Miscellanea, [late 18--]-1976 (bulk [late 18--]).

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Miscellanea, [late 18--]-1976 (bulk [late 18--]).

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Copies of Spencer material from the archives of Valparaiso University; copies of cover and title page of writing textbook (1874), Theory of Spencerian Penmanship; two Dyke College commemorative booklets (1973, 1976), including a history of Spencer and his work; newspaper articles; photograph of Spencer; descriptive brochure relating to American portrait and landscape artist Junius R. Sloan; and black and white copies of several of his sketches.

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Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), 1800-1864

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Teacher and originator of Spencerian penmanship. From the description of P. R. Spencer letter : Geneva, Ohio, to A. H. Webster, 1855 Sept. 12. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 173260178 Penmanship teacher and business school co-founder, of Geneva, Ohio. From the description of Miscellanea, [late 18--]-1976 (bulk [late 18--]). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953287 From the description of Letter, 1852 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Dyke College

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Sloan, Sara Spencer

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Valparaiso university

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Sloan, Junius R., 1827-1900

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American portrait and landscape painter Junius Sloan was born on March 10, 1827, in Kingsville, Ohio. His parents were Drusilla Luce, a maker of straw bonnets, and Seymour Sloan, a blacksmith and toolmaker; the couple had eight children, of whom Junius was the second born. For several years, he worked as an itinerant painter of portraits, signs, and houses. Even after he married Sara Spencer (daughter of Platt R. Spencer, founder of the Spencerian method of penmanship), he continued to be on the...

Spencerian Business College

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