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08-18-1918, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Teacher (1904-1918)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on summer school.

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate College Catalogue And Calendar, 1918, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

Volume contains a register of alumnae and former students, a calendar of graduate course, and a calendar of undergraduate and graduate courses for 1918.

To Arms! Songs Of The Great War, Laura E. Richards

Maine Collection

To Arms! Songs of the Great War

by Laura E. Richards

The Page Company, Boston, Mass., 1918.

"First Impression, December, 1917."

The Colonial Press, C.H. Simonds Co., Boston, U.S.A.

The Sororian, 1918, Estherian Literary Society

Yearbooks

The 1918 yearbook of Anderson College.

The Spinster (1918), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Bryn Mawr College Annual Report , 1917-18., Bryn Mawr College

Annual Reports of the President of Bryn Mawr College

Includes the President's Annual Report to the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College for the year 1917-1918.

Student's Handbook (1918), Y.W.C.A., Hollins College

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first seven pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back

H. L. Glover- Fannie Glover, December 4, 1917

Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937

Correspondence: Western Union telegram from H.L. Glover to Frannie Glover asking Fannie Glover to send James Aiken a black box with mortgage paper.

Leila E. Brown - Not Stated, October 20, 1917, Leah E. Brown

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Handwritten note in reply to telegram sent with pricing, sent from 758 East 229 St., New York City.

The City's Social Side, Unknown

Newspapers

Page 8 from The Washington Times (October 6, 1917) with an article about Marie Peary's wedding titled "'Snow Baby' to Wed Artillery Captain Today"

News Clipping, The Late Father Harrison

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Newsclipping: Obituary of Rev. Henry Harrison, Metropolis. Henry Harrison was a relative of Eartha White. He was born February 7, 1803 near Fernandina Beach, Florida; died on September 11, 1917 in Jacksonville. Date: September 17, 1917.

News Clipping, No Negroes Are To Be Sent Off In First Draft

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Newsclipping: Clipping regarding the first five per cent of the first quota of the new national army from Florida. "Governor Catts' Request I Acted Favorably Upon by Officials." Florida Times Union. Date: August 29, 1917.

State Federation Adjourned

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

News clipping about the State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs meeting of Federation in Orlando, Florida, June 25, 1917.Clipping references elected officers, 1917-1918: Eartha White, treasurer, Mary McLeod Bethune, President.

Letter From Ella Wheeler Wilcox To Elizabeth Coatsworth, June 22, 1917., Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Sincerely Yours, Letters From The Maine Women Writers Collection (Multi-Page Items)

Typed and handwritten letter from Ella Wheeler Wilcox to Elizabeth Coatsworth, dated June 22, 1917, with envelope.

City Federation Meeting

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Clipping about the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs meeting, Eartha White, President. Metropolis

Property Tax Invoice, March 26, 1917

Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937

Document: Property tax bill for Keith Subdivision property assessed to Fannie L. Glover from the city of St. Augustine for year 1917.

Letter, March 21, 1917, Katharine Wright To Florence, Katharine Wright Haskell

Katharine Wright Letters to Florence Guthrie (SC-117)

Katharine Wright writes to her friend Florence Guthrie about an Oberlin Class of 1898 meeting and other aspects of her daily life.

Contract For Memorial Cemetery Lot, Memorial Cemetery Association

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Payment Contract stating E.W. Kinard agrees to pay Memorial Cemetery Association, monthly for lot sold by Holmes. Date: January 24, 1917

Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly, 1917-1919, Bryn Mawr College. Alumnae Association

Alumnae Association Publications

No abstract provided.

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate College Catalogue And Calendar, 1917, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

Volume contains a register of alumnae and former students, a calendar of graduate course, and a calendar of undergraduate and graduate courses for 1917.

The Romance Of Admiral Peary's "Snow Baby", Unknown

Newspapers

Page 3 from unknown newspaper with an article about Marie Peary

Viewbook, Hollins College

Viewbooks

1917 Viewbook

The Sororian, 1917, Estherian Literary Society

Yearbooks

The 1917 yearbook of Anderson College's student body and faculty.

Bryn Mawr College Yearbook. Class Of 1917, Bryn Mawr College. Senior Class

Bryn Mawr College Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Student Handbook (1917), Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Association)

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first five pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back.

The Spinster (1917), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Scrapbook, Ora Mae Curry

Ora Mae Curry Papers

Ora Mae Curry's scrapbook including notes from fellow students and teachers, descriptions of social events, correspondence, report cards, photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs from school events from 1917-1921.

Get In Line Report Of City Federation Of Colored Women's Clubs Of Jacksonville, Florida June, 1917

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Leaflet: Get In Line Report of City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of Jacksonville, Florida. June 1917. Lightsy & Cain Print. 520 Broad St. On p. 3: Miss Eartha M. M. White, President.

November 15, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, dated to approximately 1916, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about several topics, including her teaching job, attending an exhibition, seeing the Emperor pass on the street, tea services, and describes in detail her accommodations. She says that she is very happy in Japan now that she is more used to the climate.