Normal School Faculty.

Item — Photo: 1:21

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

An album of 35 photos of Kirksville, Missouri, buildings, businesses and people created by "Drake, Fotografer" and originally owned by Clifford Elmore Henry. Using Kirksville city directories, local histories and articles in Kirksville newspapers of the day, we have been able to determine that most of the photos in this album were taken 1893 January-April, the only period when all the pictured businesses were in operation simultaneously.

Dates

Creation: early 1893

Creator

From the Collection: Henry, Clifford Elmore, 1873-1959 (Person)

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Historical Note

The 1892-93 Normal School faculty on the steps of the Normal Building (later called Baldwin Hall) are (from left) Front Row: Francis Asbury Swanger, Mathematics; Benajah Pitts Gentry, Latin; Charles S. Sheldon, Science; Rippy Byron Arnold, English; Middle Row: William Davis Dobson, President and Professor of Psychology, Ethics and Logic; Mary Trimble Prewitt, Mathematics; Ermine Owen, Elocution; Marguerite Pumphrey, Practice School Principal; Back Row: Charles Edward Ross, Drawing, Penmanship, Calisthenics and Bookkeeping; Jeremiah Taylor Muir, Vice President and Professor of Chemistry; George Hamilton Laughlin, English Language and Literature.