Wesley Emery Autograph Album

Description:

A tan leather and marbled paper-bound "Forget-Me-Not Album" presented to Mr. Wesley Emery, teacher at Lansing's First Ward (Cedar Street) School in December, 1861. The book has several engravings of classical portraits in between blank pages for signatures. Most pages are not used, but those that are were inscribed by the following former students to Mr. Emery: Louise Turner, 1863 Nelia S. Rankin 1873 Carrie M. Limebeck 1863 Nellie E. Washburn 1863 J. M. Barrett 1862 Helen Bigelow 1862 Elitha (no last name) 1862 Emma Young 1862 There is also one unsigned piece of poetry written in and dated 1874. Mr. Emery served as a teacher and school principal off and on in the early Lansing schools, in addition to running a book and stationery store with his son, and working as a traveling school book salesman throughout Michigan.

Date Created:

[1862 TO 1873]

Data Provider:

Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives

Collection:

Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums

Subject Topic:

Lansing (Mich.), School principals, Schools, Students, and Autographs

Language:

English

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

URL:

http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/FD9BF704-7B78-4056-8572-410048333421