga Springs and other locations in New York, Connecticut, and the surrounding region. 215 original silver gelatin photographs dated from 1935-1943. Various sizes, from 2 x 2 in. to 8.....
[Women Education] Scrapbook album from woman student at Syracuse University,NY 1920-1924. Filled with several 100 items including 21 original silver gelatin print photographs, 91 notes and signatures from classmates, plus 94 pieces of college ephemera documenting student life, including dance cards, newspaper clippings, sorority membership, and academic exams. Photographs of.....
[AFRICAN AMERICAN] Robert R. Morton, President of Tuskegee Institute, Typed Letter Signed on official Tuskegee Institute letterhead. 1 page Dated March 9, 1917. Robert R. Morton, writes to W. A. Holmes of Virginia regarding funding for the school and to “help in the perpetuation of the Tuskegee Work” for “sixteen.....
[Women Education] Scrapbook Album. School photo and memory album from girl who attended Los Angeles area Lincoln High School, Class of 1927. Reva C. Leslie. My Memories of School Days Album. New York: C. R. Gibson & Company, 1924. Original green cloth board covers. 72 pages. Unpaginated. 7 x 10.....
[19th c. Women Education] Handwritten letter to 2 women teachers from former instructor. December 22, 1893. 2 pages with original mailing envelope. 9.5 x 5.75 inches. On Western Theological Seminary letterhead, with fine engraving of the school building on both sheets. To “Miss Ellsworth and Miss Gore” from L.M......
[Women 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.....
[Women Education] [Handwritten] Composition book of young lady filled with handwritten poems, essays, and stories. 111 handwritten pages. Signed "Miss L. Sargeson" and dated “9-6-75” on first page. Entries date to 1875. Original boards. 9 x 7.5 in. Decorative green and purple flower design on covers, page edges gilt. Includes.....
[Women Education] [Handwritten] Composition book of young lady filled with handwritten poems and essays. 119 handwritten pages, including a 2-page index at the conclusion. Entries dated 1873-1874. Original boards. Floral decorative pattern in white, blue, and gold on both covers, page edges gilt. 9 x 7.5 in. Signed "Miss L. Sargeson".....
[Women Education] [Photo Album] Elmira NY, Female College, Class of 1862 album. 42 original photographs, each aprox 1.5 x 1.25 in. Nearly all photos are identified with handwritten captions. 114 pages, 53 pages overall have been used for photos, writing, or both. All entries dated 1861-1862. Light brown leather boards. 8 x 5.25.....