Ernest R. La Follette photograph (negatives) collection [picture] ca.1948-1971.

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Ernest R. La Follette photograph (negatives) collection [picture] ca.1948-1971.

This collection was created by Ernest Raymond La Follette, faculty at Edinboro State Teachers College. Exact dates of the negatives are not given but are believed to be during his tenure at Edinboro. The collection paints a colorful picture of the origins of Edinboro University, then known as Edinboro State Teachers College.

1 linear foot (1 box and one three-ring binder containing approximately 600 negatives).

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Edinboro State Teachers College

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La Follette, Ernest Raymond, 1904-1992

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Ernest Raymond La Follette was a professor in the Elementary Education Department at the then Edinboro State Teachers College. He received his A.B. from Ohio Wesleyan in 1926. At Ohio State University he earned his A.M. and Ph.D. in 1936 and 1944 respectively. President L. H. Van Houten hired Dr. La Follette into the Education Department where he served for 24 years, from 1947-1971. In 1968, Elementary Education evolved into Secondary Education. From the description of Ernest R. La F...

Edinboro State College

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In Shenango, classes were first offered in 1961 at the Hickory Township High School. In 1968, the Shenango Center was relocated to the junior high school at Farrell. For the first year there the Center shared occupancy of the building, but thereafter it was solely the property of the Shenango Center. Bill Utley was the first director of the Center. He was succeeded by Tom Come for three years and then by William Herrmann. The Center closed in 1975. In 1969-68, the enrollment was 283 students acc...