Call Number:

001.047

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder )

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Henry D. Gregory letters (HCS.001.047) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1845

Creator:

Gregory, Henry D.

Form:

letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

This collection contains two letters from Henry D. Gregory to Charles Yarnall and an unknown recipient.

Henry D. Gregory (1819-1897) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Caspar Ramsay Gregoire and Mary Holmes Gregoire. Gregory entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1834 and graduated in 1838. He remained at the University of Pennsylvania in a teaching role, until his employment at the Haverford School (now known as Haverford College) in 1843, as a professor of Latin and Greek. Upon the closure of Haverford School in 1845 due to financial issues, Gregory opened a classical school for boys, which he operated until 1872. He served as the principal of Temple Hill Academy (1872-75) and Blair Presbyterian Academy (1875-83), before a stint as the vice-president of Girard College (1883-92). He died on February 14, 1897 in Philadelphia, PA.

This collection contains two letters from Henry D. Gregory to Charles Yarnall and an unknown recipient. In the first, dated March 28, 1845, Gregory reports on the progress made by his students throughout the previous semester, commenting specifically on their grasp of important grammatical concepts in Greek and Latin. This letter contains a chart, detailing a measure of success among each of his classes. The second letter, dated August 8, 1845, is also a progress report, likely presented to Charles Yarnall, detailing the texts read by each of Gregory's classes. A table of mean grades is, once again, present. Gregory also uses this letter to comment on the untimely closing of the school, though he still praises Yarnall for the kindness he has shown to him.

Materials are arranged chronologically