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Title: The lips of the wise disperse knowledge
Description: Set in a school room, the image shows a white schoolmaster, who appears to be teaching a group of young African American boys to read. Holding books, the boys are grouped around him., Cover page of the Slave's Friend (New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836), vol. 1, no. 1 (1836)., Accompanied by the caption: "The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. -- Prov. xv.7.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Date: [1836]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Per S 63 54051.D v 1 n 1 cover page, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2884

Title: Collection Room, Westtown. Old building
Description: Glass negative showing a room at Westtown Boarding School lined with pupil's desks. Two lanterns hang from the ceiling and there are four pillars in the center of the room. Three windows line the back wall letting in sunlight. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.782]

Title: Union Business College Phila
Description: Shows a classroom of male students, including young boys, at the business school, later renamed Peirce's Business College, at 931 Chestnut street. View also includes a manned registration desk adorned with signage reading "Thomas M. Peirce & Co.," instructors, a gallery, and chandeliers., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 110., Arcadia caption text: This crowded classroom at the Union Business College, located on the 900 block of Chestnut Street, shows young men and boys studying while instructors look on. Thomas May Peirce founded this practical business school months after the Civil War ended to prepare former soldiers for employment. While this c. 1873 scene shows only male students, the college also designed a Ladies Department for women seeking work in the business world. Renamed Peirce College, the school still operates today., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: ca. 1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.2004.11]

Title: Pres[ident] T[homas] Chase's [classics] class-room. No. 68 Founder's Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Thomas Chase's classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College (founded 1833). Pupil's desks arranged in rows and a larger desk piled with books sits at the front of the room on a small dais. Behind this desk is a blackboard. A small stove sits in the left corner of the room. A map of Rome hangs on the wall behind the stove. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Chase was a professor of Greek and Latin at Haverford College from 1855 to 1875, and then became president from 1875 to 1886. In 1887, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society., Time: 3:55, Light: Sun not out, pretty fair., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.507]

Title: Prof. H. Carvill Lewis' class-room, no. 73 Founders Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing H. Carvill Lewis' science classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College (founded 1833). Long tables hold various tubes, burners, and vials. A taller counter sits at the front of the room with a blackboard behind it. To the left are shelves holding more glass vials. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Lewis graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1876 with a masters of Arts degree. In 1879, he went on to work for the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for three years. In 1883, he was hired as the chair of geology at Haverford College, and he spent most of his professional career studying glacial phenomena., Time: 4:35, Light: Fair same as last., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.508]

Title: Swedish School House - Interior
Description: Interior view of the Swedish School House. Depicts a classroom with individual desks and chairs arranged in multiple rows facing the teacher's podium. Also shown are maps and graphs, as well as illustrations of various people from history posted on the walls of the classroom.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.24f]

Title: Allen C. Thomas' [history and literature] class room, No. 61 Founder's Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Allen C. Thomas' classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College. Pupil chairs with attached desks are arranged in rows. A larger desk stacked with books sits at the front of the room. Behind the desk is a blackboard and the adjacent wall is filled with maps. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Thomas graduated from Haverford College in 1865 and returned as an instructor in 1878. After getting his masters in history in 1882, he continued as a professor of rhetoric and history until 1909. He also worked extensively with the library until 1912., Photographer remarks: Slightly overtimed & underdeveloped., Time: 4:30, Light: Fair no sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 24, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.502]

Title: [African American primary school classroom]
Description: Depicts two African American women teachers overseeing a class of African American grade school children. The younger children play on the floor and at tables with blocks. The older ones sit and read on benches lining the wall. On the floor, a group of girls play with white dolls as others ride on tricycles and push a carriage. In the left, a teacher stands by two blackboards; one board lists the names of good and bad boys, and the other of good and bad girls. Stencils of animals and playing children decorate the walls., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of the people., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8846.29]

Title: Kindergarten - Interior
Description: Interior view of The Kindergarten (a.k.a. The Froebel System of Kindergarten). Depicts a classroom with chairs and desks arranged in an open fashion, so as to see one's fellow students and the teacher at all times. Also shown in the background is a chalkboard, along with a fireplace and what appears to be a covered piano.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.24d]

