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Sarah A. Ballard Journal
Collection
Identifier: SC 01603
Scope and Contents
This journal begins in Hartford, CT when Sarah Ballard begins her training to become a teacher. She writes almost exclusively about visiting local schools and of lectures she hears related to the teaching profession. Much of the first portion of her journal is dedicated to understanding different teaching philosophies. She details her approaches to teaching arithmetic, spelling, singing, and grammar. She also addressing religion and attending church services. Ballard gives some description...
Dates:
1850-1858
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Helen Drumm Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00939
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1927, 1928, 1934 of Helen Drumm, a teacher of Tacoma and Republic, Washington (State). Helen Drumm records her 1927 and 1934 trips to California describing some places and structures in great detail. Her entries also cover the year 1928 when she moved to Republic, Washington to take on a new teaching position.
For the 1934 trip her entries include writings of are of a more religious nature.
Dates:
1927-1928, 1934
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center