[Wickersham Memorial Library plaque] [realia]. 1912.

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[Wickersham Memorial Library plaque] [realia]. 1912.

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Memorial tablet that had been placed on a wall in the State Library of Pennsylvania in 1912 by the Trustees of the Wickersham Memorial Library at a cost of $185. The plaque was designed to perpetuate the memory of James Wickersham after the eponymous library donated by the Pennsylvania State Educational Association in 1896 was later merged into the general collection of the State Library.

1 plaque : bronze ; 47 x 65 x 3 cm.

Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Pennsylvania State Library

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Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Pennsylvania State Library

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Wickersham, James Pyle, 1825-1893

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In 1854 Wickersham was elected first county superintendent of schools in Lancaster County. From the description of Record book, 1854-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122592203 Educator and author; Wickersham served as president of the Lancaster County Educational Association, the Pennsylvania State Teachers Association and the National Teachers Association (later the NEA). From the description of James Pyle Wickersham elementary cou...

State Library of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania State Educational Association

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