Title: [Woodshop class at Philadelphia Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Streets]
Description: Depicts the young students, including African American boys, from the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School at their desks with their woodworking tools. They are overseen by a man instructor on crutches at the back of the class in the left. The students sit in rows and look towards the viewer. In the right, girls sit around a table. Opened in 1936, the Public Works Administration funded school, named after the Philadelphia judge and health care reformer and his philanthropist wife, provided the students with medical care and a curriculum of humanities, arts, crafts, and drama., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: No. 12220; 4-5-37., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Sts., Forms part of Philadelphia Public Schools Photograph Collection., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [April 5, 1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - unidentified - Education [P.8578.12]

Title: Philadelphia public schools photograph collection
Description: Contains photographs and a newspaper clipping showing interior and exterior views of identified and unidentified Philadelphia public schools and school administration buildings, many from construction funded by the Public Works Administration. Includes photographs depicting sculpted architectural ornaments and pencil sketches of proposed sculptures to be installed at the schools. Interior views show an auto shop; classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, and auditoriums. Also contains five architectural drawings drawn by Philadelphia architect Emil C. Schmidt. Majority of collection lacks photographer's imprint except three views photographed by Philadelphia photographers Samuel H. Oxman and Philip B. Wallace., Views show John Bartram Public High School, 67th Street and Elmwood Avenue; Edward Bok Vocation High School, 8th and Mifflin Streets; Joseph H. Brown Public School, Frankford and Stanwood avenues; Joseph W. Catherine Public School, 66th Street and Chester Avenue; Central High School, Ogontz and Olney Avenues; Dobbins High School, 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue; Robert Fulton Public School, Haines and Germantown Avenues; Girls' High School, Broad and Olney Streets; Delaplaine McDaniel Public School, 22nd and Moore Streets; Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School, 22nd and Brown Streets; Gen. George C. Meade School, 18th and Oxford Streets; Thomas Mifflin School, Conrad and Mifflin Avenue; North East High School, 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue; Philadelphia Board of Education Administration Building, Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 21st Street; William Rowen Public School, 19th and Haines Streets; Southwark Public School, 9th and Mifflin Streets; Stetson Jr. High School, Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue; and Roberts Vaux Public School, 24th and Master Streets. Views of the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School show physically handicapped children, including African Americans, in a music and woodwork class, at recess, and entering a school bus. Dobbins High School views depict decorative works utilized in the school building. Majority of interior views depict interiors at unidentified public schools, including a view of an auto shop class with an African American student. Images of sculpted works include several allegorical figures symbolizing education and industry. Collection also includes a photograph of an architectural drawing of an unexecuted design for the Henry Platt School., Title supplied by cataloger., Thirty-two of images contain negative numbers inscribed in the negative., Twenty-four of images contain dates inscribed in the negative., Majority of images accompanied by manuscript note providing name of school., Schmidt worked for the Philadelphia Board of Public Education and was the chief designer of the Central High School building., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1930-1938]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8565-P.8603; P.8886]

Title: Heroes of the colored race
Description: Print commemorating men prominent in and representative of the advancement of African American civil rights. Depicts a central vignette of bust-length portraits of ex-Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and ex-Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi surrounded by four scenes of pre- and post-Civil War African American life. Includes two titled scenes, "Receiving the News of the Emancipation" depicting an older African American man, two women, and children celebrating, and "Studying the Lesson" depicting an African American man teacher instructing a classroom of children. Adorning the borders of the central vignette are a portrait of John Brown flanked by a horn of plenty and school books, and an eagle holding American flags embellished with portraits of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and Ulysses S. Grant. Other scenes depict enslaved African American men and women picking cotton and African American Civil War soldiers fighting a battle. Includes corner portraits of African American legislators John R. Lynch of Mississippi, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina, Robert Smalls of South Carolina, and Charles E. Nash of Louisiana., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 60-61., Gift of Gordon Colket, 1975., Reaccessioned as P.9615., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - African American Heroes [8140.F]

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