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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Linda Blake, Collector, Class Notebooks of West Virginia University Student Isaac L. Van Voorhis

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/4 in. (2 folders)
Two school notebooks kept by Isaac L. Van Voorhis and a pamphlet regarding penmanship and book-keeping. The notebooks were kept while Van Voorhis was a sophomore at West Virginia University and living in the Sigma Chi House. One of the notebooks was used for the second semester of History 23 and the other for Zoology I.
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Linda Blake, Collector, Class Notebooks of West Virginia University Student Isaac L. Van Voorhis 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/4 in. (2 folders)

Two school notebooks kept by Isaac L. Van Voorhis and a pamphlet regarding penmanship and book-keeping. The notebooks were kept while Van Voorhis was a sophomore at West Virginia University and living in the Sigma Chi House. One of the notebooks was used for the second semester of History 23 and the other for Zoology I.
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Silas Mitchell school notebook

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Silas Mitchell's school notebook in which he completed his homework. Penmanship, reading, and mathematics are prominent. Newspaper clippings are pasted into the notebook throughout.

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Silas Mitchell school notebook 1 Item

Mitchell, Silas

Silas Mitchell's school notebook in which he completed his homework. Penmanship, reading, and mathematics are prominent. Newspaper clippings are pasted into the notebook throughout.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

W.B. Jenkins Penmanship Album

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Penmanship album of W.B. Jenkins of St. George, WV (13 in. x 15 in. with ornamented cover). Includes examples of what is likely Spencerian script, as well as 21 examples of 'offhand flourishes' mostly of birds, presumably by Jenkins. Also includes evidence of Jenkins attendance of penmanship classes at Oberlin College, including: reference letter by Uriah McKee of Department of Penmanship (1-12-1883), Penmanship Dept. newsletter (July, 1884), Dept. solicitation of orders for student penmanship work (ca. 1883-5), and Oberlin College photo prospectus (5 in. x 10 in. card, 1883). There are also two examples of bird flourishing for Spencerian pedagogy (1879, 1887), two advertisements for pens and pencils (n.d.), and prospectus for Hall's Business College (ca. 1870-90). There are three Certificates of Attendance for Mary Jenkins of St. George issued by West Virginia Public Schools (1913,15,16). Spencerian Script was a de facto standard in America from about 1848, when Spencerian Method by Platt Rogers Spencer was published, to about 1925. Good handwriting skills were highly valued in this period, in education, business, and industry.
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W.B. Jenkins Penmanship Album 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in.

Jenkins, W.B.
Penmanship album of W.B. Jenkins of St. George, WV (13 in. x 15 in. with ornamented cover). Includes examples of what is likely Spencerian script, as well as 21 examples of 'offhand flourishes' mostly of birds, presumably by Jenkins. Also includes evidence of Jenkins attendance of penmanship classes at Oberlin College, including: reference letter by Uriah McKee of Department of Penmanship (1-12-1883), Penmanship Dept. newsletter (July, 1884), Dept. solicitation of orders for student penmanship work (ca. 1883-5), and Oberlin College photo prospectus (5 in. x 10 in. card, 1883). There are also two examples of bird flourishing for Spencerian pedagogy (1879, 1887), two advertisements for pens and pencils (n.d.), and prospectus for Hall's Business College (ca. 1870-90). There are three Certificates of Attendance for Mary Jenkins of St. George issued by West Virginia Public Schools (1913,15,16). Spencerian Script was a de facto standard in America from about 1848, when Spencerian Method by Platt Rogers Spencer was published, to about 1925. Good handwriting skills were highly valued in this period, in education, business, and industry.
College of William and Mary

William N. Smith Notebook

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Mathematics book, 1859, of William N. Smith, Laurel Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginiaa. The volume was also used as a handwriting copybook, and as a legal and business book.

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William N. Smith Notebook 1.00 Linear Feet

Mathematics book, 1859, of William N. Smith, Laurel Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginiaa. The volume was also used as a handwriting copybook, and as a legal and business book.

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