Lot of 6 items related to Anna B. Herrig, including silver plated loving cup with the following engraving: To our friend/ Anna B. Herrig/ with Affection and Gratitude/ for all that she has taught us/ of/ Loyalty in Friendship/ unselfish devotion to Duty/ and/ broad unfailing Charity. Reverse side engraved: From Friends in/ New Paltz, N.Y. Base marked Derby Silver Plate Co./ 990. 8 in. tall. Accompanied by Herrig's personal copy of The Story of The Paltz, A Brief History of New Paltz, N.Y. Compiled by Cornelia E. DuBois, 1936; ALS from American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs (1837-1921) to Miss Herrig, from West Park, N.Y., July 11, 1916, thanking her for sending him a copy of her book on the Paltz, which he had been reading with interest; Herrig's personal copy of In the Catskills, Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs, published in Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910; Herrig's 1924 US Passport, including photograph; and Herrig's personal journal from her 1924 European trip, 20pp contain entries. Born in Saginaw, MI, Anna B. Herrig (1866-1938) became the first US recipient of the new certificate in 1891 to teach at Normal Schools, the former name for teacher education centers or teachers' colleges. She studied at Columbia University, Harvard, Clark, and the University of Chicago. Herrig also spent some time working as the principal of training schools in South Dakota and Nebraska. She taught in New Paltz, NY for twelve years before relocating to Mount Pleasant, MI to teach at Central Michigan University in the Department of Psychology and Education from 1921-1938. Among her many accomplishments, Herrig started a World Acquaintance Tour, a Negro Acquaintance Tour, a Sherwood Eddy Conference, a YWCA Mercier Breakfast, and annual Christmas parties at the Indian School. Almost 30 years after her passing, Central Michigan University named a hall after Herrig, which was dedicated in December 1967. (Information obtained from Clarke Historical Library website, May 10, 2014.)
Lot of 6 items related to Anna B. Herrig, including silver plated loving cup with the following engraving: To our friend/ Anna B. Herrig/ with Affection and Gratitude/ for all that she has taught us/ of/ Loyalty in Friendship/ unselfish devotion to Duty/ and/ broad unfailing Charity. Reverse side engraved: From Friends in/ New Paltz, N.Y. Base marked Derby Silver Plate Co./ 990. 8 in. tall. Accompanied by Herrig's personal copy of The Story of The Paltz, A Brief History of New Paltz, N.Y. Compiled by Cornelia E. DuBois, 1936; ALS from American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs (1837-1921) to Miss Herrig, from West Park, N.Y., July 11, 1916, thanking her for sending him a copy of her book on the Paltz, which he had been reading with interest; Herrig's personal copy of In the Catskills, Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs, published in Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910; Herrig's 1924 US Passport, including photograph; and Herrig's personal journal from her 1924 European trip, 20pp contain entries. Born in Saginaw, MI, Anna B. Herrig (1866-1938) became the first US recipient of the new certificate in 1891 to teach at Normal Schools, the former name for teacher education centers or teachers' colleges. She studied at Columbia University, Harvard, Clark, and the University of Chicago. Herrig also spent some time working as the principal of training schools in South Dakota and Nebraska. She taught in New Paltz, NY for twelve years before relocating to Mount Pleasant, MI to teach at Central Michigan University in the Department of Psychology and Education from 1921-1938. Among her many accomplishments, Herrig started a World Acquaintance Tour, a Negro Acquaintance Tour, a Sherwood Eddy Conference, a YWCA Mercier Breakfast, and annual Christmas parties at the Indian School. Almost 30 years after her passing, Central Michigan University named a hall after Herrig, which was dedicated in December 1967. (Information obtained from Clarke Historical Library website, May 10, 2014.)
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