Ruth S. Harley family collection 1908-1959

Harley family

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Harley, Ruth S.

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The Harley family lived at 498 Rugby Road in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. Walter Harley (d. 1959) taught Greek and Latin at Erasmus Hall High School. His children included Jeanette H. (Harley) Huber, Robert Harley, and Ruth S. Harley, dean of women at Adelphi College. From the guide to the Ruth S. Harley family collection, 1908-1959, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...

Erasmus Hall High School

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In colonial New York, young people primarily received education through private schoolmasters and tutors, and free schooling was available to poor families through the Dutch Reformed and Catholic churches. Following the establishment of a state government, the Regents of the University of the State of New York granted charters for secondary schools in the state; the first charter, in 1768, was for Erasmus Hall Academy, located in the present-day Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. In...