Henry Whittemore Library

description - Cyrus Peirce (pronounced "purse") was the first Principal of Lexington Normal School and graduated from Harvard College and its Divinity School, where he served as a pastor, teacher, and headmaster. At age 49, he left his job as headmaster of… subject - University Presidents relation - Identifier - FSU_GC_0077 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3971

description - The Lexington Normal School moved to West Newton in September 1844 and was named The State Normal School at West Newton remained at that site from 1844-1852. The building stood at the corner of Highland and Washington Streets. subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0022 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3970

description - This building, which opened in Lexington in 1823, originally housed the Lexington Academy. The Normal School opened on the Lexington Site as the First State Normal School on July 3rd, 1839 . Only three young women, Sarah Hawkins, Maria L. Smith,… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0016 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3969

description - Ruth Graves Wakefield's Toll House, in Whitman, Massachusetts, is pictured on a postcard. After graduating from the Normal School's Department of Household Arts in 1924, Ruth Graves Wakefield worked as a dietician and food lecturer. In 1930, she… subject - Alumna relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0102 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3968

description - Times were more formal in the 1940's than they are today. The May Day celebration included the awarding of the May Day Queen and her attendants. subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0098 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3967

description - After graduating from the Normal School's Department of Household Arts in 1924, Ruth Graves Wakefield worked as a dietician and food lecturer. In 1930, she published Ruth Wakefield's Recipes: Tried and True, which went through 39 printings. One of… subject - Alumna relation - Framingham State Yearbook Identifier - FSU_GB_0077 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3966

description - Students attend a college dance in 1943. At these dances, the women of the college entertained servicemen on leave. During the war years, breakfast and lunch cost approximately 35¢ each, while dinner was 50¢. In 1954 the costs were similar,… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0049 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3965

description - Preparing beans and harvest for canning and preservation. As part of the Household Arts Program, a practice house for home management was established. A faculty member and seven seniors rented a nearby house, in which they lived and worked. When… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0026 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3964

description - May Hall was built in 1889, and was named in honor of Miss Abby W. May, the official visitor from the Massachusetts Board of Education. The school day often started at 8:45 a.m. and ended at 1:45 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday. At the outset,… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0020 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3963

description - May Hall, Crocker and Normal Hall. May Hall named for Abby May, an official visitor to the Normal School for the Mass. Board of education, was built in 1889 – Housed classrooms and Practice School.
Crocker Hall named for Lucretia Crocker (1850),… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0006 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3962

description - Students Polly, Dot, Irene, Alice Havner and Anne McNiff are picture in June 1938. subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits, Alumni relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0065 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3961

description - Students Mary Hickson, Marion Blood, and Marion Brigham are pictured in 1940. subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0058 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3960

description - A Christmas Concert performed by students in 1960 subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0044 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3959

description - Francis A. Bagnall was the president from 1930-1936. In 1932, the State Normal School at Framingham (also called the Framingham Normal School) became the State Teachers College at Framingham (also known as Framingham State Teachers College). All of… subject - University Presidents relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0086 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3958

description - The two-year course of study in Household Arts required students to take classes in the sciences, including chemistry, physics, and biology, as well as dietetics, laundering, and cooking, canning and preserving. Students even grew their own food in… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0103 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3957

description - A postcard of Normal Hall dormitory, c. 1900-1914. Normal Hall dormitory - 1869, first dormitory on campus. The building burned to a shell on February 13, 1914, in a fire that was ignited by a defective fireplace chimney in the principal's… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GC_0018 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3956

description - In April 1946 John F. Kennedy came to speak at Framingham. He was running for Congress at this time, he won that nomination in November of 1946. subject - Notable People relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0111 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3955

description - This single room served as the college's library from 1889 to 1937, after which it was moved to Dwight Hall. By the start of the college's 51st year, the rigors of higher education had intensified. Gone were the one-year courses, which were… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0034 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3954

description - Each May Day a May Queen and her court were voted upon. The May Queen and her court of the class of 1938, celebrate their May Day celebration in 1940. The festivities started with a chapel service, and after prayers, members of the sophomore class… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0095 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3953

description - Wells hall was built in 1902 and was razed approximately 60 years later. It was named for Kate Gannett Wells, who succeeded Abby May as official visitor to Framingham Normal School. subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0005 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3952