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Philadelphia Normal School for Girls (now Philadelphia High School for Girls) Collection kept by the sisters Katie, Mary, and Mamie Cope.
Philadelphia Normal School for Girls (now Philadelphia High School for Girls) Collection kept by the sisters Katie, Mary, and Mamie Cope.
Philadelphia Normal School for Girls (now Philadelphia High School for Girls) Collection kept by the sisters Katie, Mary, and Mamie Cope.

Philadelphia Normal School for Girls (now Philadelphia High School for Girls) Collection kept by the sisters Katie, Mary, and Mamie Cope.

“Round about the cauldron go; In the Normal dainties throw ; Sandwich, milk, banana, bun, To call the class of ’91…”


Thirteen items kept by the Cope sisters while attending or affiliated with Philadelphia’s Normal School for Girls in the late 19th century, viz.,

1.  Seventy-First Term Annual Commencement Girls’ Normal School. Wednesday, June 17, 1891. 14, [2]pp. Oblong booklet, wrappers present, but detached. 4½ x 6 inches.
2.  Girls’ Normal School Programme. Class of ’91. Class Day, June 15th, 1892. Phila., Craig, Finley & Co., [1892]. 25, [1]pp. Oblong wrappers with raised gold lettering, gold yellow binding tie. 7 x 9 inches. Several illustrations. Various stories, poems, class history, and much humor.
3.  Report of the Committee on Qualifications of Teachers, on the Examination of the Sewing Classes of the Girls’ Normal School, for the term ending June 30, 1892… Phila., Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1892. 10, [2]pp. Printed wraps.
4.  List of Graduates of the Girls’ Normal School to Which Teachers’ Certificates were issued ... July 12, 1892. Phila., Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1892. 31, [1]pp. Printed wraps.
5.  1893. Board of Directors of the Public School of the Thirty-Third Section, Philadelphia. Stiff card, 4-pages. 6 x 3½ inches.
6–7.  1893 and 1895. Two brief ALsS sent to Mary Cope regarding her teaching positions.
8–9.  1888 and 1892 Two small groupings of 12th grade Term Examinations.  For drawing, language, writing, geography, hygiene, etc., as kept by Katie Cope.
10.  Catalogue of Pupils 1888 and 1889. Philadelphia Normal School for Girls. Rules Governing their admission, Promotion, Graduation, etc. Phila., Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1889. 8vo. 70, [2]pp. Printed wraps.
11.  Catalogue of Pupils 1889 and 1890. Philadelphia Normal School for Girls. Rules Governing their admission, Promotion, Graduation, etc. Phila., Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1889. 8vo. 65, [3]pp. Printed wraps.
12.  Catalogue of Pupils 1890 and 1891. Philadelphia Normal School for Girls. Rules Governing their admission, Promotion, Graduation, etc. Phila., Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1889. 8vo. 67, [1]pp. Printed wraps.
13.  Catalogue of Pupils 1891 and 1892. Philadelphia Normal School for Girls. Rules Governing their admission, Promotion, Graduation, etc. Phila., Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1889. 8vo. 70, [2]pp. Printed wraps.

Founded in 1848, Philadelphia High School for Girls, also known as Girls’ High, holds the distinction of being the first municipally supported secondary school for girls in the United States. Initially established to train teachers for Philadelphia’s common schools, the institution underwent a division in 1893. The Normal School relocated to a new site, while the high school remained at Seventeenth and Spring Garden Streets, adopting the name “Philadelphia High School for Girls” during this transition. Presently, it continues to use this name and serves as a public college preparatory magnet high school exclusively for girls, situated in Philadelphia. (Wikipedia)

 


Description: Philadelphia Normal School for Girls (now Philadelphia High School for Girls) Collection kept by the sisters Katie, Mary, and Mamie Cope.

[See description; condition for all items, overall, in general, is very good or better.]

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Price: $225.00