Five leaves of lined paper, handwritten in pencil on the front sides and on the reverse side of the fifth leaf. The document is in fair physical condition, with uneven edges at the top, some minor tears, creases, and tape repairs, as well as holes...
Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
Education; Tennessee Wesleyan College; Students; Women
2 1/2" x 4" black and white photograph (now, sepia) of young women posing on the lawn of Ritter Hall, under the "big elm" tree. The photograph is in a scrapbook on a page with three other photographs. Written on the black page...
Universities & colleges; Tennessee Wesleyan College
8 women outside Ritter Hall with cleaning implements. Typewritten note on back reads, "Ritter Girls. Mrs. Collins, Asst Supt. 14 years service at Ritter"
"Girls live under a cooperative plan by which they earn part of their expenses by performing all the household duties in the building, including the cooking, the cleaning, the laundering, and the business of housekeeping." "The...
A group of women and girls lower a quilt top onto layers of backing and batting already in place on a wooden quilting frame. Part of a series of photos on quilting at Lera Rakes' home on Turkey Cock Creek.
A group of women and young girls spread the top of a quilt over a large piece of batting stretched over a quilting frame in preparation to sew the actual quilt. Finished quilts hang over a line tied to the side of an outbuilding. Part of Palmer's...
A self-published autobiography of John C. Shaw, educator and former president of West Liberty Normal School (now West Liberty State College) from 1908-1919.