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Massachusetts Elementary School Student Compositions Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Consists of 65 short, elementary school compositions written by children from Wilbraham, Massachusetts from 1866 to 1880, though most are undated. Some of the compositions are on topics such as the battle of Bunker Hill, Christmas, farming, the Fourth of July, the schoolroom, or time pieces; however, the majority describes animals, both domestic and wild, including cats, dogs, foxes, squirrels, woodchucks, birds, and horses. The collection reflects a variety of penmanship styles, as well as differing abilities to express ideas through writing.

The compositions have been organized alphabetically by subject.

Purchased from Savoy Books in 2004 (AM2004-184).

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This collection was processed by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004. Finding aid written by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Karla J. Vecchia
Finding Aid Date
2004
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

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Collection Inventory

Animals, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Fox, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pig, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rat, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Squirrel, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Snake, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Woodchuck, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Battle of Bunker Hill, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Birds, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cats, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Christmas, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dogs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Farming, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fishing, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Flowers, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Fourth of July, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Horses, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Schoolroom, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Time Pieces, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Winter, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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