Henry Whittemore Library

description - A view of Dwight Hall in the early 1960's. On April 19th, 1838, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a bill authorizing establishment of the normal schools. Edmund Dwight a philanthropist and member of the first Massachusetts Board of… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0010 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3890

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_0105 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3889

description - Eben S. Stearns was the president from 1849-1855. A stickler for excellence, Eben S. Stearns was selected to head the school at age 30. He introduced many changes: admission standards were tightened, school terms were increased from three to four,… subject - University Presidents relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0080 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3888

description - A letter from Olivia Davidson written to a classmate Mary H. Jewett, written on Tuskegee Normal School stationary. subject - Alumna relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0074 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3887

description - Physical exertion was the rule rather than the exception, and the fact that these were women, not men, made no difference. In 1914 the Passage of Smith Lever Act to develop Cooperative Agriculture Extension work. Department of Household Arts is… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0025 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3886

description - Alumna Mary Swift Lamson, member of the first class at Lexington Normal School. Graduated, April 4, 1840. Mary went on to work at the Perkins School for the Blind and was one of the teachers of Laura Bridgeman a deaf blind mute, that they worked to… subject - Alumna relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0072 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3885

description - In the pole dance, students hold a lengthy ribbon like cloth and march in opposite directions, winding the ribbon around the pole. Given the changing of modern times, the pole dance is no longer performed. Students in later years preferred… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0096 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3884

description - Student rehearse a theater production c.1960. Music and entertainment have been a campus staple for many years. A Glee Club was active by the end of the 19th century. Music has been taught since 1898. Through this encouragement, many of the… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0063 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3883

description - In the pole dance, students hold a lengthy ribbon like cloth and march in opposite directions, winding the ribbon around the pole. Given the changing of modern times, the pole dance is no longer performed. Students in later years preferred… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0097 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3882

description - Henry Whittemore was President from 1898-1917. He was a Civil War Veteran and a graduate of Dartmouth. Henry Whittemore taught in the public schools and was the superintendent of schools in Waltham prior to being named principal of the Normal… subject - University Presidents relation - Identifier - FSU_GC_0084 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3881

description - Student Barbara Stinson pictured in 1943 subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0040 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3880

description - In 1898 the Mary Hemenway estate offered their Boston School of Cookery to Framingham Normal School. Henry Whittemore, then Principal/President of Framingham accepted this offer. Framingham then had two academic programs, Education and Household… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0011 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3879

description - Peirce Hall was built in 1914 and is named after the first Principal Cyrus Peirce, of the first iteration of our school name, Lexington Normal School which opened July 3, 1839. Today Pierce Hall is a residence hall for female students and houses the… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0017 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3878

description - Portrait of the graduating class of 1931. subject - Alumna relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0109 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3877

description - The first building constructed on the Framingham campus, formally known as Framingham Normal School. Designed by Alexander Rice Esty, a prominent local architect, the building opened on December 15th, 1853. At the time, there were no dormitories,… subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0023 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3876

description - Women Suffrage Hikers gather together c.1912-1914. Banner states: Suffrage Hikers ca. 1912? - Banner - We ___ -Votes For Women - Pilgrimage - From - New York City - To - Washington, DC - ?1913? subject - Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Alumna, class of 1885 Identifier - FSU_GB_0062 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3875

description - The Chemistry Lab was located in May Hall in the 1890's. A century ago students were utilizing the latest technologies in the school's chemistry lab. At the time, they could barely envision the technology to which their grandchildren would have… subject - Students, Activity Programs in Education, Portraits relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0067 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3874

description - 1976 Aerial view of Framingham State campus. subject - Architecture; Campus Buildings, Housing, relation - Identifier - FSU_GB_0112 http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/3873