Call Number:

003.084

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.3 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Heber Sensenig manuscript (HCS.003.084) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

approximately 1950-1959 (inclusive)

Creator:

Sensenig, Heber

Form:

manuscripts (documents) and clippings (information artifacts)

Abstract:

The collection includes typed manuscript of Heber Sensenig's book Man and His Further Progress and a newspaper clipping and photograph related to the book's publication.

Heber Sensenig was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1873. He attended Haverford College, graduating in 1900. While at Haverford, Sensenig was the captain of the track and field team, played football, and served as an instructor in mathematics. Following graduation, he taught Latin, Greek, and mathematics at schools in New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Sensenig published two novels,

The Idealist (1940) and The Sanctuary. He published Man and His Further Progress in 1958, but was only able to publish a portion of the complete manuscript due to financial constraints. Sensenig died in 1960.

The collection consists of a typed manuscript of Heber Sensenig's book

Man and His Further Progress. The manuscript is bound with ribbon into two sections and is 480 pages in length. It contains a few handwritten annotations in pen. The manuscript is undated but is accompanied by an article from the Reading Times, dated January 8, 1959 entitled "Author, 85, Feted; Book Wins Praise." This collection also includes a black-and-white photographic print of the photograph used in the article. The photograph shows Sensenig, Miriam L. Seidel, John V. Hanf, and Robert T. Duddy.