Sherwood Select School Papers, 1909-1973.

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Sherwood Select School Papers, 1909-1973.

This collection contains the papers of Helen S. Judson, including correspondence while at the Sherwood Select School and with Emily Howland. It also contains typed transcripts of writings by Emily Howland, 1836-1929, and Sherwood Select School memorabilia including photographs of some of the teachers. 524 Cite as: Sherwood Select School Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

2 boxes ; .75 lin. ft.

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 7672853

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Howland, Emily, 1827-1929

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Emily Howland was a Quaker reformer, educator and philanthropist. In the mid 1850s, she was a teacher in a school for African American girls. During the Civil War she helped organize the Freedman's Village at Camp Todd for refugee slaves, where she worked as nurse and teacher. After the war, she opened a school for African Americans. She took an interest in Southern normal and industrial school and left money for them in her will. The president of her county Woman's Suffrage Associati...

Judson, Helen S. (Helen Sheldon), 1885-1973

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Sherwood Select School was a Quaker high school in Sherwood, New York, established in 1871. In 1926, it became part of a consolidated public school system, renamed Sherwood Central School. Helen S. Judson (1885-1973) served as a teacher and then principal between 1909 and 1919. Emily Howland (1827-1929), Quaker educator and humanitarian, was a long time supporter of the School until her death in 1929. From the description of Sherwood Select School Papers, 1909-1973. (Swarthmore Colle...

Sherwood Select School (Poplar Ridge, N.Y.)

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